TV Archive 81 has been 86ed by Netflix, so looks like Dan is permanently stuck in the '90s Showrunner Rebecca Sonnenshine had previously revealed her big plans for a potential second season to EW. By Lauren Huff Lauren Huff Lauren Huff is a writer at Entertainment Weekly with over a decade of experience covering all facets of the entertainment industry. After graduating with honors from the University of Texas at Austin (Hook 'em, Horns!), Lauren wrote about film, television, awards season, music, and more for the likes of The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline Hollywood, Us Weekly, Awards Circuit, and others before landing at EW in May 2019. EW's editorial guidelines Published on March 24, 2022 09:13PM EDT Netflix is not going any further down the rabbit hole with Archive 81. The streamer has canceled the horror-mystery series after one season, EW has learned. The news comes after the show hit No. 1 on Netflix in the U.S. upon its release in January. Archive 81 starred Mamoudou Athie as Dan, a young man who takes a suspicious job restoring a collection of damaged videotapes from 1994 for enigmatic billionaire, Virgil Davenport (Martin Donovan). While restoring the tapes — which belong to a woman named Melody Pendras (Dina Shihabi) who was investigating a dangerous cult at the creepy Visser apartment building when she went missing — he forms a mysterious connection with Melody and her investigation. Fans of the series will be particularly disappointed given the shocking nature of the first season's ending, where Dan learned that Melody was not actually dead or missing, but instead was stuck in a different dimension, and, in the process of saving her, he himself ended up stuck in the '90s while she safely made it to the present day. After the show's release, showrunner Rebecca Sonnenshine said the first season was made with a sequel in mind. "It was always meant to keep going. We are always thinking about season 2," she said at the time. Sonnenshine also reassured fans that a second season would answer what really happened to the first season's big-bad Samuel, Virgil's true motivations, who was really responsible for the fire that killed Dan's family, and more. Archive 81 marked the third collaboration with Netflix for Athie (with Uncorked and The Getdown being the other two), whose next big role is the upcoming feature Jurassic World Dominion. Shihabi's next project is with Netflix as a series regular on the upcoming Painkiller, from Eric Newman, Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster, and Alex Gibney with Peter Berg directing. All eight episodes of season 1 are currently streaming on Netflix. Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free daily newsletter to get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more. Related content: Archive 81 star Mamoudou Athie on why his character's fate is so fitting: 'He's a man stuck in time' Archive 81 showrunner answers our burning questions about that shocking finale and the show's future Scream's new cast reveal their favorite scary movies (and how David Arquette taught them to paint like Bob Ross)