Blood & Treasure Not Returning for Season 3
Blood & Treasure‘s globe-trotting days are over.
TVLine has learned exclusively that the Raiders of the Lost Ark-meets-The Da Vinci Code action-adventure series will not be returning for a third season, on Paramount+ or anywhere else.
The news comes more than four months after the Season 2 finale streamed on Paramount+, which had picked up the CBS drama for a single-season run.
Created by Matthew Federman and Stephen Scaia and starring Matt Barr and Sofia Pernas, Blood & Treasure premiered in May 2019 on CBS. Season 2 was ordered midway through Season 1, following some solid-for-summer ratings. Alas, pandemic-related production shutdowns delayed filming on Season 2, which didn’t wrap until mid-December 2020. Eventually, on the third anniversary of its debut, Blood & Treasure landed a Season 2 premiere date.
For what it’s worth, last October’s Season 2 finale ended with a “Happily Ever After”-ish epilogue in which Danny (Barr) successfully petitioned a judge to pardon all of “Shaw” aka Dwayne Coleman’s (Michael James Shaw) illegal past actions, leading to a joyous reunion between Dwayne and his family. Danny, Lexi (Pernas) and Chuck (Mark Gagliardi) then got flagged down by a lawyer for the Reece estate, who came bearing an eye-popping trust that had been bequeathed to Danny.[pmc_inline_gallery]
Additionally, Chuck (now a Vatican Intelligence member) disclosed that though the Spirit Banner they chased after in Season 2 had been reclaimed, $10 million of the stolen money “inside” it had gone missing. We then saw the team’s frenemy, Simon (James Callis), pull up to a bank in Costa Rica to deposit a sack of cash. When asked what he does for a living, Simon told the teller, “I find things,” as he held a map to… something. Fans, though, will never learn what Simon was after next, and where that would have taken “newlyweds” Danny and Lexi.
Ahead of the long-delayed Season 2, series co-creator Federman told TVLine, “We have a kind of ‘never say never’ and ‘never say die’ [attitude]. It’s like, who knows? If the numbers are really good [on Paramount+], we could always bring the band back together. We have a ton of stories we can tell in this world.” And even though Barr was now starring on The CW’s Walker Independence, “it’s the same [Paramount] corporate umbrella, so I think it could be worked out,” the EP ventured.
On the day of the Season 2 finale’s release, Federman told fans via Twitter, “I don’t know what the future holds but I’m very proud of what we got to do with this show, shooting our little action/adventure on four continents and through a pandemic. Thanks to our partners at CBS who trusted us to pull it off and our amazing writers, cast, crew and staff. It was very much the adventure of a lifetime. And thanks to everyone who watched and spread the word.”
For co-creator Scaia, just getting Season 2 in front of everyone — after three full years, and navigating much pandemic-era globe-trotting for the production itself — was a huge win.
“The miracle for me was being able to finish that second season during a pandemic, traveling the world, shooting on three different continents over however many months” — including one government-mandated break — “and everyone made it through healthy,” Scaia told TVLine. “We went through so much to get it on screen for everybody, and I think that’s a victory in and of itself, outside of where the story goes from there.”
this really bums me out. it was a really fun show with a good plot, good looking people, and the right amount of humor and drama, similar to NCIS or Castle.
I’m really going to miss this show. Loved the cast and storylines
I enjoyed this show, particularly the locals. The story lines always had a few laughs. Hate to see it go.
This is one of the worst side effects of the pandemic. I loved Blood & Treasure.
Boooo
I really enjoyed season 1.. and tried hard to get into season 2. Unfortunately, I just couldn’t get interested. Maybe too much time passed, or could just be me. Either way, the cast is phenomenal, and a shirtless Matt Barr, yes please! Glad the recap seems as though it wasn’t a huge cliffhanger.
Bad news, but at least the poster put a shirtless pic of Matt Barr to cushion the blow.
Sad news, it was a fun show.
I also don’t think Barr’s “Walker Independence” will get a second season.
All the best to the crew of the show.
It was okay but Whiskey Cavalier was better.
No it was no where near the caliber of show that Blood and Treasure is , the cast is much better as well!!!
I agree with everyone else. This was a great show with a great cast. Every episode was like a well written history lesson presented in an amusing way. I’m sure it was cost prohibitive to produce which probably led to its demise. Every facet of life is course correcting due to the pandemic and B&T was just another casualty.
Well that news blows.
I enjoyed this show. Plus the chemistry between the leads, so good.
I loved this show. Season 2 was even better and 1. but sadly I never expected there would be any chance for season 3. Another great show killed by pandemic delays.
That’s unfortunate to hear, I thought last season played out pretty well. It certain.y was better than any of the reality-crap that keeps getting renewed year after year.
I really liked the action and drama. Will miss all the characters and locations.
Very disappointing news, but somewhat expected. One of the best summer shows ever… we need more like it.
Another one of my favorite shows bites the dust, this sucks big time, they keep this up and I won’t have anything left to watch. Damn it!
Wish it stayed on CBS & didn’t go to streaming. I don’t stream & I really liked that series. Some of us still watch regular TV!
Oh no. I love this show. Hopefully it might come back.
I really loved that show! Loved the Matt Farr character.
They keep moving things around, it was fun
Very disappointing, but not at all surprising. It was a fun show while it lasted.
Raiders of the Lost Ark-meets-The Da Vinci Code? Why do I hear for the first time of this? It is right my alley, and I read TVline every day. I will absolutely check this out.
Not surprising, but a shame nonetheless. Blood and Treasure was what do few shows are today: Fun. It will be missed.
No surprise there.
One of favorite shows. Sorry that it is not renewed.
Sad, but thanks for that photo. YUM!