The animated comedy series Q-Force will only last for one season. TVLine reports that the show has been axed at Netflix with no second season in development, meaning season 1’s finale will now serve as the series finale of the short-lived show. The first season had premiered on the streaming platform in September 2021 and had remained on the bubble ever since as far as awaiting news for a renewal.

Voice actor Matt Rogers, who played Twink, first announced the news on the Attitudes! podcast. Happy for the experience, Rogers noted, “I loved it. It was so fun to be able to bring joy to something… The people that loved it really loved it, and the good news is that it will always be on Netflix. It did not get a second season, but it is out there and it exists.”

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The show also featured the voice talents of Sean Hayes as Steve Maryweather; Wanda Sykes as Deb; Patti Harrison as Stat; Gary Cole as Director Dirk Chunley; David Harbour as Agent Rick Buck; and Laurie Metcalf as V. Other voice talents included series creator Gabe Liedman, Stephanie Beatriz, Dan Levy, Niecy Nash, and Fortune Feimster. You can check out the show’s official synopsis and trailer below.

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“I was a huge fan of [series creator] Gabe Liedman ever since I was in my early twenties starting comedy,” Rogers also said of getting involved with the animated series in an A.V. Club interview. “Gabe Liedman’s stand-up album was the one that my sketch group, when we were going to festivals, would play in the car on the way there. We love Gabe, and I obviously love his work with Jenny [Slate], and everything he’s ever done. He’s such a genius writer. I mean, it’s Inside Amy Schumer, Broad City, Transparent, Pen15—it’s truly crazy what he’s contributed to.”

He added, “So, when I heard he was creating a show that was executive produced by Sean Hayes, and it was like a gay James Bond, I was like, “Please!” I was sent a script, I took a meeting, and, based on the meeting, got hired. When I read it, the character Twink really jumped out to me because I loved that he could become anything, you know? He’s a drag queen by day, master of disguise by night. I thought it was really clever—the use of code-switching as a superpower. And there’s a lot of that in the show, just little things that we, as queer people, understand, blown out into what makes us really effective parts of the team.”

The first and only season of Q-Force is streaming on Netflix. With the streaming wars growing more competitive, there’s always the chance that the series could end up moving to Peacock or another streaming service, so perhaps the news that Q-Force was canceled will have fans campaigning for a new home elsewhere.