HBO Max has cancelled Duster after just one season, less than a week after the season finale aired. The 1970s crime drama was created by J.J. Abrams and LaToya Morgan, reuniting Abrams with Lost star Josh Holloway,

Anything! Including the introduction of a serious plot twist for a potential Duster Season 2. As Nina’s FBI bosses reveal, and as she in turn reveals to Jim, the always unseen “Xavier” is actually his brother. Joey Ellis didn’t die in that exploding van. Saxton didn’t kill him. Instead, Sax helped Joey fake his own death and disappear.

TV viewers are questioning the lack of attention surrounding a new show being called “the most underrated” of 2025. In May, the long-gestating project Duster finally arrived on screens after a lengthy production rocked by the Hollywood strikes.