Three Netflix Series Canceled After One Season: No Good Deed, The Residence, and Pulse

Netflix is making cuts. Three recent drama series No Good Deed, The Residence, and Pulse, will not return for a second season, despite each debuting within the past year.

Here’s a breakdown of what’s been canceled, how each story ended, and what audiences are left with now that these titles won’t return.

No Good Deed: A Real Estate Thriller Ends With a Closed Door

Debuting in December 2024, No Good Deed followed Lydia (Lisa Kudrow) and Paul (Ray Romano), a couple downsizing after their kids left home. But listing their charming Spanish-style villa in Los Angeles set off a storm they didn’t see coming. The house, as it turns out, was the site of their son’s death years earlier, and secrets surrounding that loss began to unravel as prospective buyers circled.

What looked like a tragic family mistake turned out to be something darker. In the final episode, it was revealed that their neighbor Margo (Linda Cardellini) was actually responsible for their son’s murder, not their daughter, as the couple had long feared.

The series also starred Luke Wilson, Teyonah Parris, Abbi Jacobson, Poppy Liu, O-T Fagbenle, and Denis Leary, rounding out a Los Feliz neighborhood full of eccentric, emotionally charged buyers. Though there was once talk of continuing the series in an anthology format with a new cast and storyline, those plans are no longer moving forward. The show has been officially canceled.

The Residence: Uzo Aduba’s White House Whodunit Cut Short

Netflix is also closing the file on The Residence, a political mystery set inside the White House and led by Uzo Aduba as unconventional investigator Cordelia Cupp. Season 1 followed her as she unraveled the suspicious death of Chief Usher A.B. Wynter (played by Giancarlo Esposito), navigating a house full of suspects.

The ensemble cast included Randall Park, Susan Kelechi Watson, Jason Lee, Ken Marino, Mary Wiseman, and Bronson Pinchot, among many others. Despite its unique premise, part murder mystery, part workplace dramedy, the show won’t continue.

Series creator Paul William Davies had expressed interest in telling more stories with Cordelia at the center, even hinting that future seasons could have taken her to other high-profile settings. But as it stands, the first season finale will serve as the end of her on-screen investigations.

Pulse: Hospital Drama Flatlines After One Season

Lastly, Netflix has decided not to continue with Pulse, a medical drama centered on Miami’s Maguire Medical Center. The show tracked the tense professional and romantic fallout between doctors Danny Simms (Willa Fitzgerald) and Xander Phillips (Colin Woodell), alongside the daily high-stakes cases that define ER life.

The cast also included Justina Machado, Jessie T. Usher, Jack Bannon, Chelsea Muirhead, Daniela Nieves, and J.R. Ramirez, who in the finale was named the new chair of emergency medicine, replacing Machado’s character Natalie Cruz in that leadership role.

Though some character arcs reached closure, others, including Danny’s professional future and the brewing hospital power struggles, were left unresolved. Despite that, Netflix has opted not to renew Pulse for a second round.

All three shows launched within the last 12 months and boasted star-studded casts.

For fans hoping for answers or resolution, the existing seasons now function as limited series, complete in some ways, unfinished in others.