00:00Netflix's animated Tomb Raider, The Legend of Lara Croft just dropped season
00:05two, and it is packed with adventure, mythology, and high-stakes drama.
00:10Created by Tasha Hu, this season sees Lara Croft teaming up with Sam as they
00:15raised to recover powerful Orisha masks artifacts capable of all
00:20the altering reality itself. These masks are protected by Yoruba deities.
00:25But a new threat emerges in the form of Mila, a power-hungry billionaire determined
00:30to claim them. This season becomes an intense global chase with Lara.
00:35And her crew not only recovering the masks but also befriending Dodds along the way.
00:40In the finale the Yoruba deities unite to prevent chaos, but the ending teases more story to
00:45become, making Netflix's cancellation after just two seasons all the more disappointing.
00:50The cancellation was officially confirmed before season two even premiered, reported by Variety
00:55on September 4th, 2025. Curiously, this news came just one
01:00day after Prime Video announced its own live-action Tomb Raider series starring
01:05Sophie Turner and written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, while no direct link has been proven.
01:10The timing has sparked fan speculation about behind-the-scenes competition.
01:15The timeline-wise, the show's timeline is puzzling.
01:20Season 21, Season 1, finally arrived in October, 2025.
01:25Season 24, after a lengthy production period, partly due to pandemic delays, season
01:30two followed quickly, premiering in December 2025. The short gap between season
01:35seasons usually signals strong confidence, so the cancellation feels abrupt.
01:40The final theory is that seasons one and two were produced as a single ball
01:45block, a common practice in animation, like shows such as Harley Quinn, or
01:50the end.
01:51Inside Job, Tomb Raider's first two seasons may have been animated together with no
01:55new production window for season three. The cancellation also likely stems from low view
02:00viewership, and high production costs. While initial excitement was high, viewership
02:05dropped after the premiere, and some fans criticized the writing and animation.
02:10The cancellation is expensive, and if the cost-to-benefit ratio did not justify renewal, net
02:15Netflix's decision makes sense from a business standpoint. Still, Season 2's finale
02:20left plenty of story threads. A mysterious new antagonist with ties to Lara's past
02:25past is introduced, Mila's Agent Fig survives, and Eshoo hands the Arisha map
02:30pasts to a greater deity, possibly connected to Nua from Season 1.
02:35It also departs for Africa, but Lara's adventures in ethical archaeology could have continued
02:40continued. Sadly, fans will not see these stories unfold, as Netflix has
02:45closed the book on Lara's animated journey, for now.
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