There will be no second season for "The Lady's Game" on Netflix

Bad news for the - many -

fans

 : the show's creator has announced that there will be no second season for the Netflix miniseries.

Just crowned with her victory for the Best Mini-Series at the Emmy Awards, Scott Frank, the show's creator, has shattered all hopes of one day seeing the continuation of chess champion Beth Harmon's career.

"I feel like we told the story we wanted to tell, and I'm afraid - let me put it another way - actually I'm terrified that if we try to tell other things , we are going to ruin what we have already told, ”he explained to a

reporter

during a virtual press conference after the ceremony.

No defense for patriarchy

However, the team of the series does not intend to stop there.

And

executive producer

William Horberg has promised other projects could emerge from this first collaboration with Anya Taylor-Joy and Scott Frank.

"What is certain is that we will continue to work together," he said, the actress answering tit for tat: "Absolutely".

The

is the most watched series on Netflix, with 62 million households (the only way for streaming to count viewers of service to count household who watched a particular program) worldwide.

"You made chess sexy and inspired a whole generation of young girls and young women to understand that patriarchy has no effective defense against our ladies," William Horberg told Anya Taylor-Joy in his acceptance speech at the awards ceremony.

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