Well, the in-story reason, at the end of the two-part mini-series, was that Steve Rowland (Carrington's son-in-law and Pres. Sally Sheridan's assassin) was officially dead. So, it would be detrimental to Agent XIII, alias "Ross Tanner," to keep wearing the guy's face.
But, when XIII deduced that the whole conspiracy was just an elaborate ruse, to discredit acting Pres. Galbraith into resigning, he melodramatically stated to the Fourth Wall: "We have to go back" (he and Jones were in Tokyo, at the time).
Now, I don't mind that so much. But, having "Tanner's" past being part of another conspiracy is stretching suspension of disbelief just a tad too far. Which is why I'm fairly certain this spin-off series will be a one-season wonder. Just like the highly similar NOWHERE MAN (w/Bruce Greenwood) and JOHN DOE (w/Dominic Purcell).
I hoped and prayed both of those series would be renewed! And, of course, they weren't. :-(
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NickKitt
12 years ago
Then you would be wrong since XIII is currently in production of it's second season.
NOWHERE MAN had a tied up ending to the first season for the most part so it's single season is mostly complete onto itself. JOHN DOE did deserve a better fate, but considering FOX's history with excellent series, where you actually surprised? Besides, Purcell went on to the excellent BREAKOUT...
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Carycomic
12 years ago
Actually, BREAKOUT sucked for me. I became as permanently disinteresed in it, during the series opener, as I did with LOST...after the first hour of the latter series premiere. In fact, JOHN DOE was far superior to both BREAKOUT and LOST, put together!
And, while NOWHERE MAN's series finale explained what had happened to him, personally (and why), it still left too many other plot threads dangling (re: the ultimate goal of the master conspiracy), for my peace of mind.
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