"Mistresses" season 5 has just been cancelled by ABC, but fans are still urging the executive producers and writers to share what they initially had planned for Karen Kim (Yunjin Kim).
In the finale episode for season 4, Karen was revealed to have died. However, her body was never seen. In the final scenes from the finale, April also had an encounter with a woman who dressed exactly like Karen. She also introduced herself as such and urged April to help her with something very important. If season 5 was renewed, the new Karen's identity would have been revealed.
While speaking with TV Line, executive producer Rina Mimoun explained, "It's kind of out there, but it's more about growing our group of women in the most organic way possible. Despite everyone's mad hate for the finale - I'm still absorbing it, that's fine. I love that so many photos that accompany the stories about us show our core group of women hugging and toasting with wine glasses," she said.
When asked if the new Karen is actually Lydia who just underwent plastic surgery, Mimoun said that Lydia is definitely not the new Karen. "It's not Lydia. I'll give you that much. We can start a new theory percolating because the Lydia one is not it. We would be going into full 'Days of Our Lives' 'Marlena turns into the devil' territory, which we're not prepared to do. This is a summer series, but come on," she said.
Unfortunately, "Mistresses" season 5 has been cancelled by ABC after Kim's exit from the once hit TV series. Prior to the cancellation, Mimoun wanted to have at least another season to wrap up the stories of Joss, April, Karen, Harry and the rest of the characters.
"We really feel like there's one more year of story to tell, but we're also looking for a graceful way to wrap up the series. There'd be some new hot messes in the mix, and we'd be moving back toward the kind of racy romp that 'Mistresses' was when it began," she said.
"Mistresses" season 4 ended with a relatively low rating compared to season three's finale.