Why there isn’t going to be a Top Boy season six

Warning: Top Boy SPOILERS

The fifth season of Top Boy has landed on Netflix to rave reviews and has officially tied up the loose ends on any unanswered questions we had in previous seasons.

Yes, that’s right, the show has officially come to an end, with Dushane, Sully and co not returning for a sixth season – Or season three, how you look at it (the first two seasons of the show aired on Channel 4 in 2011 and 2013, and the next three seasons landed on Netflix thanks to backing from Drake who serves as an executive producer).

“What a final season 🔥 Sad that it’s over 😢#TopBoy #TopBoyNetflix,” one person tweeted, while another added: “#TopBoySeason3 #Topboy #TopBoyNetflix Wow. What a masterpiece. Can’t believe it’s over. Sully is the OG.” A third added: “I really binge watched the last season of #TopBoy. I swore I wouldn’t. Now I’m sad cause it’s over 🤦🏾‍♀️.”

And if you, like the rest of the Top Boy‘s fan base, are devastated that the show has ended and don’t understand why, here’s the reason.

In a recent interview with GQ, the show’s actor Ashley Walters said: “[Netflix] wanted to go on forever! And Kane [Robinson] and I were like, ‘Personally, we can’t.’ We don’t think it’s the right thing to do. It may have gone on too long, anyway.

“Not that it’s not been great, and the seasons have all been great, and everyone’s loved them, and I’ve loved them. But it wouldn’t have been right. I like to end on a high.”