Fox took the first option with "Rake," which is better than the other, at least.

The network canceled the series in early May, a month after pulling it from the schedule, with one episode of its 13-episode first season left unaired.

Rather than just let it disappear, though, as you say, Fox aired the remaining episode -- the de facto series finale, though no one knew that when it was made -- in June.

The dark comedy starred big-screen supporting man and romantic-comedy mainstay Greg Kinnear as a mouthy defense lawyer whose self-destructive tendencies were played for bleak laughs. It was actually based on a much more popular Australian series of the same name.

The show's ratings started off bad and only got worse. It was subsequently bounced around the schedule, starting off on Thursdays, moving to Fridays, then to Saturdays, but to no avail. It returned to Friday for the finale in June.

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