Troubles were hinted at early on, when it was revealed that Season 1's production was getting shut down early. The show's cast and crew were given sudden alerts that the episode count was being cut down from 13 to 10, and that the writers were going to need to reformulate the ending in order to account for the excised episodes. After watching Swamp Thing's early episodes, it seemed possible that the pristine special effects may have drained the show's budget, but this sudden cancellation hints at other problems possibly lurking behind the scenes.