The miniseries format is something the series had attempted in the past with mostly strong results, with Marceline the Vampire Queen’s family backstory recounted in Stakes, and a long-awaited explanation of Finn’s heritage in Islands. Though this conclusion was somewhat open-ended, the series was done, and Finn and Jake’s adventures would continue in our imaginations and reruns.īut, with the arrival of HBO Max, Adventure Time is back with Distant Lands (named for a line in the original show’s theme song), a series of four, hour-long specials focusing in on Ooo inhabitants familiar and new.
In 2018, Pendleton Ward’s Adventure Time ended its eight-year, 283-episode run on as perfect a note as it could manage with its touching 45-minute finale, 'Come Along with Me.' The many stories and relationships between Finn the Human, Jake the (magic, stretchy) Dog, and the inhabitants of the Candy Kingdom passed into legend, and a new (large) boy and his compatriot far in the future were inspired by their tales to embark on adventures of their own.
