<p id=”par-1_73″>Already binge-watched <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/the-diplomat-season-2-netflix-political-drama-premiere.html/”><em>The Diplomat </em>Season 2</a><em> </em>(that ending!) and ready for <em>The Diplomat</em> Season 3? There’s good news and bad news. The bad news is season 3 is not ready and waiting to be streamed on <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/netflix/”>Netflix</a>. The good news is that <em>The Diplomat</em> Season 3 is happening (it got greenlit ahead of season 2’s release) and is already in the works. Here’s everything we know so far from the storyline to production. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-the-diplomat-season-3-flips-the-chessboard-for-kate-wyler-as-she-enters-a-nightmare-nbsp”>‘The Diplomat’ Season 3 ‘flips the chessboard’ for Kate Wyler as she enters a ‘nightmare’ </h2>
<p id=”par-2_42″><em>The Diplomat</em> Season 2 has barely premiered—it hit Netflix on Halloween—and already a lot has been revealed about the show’s future. What’s ahead for Kate after another rollercoaster of a season? Yet another wild ride for her and fans of the show. </p>
<p id=”par-3_47″>“Season 3 flips the chessboard,” Debora Cahn, <em>The Diplomat</em>’s creator, showrunner, and executive producer told Netflix’s <a href=”https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/the-diplomat-season-3#:~:text=The%20Diplomat%20has%20been%20renewed,is%20getting%20what%20you%20want.%E2%80%9D”>Tudum</a> ahead of the season 2 premiere. She didn’t give much away but Cahn did say that “in Season 3, Kate lives the particular nightmare that is getting what you want.”</p>
<p id=”par-4_47″>What does Kate want? Answers to what happened after the deadly explosion in the series premiere? Or how about the explosion in the season 1 finale? Justice for all of it? Fans have to wait and see what happens both personally and professionally for the U.S. ambassador.</p>
<p id=”par-5_52″>Will Kate’s relationship with her husband, Hal Wyler (Rufus Sewell), get any less complicated? Will things with the British Foreign Secretary Austin Dennison (David Gyasi) go to the next level? And what about the United States Vice President Grace Penn, <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/allison-janneys-addition-the-diplomat-season-2-cast-shows-creator-full-on-immobilized-panic.html/”>played by Oscar winner Allison Janney</a>? Is she a friend or foe? </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-production-on-new-episodes-is-already-underway”>Production on new episodes is already underway </h2>
<figure class=”wp-block-image aligncenter size-full” id=”emb-1″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Rufus-Sewell-behind-the-scenes-of-The-Diplomat-pilot.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Rufus Sewell behind the scenes of ‘The Diplomat’ pilot” class=”wp-image-3734237″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Rufus Sewell on set of ‘The Diplomat’ Season 1 | Alex Bailey/Netflix</figcaption></figure>
<p id=”par-6_21″>The people behind <em>The Diplomat</em> are already working on the next season. Yes, that’s right season 3 is already in production. </p>
<p id=”par-7_42″>This time around Kate’s adventures will take her beyond London, England. In season 3 she’s crossing the pond—ahem, the Atlantic Ocean—and going to New York. That is, at least for some of the time as production is split between the two locations. </p>
<p id=”par-8_50″>It’s a bonus for Russell, who initially thought she’d have to <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/the-diplomat-creator-couldnt-picture-keri-russell-kate-wyler-this-is-not-gonna-work-out.html/”>pass on <em>The Diplomat</em></a> because it’s set in London, and she and her family live in Brooklyn, New York. (Russell has two children with her partner and fellow actor Matthew Rhys and also shares a child with her ex-husband.) </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-the-diplomat-season-3-will-have-8-episodes”>‘The Diplomat’ Season 3 will have 8 episodes</h2>
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<p id=”par-9_27″>No more six-episode seasons for <em>The Diplomat</em>. After a slightly shorter second season, <em>The Diplomat</em> Season 3 is set to have eight episodes just like season 1. </p>
<p id=”par-10_31″>As for <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/the-diplomat-season-2-shorter-season-1.html/”>why season 2 is shorter</a>, showrunner Debora Cahn explained in an interview ahead of the premiere that she felt there wasn’t “enough time” to make the “full” episode count. </p>
<p id=”par-11_57″>“It felt like there wasn’t enough time to turn around eight of them. It was a lot to do in what appeared to be a short period of time,” she said. “Had we known it was going to be a year and a half before we got back on the air,” she added, “it would’ve been different.” </p>
<p id=”par-12_9″>Watch <em>The Diplomat</em> Seasons 1 and 2 on Netflix. </p>