I’m Almost Afraid to Ask If ‘Lioness’ Will Return for Season 3
It’s tough to pinpoint what the future holds for Lioness. The Taylor Sheridan series starring Zoe Saldaña and Nicole Kidman originally set out to follow a special unit of the CIA comprising undercover female operatives. Season 2 hasn’t exactly stuck to that plot. Still, the Sheridan universe continues to be a hit among audiences. Over 12.4 million viewers tuned in to Lioness’s season 2 premiere, according to The Wrap. I can’t say how many will stick around for the finale.
Season 2 sent the Lioness team on a mission that involved Mexican cartels, the kidnapping of a U.S. congresswoman, child-trafficking rings, and even China’s plan to invade Taiwan. If Paramount decides to renew the series for a third season, I dread the new multilevel conspiracy that the series will come up with next. A random stolen bicycle could morph into Russians smuggling nuclear codes across the North Korean demarcation line in the blink of an eye. Knowing Lioness, it probably will. For everything else we know about season 3, read on below.
Will Lioness Return for Season 3?
Zoe Saldaña told Vanity Fair last month that she is “signed up for three seasons at least.” There’s no word on when—or if—Lioness will return, but I have yet to see Sheridan shaft one of his own shows. Outside of Lioness, Sheridan also created Yellowstone, 1923, Tulsa King, Landman, Mayor of Kingstown, Lawman: Bass Reeves, and the upcoming Yellowstone spin-off The Madison. I don’t know where he finds the time. But if Saldaña says that she’s down for three seasons, I trust that season 3 is on its way.
No one else in the cast has spoken about their future with the series just yet. Deadline revealed last month that Genesis Rodriguez is joining the third season of Netflix’s The Night Agent, but there’s nothing stopping her from appearing on both shows. The bigger question is: Will big names such as Morgan Freeman and Nicole Kidman continue to appear in the series? To my knowledge, Kidman has never stayed on a television series longer than two seasons. (Unless we do see Big Little Lies season 3 after all.)
Lioness’s third outing could look entirely different once we return. Many fans theorised that Cruz (Laysla De Oliveira) would take over the program at the end of season 2 so that Joe (Saldaña) could spend more time with her family. That’s still a possibility! It may just take one more season before she’s ready.
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