Lioness season 3 finale pulled 9.7 million viewers in a week — worth starting from season 1, or can I jump in now?
The Lioness season 3 finale just closed with 9.7 million viewers in seven days, a series high and reportedly the fifth-biggest Paramount Plus finale ever. I have never watched a minute of it. I like a good thriller and Taylor Sheridan shows usually hook me, but three seasons is a real time commitment. Does the show work if you jump in at season 3, or is the payoff all built on the earlier seasons? And honestly, is it actually good, or is it just the kind of show that gets big because there is nothing else on?
1 answer
- Start at season 1, it is only 8 episodes
Jumping in at season 3 wastes the whole point. The finale numbers are high because three seasons of character stakes paid off at once, not because season 3 is standalone. Season 1 is eight episodes and it sets up every relationship the finale cashes in. If you like it after episode three, keep going; if not, you saved yourself twenty hours.