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After a year and a half, Netflix finally reunited us with Friends from College. Season 2 also brought together the friends from college back together after a year or so of estrangement following the intensely awkward events of the Season 1 finale. The gang got back together for one reason and one reason only: Max’s (Fred Savage) impending wedding to Felix (Billy Eichner). After such a long wait, it would be totally normal for Friends from College superfans to have binged all 8 new episodes in one sitting. If that’s the case, then you’ve no doubt got one question on your mind: when is Season 3 coming out?
Let’s not get ahead of ourselves, though! Before we can really talk about Season 3, we’ve got to talk about what trials and tribulations this friend group went through in Season 2. Here’s a more specific, very spoilery topic:
Does Friends from College Season 2 end on a cliffhanger?
You bet it does, although possibly not one you saw coming when you fired up the season at first. Surprisingly for this show, Max and Felix’s wedding goes off without a hitch. The season ends with the two of them married and Max calling Felix his best friend (y’all just got married, he better be your best friend by now!). All the drama emerged in the Lisa/Ethan/Nick/Charlie relationship rectangle. Is it possible to succinctly sum this up? I’ll try!
Lisa and Ethan started off the season estranged, with Lisa having moved on to a new boyfriend named Charlie. Then Lisa had one last quickie with Ethan, cheating on Charlie. Later, Lisa and Charlie–who were also trying to have a baby, BTW–broke up because Charlie wanted to get married since they were gonna have a baby together. Lisa didn’t want to get married again. So Lisa went back to Nick, her old college bud that she hooked up with back in Season 1 while she was still ostensibly “happily” married to Ethan. Cool, now Lisa and Nick were gonna be an item! And then Lisa found out she was pregnant. So she went running back to Charlie, and the two of them decided to totally go the fairytale route and get married. Then Lisa realized that the baby was conceived while Charlie was out of town, making Ethan the father.
Got all that?
Ethan, who was ready to run away to Paris with Sam, got the news and rushed to Lisa’s side. That left Sam high and dry (you bet that’s a Radiohead reference) in a beret at the airport. She ends the season back in the arms of her husband (Greg Germann), theoretically giving her marriage another go after getting stood up by Ethan. And the season ends with Ethan and Lisa at the OBGYN hearing the heartbeat of their child for the first time. Obviously there’s a lot of ground for a potential Season 3 to cover, the big question is…
Will Friends from College get a Season 3?
It’s too soon to tell since Netflix tends to wait a little while before announcing if a show is renewed or cancelled. For example, Netflix didn’t renew the show for Season 2 until a month after Season 1 came out. So don’t expect to hear anything about the future of this show quite so soon. If you want to help ensure that it comes back, though, make sure you watch all of Season 2 (the speedier the better, TBH). The show’s creators Nicholas Stoller and Francesca Delbanco do have ideas for Season 3, as they told us when we chatted with them, should the need for them arise.
When will Friends from College Season 3 come out?
If the show is renewed, it’s possible we’ll have to wait a while for Season 3. There was a year-and-a-half wait between Seasons 1 and 2, so it’s possible that we won’t check in with the gang until Summer 2020 at the earliest. That’s a super long wait, but that’s what you gotta put up with if you want a cast as stacked with in-demand performers as Friends from College!
Decider will be sure to update this article as more information about Friends from College Season 3 is announced.
UPDATE: Netflix has announced that Friends from College has been canceled.
