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Running Point is officially swaggering back for a third season on Netflix, and it’s a bigger deal than you think. Because after that season two finale? Please. As if anyone were prepared to abandon the Gordon family whilst their entire empire was still teetering on the edge of catastrophic collapse. The renewal news had barely hit the timeline before fans were already foaming at the mouth over Isla, Cam, and the dysfunctional circus that is the LA Waves.

We have to give it to Netflix this time, as the platform knew precisely what sort of beast it had created here. A comedy about obscenely wealthy basketball siblings emotionally terrorising each other whilst Kate Hudson is her most dramatic self ever. It’s what we call a binge fest!

Of course, Netflix was bringing it back. The moment Isla finally clawed her way to that championship victory, audiences immediately started clamouring for another season because nobody, and we mean nobody, wanted that mess to end there.

At this point, viewers have become embarrassingly attached to these people. Isla spends half the series looking exhausted by every breathing person around her. However, she still keeps them functioning. Watching her survive the Gordon family every episode deserves compensation at this point.

Fan reactions online started immediately after the season three announcement because people already know the next season is probably going to become even messier after everything that happened in season two, which was just released, by the way. And nobody here is expecting any sort of “normalcy” from Running Point. That ship sailed ages ago.

Running Point clearly is not done causing problems yet

Season two basically turned into Cam Gordon making everybody’s lives harder than necessary from beginning to end. Justin Theroux is fully committed to making Cam manipulative and frustrating and entertaining all at once, which explains why audiences could not stop talking about him online every week.

After getting out of rehab early, Cam spent most of the season pretending he had no interest in taking back control of the LA Waves while very obviously trying to ruin Isla’s credibility behind the scenes. Nobody trusted him for a single second, and fair enough, because every episode he found fresh ways to create problems inside the organisation.

Season three will probably deal with the fallout from Cam getting exposed at the end of season two, because that completely destroyed whatever credibility he still had left inside the LA Waves organisation. And knowing this family, absolutely nobody is expecting everybody to move on peacefully either. That would be far too normal for the Gordons. Isla finally proved she could successfully lead the team after winning the championship, so next season will likely put even more pressure on her position.

People are also expecting the show to lean even further into the sibling drama now because that has become one of the biggest reasons audiences keep watching in the first place.

And while Netflix still has not confirmed the release date or full returning cast for season three, viewers already expect most of the major players to return.