SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from The Diplomat Season 3.

Debora Cahn had more than a few tricks up her sleeve for Season 3 of The Diplomat.

The latest installment, which premiered Thursday on Netflix , picks up just moments after the Season 2 cliffhanger when the President dies after Hal (Rufus Sewell) informs him of Vice President Grace Penn’s involvement in the bombing of a British aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf. In his defense, Hal says he was merely informing the President that he had a rogue deputy, which he did .

Except, that rogue deputy is now President of the United States. The one shred of good news is that this might finally be the moment Kate (Keri Russell) ascends to the VP position, if only to keep Grace in check. That last hope is squandered w

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