Warning: This post contains spoilers for The Diplomat Season 3.

After its successful second season, which earned The Diplomat a surprise Emmy nomination for Outstanding Drama Series (and a less surprising, second consecutive nomination for lead Keri Russell ), the Netflix series returned for its third season on Oct. 16. And it’s got some twists and turns that richly reward viewers’ dedication to the political thriller .

Still, Debora Cahn, the creator of the standout Netflix series, jokes that the fiction of the show remains an escape from reality: “Compared to what’s going on in the real world, we’re sort of like a quiet nature documentary.”

She’s exaggerating somewhat. Season 3 concludes with the series’ most shocking finale yet—which is saying something, considering the

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