[The following story contains spoilers from the first two episodes of The Diplomat season three.]

By the second episode of season three of Netflix ‘s The Diplomat , viewers may have thought that the political thriller was on the verge of blowing up its entire premise.

After a series of changes , including Allison Janney’s Grace Penn becoming president after President Rayburn (Michael McKean) dies , Celia Imrie’s Margaret Roylin dying and Penn appointing Rufus Sewell ‘s former ambassador Hal Wyler as her vice president instead of his wife Kate Wyler ( Keri Russell ), who’d been pursuing the position , Kate is ready to leave her post as American ambassador to the U.K., the role she took in the opening minutes of the series’ first episode, and return to the U.S. with Hal w

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