Max’s critically acclaimed comedy The Other Two — starring Heléne Yorke, Drew Tarver, Ken Marino, Molly Shannon, Case Walker, Josh Segarra, and a number of other talented gems — aired its Season 3 finale on Thursday, June 29, and the episode will likely have fans of the Dubeks wondering if they’ve seen the last of the family’s truly wild journey.
Though the Season 3 finale gives characters and fans alike a satisfying sense of closure, two end credits scenes seemingly foreshadow a potential continuation of the series. So is The Other Two returning for Season 4 on Max? Or will the Season 3 finale, “Brooke & Cary & Curtis & Lance,” also serve as the series finale?
We’ve got all the info you need about The Other Two‘s Season 3 ending, renewal status, and more below.
The Other Two Season 4 Renewal Status: Will The Other Two End With Season 3?
In an unexpected turn of events, The Other Two fans learned that the series will end with Season 3 just hours before the now series finale dropped on Max. This means there will be no Season 4 of the series. But the news is far more complex than a typical show cancellation.
On June 28, The Hollywood Reporter published news that the series would be ending amid HR complaints into the show’s creators, former Saturday Night Live writers Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider. The report alleged that Kelly “verbally abused writers and overworked crew,” while Schneider “enabled his behavior.” Several anonymous sources said that a formal investigation into the creators was launched, during which time they were not allowed on set. Though both Kelly and Schneider were ultimately “cleared of wrongdoing and allowed to return.” But sources claim the two embodied some of the very industry animosity The Other Two satirizes.
As Decider noted in a previous piece, fellow SNL alum Tina Fey alluded to Kelly and Schneider’s behavior on set while being honored at the 2023 PEN America Literary Awards in March, saying, “Nobody indulges writers like Lorne Michaels,” elaborating that Michaels has “unleashed an army of monsters into the world… You know it, I know it, and the crew of The Other Two knows it — oh I was supposed to change that. I was supposed to change that. That’s inappropriate. Oh well, it’s not livestreaming.”
Despite the report dropping a day before the Season 3 finale, the creator news and show ending are said to be independent of each other. “It is bittersweet to say goodbye to the Dubek family after three seasons, but we always knew, both creatively and personally, that this was where we wanted to end their stories,” Kelly and Schneider said in a joint statement before thanking viewers, cast, writers, producers, and crew.
So how exactly does The Other Two end? Let’s review.
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The Other Two Season 3 Ending Explained: Season 3, Episode 10, “Brooke & Cary & Curtis & Lance” Recap
In The Other Two Season 3, Episode 10, “Brooke & Cary & Curtis & Lance,” Brooke and Cary finally have their long-overdue epiphanies, actively set out to change their insufferable behavior, and — wait for it — DO GOOD! It’s about time!
After hitting rock bottom and screaming at Mackenzie (Nadia Dajani) outside her brother’s (David Lascher) Hamptons home at 2 a.m., Cary realizes what a raging terror he’s become in pursuit of fame. Mac invites him to stay the night, and after catching a glimpse of her dying mother in a bedroom near his, Cary locks himself in the bathroom and sobs. When he wakes up the next morning he realizes he has to break up with Lucas Lambert Moy (who has been Australian and married this entire time BTW!), pull out of his big movie, and make things right with Curtis (Brandon Scott Jones).
Cary heads to the Hamptons house where Curtis has his birthday celebration and tells his former bestie he’s seen the light and wants to fix their friendship. Curtis accepts Cary’s apology but says he can’t let him stay, because Cary wasn’t only rude to him, he was rude to his friends, too. Yes, you go Curtis! Cary accepts the harsh reality and leaves, and as he’s walking the beach alone Mac calls with news: The movie is back on, with Kelly Reichardt directing and Harry Styles as his love interest (because Styles wants another stab at playing gay). Rather than accepting his ticket to an Academy Award, Cary hangs up the phone and we check in with Brooke who’s en route to the Peabody Awards to receive an award for doing good.
Much to Brooke’s surprise, she survives the red carpet unscathed, but when freshly pubbed takedown articles about Pat’s Episode 8 Twitter rant and Chase using the mental health fundraiser to sell his albums threaten to end her mother and brother’s careers she has an epiphany of her own. When the family retreats to a room to strategize, she snatches Pat and Chase’s phones, has her assistant lock them in the room, and hops on the news to take the fall for their mistakes. Brooke says she’s the one who fired off Pat’s horrible Twitter thread, and that the “big dick” comments were about her own ex, Lance, who corroborates the story to reporters. She says it was her idea to sell Chase’s albums during the telethon. And she posts statements from her mother and brother’s social accounts firing herself as their manager.
Brooke’s Peabody is revoked. The news chyron literally reads, “BROOKE DUBEK IS BAD.” And her career is in the toilet. But she finally did good by helping her mom and brother, and when she walks outside feeling like she has nothing left, Lance is there waiting for her. As rain pours down around them they take cover on a bench and catch up on their time apart. Lance admits he hired a publicist to land the People magazine cover. Brooke admits she snooped through his email account for proof (but leaves out all the breaking and entering and fire-starting details). And they both admit they miss each other. Lance suggests they take things slow, so they hug and head their separate ways. But as Brooke steps into the storm Lance turns around, screams “FUCK IT! LET’S JUST GO FAST,” and the two share an iconic kiss in the rain.
A week later, Brooke, Lance, Chase, Pat, and Cary meet for a nice dinner at fake Applebees — where else?! — and Cary reveals he did some soul-searching on the beach and declined the big movie. Before the episode ends, we flash forward and see a sad, unemployed Brooke carrying a case of toilet paper through the city. All hope seems lost, but when Streeter forwards her emails from “the biggest names in Hollywood” who want her as their manager because she was willing to be the bad guy for her clients, she looks directly into the camera and says, “Oh my god. So it’s good to be bad?!” YIKES! Oh, and Chase got a tattoo of Piglet with boobs because he “thought it was funny and cool.” So Streeter and Shuli have their work cut out for them.
The Other Two is currently streaming on Max.
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