SYFY Chucky Season 3 (2024) spoiler free review
Chucky is an American horror comedy television series created by Don Mancini in 2021 and is the eighth main installment of the Child’s Play franchise. The third season was split into two parts, due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, with the first part premiering on October 4, 2023 and ending on October 25, 2023. The second part premiered in April 10, 2024 and ended on May 1, 2024. Both parts premiered on Syfy and USA Network and are now available to stream on Peacock Tv. The season consisted of 8 episodes.
In Chucky’s unending thirst for power, season 3 now sees Chucky ensconced with the most powerful family in the world — America’s First Family, inside the infamous walls of the White House. How did Chucky wind up here? What in God’s name does he want? And how can Jake, Devon, and Lexy possibly get to Chucky inside the world’s most secure house, all while balancing the pressures of romantic relationships and growing up? Meanwhile, Tiffany faces a looming crisis of her own as the police close in on her for “Jennifer Tilly’s” murderous rampage last season.
Season plot
The cast includes Zackary Arthur as Jake Wheeler, Björgvin Arnarson as Devon Evans, Alyvia Alyn Lind as Lexy Cross, Devon Sawa as President James Collins, Randall Jenkins, and Lucas Wheeler, Brad Dourif as Chucky / Charles Lee Ray, Jennifer Tilly as Tiffany Valentine, and Fiona Dourif as Nica Pierce.
Episodes guide:
- Murder at 1600 – October 4, 2023
- Let the Right One In – October 11, 2023
- Jennifer’s Body – October 18, 2023
- Dressed To Kill – October 25, 2023
- Death Becomes Her – April 10, 2024
- Panic Room – April 17, 2024
- There Will Be Blood – April 24, 2024
- Final Destination – May 1, 2024
My opinion
With Chucky on the White House, what could possibly go wrong? Well, a lot actually. Full of blood and gore, this new season of Chucky continues to bring the classic and dark humor that characterizes this iconic Good Guy doll. But, everything has its limit and end and when it comes to the story of the main characters, Jake, Devon and Lexy, it seems that we have already arrived there. The development and growth of the characters is palpable. But how much more can these teenagers fight Chucky instead of running away and trying to start a new life? It is clear that Lexy wants her little sister back but it is a story that begins to run in circles with no signs of concluding in the near future.
In the end, Chucky will always get his way and puts the trio back at the beginning of everything. This makes it feel like when you play Mario Bros and after finally rescuing Princess Peach from Bowser it gets kidnapped back and you have to start a new level and do it all over again. At first, this can be exciting, leaving us waiting to see what will happen next. But there comes a time when it stops being exciting like a joke that is repeated too much.
The acting evolution of Arthur, Arnarson and Alyn Lind is notable and offers us a more mature version of these characters that we met in 2021. The friendship has matured and grown with them, as it should be. As far as humor goes, the series has lost its spark a bit. It still has good moments but compared to the first season the difference is significant. Asking that a series about a possessed, murderous doll have all the logic in the world is ridiculous, but there is a limit to how nonsesical it can be and this season is dangerously close to it. There are plans to continue the story in a fourth season or a movie.
And even though this season has received a positive response from both critics and audiences, on a personal note, I think it would be better to continue the story in a movie than in a new season where the story has to be stretched until it no longer holds. This season left me with a bittersweet feeling and low expectations for the future of the series and franchise.