Fans of the BBC twisty revenge series are right to be thrilled, but after such a long wait between seasons, should they be nervous as well?
And Just Like That… fell into every pitfall of a series reboot you can possibly imagine, so the makers of Doctor Foster part III would be wise to use that as an example of what not to do.
Then, they seemingly forgot the quirky characteristics of the SATC women (Cynthia Nixon’s Miranda and Kristin Davis’s Charlotte) that made us love the original series. During the hiatus, skilled, on-the-ball lawyer Miranda somehow turned into an out of touch, bumbling fool and, even worse, in the sequel Charlotte become the butt of every joke, and suddenly had debilitating vertigo that had never once been mentioned in the 100+ episodes of SATC and And Just Like That….
While her absence was reportedly due to Cattrall not wanting to return, it did leave the show devoid of the sexy joy Samantha used to bring to every episode, and references to her character in AJLT only served to emphasise her absence.
Martin Sadly had to be killed off for the new series following the death of actor John Mahoney in 2018, but David Hyde Pierce and Jane Leeves didn’t return either (though Daphne and Niles's now adult son David is a recurring character), while Frasier’s former producer Roz Doyle (Peri Gilpin) and ex-wife Lilith (Bebe Neuwirth) popped up just enough to remind us why the original series worked and the reboot, well, didn’t. The show ran for two seasons before being cancelled. Unsurprisingly, no one else has decided to pick it up.
Cult series Veronica Mars, which ran for three seasons from 2004 and 2007 (plus a 2014 film), followed high school student and wannabe private investigator Veronica (Kristen Bell) as she navigated life in the California seaside town of Neptune. Witty, sharp and twisting, the show skilfully mixed teen drama with mystery, throwing in a romance with brooding Logan (Jason Dohring).
A 2019 return showed that Veronica, now all grown up, had become a private detective like her dad (Enrico Colantoni), and her current investigation meant the return of many fan favourite characters, including Francis Capra’s Weevil and cop Leo (Max Greenfield). The show kept the same tone as the original series – Veronica was just as feisty as we remembered, her dad just as loveable, and her believable romance with Logan continued too (sadly, the sequel series does kill him off, but it is handled so expertly we’ll forgive the producers for breaking the don’t-kill-off-one-of-the-main-characters rule).
The return featured both the mythology and characters (including the Cigarette Smoking Man, the Lone Gunmen and FBI director Skinner) that fans loved, and best of all, the final season wrapped up some of the mysteries viewers had been waiting more than a decade to be explained.
The synopsis for the new episodes begins: "10 years ago, on discovering her husband Simon was having an affair, Gemma Foster enacted a masterful revenge. But the fallout was devastating when her 15-year-old son Tom disappeared. Now, in series 3, Gemma is still a GP, still in the same house, but on the brink of a fresh start: she has met someone new and is getting married…"
These are all good signs that Doctor Foster season 3 could be a success, and a tease from Suranne Jones about what the series will focus on makes it even more appealing.
"For me, this time around it’s about accountability and questioning – can we ever truly sever ties with our past and the damage or traumas that haunt us, so we can fully move forward? Gemma and Simon have so much to unpick!”
Doctor Foster season 3 will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. Seasons 1-2 are available to stream on iPlayer now.
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