The third season of the American horror series Chucky, created by Don Mancini, premiered on Syfy and USA Network on October 4, 2023.[1] The season consisted of 8 episodes.[2] Based on the Child's Play film franchise,[3] the series serves as a sequel to Cult of Chucky, and stars Brad Dourif reprising his role as the titular character, alongside Zackary Arthur, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Björgvin Arnarson, and Devon Sawa in the ensemble cast.
Chucky | |
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Season 3 | |
Showrunner | Don Mancini |
Starring |
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No. of episodes | 8 |
Release | |
Original network | |
Original release | October 4, 2023 May 1, 2024 | –
Season chronology |
Cast and characters edit
Main edit
- Zackary Arthur as Jake Wheeler
- Also portrayed Chucky
- Björgvin Arnarson as Devon Evans
- Alyvia Alyn Lind as Lexy Cross
- Devon Sawa as:
- President James Collins[4]
- Randall Jenkins
- Lucas Wheeler
- Brad Dourif as:
- Chucky / Charles Lee Ray
- David Kohlsmith as young Charles Lee Ray (7 years old)
- Tyler Barish as young Charles Lee Ray (14 years old)
- Fiona Dourif as Charles Lee Ray (30 years old)
- Damballa
- Chucky / Charles Lee Ray
Recurring edit
- Jennifer Tilly as Tiffany Valentine
- Fiona Dourif as Nica Pierce
- Carina London Battrick as Caroline Cross
- Lara Jean Chorostecki as Charlotte Collins[5]
- Jackson Kelly as Grant Collins[4]
- Callum Vinson as Henry Collins[4]
- Annie M. Briggs as Rachel Fairchild
- Ayesha Mansur Gonsalves as Melanie Spiegel
- K.C. Collins as George Cooper
- Franco Lo Presti as Hicks
- Gil Bellows as Warren Pryce
- Michael Therriault as Vice President Spencer Rhodes
Notable guest stars edit
- Alex Vincent as Andy Barclay
- Kenan Thompson as a Cab Driver[6]
- Richard Waugh as Dr. Rosen
- Sarah Sherman as Annie Gilpin[7]
- Nia Vardalos as Evelyn Elliot
- John Waters as Wendell Wilkins[8]
Episodes edit
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) | ||||||
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17 | 1 | "Murder at 1600" | Jeff Renfroe | Nick Zigler & Don Mancini | October 4, 2023 | 0.172 (Syfy)[9] 0.207 (USA Network)[9] | ||||||
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18 | 2 | "Let the Right One In" | John Hyams | Catherine Schetina & Amanda Blanchard and Alex Delyle & Rachael Paradis | October 11, 2023 | 0.124 (Syfy)[9] 0.261 (USA Network)[9] | ||||||
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19 | 3 | "Jennifer's Body" | John Hyams | Alex Delyle & Rachael Paradis and Catherine Schetina & Amanda Blanchard | October 18, 2023 | 0.210 (Syfy)[9] 0.230 (USA Network)[9] | ||||||
The episode depicts the events that occurred the previous year. First, Chucky is interrupted from killing Tiffany by a police raid, and she is arrested for the murder of Mayor Cross. Nica arrives and attempts to chase Caroline and Chucky, but they escape through the subway. When Chucky discovers his doll form is starting to age, he visits a doctor who is an expert in voodoo. The doctor tells him that, as a result of his exorcism at the School of the Incarnate Lord, Damballa has abandoned him; he must sacrifice six people, located in an 'evil' location, to regain Damballa's faith and allow him to continue living. Chucky first tries killing six people in a house in Amityville, but the ritual fails, so he chooses the White House as his next location. He shows up at Joseph's gravesite while the First Family is mourning, and Henry keeps him. Meanwhile, at Tiffany's trial, Nica, Jake, Devon, and Lexy all testify against her; 'Jennifer Tilly' is convicted of 103 counts of murder and sentenced to death. | ||||||||||||
20 | 4 | "Dressed to Kill" | Jeff Renfroe | Rachael Paradis & Don Mancini | October 25, 2023 | 0.105 (Syfy)[9] 0.247 (USA Network)[9] | ||||||
Despite Charlotte's objections, Pryce convinces her to hold their annual Halloween party at the White House to assuage President James and the populace. Charlotte hires nanny Annie Gilpin to watch over Henry during the party. Chucky plans for the arrival of Jake, Devon, and Lexy, intending to kill them as his final three sacrifices. The three arrive at the party with a plan to prove Chucky's guilt as well as subdue him. Henry comes downstairs with Chucky and the three try to get Chucky to speak, but the power goes out again. When it comes back on, a chandelier loosened by Chucky falls, killing Annie and several other guests. Henry and Chucky are ushered upstairs as the remaining guests are escorted out. Chucky attempts the ritual once again, but it fails again and he discovers he is even older than before. In prison, Tiffany meets celebrity chef Evelyn Elliot, who quickly despises her upon hearing that she killed Meg. Tiffany receives a package of voodoo dolls. She uses one to torture and kill Evelyn, then uses another to hypnotize a guard into helping her escape. | ||||||||||||
Part 2 | ||||||||||||
21 | 5 | "Death Becomes Her" | Samir Rehem | Nick Zigler & Amanda Blanchard & Diana Pawell | April 10, 2024 | 0.153 (Syfy)[9] 0.228 (USA Network)[9] | ||||||
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22 | 6 | "Panic Room" | Samir Rehem | Alex Delyle & Isabella Gutierrez & Amanda Blanchard | April 17, 2024 | 0.140 (Syfy)[9] 0.176 (USA Network)[9] | ||||||
While carried by Henry, Chucky instructs him to take him to a room where a gun is hidden in a wall safe. From there, he leads the boy to Randall's room and holds him hostage. He has Randall take the three of them to the Situation Room. Inside the Situation Room, Chucky forces Randall to contact the North American Aerospace Defense Command. Now with complete access to the nuclear missiles, Chucky sets his targets for Moscow, Pyongyang, and the North Pole. Now that they are alone, Lexy decides to tell Grant about Chucky and why they lied to him. They convince Grant to help them, and make their way to the elevator. They arrive at the Situation Room just in time, before the missiles are launched. Before his plan is fulfilled, Coop and Pryce enter the Situation Room, and Coop shoots Chucky through the heart and to abort the missiles. However Chucky manages to launch the nuclear missile to the North Pole before he dies, disintegrating into dust. While Pryce scrambles to lock the White House down, the ghost of Charles Lee Ray manifests in the hallway, unseen by anyone. | ||||||||||||
23 | 7 | "There Will Be Blood" | Amanda Row | Catherine Schetina & Josh E. Jacobs | April 24, 2024 | 0.072 (Syfy)[9] 0.176 (USA Network)[9] | ||||||
Following the accidental detonation, the vice President gives a speech to the public claiming it was the cause of a power outage. Pryce discloses his plans to Charlotte to have Randall tape an announcement with the Collins family, explaining that James is transferring the presidency to Spence due to Brain Cancer. Charlotte is against this. Pryce has the teenagers locked in his room, however Coop and Hicks arrive to help Charlotte escape with her boys. Grant refuses to leave as his friends are still trapped by Pryce's agent. As Charlotte is driven away, Grant walk back into the White House. Dr. Carol Lindstrom and her associate Timmy Nash arrive at the White House to aid Pryce in cleaning the building of its evil spirits. Pryce brings the gang to the Oval Office where Carol and Timmy have set up their equipment. Carol reveals that the souls of those who died in the White House are still here, including that of Chucky. In order to persuade Charles' ghost to move on and find peace, they must have a séance. Randall is forced to record James' farewell video and when he's finished, Pryce reveals that he is going to be die by lethal injection. Randall makes a run for the elevator with a Secret Service Agent right behind him. The two men fight in the elevator, but both drown when it floods with blood. During the séance, using Timmy as a conduit, they successfully make contact with Charles. Carol tries getting in touch with the good in Charles however Charles causes blood to rain down from the fire sprinklers, then throws the listening device to the bloody ground and electrocuting Carol, Spence, and Melanie. As they are out of options, Timmy announces they must take Chucky by surprise in the Spirit Realm, but they can only do this by dying. Jake volunteers to do it. Using a drug provided by Pryce, Jake is temporarily put under cardiac arrest, but he only has five minutes before they must revive him. Meanwhile in Texas, Tiffany is still missing one item for the final voodoo doll. The sniper guarding the front entrance. She tasks Erica to get her something from the sniper however she is hit by a car and dies. Tiffany is unable to stop her execution and is restrained and prepped for her lethal injection. From a promise with GG, Nica, who is there watching the execution, passes on their message that they think she's a wonderful mother. Nica also informs her that she will burn in Hell. Tiffany's last words are "Goodbye, GG. Goodbye, Chucky. I love you so, so much.". | ||||||||||||
24 | 8 | "Final Destination" | Jeff Renfroe | Alex Delyle & Nick Zigler & Don Mancini | May 1, 2024 | 0.077 (Syfy)[9] 0.116 (USA Network)[9] | ||||||
Once Jake wakes up on the other side, he finds his dad's spirit destroying his doll sculpture with a bat. Lucas chases him when he learns of his boyfriend but Jake tells him he forgives him for what he did. He finds the spirit of Charles who takes him to the White House's movie theatre, where all of his different soul fragments are inside watching different scenes of Chucky's life. While Charles argues with his younger self, Jake notices Good Chucky running out of the movie theatre. He follows after him to the president's bedroom, where Good Chucky tells Jake that Caroline is safe with a man named Wendell Wilkins. Taking a knife out from under the blankets, Jake explains that to forgive what he did in Season 2 (killing Nadine), Good Chucky must sacrifice himself. Before he can convince him, the other fragments of Chucky's soul enter the bedroom, trying to convince Good Chucky not to go through with it. Although Jake believes he's gotten through to Good Chucky, he soon realizes that all the Chuckys were distracting him so Chucky Prime could possess Jake's body. Meanwhile in Texas, just as the needle is inserted into her arm, one of the prison guards Tiffany brainwashed rushes in and frees her from the table and she is escorted out with the help of the other brainwashed guards. Nica tries to follow after her but is knocked down. Tiffany escapes driving off in her getaway car. Back at the White House, Devon counts down the minutes until he can wake up Jake. During this Pryce and the other agents set up various bombs to go off in one minute. With the five minutes up, Devon brings Jake back from the Spirit Realm, unaware that he is possessed by Chucky. Jake lies, telling them all that he killed Chucky, and that he knows where Caroline is being held. At that same moment, the CIA's bombs go off and explode throughout the White House. Devon, Lexy, and Grant make it down the staircase but Jake and Timmy are trapped upstairs. The two of them get on the elevator, allowing Chucky to beat Timmy to death. Devon and Lexy escape from the building as Grant locks Pryce in the White House, leaving him to die. Charlotte arrives just as Grant escapes, hugging him. Devon and Lexy are soon reunited with Jake, who leads them to Wendell Wilkin's address. At the house, they discover that he is a doll maker and he created the Good Guy dolls. He shows them the prototype Good Guy doll he created in 1987, divulging that the Good Guy dolls bankrupted him after the murders started. But a few weeks earlier, a new child, Caroline, came into his life to show him the beauty of what Chucky had done. Chucky then reveals himself to Devon and Lexy, and with Caroline's help, he transfers his soul back to the Good Guy doll. Wendell and Caroline then reveal that they're going to transfer their souls into marionette dolls. Tiffany meets up with Chucky who expresses that she wishes they could be a real family again, when Wendell reveals that they have a prototype Wedding Belle doll waiting for her to possess. Caroline transfers her soul into the doll, allowing Chucky and Tiffany to reunite. With the dolls in the backseat, Caroline drives away in Tiffany's car. As Caroline drives away, Nica wheels herself into Wendell's estate, leaving the front door open. Hearing muffled screams coming from a display cabinet, she discovers the trio's fate. Just then, Nica screams as Wendell approaches her from behind. Chucky is shown in a burning White House announcing his candidacy for a fourth term. |
Production edit
On January 15, 2023, the series was renewed for a third season.[10] Despite the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike, filming began in Toronto on April 27 of that year.[11] It was expected to continue through August, however in mid-July production was interrupted due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.[12][13] Filming resumed on November 24 and concluded on December 22 of the same year.[14] The season was split into two parts, with the first half airing in October 2023 and the other half airing in April 2024.[15]
Reception edit
On Rotten Tomatoes, the third season holds an approval rating of 100% based on 13 reviews, with an average rating of 8.2/10. The website's critics consensus states, Chucky takes Washington and ought to earn every horror fan's vote with this raucous third round of mayhem.[16]
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