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When Does The Order Season 3 Come Out? Is It Renewed?

The Order was cancelled — there is no Season 3.

IMDb

6.7/10

Seasons

2

Episodes

20

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Diagnostics

Network
Netflix
First aired
2019-03-07
Last aired
2020-06-18
Runtime
50 min
Rated
TV-MA

Awards 1 win & 14 nominations total

Predictive Logic Analysis

The Order has been cancelled. The series will not continue, and Season 3 is not in development.

What is The Order about?

The Order is a campus-set supernatural thriller that never quite settles on what it wants to be, which turns out to be both its main appeal and its fundamental problem. Jake Manley plays Jack Morton, a college freshman who joins a secret society called the Hermetic Order of the Blue Rose while trying to solve his mother's mysterious death. What starts as an investigation thriller quickly spirals into something messier: a conflict between werewolves, practitioners of dark magic, and a shadowy organization that pulls strings from the margins. The show wants you to care about Jack's personal vendetta, his romance with fellow initiate Alyssa Drake, the internal politics of the Order, and a larger battle for supernatural supremacy. Asking an audience to track all of that at once is ambitious. Executing it cleanly is harder.

The series leans heavily into its dark magic mythology, constructing an elaborate ruleset for spells and rituals with the kind of detail that appeals to fantasy worldbuilding enthusiasts. It takes itself seriously in a way that sometimes works (the practical effects and production design are solid), and sometimes undercuts itself (certain dialogue and character moments land as unintentionally funny). The tone wobbles between gothic drama and pulpy adventure. Season one feels like it's searching for its center of gravity. Season two, which arrived a year later, finds more confidence in embracing the absurdity of its premise and leans into character relationships rather than plot mystery, though by then the core mystery of Jack's mother's death has already been resolved.

Audiences and critics treated The Order with moderate interest but little enthusiasm. It pulled viewers on Netflix but never became a cultural conversation. The cast is likeable enough that people watched, but the writing rarely gave them material sharp enough to make scenes stick with you. The show is one of a dozen other Netflix fantasy dramas that premiere, gain a small devoted following, and vanish before reaching resolution.

The Order's real problem is that it spreads itself too thin. A tighter show about just the werewolf mythology or just the magical order's internal conspiracy would have had more spine. Instead, it tries to be Jack's revenge story, a romance, a campus procedural, a dark magic epic, and a supernatural war story all at once, which means it does none of those things exceptionally well.

Created by Shelley Eriksen, Dennis Heaton

Themes

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Is The Order renewed or cancelled?

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The series is listed as cancelled

Why was The Order cancelled?

The Order arrived on Netflix in early 2019 with the kind of premise that should have worked: a secret magical society operating within a university, shadowy conspiracies, and a freshman pulled into a world of high-stakes supernatural conflict. The show had ambition and a decent cast willing to commit to the melodrama, but it never found the audience Netflix was looking for. By the time the second season aired in June 2020, viewership had dropped significantly, and the streaming service made the decision to end the series rather than invest in a third.

The show's real problem was that it felt caught between two different audiences and satisfied neither. It was too earnest for viewers who wanted horror-comedy camp, and too pulpy for those seeking serious fantasy drama. The mythology became increasingly convoluted as the first season progressed, introducing new factions and motivations that often contradicted earlier storytelling. A central weakness was the writing's inability to develop its characters in ways that made viewers genuinely invested in their fates. When Netflix looked at the completion rates for season two and the relatively modest engagement across its subscriber base, the math was simple: the show was expensive to produce and not drawing enough viewers to justify renewal.

By mid-2020, Netflix was also more aggressive about cancelling series that didn't hit certain performance thresholds within their first two seasons. The Order had neither the cultural moment of a breakout hit nor the loyal cult following that might have made it a prestige save. It was a middle-tier performer in a crowded lineup, which in streaming's efficiency calculus meant it was expendable.

The Order Season 3 Release Date

No release is expected. The Order was cancelled, ending the series.

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Best & worst episodes

The Order seasons

Season 12019 · 10 ep
  • 1. Hell Week (1)2019-03-07 · ★ 7.2
  • 2. Hell Week (2)2019-03-07 · ★ 7.5
  • 3. Introduction to Ethics (1)2019-03-07 · ★ 7.4
  • 4. Introduction to Ethics (2)2019-03-07 · ★ 7.5
  • 5. Homecoming (1)2019-03-07 · ★ 7.5
  • 6. Homecoming (2)2019-03-07 · ★ 7.5
  • 7. Undeclared (1)2019-03-07 · ★ 7.5
  • 8. Undeclared (2)2019-03-07 · ★ 7.6
  • 9. Finals (1)2019-03-07 · ★ 7.7
  • 10. Finals (2)2019-03-07 · ★ 7.5
Season 22020 · 10 ep
  • 1. Free Radicals (1)2020-06-18 · ★ 7.5
  • 2. Free Radicals (2)2020-06-18 · ★ 7.5
  • 3. Fear Itself (1)2020-06-18 · ★ 7.5
  • 4. Fear Itself (2)2020-06-18 · ★ 7.6
  • 5. The Commons (1)2020-06-18 · ★ 7.6
  • 6. The Commons (2)2020-06-18 · ★ 7.6
  • 7. Spring Outbreak (1)2020-06-18 · ★ 7.5
  • 8. Spring Outbreak (2)2020-06-18 · ★ 7.6
  • 9. New World Order (1)2020-06-18 · ★ 7.6
  • 10. New World Order (2)2020-06-18 · ★ 7.6

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The Order cast

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Jake Manley

Jake Manley

Jack Morton

Sarah Grey

Sarah Grey

Alyssa Drake

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The Order has been cancelled. No further seasons are planned.

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    Frequently asked

    When does The Order Season 3 come out?
    The Order was cancelled — there is no Season 3.
    Is The Order renewed or cancelled?
    The Order has been cancelled. No further seasons are planned.
    Why was The Order cancelled?
    The Order arrived on Netflix in early 2019 with the kind of premise that should have worked: a secret magical society operating within a university, shadowy conspiracies, and a freshman pulled into a world of high-stakes supernatural conflict. The show had ambition and a decent cast willing to commit to the melodrama, but it never found the audience Netflix was looking for. By the time the second season aired in June 2020, viewership had dropped significantly, and the streaming service made the decision to end the series rather than invest in a third.
    How many seasons of The Order are there?
    The Order has aired 2 seasons so far.
    How many episodes of The Order are there?
    There are 20 episodes of The Order across 2 seasons.
    Who created The Order?
    The Order was created by Shelley Eriksen and Dennis Heaton.
    Where can I watch The Order?
    The Order is available to stream on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads.
    What is The Order's IMDb rating?
    The Order holds an IMDb rating of 6.7/10 from 35,044 votes.