Brace Yourself for 'Sweet Tooth' Season 3 — What Fans Can Expect

Now that the second season of Sweet Tooth is available on Netflix, many die-hard fans of the show have already binged the entire thing and are looking for even more. The second season premiered almost two years after the first, and many fans are hoping that the wait won't be quite so long between Season 2 and Season 3.

Of course, fans are also curious about other details around Sweet Tooth's third season. Since the show has been picked up for a third season, what will the season focus on? Here's what we know.

On May 3, 2023, Netflix confirmed that Sweet Tooth has been renewed for a third season (how exciting). This doesn't come as a surprise considering the show repeatedly landed on Netflix's Global Top 10 list after Season 2 released. From May 8–14 alone, Sweet Tooth garnered 11.01 million hours of watch time.

Although Sweet Tooth was renewed for a third season, it will be the final curtain call for the series. The show is based on a series of comic books that ran a total of 40 issues. So far, the show has covered roughly two-thirds of the plot from those comics.

A third season will be all that's needed to wrap up the story as it was told in the comics. And thanks to a Netflix press release in which the streamer referred to Season 3 as an "epic conclusion," we now know it will mark the end of the series.

Season 2 of Sweet Tooth ends with Gus and the other children setting off for Alaska, where Gus believes he might be able to find his mother Birdie. It seems evident (and has been confirmed), that the third season will track that journey. Jim Mickle told Netflix that Season 3 was produced in New Zealand, although the story will pick up in Alaska.

In terms of the story line, Mickle told Tudum, “[It’s] another road trip story like Season 1, but in a very different way. Season 3 is an Arctic story with exciting new adventures and what we hope will be a satisfying conclusion to this epic tale. Gus is going to see a side of the world and humanity that he didn’t see in Season 1 or 2.”

Fans of the show can also expect for Season 3 to be a little "darker."

While don't have an exact release date for Sweet Tooth Season 3, we can tell you that it will launch sometime in 2024. Given that we had to wait almost two years between the first and second seasons, it makes sense that the third season will release within a year or so after Season 2 debuted.

Th producers of Sweet Tooth have decided to keep the same episode count for Season 3 as it had for Season 1 and Season 2. So, there will be eight episodes in Season 3.

Although there won't be any extra episodes in the final season of the fantasy TV series, the cast is expanding. Cara Gee will join the Sweet Tooth family as Siana and Ayazhan Dalabayeva as Nuka, per Netflix.

Fans of the show will also get to see more of Mrs. Zhang (played by Rosalind Chao) and Gus's mother, Birdie (played by Amy Seimetz).