Video Laysla De Oliveira and Jill Wagner talk 'Lioness' season three Laysla De Oliveira and Jill Wagner told Fox News Digital how the third season of Taylor Sheridan's hit series will be different from the rest.
The latest episode of "Lioness" shook fans to the core.
Season three of Taylor Sheridan's epic CIA/military thriller is currently airing on Paramount+, and the fourth episode of the new season aired this past Sunday.
The new season has been absolutely insane through four episodes as the hunt to save Joe (Zoe Saldaña) from her kidnappers is underway.
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Well, things are officially at a different level as of Sunday.
L-R: Jonah Wharton as Tex, Jill Wagner as Bobby, Thad Luckinbill as Kyle in Lioness, episode 4, season 3, streaming on Paramount+, 2026. (Photo Credit: Lauren "Lo" Smith/Paramount+)
"Lioness" fans aren't strangers to violence in the series. In fact, "Lioness" has routinely provided some of the best action sequences in the history of TV.
The season three premiere brought viewers to the frontlines of the war in Ukraine in absolutely brutal and unrelenting fashion.
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Well, one death scene brought the stakes to an unprecedented level in "Murder Hornets."
L-R: Michael Kelly as Byron Westfield, Nicole Kidman as Kaitlyn in Lioness, episode 4, season 3, streaming on Paramount+, 2026. (Photo Credit: Lauren "Lo" Smith/Paramount+)
With the clock racing down to find Joe before she's extracted out of the country to her death, the team launches an assault against an airport hangar.
The team misses saving Joe, and viewers were given one of the most shocking scenes in the history of the series.
Kyle (Thad Luckinbill), one of Joe's most loyal teammates, executes one of the kidnappers at point-blank range in a desperate bid to get the other abductors to give up the tail number of the plane she's on.
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The cold-blooded killing left the rest of Joe's team shocked, especially Bobby. Yet, the decision was calculated. There's no time for regular investigations and interrogations. Joe's life depends on moving fast, and Kyle is willing to do whatever is necessary to bring her home. If that means executing captured men, then so be it.
There is also a gut-wrenching scene at the end of the episode where Kaitlyn (Nicole Kidman) informs Joe's husband that the reality of the situation is as bleak and ominous as possible:
Zoe Saldaña as Joe in Lioness, episode 4, season 3, streaming on Paramount+, 2026. (Photo Credit: Lauren "Lo" Smith/Paramount+)
People had plenty of reactions on Reddit to the shocking episode:
L-R: Laysla De Oliveira as Cruz, Austin Hébert as Randy, Jill Wagner as Bobby, James Jordan as Two Cups, Jonah Wharton as Tex, LaMonica Garrett as Tucker, Thad Luckinbill as Kyle in episode 4, season 3, streaming on Paramount+, 2026. (Photo Credit: Lauren Smith/Paramount+.)
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"Lioness" continues to impress as excellent television, and it's only going up from here. I truly can't wait to see what comes next. Let me know your theories and thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.
