Sweet Magnolias‘ third season on Netflix was the rave for the fans of Dana Sue, Helen, and Maddie, who had another shot at watching how these three gals managed to live, laugh and cry in the fictional town of Serenity, South Carolina.
The third season centers around a vow renewal ceremony for Dana Sue, with many alternate storylines, new characters, and romance flare-ups and breakups which we will try to break down for you today. If you haven’t seen the third season already, the warning follows, there are massive spoilers in this post, and we don’t want to ruin all the fun for you. With that warning aside, what went down in season three?
Sweet Magnolias Season 3 Ending Explained
Season three of Sweet Magnolias takes us on a deep emotional dive. We see how the lives of these three women —Dana Sue, Helen, and Maddie— change as they live, laugh, and cry in their day-to-day lives in Serenity, South Carolina.
Things kick off with tension between Cal and his interfering backers, and it’s obvious that not everyone is eye to eye with the dude business-wise. Then, the plot quickly moves around, picking up on where we last left in Season Two.
Vow Ceremony
The main event in season three is how Dana Sue is having a vow-renewing ceremony, and this sets off a chain of events for everyone in that series. That vow renewal ceremony was supposed to be a low-key kind of thing with friends and family. But it becomes the event of the year at a rural hick town like Serenity.
The Women Bond
Dana Sue, Helen, and Maddie support each other in the season, but they have a major fight, only to patch things up before the season’s ending and have a vow renewal ceremony.
As for Dana Sue, she becomes surprised when Miss Francis leaves her some money and highlights just how big Dana Sue is in Serenity as a community figure leader, and also affirms us that with Maddie and Helen, these three gals are the right ones to carry on Miss Francis’ philanthropic work in that rural hick town.
Bill
We see how Bill’s irresponsible and disrespectful behavior ends up changing, and he works on bettering himself. We see Noreen refusing to let him spend time with Rebecca and how that morphs things for Bill’s attitude.
Kathy, Ronnie’s sister, is a bit of a powderkeg; she causes a lot of trouble for a town called Serenity. Firstly, she tried to kidnap Eric and then tried to disrupt Dana Sue’s birthday party. Talk about being a party pooper.
However, she later surprises everyone with a gift and an apology during Dana, Sue, and Ronnie’s vow renewal. So she brings back the serenity to Serenity —pun intended.
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Annie
Annie dated Jackson for the whole season and suddenly realized she had the hots for Ty. They have a drunk kiss, there’s a bit of tech drama regarding a voice note, and then she breaks things up with Jackson. The finale mildly suggests Annie and Ty will end up together.
Helen
Helen’s love life hits the rocks when she breaks up with Ryan; that breakup gives her character story arc the closure it needs, and the season’s ending hints at a possible hook-up with Eric. But that dude’s dating Genevieve and her character would possibly be expanded in another season.
Season three of Sweet Magnolias is packed with character growth; the relationships get complex and leave many plotholes along the way, paving the way for a fourth season where we’ll see who ends up with who. Still, the season highlights how the strong friendship between the three main female leads keeps the series going.
With the stage set for potential new story arcs, like that Genevieve-Eric-Helen love triangle, the stage is entirely set up for the fourth season to be on the way.
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