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Taylor Sheridan\u2019s Lioness Season 3, starring Zoe Salda\u00f1a and Nicole Kidman, is here, and Rotten Tomatoes critics in early reviews are engaged in the new episodes in the government spy series.<\/p>\n
Sheridan is the creator of Lioness (formerly Special Ops: Lioness), a Paramount+ series that follows the harrowing path of CIA Station Chief Joe McNamara (Salda\u00f1a<\/a>) and her covert operations team around the world as they fight the war on terror, while Joe tries to strike a balance with her family at home. <\/p>\n ForbesVincent Pastore, Tony\u2019s Enforcer On \u2018The Sopranos,\u2019 Dies At 80By Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n Kidman<\/a> plays CIA Clandestine Service supervisor Kaitlyn Meade who guides Joe\u2019s missions along with CIA Deputy Director of Operations Byron Westfield (Michael Kelly) and U.S. Secretary of State Edwin Mullins (Morgan Freeman<\/a>).<\/p>\n Lioness Season 3 premiered on Paramount+ on Sunday with Episode 1. In the season premiere, Joe and her team join a covert strike team in Ukraine to seize a valuable asset but the threat follows her home to Washington, D.C., where Joe immediately realizes that she\u2019s in grave danger.<\/p>\n The cast of Lioness Season 3<\/a> also includes Dave Annable, Jill Wagner, LaMonica Garrett, Genesis Rodriguez, Thad Luckenbill, James Jordan, Austin H\u00e9bert, Jonah Wharton, Hannah Love Lanier and Ian Bohen. Sheridan<\/a> also appears in a guest role in Episode 1.<\/p>\n ForbesTaylor Sheridan\u2019s \u2018Lioness\u2019 Season 3 Release Schedule Maps Out New Episodes For Hit Spy SeriesBy Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n As of Sunday morning, Lioness Season 3 has earned an 86% \u201cfresh\u201d critics\u2019 score on Rotten Tomatoes\u2019<\/a> Tomatometer, based on seven reviews. RT\u2019s Critics Consensus, Audience Summary and Popcornmeter score based on verified user ratings are still pending.<\/p>\n By contrast, Lioness Season 1 earned a 54% \u201crotten\u201d critics\u2019 score on RT based on 35 reviews, while Lioness Season 2 earned a 90% \u201cfresh\u201d score based on 10 reviews.<\/p>\n Note: This article will be updated as more RT reviews are posted on the site.<\/p>\n What Are Individual Critics Saying About \u2018Lioness\u2019 Season 3?<\/p>\n Richard Roeper of RogerEbert.com is among the critics on RT<\/a> who gives Lioness Season 3 a \u201cfresh\u201d score, writing that the new season \u201camps up the action and increases the personal risk factor, reflecting the real-life chaos of today\u2019s geopolitical landscape while telling fictional \u2014 if mostly plausible \u2014 stories.\u201d<\/p>\n M.N. Miller of FandomWire also gives the new season of the show a \u201cfresh\u201d score on RT, writing, \u201cThe third season of Lioness is lean and mean, a spectacular pressure cooker of espionage, politics, and personal sacrifice.\u201d<\/p>\n ForbesWhy \u2018Spider-Man: Brand New Day\u2019 Streaming Debut Will Take Longer Than Most Sony PVOD ReleasesBy Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n Katie Doll of CBR joins Roeper and Miller in their praise of the new episodes of Lioness. Doll writes in her \u201cfresh\u201d review on RT, \u201cThe third season of the female-led spy thriller series ambitiously turns the dial on the melodrama up and keeps the story relentlessly exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n Therese Lacson of Collider also gives Lioness Season 3 a \u201cfresh\u201d score, though with some reservations. Lacson writes on RT, \u201cWhile the cast is still the same and the team that Joe works with is still around, Lioness Season 3 is wading into new waters, and there are definitely growing pains.\u201d<\/p>\n