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The Season 3 finale of The Diplomat saw Kate and Hal reunite after a long separation, only for Kate to discover Hal\u2019s secret involvement in a high-stakes Russian nuclear weapon scheme as Vice President.
\nSeason 4 will pick up immediately after this revelation, focusing on the fallout in both their marriage and their diplomatic roles, with Hal\u2019s new position raising the stakes for their personal and professional decisions.
\nKeri Russell and Rufus Sewell explain how the show will explore how Kate\u2019s feelings for Hal and his perceived betrayal could have global consequences, emphasizing the intertwined nature of their relationship and international politics.<\/p>\n
Kate Wyler (Keri Russell<\/a>) realized she can\u2019t live without Hal (Rufus Sewell<\/a>) in\u00a0The Diplomat<\/a>\u00a0Season 3 finale. This came after their most serious separation ever, one that lasted months and saw Kate connect with a new lover, Callum (Aidan Turner<\/a>). But there\u2019s always something going on with Hal.<\/p>\n The now-Vice President of the United States hatched a scheme to acquire a Russian nuclear weapon in secret with President Grace Penn (<\/a>Allison Janney<\/a>)<\/a>, a plan that knocked the air out of Kate\u2019s lungs when she figured out what they did. Hal knows that she knows, and he told Grace. The ink wasn\u2019t dry on the Wyler\u2019s reunion when Kate was hit with a reminder of why she struggles to trust her husband. Can their relationship survive this potentially fatal blow?<\/p>\n The Diplomat\u00a0Season 4 will soon start filming. Series creator Debra Cahn told TV Insider that, like the ones before it, Season 4 will pick up right where the finale left off and seemingly show the immediate aftermath of Kate\u2019s discovery. This show is all about showing how the sausage gets made between the governing bodies of the United States and the United Kingdom, so the dramatic intrigue of uncovering every detail of these ongoing diplomatic and personal struggles is too juicy to skip over with a time jump. Sewell told TV Insider that Hal had no idea Kate was going to ask him to take her back. If he had, he might have handled the Poseidon plot differently.<\/p>\n \u201cOtherwise, if they were estranged, it would be a different thing,\u201d Sewell explained. \u201cBut that is something that\u2019s happened that makes it seem more of a betrayal because that\u2019s moments before that has happened.\u201d<\/p>\n Kate and Hal are no doubt going to be reevaluating their marriage (again) in Season 4. But one massive change that can\u2019t be ignored this time around is the fact that Hal is the vice president. With that job comes new, higher-stakes responsibilities. It\u2019s very possible that his new position is going to force another evolution on the Wyler duo. The context of the requirements of his job can\u2019t be extricated from this particular issue.<\/p>\n \u201cLuckily, with good writing, it\u2019s not going to be a blip that disappears,\u201d Sewell told us. \u201cIt will have a reverberating effect. I\u2019m sure it won\u2019t be the case that now he\u2019s just an entirely different person, but that is an element that has been brought to life that might not have been so much at play before. And we\u2019ll see how much that continues. But it\u2019s very interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n Hal isn\u2019t the only one with a seismic shift because of this position. Now more than ever in Season 4, Kate will have to think long and hard about how her personal feelings for Hal could have a real global impact. Their relationship has never existed in a vacuum; how they feel about each other has always impacted their diplomatic work, in good and bad ways. Now the stakes are higher than ever, with Hal just one seat away from the most powerful office in the world.<\/p>\n Russell said that Kate\u2019s feelings for Hal having a real-world impact \u201cmight be a big topic for next season.\u201d When it comes to how betrayed Kate feels by Hal in this moment, Russell says it all depends on \u201chow far ahead [he was] thinking,\u201d noting, \u201cThat\u2019s where the gray lies.\u201d<\/p>\n How much is Kate blaming herself for this latest shocking development?<\/p>\n \u201cLike all women, probably a lot,\u201d Russell told us. \u201cAt the initial point of impact, I think it\u2019s just a gut punch, so I think it\u2019s still figuring it out, but probably a lot, and that she\u2019s let herself get wrapped up in it again, but who knows where it\u2019s going to go from here? We\u2019ll find out.\u201d She added, \u201cI think she\u2019s going to feel like he used her, but we\u2019ll find out.\u201d<\/p>\n The Diplomat, Season 4 Premiere, TBA, Netflix<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What To Know The Season 3 finale of The Diplomat saw Kate and Hal reunite after a long…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318111,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[88,92],"class_list":{"0":"post-318110","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}