Spoiler Alert: Here's Unfolding Derry Girls Season 3 Shocking Finale Scene

Derry Girls Season 3 Death in the season finale has left the fans heartbroken. The show, which thrived on finding light at the end of the tunnel has left the fans confused and shocked after an unexpected death and the sad note that the season 3 finale ends on.

Derry Girls is based on real-life experiences growing up in Northern Ireland in the 1990s, by the show creator Lisa McGee. The cast includes Nicola Coughlan, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Louisa Harland, Jamie-Lee O’Donnell, and Dylan Llewellyn. Derry Girls follows the adventures of five teenagers in the small town of Derry in Northern Ireland- amidst the immense political turmoil the region was facing in that era. The girl gang finds a way to incorporate fun, drama, and misadventures into their day-to-day life despite the political instability.

Lisa McGee had earlier revealed that Derry Girls Season 3 will be the final season of the series. This had the fans expecting the girls will soon graduate from high school as political unrest too, comes to an end, and all the questions answered.

Derry Girls Season 3 Death: Plot Details

Derry Girls season 3 first episode titled "The Night Before" came out on April 12, 2022, with the following episodes scheduled to release on a weekly basis. This is a six-part series, with the season-opening up with the girls receiving their GCSE results in the first episode. The girls are anxious about scoring bad and contemplate running away while ending up getting arrested. The second episode discusses two independent stories as they collide later on.

It is revealed that Miss Mary is suspected of having an affair with a hot plumber while the girls will be performing at the concert in the school for children in need. The third episode “A Stranger on a Train” revolves around a train journey in which various stories collide as the kids and adults sit in separate carriages. This season also reflects on the relationships between the characters. The following episodes showcased various stories of the gang including, an interaction with a psychic, a school reunion of the class of 1977, and a Halloween celebration gone wrong.

Talking about the plot of Season 3, Coughlan mentioned in an interview, “They’re about to get their GCSE results, and they’re slightly older but not really any wiser. They’re not kids anymore, and they have to face some harsh realities of life. It changes them.”

Derry Girls Season 3 Death: The Unexpected Twist In The Finale

Season 3 has finally ended things on a sad note with an unexpected death in the season finale. The last shot shows the girl gang Claire, Erin, Orla, Michelle, and James attending Claire's dad Sean's funeral with a cover of Praise You by Fatboy Slim playing in the background. It is revealed in the finale episode that Claire's dad Sean, played by David Ireland, dies after he suffers an aneurysm after the much-awaited Halloween party. The gang is too late in rushing to the hospital, in their Halloween costumes, and Claire is seen breaking this heartbreaking news to the gang as they huddle around her.

Talking about the death in the season 3 finale episode creator, Lisa McGee revealed- "The reason why I wanted to do this story is that it happened to my group of friends, My friend's dad died when we were around that age suddenly and it was a shock. The thing that really struck me was that we did grow up in this place where there was a lot of unpredictable stuff happening - you worried about a lot of violence - and this was a thing that could happen to anybody at any point - a natural cause thing. I was like 'Oh, God, no one's life's predictable, this could happen to anyone.'"

However, an hour-long special episode that will focus on moving things forward to the referendum on the Good Friday Agreement, will be aired to put a final end to the series. The hour-long episode is all set aired on Wednesday 18 May putting an official close on the Derry Girls. So far, there are no updates whether the season 3 will be released on Netflix.

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