Summary
- Hunters season 2 provides satisfying conclusions to both storylines, offering catharsis and Jewish empowerment.
- Amazon confirmed that season 2 would be the show's last and provided no reason for its cancelation.
- While Hunters season 3 isn't happening, it likely would have focused on hunting down the remaining Nazis, particularly the villainous Travis.
After a long wait for season 2 of the Amazon Prime thriller series, there will be no Hunters season 3 to follow. Hunters premiered in February 2020 to divisive reviews (via Rotten Tomatoes), and the second season was long delayed, finally coming out in January 2023. Given how long it took for Hunters season 2 to premiere, there were immediate questions about whether there would be more episodes. Sadly, after season 2 wrapped up many of the major storylines of the series, it was confirmed that Hunters season 3 was not happening.
Hunters season 2 follows two timelines. The first takes place in 1979 as Jonah and the hunters track down Adolf Hitler in Argentina. The second follows Al Pacino's Meyer Offerman (revealed in season 1's twist ending to be Nazi Wilhelm Zuchs, A.K.A. "The Wolf") from 1975, when he first begins killing Nazis, until 1977, when he orders Ruth Heidelbaum's death. Season 2 provides satisfying conclusions to both stories, which creator David Weil remarked to EW would provide "catharsis" and Jewish empowerment. While the open-ended finale could have led to more Nazi-hunting adventures for Jonah, Hunters season 3 isn't happening.
Hunters Season 2 Timeline Explained: When Each Story Takes Place
Hunters season 2 features multiple storylines taking place at different times, including extensive flashbacks of Al Pacino's character Meyer Offerman.
Prime Video Announced Hunters Season 2 As The Final Season
No Reason Was Given For The Show's Cancelation
At the same time Hunters season 2 received its official release date, Prime Video confirmed that the second batch of episodes would be the series' last and that Hunters season 3 wasn't happening. Amazon didn't confirm why it canceled Hunters. However, the announcement comes alongside the confirmation that the neo-noir fantasy Carnival Row would also be one of Amazon's TV shows ending in 2023 after only two seasons. Not only is Hunters season 2 ending more quickly than anticipated, but the second season only received an eight-episode order compared to the first season's 10 episodes.
Hunters didn't require two more seasons of anticipation as Jonah and his associates tracked down Hitler and brought him to justice.
Considering Hunters' season 1 finale revealed that Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun were alive and hiding in Argentina, it's the natural progression for the series to end with the biggest hunt of all. Hunters didn't require two more seasons of anticipation as Jonah and his associates tracked down Hitler and brought him to justice. Jonah, Millie, Harriet, Lonny, Roxy, Joe, and Mindy successfully locked Hitler in a cell for the remainder of his life, so Hunters' season 2 cathartic ending made a third season less necessary.
What Hunters Season 3 Could Have Been About
The Villainous Travis Remains A Possible Threat
Though Hunters season 3 isn't happening, it likely would have mirrored the first season’s plot, with the group of hunters going after the rest of the Nazis around the globe who haven’t been brought to justice. However, instead of Hitler, Wilhelm Zuchs, or The Colonel/Eva Braun, Hunters season 3’s big villain likely would have been Travis, the evil neo-Nazi who escaped in the season 2 finale. Travis’s whereabouts are unclear in Hunters season 2’s ending, which leaves the series with a major mystery about how his plans to lead the “Fourth Reich” would be foiled.
However, the final scene of Jonah subtly tracking another Nazi in Hunters at a restaurant in Miami suggests he would eventually find Travis and stop the villain’s plans. Hunters season 2 Hitler storyline ended with him in prison, but evil isn’t dead, so there will inevitably be more villainous Nazis that the characters need to track down and end. Just as the finale implies, Jonah and his associates would continue their dangerous work in Hunters season 3 and beyond, only stopping when every Nazi is exposed and brought to justice for their crimes.
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What The Cast & Crew Had To Say About Hunters Ending
Logan Lerman Expressed Satisfaction With The Story's Conclusion
While many are disappointed that Hunters season 3 isn't happening, the cast and the crew have positive things to say about the ending of the series. Lead actor Logan Lerman spoke up about the sophomore season with Jonah's arc in Hunters season 2. In of playing the character from start to finish, Lerman itted:
"It was great. I mean, it’s been such a good ride for me. I mean, talk about a lot to work with in a character. This arc is a massive one from season one to season two, but I must say I was really excited about season two, Jonah and exploring this side of his character."
Hunters showrunner David Weil also spoke to THR, and was quite happy with the story he got to tell, despite the disappointment that Hunters season 3 isn't happening. Weil saw the utmost importance of putting Adolf Hitler on trial and in turn, giving Jonah the opportunity to choose either the dark or the light:
"Telling this story felt even more urgent, even more important, and you’ll see echoes, particularly in the trial in episode eight, that speak to not only the violence and the genocide of the Holocaust of what Adolf Hitler perpetrated, but that also speaks to the kind of hatred, bigotry, prejudice, antisemitism, racism that lives on today."
Hunters Ending After Two Seasons Is Kind Of Perfect
The Show Ended On A High Note
A lot of big things happened in the final season of Hunters. After the first season ended with Jonah Heidelbaum killing The Wolf, season 2 saw Jonah go after an even bigger target while showing a flashback timeline of The Wolf himself since he was a big part of the series. However, by the end of the season, there was no reason to go on to make a third season or even more. It was perfect to end at this point because Jonah captured Adolf Hitler. What more could he do?
When Jonah ensured that Hitler was locked away and finally punished for his crimes against humanity, no matter who Jonah hunted down after that, it never mattered as much to him as a young Jewish man fighting for his people's vengeance. While the series was polarizing at first, it settled into a nice pattern and showed off what showrunner David Weil wanted — something cathartic to the Jewish community. The Nazi atrocities were terrible, and one person was to blame above all others.
...nothing mattered as much as the capture of Hitler and bringing him to justice — and not just blindly killing him.
The finale showed Jonah still hunting at the end, so it was nice to see that he never stopped until everyone was brought to justice. Going on and just hunting more escaped Nazi war criminals would have provided plenty of material, but nothing mattered as much as the capture of Hitler and bringing him to justice — and not just blindly killing him. Bringing down Adolf Hitler and putting him on trial for his crimes was the best ending possible, and Hunters finished perfectly.
Hunters
- Release Date
- 2020 - 2023-00-00
Set in 1977 New York, Hunters follows Jonah Heidelbaum (Logan Lerman), who is recruited by Meyer Offerman (Al Pacino) to a secret organization of Nazi hunters that work to prevent the formation of the Fourth Reich. The Prime Video original series lasted for two seasons and also starred Lena Olin, Josh Radnor, Jerrika Hinton, Carol Kane, Greg Austin, Tiffany Boone, and Louis Ozawa.
- Network
- Amazon Prime Video
- Cast
- Logan Lerman, Josh Radnor, Kate Mulvany
- Showrunner
- David Weil
- Directors
- David Weil
- Writers
- David Weil
- Seasons
- 2
- Streaming Service(s)
- Amazon Prime Video
