My Life with the Walter Boys season 3 release date finally officially confirmed by Netflix – and there's not long to wait

We now have a confirmed release date for the third season of My Life with the Walter Boys – and it’s set to hit screens in just a couple of months.

Netflix has announced that the third instalment will be making its way to the streamer on 6 August, meaning that fans have less than two months to wait till the new episodes.

The season 3 renewal came ahead of season 2’s release so fans always knew that there’d be more drama on the cards, with the first-look pictures of the new season already teasing a surprise reunion. That’s right, it isn’t just a figment of your imagination and you are actually seeing (above) that Alex (Ashby Gentry) and older brother Cole (Noah LaLonde) appear to be talking to each other.

In the season 2 finale, Alex overheard his girlfriend Jackie (Nikki Rodriguez) and Cole confessing their love for one another, but in among the drama of their dad George (Marc Blucas) being rushed to hospital, there were bigger fish to fry, clearly.

And it turns out that season 3 is set to pick right back up from where we last saw our characters, all that tension included. Teasing what’s to come, Gentry told Tudum: “Everyone’s reality has shattered a little bit, and they’re picking up the pieces of that and trying to put it back together again.”

The new images also tease that Cole is getting back in the driver’s seat and will be taking to the racetrack so we can anticipate plenty of race scenes. “Racing replaces the thrill he would get when he was playing football,” series creator Halsall teased.

But there’s also set to be some deeper emotions at play within Cole as he grapples with what transpired between him and Jackie. “Cole hates himself for what he did to Alex, both with Paige (Madison Brydges) years ago, and with Jackie in Season 1,” Halsall explained.

She added: “He’s mortified that Alex heard. The last thing he wants to do is make it any worse. After everything that happens with George, she cares even more about not wanting to hurt anybody in the family or to be a problem.”

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The season 3 synopsis reads: “Season 3 sees the Walters realize what’s important in the fallout from this – and discover that it’s okay to go after what you want. With their love lives still hanging in the balance, Alex turns to his new rodeo riding team, and Cole gets back in the driver’s seat of his life, literally, when a race car driver sees potential in him.

“Meanwhile, Jackie pours her heart into developing the town’s community space. But when a childhood friend arrives from New York, the life she left behind proves harder to forget than she expected.”

All the main players are set to return for season 3 with three exciting new characters joining the fold as well. Chad Rook (IT: Welcome To Derry) will star as “cool drag racer” Mac who is left impressed by Cole’s racing skills after employing him to fix his car.

Naveen Paddock (Mighty Ducks: Game Changers) also joins as “handsome and charming” Elliot, who is the new intern for Jackie’s Uncle Richard (Alex Quijano). And finally, Erin Karpluk (Being Erica) joins as Hannah, George’s “nomadic” sister and the mother of Isaac and Lee. Her character description teases: “She left her sons to live with the Walters and then split for reasons unknown; when she shows up at the front door a thousand days later, she has a lot of bridges to rebuild.”

Seasons 1 and 2 of My Life with the Walter Boys are now available to stream on Netflix. Sign up for Netflix from £5.99 a month. Netflix is also available on Sky Glass and Virgin Media Stream.

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