My Life with the Walter Boys Season 3 has officially broken out of the corral. All eight new episodes of the beloved YA romance are now streaming on Netflix.
The Season 3 premiere picks up after Walter family patriarch George (Marc Blucas) was rushed to the hospital in the Season 2 finale. Protagonists Jackie (Nikki Rodriguez), Cole (Noah LaLonde), and Alex (Ashby Gentry), who are in an ongoing love triangle, must lasso a new set of crises.
“A lot of this season, more than other seasons, is about growing up, maturing, and stepping up,” says showrunner, creator, and executive producer Melanie Halsall. Star Rodriguez agrees.
“Jackie says what’s on her mind a little bit more this season, and she really takes some risks and kind of goes out of her comfort zone,” Rodriguez revealed during Tudum’s Season 3 premiere watch party. “Jackie is growing and changing and figuring out who she wants to be. And I just think it’s really important.”
The titular Walter brothers will also be evolving this season. As Halsall explains, there’s a deep love between the “adrenaline junkie” siblings. “That’s been at the heart of all of this for three seasons now,” LaLonde says. This season, his character’s newfound perspective “kind of cuts through a lot of the BS,” he says. This includes the brothers’ complicated feelings for Jackie.
Keep reading for more information and photos from My Life with the Walter Boys Season 3, now streaming. And just a reminder: The lovable drama is already renewed for Season 4! Read everything we know about the fourth season, now filming, here.
As Halsall teases, “the path of true love never runs smooth, especially in Silver Falls.” And as the photos reveal, Jackie is spending some much-needed one-on-one time with both a shirtless Cole and a tank-wearing Alex.
Both Cole and Jackie are plagued by guilt for how they made Alex feel at the end of Season 2. “Cole hates himself for what he did to Alex, both with Paige (Madison Brydges) years ago, and with Jackie in Season 1,” explains Halsall. Though Cole tried to keep his feelings for Jackie to himself, “he’s mortified that Alex heard,” she says. “The last thing he wants to do is make it any worse.” Rodriguez says that Jackie, too, hates the thought of wounding Alex. “After everything that happens with George, she cares even more about not wanting to hurt anybody in the family or to be a problem.”
Will that guilt stop them from following their hearts? Watch the new season to find out and hurry back for a debrief.
Gentry feels constantly torn playing Alex. “I feel this desire to stick up for him,” he says. “He almost feels like a little brother to me.” The actor believes that, much like the gap between Seasons 1 and 2, Alex spends time offscreen processing “anger and grief and heartbreak.” But Gentry admires the character’s layers that shine through amid his pain. “He works on the farm, he rides broncs, he goes to parties, is popular and famous — but he’s also a nerd, a bookworm, shy, and really romantic.”
As George heals from his health scare, LaLonde shares that matriarch Katherine (Sarah Rafferty) becomes “such a guidepost” for the Walters. Meanwhile, ever the organized go-getter, Jackie is desperately trying to bring the family together. “There’s a part of her that feels like she’s responsible for what happened to George because she feels that she just messed everything up in those last few moments of Season 2,” says Halsall.
Both Alex and Cole channel their stress into new adrenaline-driven passions this season.
For Alex, that means digging his spurs in deeper as a full-blown member of the rodeo team at Hartford’s — and navigating all the attention from girls that comes with it. “Alex matures more than anybody between Seasons 2 and 3,” says Halsall. “He’s on this upward trajectory.” Being the youngest of a group of professional riders comes with perks and attention, but also new expectations. “He’s 16 years old, and they’re all older than him. It’s a lot of pressure, what he’s doing.”
Meanwhile, Cole is finally getting behind the wheel — literally and figuratively. After coaching his former football team last season, Cole is trading the auto shop for the driver’s seat on the racetrack. “This season, we wanted to give him something for himself,” says Halsall. “Racing replaces the thrill he would get when he was playing football.”
But just as Alex and Cole pursue new passions, Jackie begins embracing a bolder version of herself. This is reflected in her brighter smile and more confident wardrobe. “Jackie has never put herself first, ever,” says Rodriguez. “I think that manifests in her being such a people pleaser all the time and ultimately not making the decisions she wants to make. She tries to be this perfect version of herself and thinks about what everybody else wants. For the first time this season, she does start to put herself first.”
Jackie will also have to answer some big questions, and work on her relationships beyond Cole and Alex. “We’ll look at that and how she deals with the fallout in the family,” she says. Halsall also knows the importance of Jackie nurturing her friendship with Grace going forward, after they had a heart-to-heart in the Season 2 finale in which Jackie admitted she took her best friend for granted. “Grace is the person that’s always on hand to help Jackie, but she doesn’t seem to have any needs of her own,” says Halsall. “She does have needs of her own, and it’s important for Jackie to realize that, too.”
While filming Season 1, Halsall told Tudum that she had high hopes for the series’ longevity. “I definitely still believe that,” she says. “I love the teenage stories and what we do with those characters. But I think we have a lot of potential to tell stories that are intergenerational.”
The latest season of My Life with the Walter Boys has eight episodes. Giddy up and tune in now — Season 3 is streaming, exclusively on Netflix.
Read more about the full Season 3 cast on Tudum.
Three new characters are joining the My Life with the Walter Boys cast:
Tudum treated fans to a special virtual watch party the evening before Season 3’s launch. The gathering included an early screening of Episode 1, exclusive behind-the-scenes access, and cast confessions from Rodriguez, LaLonde, and Gentry. Catch up on everything you missed.
Can’t get that Clairo song out of your head? Dive into the Season 3 soundtrack below, and feel the nostalgia for the music of the previous seasons.
Yes! Prepare to return to Silver Falls in 2027 with Season 4, which is now in production. Learn everything we know about the fourth season renewal here.
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