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| Season Three | |
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| Season |
3 |
| Number of Episodes |
10 |
| Aired |
November 2, 2016 - January 25 2017 |
| Premiere | |
| Finale | |
| Starring |
Shane West |
| Slogan |
Gone to Hell |
The Third Season of Salem was announced on July 11th, 2015.[1]
It was officially announced on the 11th July 2015, during San Diego Comic-Con that Salem was renewed for a third season. The final season consists of 10 episodes and production began earlier last year, with the season premiere airing on Halloween week, Wednesday, November 2, 2016. This season, however, was to be it's last, for on December 13, 2016; the show was announced that it was cancelled and no fourth season was to follow. The finale for this season served as the Series Finale and aired on January 25, 2017.
Season Summary
Continuing its bloody, sexy and fantastical reimagining of Colonial America, “Salem’s” third season dawns with the triumph of the witches’ plan to remake the New World by bringing the devil to earth and making Salem his capital. But the devil is a liar, and instead of a New World free from murderous Puritan hypocrisy, his own plan will bring nothing but death and slavery with the ultimate aim of leading humanity to destroy itself. And there’s only one person on earth who can beat the devil — the very witch that birthed him, his mother, Mary Sibley — the only problem is she’s dead. Or is she?[2]
Cast & Characters
Main Cast
Recurring Cast |
Special Guest Cast
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Episodes
| No. | Image | Title | Writer | Director | Airdate |
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| 1 | 
| "After the Fall" | Brannon Braga & Adam Simon | Nick Copus | November 2, 2016 |
| Salem’s only hope to survive the hell that has risen is to raise the dead. | |||||
| 2 | 
| "The Heart Is A Devil" | Adam Simon | Tim Andrew | November 9, 2016 |
| Mary leaves the comfort of Alden's embrace, determined to do whatever it takes to keep evil at bay. | |||||
| 3 | 
| "The Reckoning" | Kelly Souders and Brian Peterson | Wayne Yip | November 16, 2016 |
| Mary’s penance for her betrayal takes a deadly turn while Cotton is forced to perform an exorcism of his own. | |||||
| 4 | 
| "Night's Black Agents" | Brannon Braga and Adam Simon | Joe Dante | November 30, 2016 |
| Cotton discovers life-altering news while Mary learns the power of her femininity. | |||||
| 5 | 
| "The Commonwealth of Hell" | Adam Simon | Nick Copus | December 07, 2016 |
| A traitor is exposed while a ghost from Salem’s past makes a shocking appearance. | |||||
| 6 | 
| "Wednesday's Child" | Adam Simon and Donna Thorland | Peter Weller | December 14, 2016 |
| Mary and Alden’s twisted love is put to the ultimate test and Anne plunges into dark magic. | |||||
| 7 | 
| "The Man Who Was Thursday" | Brian Peterson and Kelly Souders | Jennifer Lynch | January 4, 2017 |
| A dangerous move by Mary leads to loyalties being tested. | |||||
| 8 | 
| "Friday's Knights" | Adam Simon & Donna Thorland | Nick Copus | January 11, 2017 |
| Mortal enemies come together in order to keep all hell from literally breaking loose. | |||||
| 9 | 
| "Saturday Mourning" | Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson | Jennifer Lynch | January 18, 2017 |
| Hearts are broken as true colors are exposed and out of all of them, one's heart beats blacker than the rest. | |||||
| 10 | 
| "Black Sunday" | Adam Simon | Brannon Braga | January 25, 2017 |
| Everyone prepares on the eve of Salem's demise. Only one question remains: who will survive? | |||||
Production
Production began on January 21st , 2016 accompanying the date with the revelation that the famous singer Marilyn Manson, already songwriter of the main theme, will join the show as a special guest cast. Joe Doyle, who was already in Season Two's opening credits, was officially promoted to the regular cast. On February 8th, 2016 Janet Montgomery posted a photo on her Instagram account, confirming her return on set for filming Season Three [8]. On April 5th, 2016 Shane West has released a post on his Instagram account, confirming that the premiere of the third season has been postponed to the Halloween weekend[9].
Salem is shooting for 70 days in Shreveport and Grand Cane, Louisiana. Fox is producing 10 episodes of Season 3 for WGN America which works out to seven days per episode. [10]
Promotional images
Promotional Videos
Trivia
- On September 2015, promotional photos with the main characters and quotes taken from the first two seasons have begun to be published in the official Facebook page dedicated to the TV series.
- On February 11th, 2016 Janet Montgomery posted a photo on her official Instagram account giving to understand that something related to Salem would be released on Easter. Be it a trailer or the actual season premiere is yet to be revealed. [11]
- On March 11th ,2016 Joe Doyle posted a photo with Lucy Lawless on his Instagram account, accompanying the image with a caption alluding to a possible return of L. Lawless in the role of the Countess Von Marburg in season three[12].
- Tamzin Merchant (Anne Hale in the show) finished shooting season 3 on April 29th, 2016. [13]
- In a recent interview on Starry Constellation Magazine, the actor Samuel Roukin said that he had taken part in the third season of Salem. His role is, however, unknown.[14]
- Production designer John Zachary has made significant anticipations regarding the upcoming third season on Louisiana Film & Video Magazine - Issue #1 2016: [15]
- The mysterious Thomas Dinley, the new barber played by Marilyn Manson, will have a barbershop nothing short of appalling, where he will offer the services of his razor not only for trimming beards...
- The reckless witch Mercy Lewis will be the madame of a brothel in Knocker's Hole called Bird's Nest, in honor of her bird familiar.
- Several of the new sets are constructed by recycling previous locations, such as the study of Dr. Wainwright from Season 2.
- J. Zachary revealed that every Salem season has its own color tone. The third season will be painted red, for example, Bird's Nest brothel interiors.
- Also on Louisiana Film & Video Magazine, director Joe Dante and cast member Shane West stated that this season will see the presence of many animals on set.
- The presence of Oliver Bell as one of the major characters has helped slow the filming of Season 3, because of the working terms of underage actors. Bad weather has also contributed to having to re-shoot a lot of scenes.
- On August 2nd, 2016 was released the first official service for the third season, which consists of new promotional images of the main characters. In conjunction with the release of the official photoshoot, it was also widespread #PrayForSalem hashtag on various social networks, even by the actors on their personal Twitter and Instagram accounts.
References
- ↑ TV Line.com: WGN American's Salem renewed for season 3
- ↑ Salem Season 3 description as released by Fox 21 Television Studios
- ↑ Hollywood Reporter.com: Salem season 3
- ↑ Salem - Adam Simon exclusive interview on SpoilerTV.com
- ↑ Marilyn Manson joining WGN America's Salem in guest role
- ↑ Jonny Coyle on Season Three set with Marilyn Manson ('Thomas Dinley') and Joe Doyle ('Baron Sebastian Von Marburg')
- ↑ Nadine Lewington's twitter status about her involvement in Salem
- ↑ Janet Montgomery will return on Salem season three
- ↑ Season three will start on Halloween week.
- ↑ Shane West interview about Season Three on Louisiana Film & Video - issue #1 2016
- ↑ Janet Montgomery teasing the fans on her IG account
- ↑ The Von Marburg witches may be reunited in season three
- ↑ Tamzin Merchant on set for her final day of shooting season 3
- ↑ Samuel Roukin joined the cast of Salem season 3
- ↑ Louisiana Film & Video Magazine - Issue #1 2016
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