Will there be a third season of Royal Crackers? And if there is - can it get back to what made Season 1 such an incredible streak of 10 episodes?

Royal Crackers Season 1 might be my favourite show of all time. But, it was also clear that Royal Crackers Season 1 sat on the shelf for a long time. Gilbert Gottfried voiced Episode 3, and died a year before it came out. That gives us Season 1 being recorded AT LEAST in 2022, but probably before that. Which means the episodes were WRITTEN even earlier. Which gives us a gap of at least three years between writing Season 1 and writing Season 2. And in that time I feel the show forgot what it was. Season 2 left me very hollow, with episodes failing to even have conclusions, let alone the strange mix of heartwarming family connections and absolutely horrible, revolting events. Bro Down is the best episode of the season, and wouldn't have been out of place in Season 1 - but it is completely let down by never being touched on again. It's hard to develop your characters when the next writer up is making a stand alone story too. (Bro Down is missing a little Season 1 magic and has a weak resolution to Doris's story).

I also disliked a number of revelations in Season 2, especially as they betray prior episodes and prior characterization for no reason other than to write a weird story. When a show starts pulling that stuff out you'd expect it to be a 2008 King of the Hill episode everyone ignores, not your 12th episode. What we end up with is an extremely uneven series as a whole. 10 absolutely magnificent episodes that use the crazy cast of characters to bring us unique situational comedy with characters who are damaged and hurt but still try to make their family work. And then Season 2 comes along and shits all over it. Not the first time a second set of 10 episodes for a show has done that, Rick and Morty did it. Possibly in an extremely similar situation given the gap between the seasons.

But can Royal Crackers get back on track? Will it even have the chance to? if there is a Season 3, will it be following the template from Season 2 and giving us a very blah show where characters stop evolving and growing for a cheap laugh and a dash of intrigue that's never followed up on? Or will the show get the guts to commit to some large changes episode by episode and remember to follow up on things the audience thinks are going to be important but end up being meaningless?