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Read at your own risk! UnREALs third season finale could have been the dramas final episode. Of course, others didnt fare as well by the end of the season. Credit: Bettina Strauss/Lifetime; Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images Suitress Serena (Caitlin FitzGerald), for one, walked away from a season ofEverlastingempty-handed. Dr. Simon (Brandon Jay McLaren) was fired from the show after his snooping was uncovered. EW caught up with Rukeyser to break down the season 3 finales twists and chat about the series future....

The stress of keeping up those lies is poison. Every lie we tell is one step closer to the grave. Last season,UnREALseemed to mirror the slow-moving trainwreck of itsBachelor-esque show-within-a-show,Everlasting. Credit: Bettina Strauss/Lifetime You want me to say it? (Luckily,UnREALappears to havea bit more securitythan that.) For that to be true, past cannot be prologue. In any case, she does maintain her honesty tour even as she reacquaints herself withEverlastings landscape of lies....

You must pick a contestant every season to have a fling with, he guesses. She confesses hes her first. Rachel senses love in the air: Whos the guy? Credit: Bettina Strauss/Lifetime As for the business side of things, Quinn is taking a backseat to what her bosses want. Its not really me, she says. I know that its me, but all of the nodding and the smiling its not who I am....

What motivates Quinn King? Alexei has emerged as the most fascinating and inscrutable contestant onEverlastingthis season. Well start with Jay. Credit: Lifetime And its that tailspin which threatens to derail the fine line Jay is walking. Jay is thrown, and even more-so when Alexei resurfaces, and gets affectionate with Jay. In other words, hes an addict in a really bad place. The same, perhaps, could be said of Rachel. Of course I do!...

The women of ‘UnREAL’ take action and score some decisive victories The women ofUnREALare taking decisive action. Rachel is still reeling from her confrontation with the man who sexually abused her as a child. She doesnt get to speak to him. Credit: Bettina Strauss/Lifetime And Quinn also has August to deal with. He threatens Quinn with a sexual harassment tease, to which she declares war. We have to destroy August, she tells Rachel....

But its Fiona who gets the final say she goes with Owen. Rachel, Serena, et al. are off to Colorado. Credit: Bettina Strauss/Lifetime Hes a simple guy in the best possible way, like your father, Rachel explains to her. Hes followed, with Serena forcing him to explain whats going on. Shes genuine enough with Owen that she wins him over. Quinn makes Fiona a proposition: partner up and take over the web link together....

Chet, meanwhile, is scrambling to sabotage his former lover. He cant figure out Quinns computer password and cant do much without her around. So he heads to Fionas to venture to bring her back to campus. Credit: Bettina Strauss/Lifetime Quinn and Chet arent the only ones distracted. This leads Simon whos still spying on her to intervene. He calms her down, but later, Rachel realizes she needs to talk to her mom....

It seems not even a fictionalized exploration ofThe Bachelorcan avoid politics right now. Or maybe thats the point. The show breaks down what that means, exactly. Credit: Bettina Strauss/Lifetime In the poker game, Serena is cocky, sarcastic, and perhaps most damningly, a superior player. The men wander off one by one as she trash talks and gobbles hauls of chips. (Its an inadvertent jab at Quinn, whos justly offended.) What guy wants that?...

‘Everlasting’ heats up with a scandalous (fake) gay love story and a grand romantic gesture. The budding romance is helped by the fact that Serena is no longer playing along with productions manipulations. Quinn calls the idea a snoozefest and tries to get Rachel to backtrack, but winds up playing along. Credit: Lifetime This is Quinn King were talking about shes always got a trick up her sleeve. And indeed, Quinns producing work on this episode is a stroke of genius....

We all went a little crazy in 2016, andUnREALwas no different. Lifetimes reality TV satire-soap blasted into its second season with Solve Everything ambitions. Showrunners shifted on the series fictionalBachelorknockoffEverlasting, reflectingUnREALs real-life showrunner-swapping drama. Credit: James Dittiger/Lifetime But at the onset of season 3 (premiering tonight at 10 p.m. ET on Lifetime),UnREALwants you to know that its changed. How about we start with something simple, like nobody dies? says Christopher Cousins connection president, taking the words right out of my mouth....

And where does Quinn fit into this picture? Its a great professional drive but its coming from a very personal wound. This season sounds quite reactionary to last season. James Dittiger/Lifetime What are the questions youre hoping to ask this season? And why is that? Theres a lot of sort of You go girl! James Dittiger/Lifetime How do you reconcile these demands and these expectations that women be perfect and never make mistakes?...

“The difference this season is that now you have couples competing. We had to find new ways to manipulate them, which is always a fun challenge for Quinn. It’s a dramatic and controversial season. Credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images; Inset: EW The fans aren’t going to know what hits them from the second episode in. It’s pretty crazy. Rachel’s [played by Shiri Appleby] mental state is very questionable. When they say cut,' I start apologizing!...

Warning: The following contains spoilers from the season 3 finale ofUnREAL. Read at your own risk! But was that the right choice to make? Credit: Bettina Strauss/Lifetime; VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: The last thing we see of Quinn is her knocking on Chets door. I do agree with the decision in that moment, I will say that much. I think everybodys going to have an opinion. Bettina Strauss/Lifetime Theres going to be a lot of people that are going to say, What the ?...