Lioness episode 2 lands on Sunday, Aug. 9, with "No Sorrow Like the Survivor" arriving on Paramount Plus. Zoe Saldaña returns as Joe McNamara, the operative at the center of a season that keeps the mission moving one Sunday at a time.
The third season is now in an eight-episode rollout that began with "The Spider and the Fly" on Sunday, Aug. 2 and continues through the finale on Sept. 20. For viewers of Paramount Plus and followers of Lioness Season 3, that schedule is the real news: it turns each Sunday into a fixed checkpoint instead of a binge dump.
Joe McNamara after home
Season 3 continues to follow Joe McNamara as she works with Lioness, the CIA’s undercover program. Paramount Plus describes the series as an "intense, female-led espionage thriller," and Joe is still operating in the space between field work and family life.
The war Joe McNamara is fighting has now followed her home. That complication gives the new episode a tighter practical frame than a simple mission-of-the-week setup, because the season is not just sending her into danger; it is tracking how that danger travels back with her.
Weekly Sundays through Sept. 20
Episode 3, "The Bear Is Infected," follows on Sunday, Aug. 16, which keeps the release cadence locked to weekly Sundays. The structure matters for subscribers because it sets a clear viewing rhythm and keeps the season in conversation for more than a month.
Episode 4 is set for Aug. 23 with "Murder Hornets," followed by Episode 5, "The Idiot Army," on Aug. 30 and Episode 6, "Sugar Land," on Sept. 6. Episode 7 is listed as TBD for Sept. 13, then Episode 8, "The Unravelling," closes the season on Sept. 20.
Saldaña, Kidman, Freeman
Zoe Saldaña and Nicole Kidman star in and executive-produce Lioness, while Morgan Freeman joins the cast for Season 3. The season also includes Laysla De Oliveira, Dave Annable, Jill Wagner, LaMonica Garrett, James Jordan, Genesis Rodriguez, Austin Hébert, Jonah Wharton, Thad Luckinbill, Hannah Love Lanier and Ian Bohen.
That lineup gives Lioness Season 3 enough name recognition to hold attention without front-loading the plot. The practical watch plan is simple: if you want Episode 2, the date is Aug. 9; if you want the full run, the season stays on Sundays through Sept. 20.
