The Split soon returns to BBC after two years away, but the divorce drama is set to get to another level with even the cast still unsure of how it ends.
The British legal drama, written and created by Abi Morgan, has been a huge hit with viewers, after debuting in 2018.
It follows the lives of the Defoe family, who all work in divorce law for the family firm, with Hannah’s (Nicola Walker) firm merged with her mother Ruth’s (Deborah Findlay) at the start of season two.
It also follows Hannah’s tricky love life, sister Nina’s (Annabel Scholey) addiction and unexpected pregnancy (and potential affair) and youngest sibling Rose’s (Fiona Button) struggle to get pregnant after a heartbreaking miscarriage.
But with season two’s finale leaving many plots still wide open, star Damien Molony, who plays recovering addict Tyler revealed he doesn’t yet know how the drama concludes.
He shared to Metro.co.uk: ‘When I got scripts, I was leafing through the pages, what’s gonna happen, what’s gonna happen?
‘What’s even worse is I think they shot some alternate endings. So I don’t know necessarily which ending they’ve gone for.
‘I want to know! I’ll be tuning in, alongside everyone else, desperate to know what’s happened.
Sharing more about the mood of the series finale, he added: ‘What’s great about series three is that everyone will have closure on what’s happening to all of these wonderful characters.
‘There have been so many ups and downs, huge emotional ups and downs for all of these characters. I guess it all comes to a head.’
The final season is set around a year after the previous, as Hannah and Nathan battle in their divorce with the latter moving on with new love Kate (Lara Pulver).
But it sounds things are about to get very tense indeed.
‘I suppose when we as actors are reading the scripts, you’re thinking, never mind the audience, are we going to be ready for the end of this?
‘These characters are so fascinating, I think people have gone through so much with them,’ he added.
The actor’s family and friends always beg him for details of the plot, telling us: ‘I’ve never been in a show on TV before where, where more of my family friends and family members tiptoe around me trying to subtly ask me [what’s going to happen]. Everyone wants to know!’
He also hinted at what’s next for his character Tyler, who fans saw celebrate his engagement to husband Xander Hale (Chukwudi Iwuji) in the finale before sharing a kiss with Nina (Annabel Scholey).
‘He’s now married to Xander, the last time we saw him, he was kissing Nina. I guess he is his fascinating, complicated character and he is an addict – he has found a kindred spirit in Nina,
‘All I’m really here to say is that none of the relationships in The Split are straightforward!’ Damien teased.
Damien lives nearby to his co-star Annabel, meaning they could easily spend time prepping together: ‘I live around the corner from Annabel, so we used to go for walks with our kids in the park and in the playground, just discussing the scenes and discussing the characters, which really, really great.
‘He was a brilliant character to play, and it was lovely to come back into it again.’
It averaged over six million viewers with more than 19 million streams, becoming the third most-watched drama series on BBC iPlayer that year.
The Split begins on Monday, April 4 at 9pm on BBC One and will be available to stream in full on BBC iPlayer.
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