'Never Have I Ever' Season 3: Details, Cast Reactions

Warning: Spoilers Ahead. Now that Devi made her choice between Paxton and Ben, is there more to come from the fictional high schooler? Never Have I Ever star Maitreyi Ramakrishnan sure does hope so!

“It is going to be interesting to see what happens next,” the actress told Entertainment Tonight in July 2021, following the second season premiere. “I have no idea because she is happy with Paxton and that’s happening officially. But, of course, Ben’s obviously going to still be a player in the game.”

The Netflix series — which also stars Darren Barnet, Jaren Lewison, Ramona Young and Lee Rodriguez — aired its first season on Netflix in April 2020, and fans immediately wanted more from the 16-year-old and her epic love triangle between the school heartthrob Paxton (played by Darren) and her former enemy Ben (played by Jaren). Once all 10 episodes of the second season finally hit the streaming service nearly a year after the first, viewers finally found out who Devi chose. It may seem like the love triangle has come to an end, but the stars have said in various interviews that there’s definitely more to come from their characters.

By now, it’s obvious that Devi and Paxton end up together after he confessed his feelings for her during the season 2 finale. During an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Darren admitted he was “a little bit surprised” about the turn of events in the last episode.

“She challenges him in ways that no one else does. And the most interesting thing may be how he copes with the public opinion of him dating someone that’s not on his social status per se,” the actor explained. “You even see it in the glance when he’s looking at his friends who are gawking at the idea of them being together. So, that’s got to be a lot to do with Paxton because he is a character that does care a lot about what people think. It’s going to be interesting.”

Netflix officially confirmed in August 2021 that there’s a third Never Have I Ever season on the way, the cast and showrunner Lang Fisher have a lot of ideas about where the story should go next.

“The biggest [question] is what’s Devi going to be like as an actual girlfriend in a real relationship with someone who’s much more experienced than she is?” Land told ET. “This has been her dream for the entire series. Day 1 she’s like, ‘We’ve got to get boyfriends.’ That’s all she’s wanted, and now she has one and he is the most popular boy in the school. What is that going to be like? Is it going to be the dream that she had always imagined it would be or will it be more complicated? And probably it will be more complicated than that.”

Scroll through our gallery for what the cast wants to see in a possible Never Have I Ever season 3.

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Devi as a Girlfriend

“It’ll be really cool to see Devi in a proper relationship because we technically never really have,” Maitreyi said while chatting with ET. “So it is going to be cool to see her as a girlfriend, that new relationship in her life that she’s never had before. But I think Paxton realizing what Devi means to him is really nice because he realizes, ‘This is the person that believes in me and doesn’t think I’m stupid. And I actually accomplished something and she was there for me.'”

Using Devi’s Voice

“I would love to see Devi begin to, like, stand up for herself more. We saw a little glimpse of that when she had her little dream sequence with her dad, right? And then her dad said, ‘This is not you, this isn’t who you are.’ When she says, ‘Are you mad at me?’ That’s her first question out of her mind because she doesn’t want people to be mad at her. She’s sick and tired of people being mad at her all the time,” Maitreyi added. “But then when she goes to Paxton and Paxton says, ‘OK, I’m sorry, I can’t be that for you.” She’s like, ‘OK.’ She stood her ground with her morals and we don’t really see that prior to that. It’d be cool to dive into that more.”

Paxton’s Future

“Paxton is faced with so many new challenges and things are not going easy for them anymore,” Darren explained to ET. “And you’re going to see him have to try a lot harder. And depending on, you never know where the timeline goes with the seasons. This could be, in season 3, it could be the rest of his junior year or it could be the beginning of his senior year. And there’s a lot of question in what he’s really playing. He’s got to bow it down and see what he’s going to be doing with his life. And that’s going to be really interesting to see.”

Successful Relationships

“I feel like as of right now, I think I want to see the relationship with her and Paxton work,” Lee, who plays Devi’s other BFF, told Metro, noting that she wants fans to see more of her character’s relationships as well.

“I want to see her more comfortable, I want to see her in her element and see what her relationship with Eve looks like,” the actress added. “Them hanging out, what they do, going on a date, I would love to see more of that.”

Staying Exclusive

“I would just love to see how it plays out with [Devi and Paxton] being together as an exclusive couple,” Darren told POPSUGAR. “That’s going to bring on a whole new set of challenges, and I think there’s a lot more to explore. There’s a lot more for Devi to learn about Paxton, for Paxton to learn about himself, and for Devi to learn about herself. And when that all comes to fruition, who knows? They may fall in love or realize they’re better as friends or absolutely hate each other, so you never really know.”

New Characters

Anirudh Pisharody is set to join the cast as Des, a smart student who attends an elite private school. Deadline was first to report the news in January 2022.

E! News confirmed in July 2022 that Love, Victor alum Michael Cimino would be joining the cast as Ethan, “a skater and new heartthrob at Sherman Oaks High.”