The Sex Lives of College Girls had a cliffhanger-free third season finale, leaving some viewers wondering if this was the end of the series, even though the characters were only halfway through their sophomore year and the show was fairly consistently in the top 10 of Max's most-watched series list (though that didn't translate to the broader top 10 on Nielsen's streaming chart).
Co-showrunner Justin Noble, who oversaw the series with Kaling, insisted at the time that the episode was not intended to conclude the series.
“No one told us to, like, wrap up the show or anything like that,” he told THR, explaining that his approach to ending the season was more about his personal preference than any sort of dictate.
“I think just me as a creator, I’m losing interest in cliffhangers,” Noble said of the finale. “I think it’s longer than ever between seasons for logistical reasons within the industry, and frankly, I don’t think audiences like cliffhangers the way that they used to. … You have to bring back to the show and comfort that you want. That’s why you return to it. So I’m sort of losing interest in what feels perhaps TV fake to me, in a lot of cliffhangers in comedies.”
Instead he said he chose a “happy ending” that felt “honest” and “satisfying” after a season of personal growth for the characters instead of a shocking change that could set up a more dramatic season four or quickly be undone.
He added that while the final scene wasn't a cliffhanger, there are certainly character storylines that are unresolved. Whether or not those storylines will be resolved remains to be seen. The Sex Lives of College Girls was produced by Warner Bros. Television for the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned streamer, which appears to complicate efforts to find a new home for the series.
