Sydney to the Max/Season 3

**Season 3** of *Sydney to the Max* was announced by Disney Channel on November 21, 2019. Production was scheduled to begin in March 2020 but did not, due to COVID-19. Filming began on October 13. 2020 and wrapped on May 5, 2021. The season will consist 21 episodes. The season premiered on March 19, 2021.

## Plot

Sydney and her friends, along with Young Max and Leo in the '90s, embark on eighth grade and take on challenging and relevant issues such as struggles with cultural identity, trying to fit in, coping with divorce and the impact of microaggressions.

### Main Cast

* Ruth Righi as Sydney Reynolds
* Ava Kolker as Olive Rozalski
* Jackson Dollinger as Young Max Reynolds
* Christian J. Simon as Leo Webb
* Ian Reed Kesler as Adult Max Reynolds
* Caroline Rhea as Judy Reynolds

### Recurring Cast

* Amelia Wray as Sophia
* Julia Garcia as Emmy Mendoza
* Brogan Hall as Bucky
* Connor Falk as Harry
* Arjun Sriram as Pete
* Rizwan Manji as Vice Principal Virmani
* Cassidey Fralin as Young Alisha Reynolds
* Audrey Cymone as Kendra
* Paul-Mikél Williams as Ned

## Episodes

### Confirmed Episodes

These are confirmed episodes with dates to them.

1. 03/19/21 - Tearin' Up My Room (301)
2. 03/26/21 - A Few Good Mentors (302)
3. 04/02/21 - He's All That (303)
4. 04/09/21 - Three Amigas and a Harry (304)
5. 04/16/21 - Boy Story (305)
6. 04/23/21 - My Own First Enemies (306)
7. 04/30/21 - The Hair Switch Project (309)
8. 05/07/21 - The Bat Mitzvah Planner (307)
9. 05/14/21 - Man! I Feel Like a Genius (310)
10. 06/04/21 - What's Eating Olive Rozalski? (311)
11. 06/11/21 - Do the Write Thing (312)
12. 06/18/21 - Cool Intentions (313)
13. 06/25/21 - A Crush of Their Own (314)
14. 10/08/21 - The Hunt for Rad October (308)

### Unconfirmed Episodes

These are confirmed episodes that don't have dates to them.

* Jingled Out (315)
* Honey, You Shrunk the Fit (316)
* Family Buy (317)
* My Cousin Lexi (318)
* Praise Your Voice (319)
* Pie Hard (320)
* Any Given Sunday Brunch (321)

## Trivia

* The show was cleared for a third season ahead of Season 2's release making it the second live-action series on Disney Channel to be renewed ahead of a season's release in 2019 with the first being Gabby Duran & the Unsittables.
* Production on the season was set to begin in March 2020, but due to COVID-19, it was delayed indefinitely. Production started on October 13, 2020, and wrapped on May 12, 2021.
* Due to COVID-19, the season 3 picture is an un-used photo from the season 2 photo shoot.
* There is a Halloween episode this season. This marks the second holiday-themed episode in the series.
* The flashbacks in this season are taking place in 1993.
* Microaggressions are discussed this season in the episode in the episode "Do the Write Thing".
* Episodes 1-8 of season three began streaming on Disney+ on May 28, 2021.
* Christian J. Simon who portrays Leo Webb, is partially absent for some episodes this season, due to his role in the remake of the 1997 Disney Channel Original Movie; *Under Wraps*.
* The subplot this season features a more serialized narrative focusing on Max's crush on Alisha and how he confessed his feelings to her and they became a couple.
* Sydney gets a new hairstyle as of "The Hair Switch Project".
* The season will take a break, beginning after episode thirteen, which premiered on June 25, 2021.

## References

1. ↑ https://deadline.com/2019/11/sydney-to-the-max-renewed-season-3-ahead-disney-channel-ruth-righi-ian-reed-kesler-caroline-rhea-1202791450/