Nate's Mysteries (Season 3)

Official poster for Season 3 of Nate's Mysteries.

The **third season** of **Nate’s Mysteries** premiered on June 10, 2022 and aired to March 10, 2023. The season followed Nate Williams as he continued his fight against The Door Lord. Nate's Mysteries was renewed for a fourth season on May 26, 2022.

## Synopsis

After being unexpectedly betrayed by a close friend, Nate Williams continues his fight against the threat that's been looming in his life for over a year now. As Door Lord grows closer, new enemies are revealed and allies are found in the strangest of places.

## Cast

### Main

* Dylan Basham as Nate Williams, The Door Lord
* Patricia Collins as Susan Robinson

### Recurring

* Jason Ramirez as Michael Rutherson
* Noah Ramirez as Jordan Rutherson
* Dylan Basham as Shane Shavings

### Guest

* Joshua Wardlow as Joshua Wright
* Dylan Basham as Mitchell Sullivan, Hunter Larson, Joseph Williams
* Noah Weaver as Carson Millard
* Josie Pine as Clara Mulligan
* Lillith Callahan as Claire Mulligan
* Jeff Crosslin Sr. as Garrett Eastfield
* Abbigalle Ramirez as Annabelle Rutherson

## Crew

* **Showrunner**: Dylan Basham
* **Directors**: Dylan Basham (*Episode 1-6; 8-14*), Noah Weaver (*Episode 7*)
* **Writers**: Dylan Basham *(Episode 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14)*, Austin Spencer *(Episode 1, 6, 9)*, Noah Weaver *(Episode 7, 8)*, Breonna McKenzie *(Episode 5)*, Nevaeh Jenson *(Episode 10)*, Nicole Burke Characters Only *(Episode 5, 7, 12)*
* **Producer**: Lisa Alexander

## Release

The third season of Nate’s Mysteries was released on YouTube on a weekly basis from June 10, 2022 to September 9, 2022. A special was released several months later on March 10, 2023.

## Production

### Writing

Writing for *Season 3* of Nate's Mysteries began shortly after the second season was finished. Austin Spencer returned as a writer for the first time since Season 1 and Noah Weaver wrote his first episode for this season. Several new writers joined for this season such as Breonna McKenzie and Nevaeh Jenson. Nicole Burke was credited for the Shane Shavings character, but she didn’t write any episodes.

### Filming

Filming for Season 3 began on September 4, 2021. That month, the costume used for the Door Lord would be altered. Instead of using computer generated effects, practical effects were used for Door Lord’s glowing eyes instead.

The season premiere, Home, was filmed and completed in September 2021.

The special, All Roads Lead Home, was filmed next and completed in October 2021 along with the second episode, The Fall.

Evil Within and The Heist were filmed and completed in November 2021.

A Tale of Two Duplicates and The Lone Road were filmed and completed in December 2021.

Time Flies, Part One and Time Flies, Part Two were filmed and completed in January 2022.

Into the Fire started filming in early February 2022, but was put on hold because a power outage prevented it from being completed. In the meantime, Lights Out was filmed as a bottle episode. Into the Fire was then completed once the power outage was over.

The three part finale began filming in March 2022 and concluded in May 2022.

### Casting

Dylan Basham and Jason Ramirez reprised their roles as Nate Williams and Michael Rutherson. They were also joined by Patricia Collins, who reprised her role as Susan Robinson and was listed as a season regular, replacing Jason Ramirez as the co-star. Several new actors also appeared in Season 3 such as Lilith Callahan as Claire Mulligan, Noah Ramirez as Michael's brother Jordan Rutherson and Jeff Crosslin Sr. as Garrett Eastfield.

### Music

Andrew Kopacz returned as composer from Season 2 and composed most of the music for the season with a couple exceptions.

Dylan Basham composed the music for the special, All Roads Lead Home. He also composed the main title theme and end credits theme which carried over from the previous two seasons.

No composer was used for Lights Out and instead ambient noises were used to create the atmosphere for the episode.

### Promotion

The main thirteen episodes were promoted by Nexus Film Productions, but as the series was acquired in October 2022, Denwelco Studios promoted the season special.

## Soundtrack

Nate’s Mysteries: Season 3 (Music from the Original TV Series) was released on September 10, 2022, and featured music by Andrew Kopacz from the first thirteen episodes.

## Notes

* The budget for the third season added up to around $120.