Bunk'd (Season 3)

Bunk'd (titled Bunk'd: Learning the Ropes for the sixth season) is an American comedy television series created by Pamela Eells O'Connell that premiered on Disney Channel on July 31, 2015. The series is a spin-off of Jessie and for the first three seasons includes returning stars Peyton List, Karan Brar, and Skai Jackson, as well as Miranda May who has starred over the series' entire run.

Season 3 premiered on June 18, 2018, with "We Can't Bear It!" and ended on September 21, 2018, with "Up, Up, and Away". It consists of 16 episodes. Season 4 premiered on June 20, 2019, with "Who da Boss? Lou da Boss!" and ended on July 24, 2020, with "Raven About Bunk'd". It consists of 30 episodes. Season 5 premiered on January 15, 2021, with "Lou's Still the Boss, But Now There's a Ross" and ended on August 6th, 2021 with "Frien'ds Forever". Season 6 of Bunk'd was officially announced on December 15, 2021. It represents the first sixth season order for a series in Disney Channel history. The season premiered on June 10, 2022, with Learning the Ropes orignally it was supposed to get 25 episodes but Disney incresed to 5 more episodes this is the 2nd season to have 30 episodes. Season 7 of Bunk'd was officially announced on October 11, 2022. It represents the first seventh season order for a series in Disney Channel history. Seasons 6-onwards also brings in a new title for the show: Bunk'd: Learning the Ropes.

While the first two seasons (2015-2017) were mostly well-received, the same cannot be the same for this season.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The main problem with this season is that the majority of the characters from the first two seasons, such as Xander, Tiffany, Jorge, Griff, Gladys, and Hazel (however, she makes a guest appearance in "Inn Trouble") are nowhere to be found. No explanation is given as to what happened to them (except for Gladys, whose absence is explained) and they aren't even mentioned by the other characters, like they never even existed in the first place!
 * 2) * Executive Meddling: It wasn't even the original cast members' decision to leave the show as Disney Channel kicked them off to introduce new characters, which shows how expendable the cast is to Disney.
 * 3) * Not only most of the original characters left the show without any explaination, but many potential storylines we're completely wasted, for instance:
 * 4) **During the end of season 2 Zuri and Griff got together. In season 3 the writers could've developped there relationship.
 * 5) **We could've seen the brothership between Griff and Xander.
 * 6) **Hazel who had became a CIT could've have character developpement.
 * 7) **It was never confirm if Xander and Emma are still together or they broke up.
 * 8) *To make matters worse, they are now replaced with three mediocre characters: Destiny, Matteo, and Finn. They're not bad characters, but the three are rehashed versions of former or current characters.
 * 9) **Destiny is a rehash of Emma since both are into beauty and fashion (the difference between them is that Emma is not a show-off). She also always wants things to go her way because all she cares about are winning and beauty.
 * 10) **Matteo is a rehash of both Ravi and Tiffany. He's smart like the former and overly cautious like the latter.
 * 11) **Finn is a rehash of Jorge since both are slobs who don't care about personal hygiene.
 * 12) ***Matteo and Destiny themselves are unlikable and very selfish. Matteo may also seem innocent, but he is a huge jerk and is a horrible friend.
 * 13) The theme song has been shortened considerably and is very lazily put together as only the last verse is used.
 * 14) There is little to no connection to the first two seasons, making this season seem almost non-canon to said seasons.
 * 15) Quantity Over Quality: Much like SpongeBob SquarePants and The Fairly OddParents, it lasted for way to long, having a total of 6 seasons with a 7th season being renewed.
 * 16) The show was originally going to end on Season 3, but due to an increase in popularity, it was renewed for three more seasons.
 * 17) Disney decided to milk the series for all its worth during these seasons by keeping it going after Peyton List, Karan Brar, and Skai Jackson left.
 * 18) *While replacing the Ross Kids is not the wrost thing in the world, the new characters that are introduce in season 4 is not as good as the Ross Kids not by a long shot espicially since the show was based around the Ross kids.
 * 19) *It would've work better if they start a whole new show without continuing this series without the original cast.
 * 20) Some plots are rehashed from older episodes which becomes a trend with the recent seasons
 * 21) Seasons 3-onwards are filled with average/bad unmemorble episodes.
 * 22) These seasons has several awful/bad/mediocre/meh/annoying new characters that are all rehash of the original characters.
 * 23) Since Lou becomes the protaganist during seasons 4-present she started to become a generic character and lost most of her personality from the first 3 seasons.
 * 24) Since Xander and Hazel are no longer on the show, these seasons killed the Xander-Emma-Hazel love triangle, which was an insult to many fans.
 * 25) Unlike the first two seasons, there are no guest appearances from any Jessie characters, not even Luke. To add insult to injury, Jessie never made a guest appearance.
 * 26) Weak, unfunny, forced, and stale humor. Speaking of which, these seasons have even more gross-out and toilet jokes than the first two seasons did.
 * 27) While this season have a good finale and would've end this show and the Jessie franchise on a high-note. Disney Channel renewed for more seasons despite many fans didn't ask for.

Good Qualities

 * 1) The acting is still decent, even from the new cast.
 * 2) Xander may be gone from the show, but at least his voice is still heard in the theme song (until season 6).
 * 3) Thankfully, unlike most bad seasons of good shows, none of the original characters (from seasons 1-2) have been flanderized in these seasons (specifically the Ross kids and Lou).
 * 4) Finn is a likable character, despite him being a rehash of Jorge from the first 2 seasons. And Lou is still likable like she was in the first 2 seasons, being a blessing in disguise as the only original character.
 * 5) While it's sad that the original characters are gone, the show can still be enjoyable even with the new characters.
 * 6) It is the least bad of the show's worst seasons as the original creator and executive producers are involved and it still features the Ross Kids.
 * 7) The laugh track is still played appropriately, though it is played more often than the first two seasons.
 * 8) There are some good episodes.

Reception
Season 3 as a whole received negative feedback from fans as they complained about Xander, Tiffany, Jorge, Griff and Hazel's removal from the series, the introduction of Destiny, Matteo and Finn, the continuity being inconsistent with Seasons 1-2 and the new opening theme song. Many fans feel that this is where this season started the downfall of the show.