Netflix calls time on two cult favourites, ordering final seasons of 'Good Girl's Guide' and 'Devil May Cry'

Netflix has spent the first half of June drawing the curtain on two of its most devoted fan bases, ordering final seasons for both A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and the animated Devil May Cry. In each case the decision was framed not as a cancellation but as the planned completion of a story that was always conceived as a trilogy, a distinction that matters to the audiences involved.

The twin announcements arrived in quick succession after both shows aired second seasons in May, and they offer a window into how Netflix increasingly manages its serialised hits: define an endpoint, deliver it, and let the property go out clean rather than risk diminishing returns. For fans, the news brought a familiar mix of satisfaction and sadness.

Both renewals also came with concrete production news, signalling that Netflix intends to deliver these endings rather than leave them dangling, a reassurance to viewers wary of streamers pulling the plug mid-story.

A Good Girl's Guide completes the trilogy

Announced on 9 June, just days after the 27 May release of its second season, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder was renewed for a third and final season that completes the screen adaptation of Holly Jackson's bestselling book trilogy. The final chapter is based on As Good As Dead, the concluding novel, and has already wrapped production ahead of a 2027 global premiere.

The final season will consist of four episodes and bring back the established ensemble, including Emma Myers, Zain Iqbal, Henry Ashton, Asha Banks, Jude Morgan-Collie, Eden H. Davies and Yali Topol Margalith. Producers have promised a finale that ventures into darker territory than anything the series has shown so far, in keeping with the source material's increasingly grim turns.

“Adapting a trilogy means you owe the audience an ending, not an open-ended subscription. Getting to land all three books is the whole point.”

— A studio insider

Devil May Cry reaches 'Paradiso'

Days earlier, on 4 June, Netflix renewed its animated Devil May Cry for a third and final season, following the 12 May release of its second. Developed by Adi Shankar and animated by Studio Mir, the series is adapted from Capcom's long-running video-game franchise and has been one of the streamer's stronger game adaptations.

Shankar has been explicit that the show was always designed as a three-part structure modelled on Dante's Divine Comedy, with each season representing a stage of the journey. The performance has justified the commitment: Season 1 drew 21.7m views in 2025, and Season 2 reached 6.4m views within two weeks of release, with the two seasons logging a combined four weeks on Netflix's English-language TV Top 10.

“This was always Dante's Divine Comedy with guns and a red coat. Season 1 was Inferno. Season 2 was Purgatorio. Season 3 will be Paradiso.”

— Adi Shankar, showrunner of Devil May Cry

Background

Holly Jackson's A Good Girl's Guide to Murder began as a young-adult publishing sensation, following teenage sleuth Pip Fitz-Amobi as she reinvestigates a closed murder case in her hometown. The Netflix adaptation, with Emma Myers in the lead, has been a hit with younger audiences and has tracked the trilogy faithfully across its three seasons. The decision to end at three matches the books rather than stretching the property thin.

Devil May Cry, meanwhile, is part of a broader wave of video-game adaptations finding success on streaming. Adi Shankar, a producer with a track record in stylised animated game adaptations, framed the project from the outset as a self-contained saga rather than an open-ended series, an approach that distinguishes it from many genre titles that overstay their welcome.

• A Good Girl's Guide to Murder renewed for a third and final season on 9 June
• Final season runs four episodes, based on the novel As Good As Dead, premiering 2027
• Devil May Cry renewed for a third and final season on 4 June
• Devil May Cry conceived as a Divine Comedy trilogy: Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso
• Devil May Cry Season 1 drew 21.7m views; Season 2 hit 6.4m views in two weeks
• Both shows aired their second seasons in May 2026

What it means

The two renewals illustrate a maturing approach to serialised storytelling on streaming, where a defined ending can be a selling point rather than a risk. By committing to complete both stories as their creators intended, Netflix gives fans the closure that builds long-term goodwill, even as it retires two reliable performers. Audiences now face a wait, in both cases into 2027, before they can see how these trilogies conclude. The early word, in both instances, is to brace for darker and more ambitious finales.