THE Split finally returned to our screens, but Monday’s premiere left fans emotional at the unexpected death of a favourite.
Season three will see Nathan Dafern and Hannah Defoe navigate their own marriage breakdown following the explosive second series.
In truly dramatic scenes in the series return, viewers learnt that James Cutler (Rudi Dharmalingam) was hit by a car whilst riding his bike, and the whole family rushed to the hospital.
Unfortunately, the doctor appeared and delivers the terrible news that he has died, with Rose breaking down as Nina, Hannah and her mother Ruth support her.
In the first series, viewers saw Rose have second thoughts about marrying James, before going through with the wedding at the end of the first season.
The third instalment began with Rose and James discussing their desire to have children, with Rose unsure about adopting after learning that the couple were incapable of conceiving by themselves.
As the two were about to head to an adoption centre, they began arguing over Rose’s reluctance to explore the adoption route and James angrily cycled off.
While Rose left her husband a voicemail apologising, telling him that she does want to adopt with him, he never had a chance to hear the message.
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Viewers said while they were happy at the show’s return, they felt sick at what happened to James.
“No f**k I feel sick #TheSplit,” complained one fan on Twitter.
Another added: “I didn’t expect the first new episode of The Split to have me in tears already @StephenMangan @NicolaWalkerHQ #TheSplit.”
And a third wrote: “I just knew something bad was going to happen to James.”
A synopsis of the new series released by BBC says: “As Hannah and Nathan begin to divide up their twenty years together, Hannah faces what she is about to lose and a shocking revelation dramatically changes the stakes.
“As the battle lines are redrawn, we wonder if their dream of achieving the ‘good divorce’ is even possible.”
Stephen Mangan and Nicola Walker reprise their roles as Nathan Dafern and Hannah Defoe for the third series.
Annabel Scholey and Fiona Button will return as Defoe sisters Nina and Rose alongside family matriarch Ruth, played by Deborah Findlay.
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All episodes of the third series will be made available on BBC iPlayer in one go.
That means fans who can’t wait to know how everything plays out can binge through all six episodes at once.
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