‘Quantico’ season 3 spoilers: What to expect as ABC’s terrorism thriller gets new showrunner

Quantico returns to ABC in 2018

Actress Priyanka Chopra of "Quantico" poses backstage with her award for Favorite Actress in a New TV Series during the People's Choice Awards 2016 in Los Angeles, California January 6, 2016. Reuters/Danny Moloshok

“Quantico” clinched a season renewal last month and announced that there will be some changes to the ABC terrorism drama. Season 3 of “Quantico” could premiere in the first quarter of 2018, and with it comes a new showrunner. He happens to be an experienced TV personality, and it looks like viewers should expect a lot.

“Code Black” creator Michael Seitzman has been tapped to be “Quantico’s” new executive producer. Seitzman will be taking off where Josh Safran left off. Reports say that Seitzman is already working hard for the upcoming season as he has been busy outlining the storyline and managing the returning cast. Of course, regular stars Blair Underwood, Priyanka Chopra, Johanna Braddy and Jake McLaughlin will be coming back.

The departure of cast members Pear Thusi and Al Massri have already been announced earlier. Deadline says that Russel Tovey and Aunjanue Ellis are not expected to return to their full-time duties on the show.

Seitzman will continue on the same capacity in his CBS medical drama “Code Black” while being “Quantico’s” new showrunner. Both shows have 13 episode midseason orders, so Seitzman has enough room to juggle both shows under ABC Studios, where he holds an overall deal. The production team of “Quantico” will remain in New York where the show is based, but the show’s writers will be moving to Los Angeles where “Code Black” is based.

Seitzman’s touch on the terrorism drama might mean that viewers should expect the same amount of excitement and mystery in “Code Black.” Reports say that the show is bound for a different path. While “Quantico” is not expected to be the successor to “NCIS,” there are signs that the show might shake of some of these elements as its goes forward.

One big issue with the first two seasons was that the story was dense, with too much going on at once. This resulted to the individual stories not being clear, with the scenes jumping from one place to another. The timeframe began to have some jumps, but there was improvement when the entire show shifted to a different timeline in the second season.

“Quantico” got off to a good start when it first aired in 2015, and it quickly broke viewership records. However, its dense narrative made the series lose momentum when it reached the second half of the first season. It later did a little better when season 2 aired. “Quantico” airs on ABC in the US and on the Seven Network in Australia.