Shortly after Ryan Phillippe, the lead actor of #Shooter, announced his recovery on social media, USA immediately announced the renewal of the series for a third season, with news saying that the third season would be 13 episodes. In the middle of the year, Ryan Phillippe broke his leg in a car accident, and the crew had only filmed half of the ninth episode at the time. Without the lead actor, they could not continue filming, so they announced that they would cut two episodes, making the second season only 8 episodes; reports said that the third season would resolve the events of the previous season and then start a new story.