Happy Face Episode 3: Release date news, time, streaming details, and more

Paramount+'s newest true crime-based thriller, Happy Face, based on a serial killer's daughter, is all set to release its third episode on March 27, 2025. Lovers of true crime drama can follow this story of Melissa, the daughter of an incarcerated serial killer, as he tries reconnecting with her on Paramount+ at 12:00 am PT.

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Everything you need to know about Happy Face Episode 3

The first two episodes of the thrilling drama, based on the perspective of the daughter of an incarcerated serial killer responsible for the death of eight people, were released on Paramount+ on March 20, 2025, at 12:00 am PT. The show has an eight-episode-long release schedule laid out up till May 2025. The third episode, titled "Was It Worth It?" will be released on March 27 at 12:00 am PT.

Being a Paramount+ exclusive show, viewers of this show need a subscription to keep up with the gripping tale that revolves around Keith Hunter Jesperson, the Happy Face Killer. Additionally, new users who do not already have a subscription can watch the two episodes without paying anything for a trial period of seven days, after which they can choose a paid subscription.

The first two episodes introduced the viewers to the perspective of Melissa Moore, the narrative point of the exclusive Paramount+ thriller. Based on real-life incidents, the show has two main inspirations: a podcast of the same name and the book Shattered Silence.

Melissa Moore, a married woman played by Tony-winning actress Annaleigh Ashford, and her family lead a normal life after cutting all ties with her father, played by Dennis Quaid, known as the Happy Face killer, an incarcerated serial killer from the early 90s. He was famous by this name as he drew happy faces on the letters he would write to his prosecutors and the media.

Moore's life is thrown for a loop when she receives a call from her dad, whose identity she has kept a secret for most of her life at her workplace.

The first two episodes, titled "The Confession" and "Killing Shame," set the show and its protagonist on a journey that will upend her life as she is faced with new information about her father's victims.

Ignoring multiple warnings from her husband as well as her mother, Melissa decides to figure out and make public the identity of the victim that the authorities are unaware of as an attempt to bring peace to a family that is still wondering about their missing daughter.

As Melissa explores the harrowing reality behind her manipulative and narcissistic father's claims in the upcoming episodes of the Paramount+ exclusive show Happy Face, she's unknowingly standing in the middle of a brewing storm that might just bring her entire world crumbling around her.