No mention of how much time will pass between the two seasons. I'm going to assume it's not immediately after, but could be months or years or something. Might be easier for the writers that way.

What you suggest is possible, of course. I was just also going off the the notion that Jude wasn't going to be in much of the season either. (A rumor started by Adam, btw.)

Who knows what they will do. I just hope they don't end the Zude story with something bad. They already had such great closure in the summer special.