▁Jess ica ▁Pope ▁commented ▁that ▁they ▁would ▁have ▁to ▁" re cal ibr ate " ▁plans ▁for ▁a ▁pros pective ▁second ▁series , ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁accommod ate ▁Cap ald i ▁now ▁being ▁unable ▁to ▁repr ise ▁his ▁role . ▁Marc ▁Warren ▁joined ▁the ▁cast ▁for ▁the ▁second ▁series . ▁The ▁Mus k ete ers ▁was ▁originally ▁planned ▁to ▁be ▁broadcast ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁but ▁was ▁later ▁delayed ▁until ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁The ▁Mus k ete ers ▁initially ▁received ▁mixed ▁reviews ▁from ▁critics . ▁Review ing ▁the ▁third ▁episode ▁of ▁the ▁drama , ▁Morgan ▁J ef fer y , ▁writing ▁for ▁Digital ▁Sp y , ▁pra ised ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁characters , ▁stating ▁that ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁" real ▁feeling ▁of ▁growth " ▁and ▁that ▁it ▁delivered ▁" something ▁a ▁little ▁more ▁substantial ". ▁Den ▁of ▁Ge ek ▁writer ▁Rob ▁K emp ▁also ▁gave ▁a ▁positive ▁review , ▁stating ▁that ▁The ▁Mus k ete ers ▁had ▁" won ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁people ▁over ▁with ▁its ▁fun ▁and ▁advent ur ous ▁take ▁on ▁this ▁well - lo ved ▁story ", ▁but ▁also ▁wrote ▁that ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁dram atic ▁elements ▁felt ▁" sh oe ▁horn ed ▁and ▁deliber ate ". ▁Over all , ▁K emp ▁had ▁hope ▁for ▁the ▁series ▁and ▁pra ised ▁the ▁change ▁in ▁focus ▁in ▁the ▁third ▁episode , ▁saying ▁that ▁the ▁" time ▁was ▁definitely ▁right ▁to ▁start ▁to ▁explore ▁the ▁characters ", ▁before ▁going ▁on ▁to ▁say ▁that