Major spoilers ahead for season one of The Four Seasons.
When we last met our merry-ish band of fifty-somethings, they were mourning the loss of Nick (Steve Carrell) who died during a car crash on New Year’s Eve while on a run for organic, vegan, and gluten free groceries and alcohol-free champagne. As his friends came together for the funeral, his ex-wife Anne (Kerri Kenney-Silver) helped as his girlfriend, Ginny (Erika Henningsen) announced her pregnancy to the group. Dun dun dun.
Unfortunately, though, at this time, Netflix has not yet announced whether the show will return for a sophomore season, and they probably won’t for at least a few weeks, in line with their history of renewals and cancellations. While it was initially conceived as a limited series, though, the cast and creative team has already publicly discussed their hopes for the future. In an interview with TV Guide co-creator Tina Fey noted, “I feel like we sort of don’t dare to dream yet, but we did. Who knows. If we were lucky enough to do more of these, we’d certainly all like to hang out again.”
What would a season 2 look like?
Season 2 could potentially explore the fallout of the pregnancy announcement and how the two families could come together. Hopefully, it would include more travel. An odd-couple style baby moon? A far flung vow renewal perhaps? Both other primary couples had their share of ups and downs throughout the first season but came out stronger on the other side.
Alternatively, if Fey and co-creators Tracey Wigfield and Lang Fisher would like to change the format, we’d love to see the couples at home, and possibly more of a peak into Danny’s (Colman Domingo’s) aesthetic, who plays an interior designer. We have very high hopes for the his design choices (we got a brief glimpse at the townhouse he shares with Claude at the end of the first episode).
What should I watch in the meantime?
If movies are your thing, we’ve got good news. The 1981 film on which the series is based (directed by and starring Alan Alda and co-starring Carol Burnett as the characters played by Fey and Will Forte) is also streaming on Netflix. Like the series, it focuses on the mid-lives—and mid-life crises of—three couples who went to the same college and now vacation together. The film, however, and another major spoiler warning here, centers more on the fallout when Nick (played by Len Cariou) announces that he is having a baby with his new partner (here, Ginny is played by Bess Armstrong). In the show, however, that story element serves as a possible launch pad for a second season rather than a major plot point.
If you prefer a series, though, and you need some more Tina Fey in your life, then we always recommend a 30 Rock rewatch. Fey’s seven-series workplace comedy is now streaming on Peacock. Fey has also created other series for Netflix, including The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and the criminally underrated Girls5Eva.
Once you get through all of that, the first season will be there for a re-watch, or, better yet, follow our guide to their vacation destinations and plan a Four Seasons inspired get-away with some friends.
We will update this story as information about Season Two of The Four Seasons becomes available.
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