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- “Nobody Wants This” is a Netflix rom-com series starring Kristen Bell and Adam Brody.
- Bell’s character, Joanne, is a podcast host who falls in love with Brody’s character, Noah, a rabbi.
- Here’s everything we know about a potential season two.
Warning: Spoilers ahead for the season one finale of “Nobody Wants This.”
Netflix’s newest rom-com series, “Nobody Wants This,” is a hit — and we wouldn’t say no to more.
The series topped Netflix’s television list just days after its premiere on Thursday. Based on its social-media reception, it quickly became apparent that, actually, a lot of us want this.
Created by Erin Foster, the show stars Kristen Bell as Joanne, a woman who hosts a sex and relationships podcast with her sister Morgan (Justine Lupe). She meets Noah, a young rabbi played by Adam Brody, at a party, and they immediately hit it off.
The series is charming from the get-go, mostly by virtue of Bell and Brody’s easy, ineffable chemistry. And with 20- to 30-minute episodes that go down easy (plus a cliffhanger ending), it’s hard to not immediately want more.
Here’s everything that we know about a potential second season.
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‘Nobody Wants This’ season 2 isn’t official yet, but it seems like a real possibility.
Right now, “Nobody Wants This” has yet to be renewed for a second season. Given that the show has hit number one on Netflix, however, it doesn’t seem out of the realm of possibility.
Series creator Erin Foster told IndieWire that she had already started thinking about season two.
“We’re getting a really positive response,” she told IndieWire ahead of the show’s premiere. “And so I think the conversations have definitely started to happen about a potential season two.'”
Foster added: “The story in season one unfolds really slowly. And so I think if there is a season two I would want to just kind of pick up where we leave off and continue to take it slow, because I don’t want us to get too far ahead of ourselves. I mean, I want my show to be on the air as long as possible!”
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The ‘Nobody Wants This’ season 2 cast would almost definitely include Kristen Bell and Adam Brody.
It’s safe to assume that both Bell and Brody would return as Joanne and Noah, given that their relationship is the thrust of the story.
Hopefully, season two would also feature more of Justine Lupe as Morgan, Joanne’s sister, and Timothy Simons as Sasha, Noah’s brother. We’d also hope to see Joanne and Noah’s family members — Stephanie Faracy, Tovah Feldshuh, Paul Ben-Victor, Jackie Tohn — return for season two, as well as Sherry Cola as Joanne’s friend Ashley.
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The ‘Nobody Wants This’ season 1 ending has a big cliffhanger.
At the end of season two, Joanne backs away from her relationship with Noah. After realizing that she’s not ready to convert to Judaism, she tells him that she doesn’t want him to have to choose between her and his life and career. In the end, Noah chooses her — putting his prospective head rabbi job at risk.
It’s a cliffhanger ending that leaves plenty on the table for a second season. Foster told Vulture that season two would potentially dive into the process of converting to Judaism, something that she herself did before marrying her husband.
“I am used to writing about all the things that are going wrong in my life,” she told Vulture. “My manager always says that sometimes when you’re succeeding, it feels like you’re being beaten to death with your dreams.”
“Nobody Wants This” is streaming on Netflix.
Disclosure: Mathias Döpfner, CEO of Business Insider’s parent company, Axel Springer, is a Netflix board member.
