Hit Netflix Friendship Comedy Returns Thursday Without Its Iconic Leading Man After Shocking Death
The Netflixfriendship comedy from Tina Fey is back for another round of vacations, this time without one of its most beloved leading men.
All eight episodes of The Four Seasons Season 2 drop on Netflix this Thursday, May 28, picking up after a Season 1 finale that killed off Steve Carell's character Nick in a car crash and left his much-younger girlfriend Ginny pregnant. The show, co-created by Tina Fey, Tracey Wigfield and Lang Fisher, follows three couples who vacation together in spring, summer, fall and winter. It is adapted from Alan Alda's 1981 rom-com of the same name.
Fey returns as Kate alongside her on-screen husband Jack, played by Will Forte. Colman Domingo and Marco Calvani are back as married couple Danny and Claude. Kerri Kenney-Silver reprises Anne, Nick's ex-wife, and Erika Henningsen returns as Ginny, who learned she was pregnant in the Season 1 finale.
How the Show Handles Carell's Absence
The writers leaned into the loss rather than working around it, exploring how the friend group fills the void Carell's character left behind. Fisher has described Nick as the social glue of the group, the friend who drove the vacations and pushed everyone to engage, leaving the others to figure out their dynamic without him. Asked why they killed off Nick at all, Fey was blunt about the choice. "We did it to make you sad. Because life is sad," she told The Hollywood Reporter at the May 19 Los Angeles premiere.
The show continues the seasonal-vacation premise it borrowed from Alda's 1981 film, following the friends through spring, summer, fall and winter getaways. Fey also teased that a few familiar faces will make appearances this season.
All eight episodes of The Four Seasons Season 2 stream Thursday, May 28 on Netflix.
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This story was originally published May 26, 2026 at 2:37 PM.