Nobody Wants This- Season 2 (review)

Published by Mason Oldridge, 30 October 2025

Kristen Bell and Adam Brody return as the couple in a relationship that nobody wants.

The second season sees Joanne and Noah continuing their relationship that is still hindered by the uncertainty regarding Joanne’s conversion to Judaism. Meanwhile, Morgan enters into a new relationship with her therapist, while Sasha and Esther experience marital troubles.

The show continues to portray Jewish culture and people in a highly negative light. Bina continues to disapprove of Joanne and Noah’s relationship, but this time it is mainly Noah himself who struggles to accept that Joanne may never convert and his nice-guy persona begins to slip as he refuses to move in with Joanne and they even break up as he cannot accept this possibility. Once again, Joanne is accepting of Noah’s Jewish community yet Noah can’t accept Joanne’s agnostic nature in return.

Last season saw Sasha, at the helm of his strict wife Esther, befriend Joanne’s more free-spirited sister Morgan, positioning viewers to root for them. However, this season further presents Morgan as self-absorbed, blunt and rude, which is nicely highlighted by Lenny at the dinner party when he rejects her for it. Therefore, Sasha, being a kindhearted buffoon, deserves someone nicer than Morgan. Despite this, Esther is actually a good character now, though ultimately splits with Sasha, unfortunately paving the way for Sasha and Morgan to get together.

Furthermore, across all the couples, characters are seen to overreact to minor things about their partners, trivialising their relationships.

Additionally, Lynn’s sudden revelation that she is Jewish is ridiculous and Henry speaking inappropriately about his own love life is annoying.

There are less comedic moments than in the previous season, but luckily there is still some comic relief in Sasha, the underrated shining star of the series, particularly his British impression. However, it is also nice to see a bit of seriousness from him too as he is upset Esther is unaware he has been taking jiu-jitsu classes.

In the final moments, Noah concludes that Joanne’s decision on conversion doesn’t matter to him (even though it clearly does!) and Joanne realises she is Jewish, highlighting that Noah has inflicted his way of life on to her and stripped her of her own prior personal beliefs in what feels uncomfortably close to indoctrination. If Noah couldn’t accept that Joanne is not Jewish, then they shouldn’t be together!

Viewers should join the characters in agreeing that nobody wants this!

5/10