Nobody Wants This Cast Members Preview Season 2

Nobody Wants This Season 2 premieres this week, and it promises to be just as complicated, funny, and romantic as the first season — if not more so. 

The Netflix comedy series centers on the unlikely romantic relationship between an outspoken, agnostic woman, Joanne (Kristen Bell), and an unconventional rabbi, Noah (Adam Brody). In Season 2, we’ll see Joanne and Noah move forward in their relationship and begin to merge their lives together, but it won’t be easy.

Cast members Kristen Bell, Adam Brody, Justine Lupe, Timothy Simmons, and Jackie Tohn recently spoke with reporters during a press conference about what viewers can expect from Nobody Wants This Season 2, and what’s in store for each of their characters.

Adam Brody explained that the new season finds Noah dealing with both personal and professional uncertainty. “In work, he’s frustrated and he’s adrift,” Brody explained.

“At home he’s, I think, really excited, but also has a lot of — maybe nerves are wrong. Nervous doesn’t really quite do it justice,” he said. “I think, you know, they’re in an adjustment period and he still is wondering if we’ve made this commitment, but how is this going to now work, day to day? But I would say he’s more adrift at work than home in this moment, although the two are so connected for him that they really bleed into each other.”

Kristen Bell added that the dynamic between the two characters remains both complicated and compelling.

“Joanne is a little bit more fly by the seat of her pants, a little bit more impulsive,” Bell said. “And Noah is a little bit more regimented and careful and constructed. And what happens when you blend those two things? It has to be a constant compromise, and there is always friction. But the question is, can they find the love and affection and laughter through that friction?”

“There was a little miscommunication or debate about, ‘Did we punt the religious issue? Or did we decide? Did you decide? And are we good?’ And so, that’s not over yet. I’d say that’s probably still the biggest issue to work out,” Brody said.

“They talked about it to the degree that they could handle last season,” Bell noted. “Because you can handle different levels of conversation depending on how emotionally evolved you are or become. So, they handled it in a way they were emotionally capable of, but they didn’t really dig into a lot of the details, and that will come back to haunt them in the beginning of the second season.”

Bell added that, at its core, the story isn’t just about religion or relationships, but about selfhood. “Whether it’s, ‘Are you going to convert and live the life of the wife of a rabbi,’ or, ‘Can I keep tampons under your sink,’ it’s all the same emotion,” Bell explained. “It is, ‘Will I lose myself when I merge with this person?’”

While Noah and Joanne’s story remains at the core of the series, Nobody Wants This also delves deeper into the lives of the people around them. Jackie Tohn, who plays Esther, hinted that Season 2 brings significant emotional growth for her character. “She’s going through a major emotional journey in Season 2, and I think we get to unpack a lot more for her,” Tohn said.

Elsewhere, the unexpected friendship between Morgan and Sasha evolves in surprising ways. Timothy Simmons, who plays Sasha, said the connection between the two characters remains one of the show’s most nuanced dynamics.

“I think that there is just a general sense of connection between those two characters,” Simmons said. “Whether that is romantic or friendship or confusing, it’s clear they have a similar worldview. They operate in the same world in similar ways, and I do think that’s something that attracts them to one another as friends.”

“Whatever the outcome is, they’re aligned,” Simmons added.

For Justine Lupe, who plays Morgan, that evolving relationship represents something very relatable.

“It feels like this very familiar storyline of these sisters going through losing the love of their life in a sense,” she said. “A lot of us lose our best friends. They’re like, these codependent relationships we have in our twenties and even, you know, teens into twenties with other women, and then there’s a bit of a crisis sometimes when they leave to go off with their romantic soulmates.”

“It’s really interesting to see a woman who doesn’t necessarily have all the tools to get through that kind of a process emotionally, and the way that she handles that kind of crisis,” Lupe continued. “I was really excited to go through that whole evolution as Morgan.”

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Nobody Wants This Season 2 premieres Thursday, October 23rd on Netflix.