Netflix drops Four Seasons S2 May 28

Netflix has set the next trip for The Four Seasons. The streamer dropped a new Season 2 trailer on May 5 and locked in a May 28, 2026 return date for the Tina Fey-led comedy. That matters because this is one of Netflix’s rarer grown-up ensemble shows — less mystery-box, more relationship mess — and the new season looks like it’s picking up directly from the emotional wreckage Season 1 left behind. The big shift is simple: the vacations continue, but the group dynamic does not. ### What changed this week? The new thing is the trailer, not the renewal itself. Netflix had already said Season 2 was coming and had previously announced May 28 as the release date, but the fresh trailer gives the clearest look yet at what the season is actually about — the same friend group trying to keep its ritual alive after Nick’s death. # Who’s back? The core cast is back around Tina Fey’s Kate and Will Forte’s Jack. Colman Domingo returns as Danny, Marco Calvani as Claude, Kerri Kenney-Silver as Anne, and Erika Henningsen as Ginny. That lineup matters because the show works less like a star vehicle and more like a chemistry piece — the whole point is watching old friendships absorb new damage. ### What is this show again? Basically, The Four Seasons is Netflix’s series remake of Alan Alda’s 1981 film. The setup is clean: longtime friends take regular seasonal trips together, and every getaway becomes a pressure cooker for marriages, resentments, and whatever fresh life crisis just landed. Season 1 followed that pattern across a year of vacations and turned a cozy premise into something sharper and sadder by the end. ### Why does Nick’s death matter so much? Because it changes the engine of the show. Season 1 started with one couple’s split disrupting the whole group, but Season 2 looks like it’s dealing with something heavier — how a shared tradition survives after one of the people who defined it is gone. The trailer frames that loss as the reason everyone is still traveling, almost like the trips are now part memorial, part coping mechanism. ### What does the trailer actually show? It shows the gang traveling again, but with a more unsettled vibe. Netflix’s own description says they’re continuing their tradition while trying to build new ones, “with a baby (or two?) in tow.” Deadline’s read on the footage points to a Europe trip, including Italy, which fits the show’s usual vacation-forward structure. ### Why is Netflix moving this quickly? Because the first season seems to have worked. Netflix said Season 1 held the No. 1 spot on its English TV list for its first two weeks and reached 24.4 million views, which is exactly the kind of performance that turns a limited-series-feeling project into an ongoing one. A May 2026 return also means the gap between seasons stays short enough that viewers won’t need a full rewatch to come back in. ### Is this still a comedy? Yes — but not in the broad sitcom sense. The pitch has always been warm, adult, and a little bruised. Tina Fey described the series as a “love letter to long-term relationships,” and that still feels like the lane here. The joke density matters, but the real hook is watching people who know each other too well try to keep being kind anyway. ### Bottom line? The trailer makes Season 2 look less like a reset and more like a continuation with consequences. Netflix isn’t just sending these characters on another pretty trip — it’s testing whether the same seasonal ritual can hold once the group itself has changed.