The Four Seasons season 2 returns May 28

Netflix’s The Four Seasons is back fast — and that’s the real story here. Season 2 hits Netflix on May 28, and the streamer used a new trailer this week to make the return official. The show is still built around the same friend group, but the center of gravity has changed after Steve Carell’s character, Nick, died at the end of Season 1. That means the new season isn’t just “more vacation chaos.” It’s the same format with the emotional math scrambled. ### What got announced? Netflix dropped the official Season 2 trailer on May 5 and confirmed that all eight episodes arrive on May 28. The trailer and key art frame the new run as another cycle of seasonal trips, but now the group is dealing with grief, a changing social dynamic, and a baby in the mix. The Four Seasons is Netflix’s Tina Fey-led ensemble comedy about longtime friends who keep meeting up for vacations across the year. The show comes from Fey, Lang Fisher, and Tracey Wigfield, and its whole trick is that the trips are supposed to be relaxing while the relationships are very much not. Season 1 turned that setup into a mix of jokes, midlife dread, and friendship politics. ### Why does Season 2 feel different? Because Season 1 ended with a genuine shock. Nick dies in a sudden car crash, and then Ginny reveals she’s pregnant with his child. Season 2 starts from that rupture. Fey’s own description of the setup is basically that the group has to learn how to exist in a new configuration. Same friends, same ritual, different emotional weather. ### Who’s back? The returning cast includes Tina Fey, Will Forte, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Colman Domingo, Marco Calvani, and Erika Henningsen. That matters because this show works like a dinner party — if the seating chart changes too much, the whole thing becomes a different series. Steve Carell’s absence is now part of the premise rather than a cliffhanger hanging over it. ### What does the trailer actually show? Mostly a group trying to keep tradition alive while clearly not being the same people they were before. Netflix’s materials tease four new seasonal get-togethers, more travel, and a story about reinvention in middle age. There are also hints of new faces around the edges, but the pitch is not much, anyway. ### Why is the eight-episode count worth noting? Because it tells you Netflix is keeping the format tight. Eight half-hour-ish episodes is enough room for an ensemble comedy to breathe without turning every conflict into a drawn-out prestige-TV exercise. Basically, this is still meant to be a bingeable comedy-drama, not a giant sprawling second season. ### Why does the quick return matter? Turns out Netflix moved on this one pretty quickly. Tudum said the show was renewed after Season 1 spent its first two weeks at No. 1 on Netflix’s English TV list with 24.4 million views, and the second season was already in motion for 2026. That kind of turnaround suggests the streamer sees it as a reliable adult ensemble series — a category Netflix does not always keep stocked. ### So what’s the bottom line? May 28 is the date, but the bigger point is that The Four Seasons is returning with a clearer identity. It’s not just a luxury-vacation comedy anymore. It’s a show about what happens when a friend group loses one of its pillars and tries to keep the tradition alive anyway.