Nobody Wants This Season 2 Review. The Honeymoon is over?

Nobody Wants This Season 2 Review. Is the Honeymoon over?

The honeymoon is over…

Is it just me or did Nobody Wants This season 2 just not have the same magic as season 1?

When the first season of the series dropped last year, it instantly hit the right note – a refreshing rom-com, with a meet-cute for the ages, skillfully juggling the personality and culture clashes of our main protagonists. Hot rabbi, Noah (Adam Brody) and relationship podcaster, Joanne (Kristen Bell) left many of us smitten with their sparkling chemistry and asking for some more. There was the insanely swoon-worthy first kiss. And the season ended on such a high – with the quintessential romantic gesture playing out… Noah, running to find Joanne and tell her nothing matters more than her.

But instead of allowing us to soak in that fuzzy feeling for a little longer, season 2 quickly jumps into the post-honeymoon phase. And (omg!) the question of whether Joanne will convert is still on the table (I thought it was off the table at the end of Season 1)! And keeps getting revisited in almost every episode till you no longer care. Then Noah’s reservations about living-in with Joanne suddenly come to the fore, when she is about to get evicted from her apartment (again, honestly I thought they are already living in). Some more relationship tussles are bundled in – like Noah’s over enthusiastic Valentine’s Day planning. And trying to play by the ‘good boyfriend manual’ rather than being himself. You get the drift…

The other storylines get some meat … Morgan finds herself in a whirlwind relationship with her therapist, Andy, which Joanne can’t fathom; understandably. Sasha and Esther try to ride over the bumps in their marriage. Morgan and Sasha cement their friendship some more. Bina (Noah’s mom) seems to come around a bit towards Joanne. And before you know it, Lynn (Joanne’s mom) decides she wants to convert to Judaism! Noah moves out of Temple Chai when he is passed over for a promotion and moves to a more chilled out Temple Ahava. There is an episode guest starring Seth Rogen, as a rock and roll rabbi And another one guest starring, Leighton Meester (Brody’s wife in real life), as Abby who calls in rabbi Noah for her baby’s naming ceremony. Abby turns out to be Joanne and Morgan’s sixth-grade friend, with whom they have some (sixth-grade) beef to settle.

So yes, a lot is packed in…but the storyline doesn’t seem to move forward for Noah and Joanne. If at all, it all feels a bit repetitive… in even how the season ends! Their chemistry though is intact and electric, and the series is still very enjoyable and watchable. It’s just that it doesn’t match up to season 1!

At this point, I would be interested in season 3 only to know what happens with Sasha and Morgan (will they, won’t they… totally friendzone each other)!