One of the big surprises of this year was the success of romantic comedy series Nobody wants that (Nobody wants that). An original, complex and very addictive fiction that has hooked many Netflix users. This series premiered on September 26 and has already accumulated more than 15.9 million views. In fact, he managed to dethrone the success of the moment: Monsters: The Story of Lyle and Erik Menendez. Nobody wants that stars Adam Brody and Kristen Bell and tells the story of a couple made up of two very different people: Joanne, an agnostic host of a podcast about love and sex, and Noah, a young rabbi who comes to end his relationship with his long-time girlfriend. . The story of Joanne and Noah fell in love with many viewers around the world.
The public reaction was such that the streaming platform Netflix has already confirmed that there will be a second season from the series Nobody wants that. Moreover, the end of the series, which we are not going to tell to avoid spoilers, is sufficiently open to allow a second opus and continue this love story. Although the creator of the series, Erin Foster, will remain executive producer of this second opus, Netflix has already confirmed that it will have a new creative team composed of Jenni Konner and Bruce Eric Kaplan (Girls) join the series as new showrunners.
Where does the title of the series come from? Nobody wants that?
The first thing that surprises you about this series is the title: Why doesn’t anyone want this? Joanne and Noah’s relationship is a typical love at first sight, but her surroundings from the first moment show her distaste for their relationship. They both belong to two completely opposite worlds and no one is going to make it easy for them. Furthermore, in Noah’s case, he intends to replace the current rabbi and his environment does not understand that a shiksa, a non-Jewish woman, should have a relationship. Will their relationship survive such radically opposed lives and the interference of their families?
The series has 10 half-hour episodes and is based on the personal experiences of its creator Erin Foster, whose husband is Jewish, but is not a rabbi like the protagonist of this series. She poured into this new fiction what couples suffer in this environment and what obstacles they have to overcome.
Nobody wants that try to shed light the problems that a couple may have due to the social and religious environment. A fiction that triumphed for its authenticity and the brilliant interpretation of the protagonists Kristen Bell and Adam Brody. It was also surprising because the problem it poses represents the challenges and contradictions of modern love: on the one hand, relationships based on love are defended and on the other, society -even which obstructs those who do not conform to the usual.
The cast of this Netflix comedy series
The series Nobody wants that stars Kristen Bell and Adam Brodywho bring Joanne and Noah to life and have won over Netflix users with their interpretation of this complex couple. We know actress Kristen Bell for her role in Veronica Mars or for her role in The Good for which she was nominated for the Golden Globes in 2018.
Additionally, the cast of this series includes the actors Justine Lupe as MorganTimothy Simons as Sasha, Jackie Tohn as Esther, Michael Hitchcock as Henry, Paul Ben-Victor as Ilan, Sherry Cola as Ashley, Shiloh Bearman as Miriam, Stephanie Faracy as Lynn, Emily Arlook as Rebecca and Tovah Feldshuh as Bina, among others.
The second season of the series
So far, there isn’t much to come out of the second season of Nobody wants thatbut it seems that will keep its protagonists because of the great chemistry. The rest of the secondary characters are also essential to the new adventures of the protagonists of this mini-series.
As for the plot of this second season, it still remains a mystery, but because at the end of the first part with this romantic kiss of Noah who excited all his followers, the couple will have to overcome many difficulties to be together. Therefore, in the upcoming episodes there will surely be family dramas, doubts, conflicts and a lot of true love. Additionally, the series can delve into the relationships of other characters such as his brothers Morgan and Sasha.
What is clear is that Nobody wants that became one of the big surprises for Netflix and all its users this fall. Romantic films and series have become a new vein for streaming platforms.
