Netflix premieres The Four Seasons season 2 on grief

The second season of the Netflix comedy series "The Four Seasons" premiered on May 28, continuing the story of a longtime group of friends navigating midlife and now, profound loss. The new eight-episode season follows the characters as they grapple with the death of their friend Nick, played by Steve Carell in the first season, who was killed in a car accident.

The core cast, including Tina Fey as Kate, Will Forte as Jack, Kerri Kenney-Silver as Anne, Colman Domingo as Danny, and Marco Calvani as Claude, all return. They are joined by Erika Henningsen as Ginny, Nick's girlfriend who is pregnant with his child at the end of the first season. The narrative explores how each character processes grief differently while attempting to maintain their tradition of seasonal vacations together, now with Ginny and her newborn son sometimes joining them.

Season two finds the group on a spring hiking trip in New York's Catskills to scatter Nick's ashes, a summer beach holiday on the Jersey Shore, and a Christmas getaway to the Italian Alps. The change in locations reflects the characters' journeys, with the Italian setting providing a winter backdrop for the final episodes. The production...