Netflix's Nobody Wants This Season 2 centers on Joanne's conversion

Netflix’s romantic comedy Nobody Wants This returned for a second season on October 23, 2025, reuniting Kristen Bell and Adam Brody as Joanne, an agnostic sex podcaster, and Noah, a rabbi, in a 10-episode run that follows the couple as they try to merge their lives and reckon with faith, family and miscommunication. The season centers on whether Joanne will convert to Judaism and on a rift that opens when Noah tells his family and community that Joanne plans to convert, a claim that sparks a painful breach between them and drives much of the drama.

Set roughly a month after the first season’s finale, the new episodes push the relationship past meet-cute milestones into the harder business of everyday life. Noah loses a shot at a senior post at his original synagogue after his leadership learns Joanne has not committed to conversion; he subsequently finds work at a different, more experimental congregation. Joanne does not complete a formal conversion by the finale but begins engaging with Jewish practice on her own terms and starts the conversion process independently, while the couple briefly breaks up and ultimately chooses each other again. The season also deepens several...