Nobody Wants This – A widely watched Netflix romantic comedy that explored the question, “If sexy Ravi and Kristen Bell walked into a bar, would they end up making out?” (Thankfully, yes) — renewed for a second season.
For the relaunch, Bela Bajaria, Netflix’s chief content officer, added a twist. Two Girls alums, screenwriter Bruce Eric Kaplan and Jenni Konner, who was co-showrunner on the HBO comedy with Lena Dunham, are joining Nobody Wants This as new showrunners. It happened. Executive producer. (Series creators Erin Foster and Craig DiGregorio were showrunners for season 1, but according to The Wrap, Foster will remain on board as an executive producer.) The two have already left the writers’ room for season 2. It is said that production has begun on new episodes. Perhaps we’ll find out what happens next with the relationship between Noah (Adam Brody, aka the hot rabbi) and Joan (petite shiksa goddess Kristen Bell). And hopefully there will be more scenes of Timothy Simmons getting high in front of his teenage daughter.
Given Conner and Kaplan’s involvement, will Nobody Wants This take on more of a Girls vibe? Will Bell start saying things like, “I think I’m probably going to be the podcaster of my generation?” . At least a generation of podcasters? “I’d argue that Nobody Wants This already has girl-friendly elements in its recipe, and giving Conner and Kaplan this task is simply responding to a series that already exists.” .
All WAGs who are friends with Esther (Jackie Torn) and Noah’s ex-girlfriend Rebecca (Emily Arlook) are either Marnie (privileged and beautiful), Shoshana (lovable and neurotic), or a combination of the two. That’s it. Joanne and her sister and podcast co-host Morgan (Justin Lupe) are mostly Jessa (a free-spirited, beautiful blonde), but there’s something about Joanne in that she’s a kind of uninhibited mess. Hannah Horvath is also sprinkled in (but in a less messy way).
Simon’s Sasha, Noah’s younger brother, is Adam in Nobody Wants This. Very tall, he seems odd at first until you get to know him, at which point he becomes my unassuming favorite character on the show. As for Noah, he doesn’t have a clear girl partner at the moment, but there’s a video of him singing “What I Am” buried in his past, and I’m sure it’ll show up in some form in season 2. There is. Conner, Kaplan, and the rest of the NWT writers room: Please do that.
