"And the answer is "I don't know, Ryan, God, does anyone know what they want? Please stop asking me!" The second season of the Kristen Bell-Adam Brody rom-com Nobody Wants This, about a rabbi who falls in love with a podcaster despite the odds and, like, so many red flags, tackles this very idea of how to know what you really want."
"Over the course of the season, they grapple with these questions, seeking answers in the form of gut instinct or signs from a higher power or advice from a wildly unethical therapist. By the end, Joanne and Noah do manage to make some decisions about what they really want, and it's honestly kind of a miracle for these two ding-dongs."
"Noah's career at Temple Chai can only move forward if his wife is Jewish, and Joanne is unsure about converting - you'd be wrong. In fact, that problem is festering. And when Joanne and Noah realize they are on completely different pages - he thought she was taking her time before converting, she thought they agreed to just be an interfaith couple - they wonder, once again, if they might be doomed."
Joanne and Noah, an interfaith couple, confront whether Joanne should convert to Judaism and whether Noah should sacrifice his rabbinical ambitions to marry someone not Jewish. Miscommunication intensifies when Noah expects conversion while Joanne expects an interfaith partnership, and Noah loses a senior rabbi opportunity because his partner is not Jewish. They seek answers through gut instinct, perceived signs, and advice from an unethical therapist. Dinner-party attempts to merge friend groups reveal tensions but not total disaster. By the season's end, the couple makes difficult decisions that reflect compromise, growth, and a surprising, improbable resolution.
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