Netflix romcom Nobody Wants This moves into Season 4 with its story under scrutiny
The show's fourth season is being judged on whether its plot can keep up with the chemistry that won over viewers in its first run.
Nobody Wants This began on Netflix as a romantic comedy about Noah, a rabbi, and Joanne, a podcaster who is not Jewish and talks about intimacy for a living. The first season leaned on built-in obstacles, including family disapproval and questions of faith, and its lead actors' chemistry carried the show through ten short episodes.
The second season, with new showrunners, received a cooler response. Critics' scores on Rotten Tomatoes fell from 95% to 77%, and audience scores dropped from 85% to the high 50s. Commentators said the central couple's conversations often went in circles and that recurring problems were left unresolved.
As the series moves into its fourth season, the question for viewers is whether the story can develop beyond the early romance and give the couple's relationship a clearer direction.