Based on Alan Alda’s 1981 film of the same name, The Four Seasons follows three married couples continuing a decades long tradition of vacationing together once a season. Their friendship begins to waver as one of the couples goes through a divorce and a new addition joins the established friend group.

 

Tina Fey and Will Forte play husband and wife Kate and Jack, who very much match each other’s vibe and love to shit talk the second they can, despite the fact that their dynamic is no longer as balanced as it once was. Colman Domingo and Marco Calvani play husbands Danny and Claude, who are in the midst of navigating Danny’s heart issues. Kerri Kenney-Silver and Steve Carell play wife and husband Anne and Nick, who are at the bottom of their marriage barrel. Nick wants a divorce, and Anne is unable to convince him otherwise. Nick starts dating a younger woman named Ginny, played by Erika Henningsen, and they all have to face the new normal in the most awkward way possible: on vacation.

 

This entire ensemble cast plays together seamlessly. Most notably Will Forte’s golden retriever energy had me in love with his character by the end, while Colman Domingo has the best quick witted line deliveries, and Kerri Kenney-Silver is just an all around treat no matter what she does. 

 

Having watched the 1981 film prior to the new limited series, I was pleasantly surprised by all the details included from the movie that captured the same overall vibe in a modern setting. The relevance of a remake in 2025 proves that the awkwardness of a newcomer integrating into a friend group transcends generations. It's a non-complicated show about the complications of relationships.

 

The showrunners honor the source material by maintaining the character names and dynamics, production design of certain locations, and even some of the dialogue. But what makes this adaptation its own is the new settings and characters blended in, ensuring the series to take on a new life as it’s already been renewed for a second season.