Every ‘The Four Seasons’ Season 2 Cast Member: Who’s Back, Who’s Out, and Who’s Crashing the Vacation
Netflix’s hit ensemble comedy is officially back on the road, and the question on every fan’s mind is who made it into the van for round two. ‘The Four Seasons’ Season 2 premieres today, May 28, and the cast lineup has been one of the most talked-about elements of the highly anticipated return.
The series, which is inspired by the 1981 Alan Alda film of the same name, became a quiet Netflix sensation when it debuted last year. Netflix officially renewed the series for a second season less than two weeks after it premiered, with co-creators Tina Fey, Lang Fisher, and Tracey Wigfield saying, “We are so grateful that audiences worldwide share our love of cozy sweaters, drinks by the ocean, and picking fights in a hot tub.”
The Returning Cast of ‘The Four Seasons’ Season 2
Tina Fey, Will Forte, Colman Domingo, Marco Calvani, Kerri Kenney-Silver, and Erika Henningsen will all reprise their roles as Kate, Jack, Danny, Claude, Anne, and Ginny, respectively. That is essentially the full core ensemble intact, which is a refreshing rarity for a show navigating a genuinely seismic plot shift.
Season 2 opens months after Nick’s funeral, when the remaining friends meet for a hike to spread his ashes. Soon, intergroup tensions and blind spots emerge, and it becomes clear that the six of them are struggling to process Nick’s death as a collective. The emotional architecture of the new season, then, rests entirely on the shoulders of these six returning performers.
Tina Fey, who co-created the series with Lang Fisher and Tracey Wigfield, has described the challenge of Season 2 as the group needing “to learn to re-form as a group in a different configuration.” Co-creator Tracey Wigfield adds that the season finds ways in which the group’s dynamics would not have shifted at all if not for Nick’s death, giving the whole thing what she calls “a midlife crisis feeling, but amplified.”
The already familiar cast, many of whom had worked together before ‘The Four Seasons’, could not wait to be reunited for a second chapter. “We all know each other better in real life, going into Season 2,” says Fey, adding that the goal from the start was to “get a group of people that are nice, gentle, and talented, have a lovely time, and hopefully convey that onscreen.”
Steve Carell’s Absence and Nick’s Shadow
The most significant cast change heading into the new season is the confirmed exit of Steve Carell. Following his character’s death at the end of Season 1 and the fact that his exit has been confirmed, Carell will not be in Season 2. Nick passed away in a car accident, though he lives on through Ginny’s unborn child. Carell is the only main cast member not reprising their role in the second season.
As co-creator Lang Fisher explains, “We used Nick’s passing to launch us into this season, because he really loomed so large.” That creative decision to lean into the loss rather than sidestep it speaks to the confidence the showrunners have in their remaining ensemble. The character’s absence becomes a presence in itself, shaping every conversation and vacation plan the group attempts to navigate.
Season 2 picks up with the group carrying on their tradition of vacationing together, now with a baby and a little baggage in tow, after Ginny announces she is pregnant with Nick’s child. The ripple effect of that revelation is what powers the dramatic tension underneath all the comedy.
Steven Pasquale Joins as a New Face
While the core group remains largely the same, ‘The Four Seasons’ Season 2 does bring one notable new addition to the friend circle. According to Deadline, Steven Pasquale is set to recur as Mark Brett, a new friend who meets the gang at the Jersey Shore during their summer vacation, with his arc believed to extend beyond the summer vacation episodes.
Pasquale is a Broadway alumnus whose credits include American Son, Junk, The Bridges of Madison County, and Reasons to Be Pretty. He is perhaps best known to television audiences for his role as firefighter and EMT Sean Garrity in the series ‘Rescue Me’ and made his television debut on the HBO series ‘Six Feet Under’.
His character Mark Brett adds another layer to the group’s already complicated dynamics, and while full details about his storyline are limited, his presence is expected to influence the group’s evolving relationships and vacation tradition. Introducing a compelling outsider into an already tight and grieving friend group is a smart dramatic move, and Pasquale’s theatrical pedigree suggests he is more than capable of holding his own against this stacked ensemble.
What Season 2 Means for This Ensemble
Just like with the first season’s release in May 2025, all eight episodes of Season 2 will be released at once on Netflix. That binge-friendly format suits the show’s road-trip structure perfectly, letting audiences follow the group through each seasonal getaway in a single sitting if they choose.
Fey has described Kate’s arc in the new season by saying that Kate “spends the first half of the season trying to be Nick for Jack,” and in doing so, makes things worse rather than better. That kind of nuanced, emotionally honest character work is exactly what made the first season resonate with audiences beyond its comedy surface.
Netflix has confirmed that the second season of ‘The Four Seasons’ will have a total of eight episodes, the same number as last season, maintaining the show’s signature format of following the group on roughly two episodes per vacation destination across the year. The consistency in format, paired with the new emotional terrain the cast has to explore, makes this one of the more intriguing returning shows on the streamer’s slate right now.
The dynamic between Ginny and the rest of the group is what viewers will likely be most invested in, and whether this ensemble can truly hold together under the weight of grief and new beginnings. If you have already started watching, drop a comment telling us which returning character you think is going to surprise you most this season.
