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The Four Seasons Season 1 Review

The Four Seasons is a dramedy series that premiered its first season on Netflix in 2025. It’s a very engaging and well acted show.

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“Oh my god, your face is so loud!“

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The decades-long friendship between three married couples is tested when one divorces, complicating their tradition of quarterly weekend getaways. This was an adaptation of the titular movie from the eighties that I still haven’t seen, so I cannot comment on which one is better. It has eight episodes that are around half an hour in length and the show flew by for me how fun it was.

It was an interesting idea to have this group of friends meet each other four times a year, which fitted the seasons-based approach that was further complemented by those stylish title cards and the iconic Vivaldi music used at the beginning of each episode. It’s a well made show that was particularly well written and performed.

I have to say that I found Steve Carell’s character quite unlikable. The show tried to show his point of view, but it failed in excusing his behavior. He just felt to me like that typical man-child who is scared of growing old and has to take everyone with him on his journey to remain young no matter what. But these men do exist, so it was great that the series depicted one. And what happened to his character was absolutely unexpected and rarely have I seen a show do this type of story in such an anti-climactic and abrupt manner that felt ultra-realistic and daring.

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Kerri Kenney-Silver is among the standouts of the cast. She was phenomenal in an emotionally charged, powerful performance as the grief-stricken Anne. They explored her suffering potently and the series should be praised for delving deeply into what this type of situation (a break-up of a long marriage) does to everyone involved psychologically. Ginny was also well realized and I really loved the eventual relationship of respect that formed between the two. That was quite moving.

Then we have the gay couple, who are obviously included for the series to feel more contemporary. It mostly worked. They did not connect all that much with the rest of the cast, but at least their dynamic was fun and well explored. Marco Calvani played the weakest character on the show as this stereotypically over-the-top and silly Italian, but at least Colman Domingo killed it per usual. I loved his character and I found his line reading to be fantastic. He should be playing more of these comedic roles in the future as he’s so good at it.

But the standouts for me have to be Tina Fey and Will Forte. They weren’t the best actors of the bunch, but their characters I absolutely loved. Kate and Jack felt like the most grounded and believable couple of them all and I loved their complicated, but fun and caring relationship. Whenever they were on screen, the show really popped for me.

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The Four Seasons eventually became a bit too sad and even devastating. It touched me for sure, but the second half forsake its comedic tone in favor of a more dramatic approach for better and for worse. Tonal issues aside, the dialogue was excellent and quite realistic while most of the situations that the group found themselves in were very believable. The writing was top-notch here and I really appreciated how they tackled issues that may face older couples, such as ennui, health and sex problems.