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| Created by | Erin Foster |
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| Composer | Duncan Blickenstaff |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
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| Running time | 21–31 minutes |
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| Network | Netflix |
| Release | September 26, 2024 (2024-09-26) – present |
Nobody Wants This is an Americanromantic comedy television series created byErin Foster, starringKristen Bell,Adam Brody,Justine Lupe, andTimothy Simons, centered on the unlikely relationship between an outspoken,agnostic woman and an unconventionalrabbi.
The series premiered on September 26, 2024, onNetflix to positive reviews from critics. The series has received several accolades with the first season earning three nominations at the77th Primetime Emmy Awards, forOutstanding Comedy series and acting nominations for Bell and Brody. In October 2024, the series was renewed for a second season, which was released on October 23, 2025. In November 2025, the series was renewed for a third season that is set to premiere in 2026.
Nobody Wants This follows the unexpected relationship between an unconventional American rabbi, Noah (Adam Brody) and an irascibleagnostic woman, Joanne (Kristen Bell) who co-hosts a podcast, with her sister, Morgan (Justine Lupe) about relationships.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
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| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Greg Mottola | Erin Foster | September 26, 2024 (2024-09-26) | 1VZN01 |
Noah is a rabbi who ends his relationship with his Jewish girlfriend, Rebecca. Joanne is an agnostic woman who runs a relationship podcast with her sister Morgan. Sparks fly when the two are introduced at a dinner party hosted by Ashley, Noah's neighbor and Joanne's agent. Joanne enters Noah's synagogue to hear him give a sermon about changing the course of one's life. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "A Shiksa Walks Into a Temple" | Greg Mottola | Erin Foster | September 26, 2024 (2024-09-26) | 1VZN02 |
Noah attempts to speak to Joanne, but is hindered by members of the congregation. He and his brother Sasha join Morgan and Joanne for a drink. Noah and Joanne discuss privacy and uncomfortable issues, but are interrupted by the arrival of Sasha's wife, who yells about Noah's relationship with Rebecca. Noah's family confronts him about his flirtation with Joanne; Joanne and Morgan go to a meeting about their podcast acquisition. Noah invites Joanne to dinner to clarify his relationship status; despite mutually declaring they are just friends, the two kiss. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Either Aura" | Karen Maine | Jane Becker & Lindsay Golder | September 26, 2024 (2024-09-26) | 1VZN03 |
Joanne is giddy about the kiss, though she worries that Noah did not respond to her text; Morgan wonders if she and Noah are mismatched. Meanwhile, Noah arrives at the hospital to see Rebecca, who has broken her wrist, and is accosted by both their families about his relationship with Joanne. Joanne, worried she is not a good enough person to date a religious leader, stops to help a dog. She arrives home to find Noah on her doorstep. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Obliterated" | Hannah Fidell | Teleplay by :Ron Weiner Story by : Ron Weiner &Noelle Valdivia | September 26, 2024 (2024-09-26) | 1VZN06 |
Joanne and Noah separately prepare for their first date. During the date Morgan tasks Joanne with picking up the dildo developed by a podcast guest, and she winds up taking Noah to pick it up, but they run into a board member of Noah's temple with his mistress. Meanwhile, Sasha helps his daughter navigate a crisis with her crush. Later, Noah makes Joanne dinner. He admits that he wants a real relationship and she admits she is afraid of driving him away. The two have sex. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "My Friend Joanne" | Oz Rodriguez | Neel Shah & Pat Regan | September 26, 2024 (2024-09-26) | 1VZN05 |
Joanne and Noah's first trip together is derailed when Noah is asked to cover for his boss at a Jewish camp inOjai; Joanne leaves Morgan to handle a dinner withSpotify representatives. While picking up Joanne's laptop from Noah's, Morgan and Sasha bond over being the "loser siblings". After Noah's boss Rabbi Cohen arrives, he asks Joanne to skip his Torah study so he will not be seen with a non-Jewish woman. Upset, Joanne leaves to attend the dinner, where she and Morgan charm the executives. Noah arrives, apologizes to Joanne, and asks her to be his girlfriend. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "The Ick" | Karen Maine | Jane Becker | September 26, 2024 (2024-09-26) | 1VZN04 |
Morgan and Ashley are concerned that Joanne's new relationship is negatively affecting their podcast. Joanne invites Noah to her and Morgan's watch party, but are unexpectedly joined by their parents and their father's new boyfriend. Noah tries too hard to impress Joanne's family, which turns her off. In the ensuing awkwardness, Noah clarifies that he would have to have a Jewish wife. Noah goes outside to assure Joanne that he is on her side and she admits that she likes him. The two discuss "the ick" on the podcast. Meanwhile, Sasha successfully asks for a higher position at his father's company. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "WAGS" | Oz Rodriguez | Lindsay Golder | September 26, 2024 (2024-09-26) | 1VZN07 |
Noah hits it off with Joanne's friend group. In turn Joanne comes to Noah's basketball game, where she successfully charms his teammates but is snubbed by their wives and girlfriends, who are friends with Rebecca. Noah gives Joanne advice on how to win them over during the next game. Morgan also arrives and softens Esther with alcohol. Rebecca spots Noah and Joanne together. Later, Joanne finds some mementos of Rebecca in Noah's things. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Rebecca's Box" | Hannah Fidell | Teleplay by : Ryann Werner Story by : Ryann Werner & Ron Weiner | September 26, 2024 (2024-09-26) | 1VZN08 |
Noah assures Joanne that he will return the box of Rebecca's things. Rabbi Cohen tells Noah that he wants Noah to succeed him as head rabbi, but encourages him to pursue a Jewish woman. Noah hosts ahavdalah dinner with Joanne, inviting Sasha and Esther. Joanne wins favor by convincing their daughter Miriam of their parents' favoredbat mitzvah theme. Meanwhile Morgan, concerned that Joanne is changing too much, strikes a conversation with Rebecca at a bar. She claims to Joanne that Noah and Rebecca have been talking behind Joanne's back. Joanne confronts Morgan about the lie and accuses her sister of being jealous of Joanne's healthy relationship. Noah asks her if she would consider converting to Judaism. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "My Girl Bina" | Lawrence Trilling | Barbie Adler & Niki Schwartz-Wright | September 26, 2024 (2024-09-26) | 1VZN09 |
Joanne, still on the outs with Morgan, prepares to meet Noah's parents Ilan and Bina. Joanne commits a faux pas bygifting a box with prosciutto. Esther tells Sasha that Rebecca had recognized Morgan and lied to her. At brunch, Bina verbally disapproves of Joanne's podcast and lack of religion. Joanne tries to patch things up with Bina and catches her eating the prosciutto. She seemingly wins Bina over by hiding this from the others, but afterwards Bina tells Joanne she will not end up with Noah. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Bat Mitzvah Crashers" | Lawrence Trilling | Craig DiGregorio | September 26, 2024 (2024-09-26) | 1VZN10 |
Joanne fakes sickness to get out of attending Miriam's bat mitzvah. Sasha calls Morgan while she is with Joanne and tells her about Rebecca's lie; the sisters make up and Morgan encourages Joanne to attend. The sisters crash the party and Joanne tells Noah that she wants to convert to Judaism. Esther realizes Sasha and Morgan have been talking. Joanne talks to Rebecca and realizes the responsibility of being wife to the head rabbi. She admits to Noah that she is not ready to convert and tries to break up with him as he cannot have both her and the head rabbi job, but he follows her. Noah agrees with her and kisses her. | ||||||
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
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| 11 | 1 | "Dinner Party" | Hannah Fidell | Erin Foster | October 23, 2025 (2025-10-23) | 2VZN01 |
| 12 | 2 | "Leave It At the Tree" | Hannah Fidell | Teleplay by : Lawrence Dai & Mahtub Zare Mochanloo Story by : Lawrence Dai &Jena Friedman & Mahtub Zare Mochanloo | October 23, 2025 (2025-10-23) | 2VZN02 |
| 13 | 3 | "The Unethical Therapist" | Jesse Peretz | Ryann Werner | October 23, 2025 (2025-10-23) | 2VZN03 |
| 14 | 4 | "Valentine's Day" | Jamie Babbit | Sarah Heyward | October 23, 2025 (2025-10-23) | 2VZN04 |
| 15 | 5 | "Abby Loves Smoothies" | Jesse Peretz | Lindsay Golder | October 23, 2025 (2025-10-23) | 2VZN05 |
| 16 | 6 | "Anything Can Happen" | Heather Jack | Sarah Heyward & Megan Mazer | October 23, 2025 (2025-10-23) | 2VZN06 |
| 17 | 7 | "When You Know, You Know" | Heather Jack | Bruce Eric Kaplan | October 23, 2025 (2025-10-23) | 2VZN07 |
| 18 | 8 | "A Better Rabbi" | Jamie Babbit | Bruce Eric Kaplan | October 23, 2025 (2025-10-23) | 2VZN08 |
| 19 | 9 | "Crossroads" | Richard Shepard | Jenni Konner & Megan Mazer | October 23, 2025 (2025-10-23) | 2VZN09 |
| 20 | 10 | "When Noah Met Joanne" | Richard Shepard | Erin Foster | October 23, 2025 (2025-10-23) | 2VZN10 |
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On March 1, 2023, it was announced thatNetflix hadgreenlit a comedy series created byErin Foster based loosely on Foster's real-life experiences. It was also announced thatKristen Bell would have a main role in the series, along withSteven Levitan serving as co-executive producer on the series along with Foster and Bell.[7][8][9]
On May 15, 2024, the series was given the titleNobody Wants This.[10]
The series is executive-produced by Foster, Kristen Bell, Steven Levitan, Craig DiGregorio,Sara Foster, Danielle Stokdyk, Oly Obst and Josh Lieberman for3 Arts Entertainment. Production companies involved with this series areSteven Levitan Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment, and20th Television.[7][8]
On October 10, 2024, Netflix renewed the series for a second season, withJenni Konner andBruce Eric Kaplan as new showrunners, replacing Foster and DiGregorio, who were the first season's showrunners.[11] On February 7, 2025, at the30th Critics' Choice Awards, Jackie Tohn revealed that the second season is scheduled to begin filming on March 3, 2025.[12] Filming for the second season wrapped on May 12, 2025.[13]
On November 4, 2025, Netflix renewed the series for a third season.[14]
In the initial series announcement in March 2023, it was announced that Bell was starring in the series.[7] In April 2023, it was announced thatAdam Brody would star in the series as Noah, and Bell's character would be called Joanne.[15] In January 2024, it was announced thatJustine Lupe andTimothy Simons had joined the main cast as Morgan and Sasha, andJackie Tohn,Michael Hitchcock,Paul Ben-Victor,Sherry Cola, Shiloh Bearman,Stephanie Faracy,Tania Raymonde, andTovah Feldshuh had joined as recurring cast.[16] In May 2024, it was announced thatEmily Arlook had replaced Tania Raymonde in the role of Rebecca.[10] In February 2025, Tohn was promoted as a series regular whileLeighton Meester and Miles Fowler were cast to guest star for the second season.[1][5] In March 2025,Arian Moayed andAlex Karpovsky joined the cast in recurring capacities for the second season.[4] In September 2025,Seth Rogen andKate Berlant were cast to guest star for the second season.[6]
The first season features songs such asDua Lipa's "Levitating",Rihanna's "Love on the Brain", andOlivia Rodrigo's "Obsessed" and "Brutal". The soundtrack for the second season consists of original songs from a variety of genres, and was assembled by Simon Tikhman, who is married to Foster.[17]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "In the Dark" (Selena Gomez) |
| 3:05 | |
| 2. | "You've Got Another Thing Coming" (Teddy Swims) |
| Jeff Gitelman | 2:59 |
| 3. | "Who's Your Boyfriend" (acoustic;Royel Otis) | Blake Slatkin | 2:54 | |
| 4. | "Heart Letting Go" (Chris Stapleton) |
| Chris Stapleton | 3:27 |
| 5. | "If the World Burns Down" (Kacey Musgraves) |
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| 3:52 |
| 6. | "That's What I'll Be" (Baylee Lynn) |
| AJ Pruis | 3:21 |
| 7. | "Palomino" (Finneas) |
| Finneas | 3:10 |
| 8. | "Your Girl" (Towa Bird) |
| Patrick Wimberly | 4:19 |
| 9. | "My House" (Alessia Cara) |
| Mike Elizondo | 3:33 |
| 10. | "Saddle Again" (Role Model) |
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| 2:56 |
| 11. | "Climate Change" (Just Jayne) |
| Johnny Simpson | 3:18 |
| 12. | "This Version of Us" (Ella Langley) |
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| 13. | "What" (Benee) |
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| 14. | "Reach You" (Portugal. The Man) |
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| 2:57 |
| 15. | "Dancing in the Smoke" (Giveon) |
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| 3:42 |
| 16. | "Melodies" (Dermot Kennedy) |
| 2:37 | |
| 17. | "Homesick" (Cuco) |
| Joshua Gailer Crocker | 2:32 |
| 18. | "Bite My Tongue" (Cassandra Coleman) |
| Jonathan Class | 3:38 |
| 19. | "Nobody Wants This Score Suite" (Duncan Blickenstaff) | Duncan Blickenstaff | Duncan Blickenstaff | 2:45 |
Nobody Wants This premiered onNetflix on September 26, 2024.[10] The second season premiered on October 23, 2025.[18] The third season is scheduled to premiere in 2026.[14]
| Season | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic |
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| 1 | 95% (56 reviews)[19] | 73 (27 reviews)[20] |
| 2 | 79% (52 reviews)[21] | 64 (22 reviews)[22] |
On thereview aggregator websiteRotten Tomatoes, the first season holds a 95% approval rating for the first season with an average rating of 7.8/10, based on 56 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Contrary to its title,Nobody Wants This proves to be a welcome binge thanks toKristen Bell andAdam Brody's irresistible chemistry and some thoughtful considerations of interfaith romance."[19]Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 73 out of 100 based on 27 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[20]
Glamour senior editor Jessica Radloff published an essay stating that the show's Jewish characters "come off as controlling, marriage-hungry women who want to plan dinner parties and alienate anyone who doesn't share those same dreams." She also took issue with the use ofshiksa in the first episode "Pilot".[23] In response, Foster has stated "I think we need positive Jewish stories right now. I think it's interesting when people focus on, 'Oh, this is a stereotype of Jewish people,' when you have a rabbi as the lead. A hot, cool, young rabbi who smokes weed. That's the antithesis of how people view a Jewish rabbi, right?"[24]
The Independent's Kate Rosseinsky gave the show a score of 4/5, claiming that although there are a "few obvious tropes", there are still many less predictable comedic moments that can be "sometimes hilariously, slightly relatable."[2]The Guardian TV critic Lucy Mangan rated the show 5/5 stars, stating, "Everybody will want this". She feels that there are real emotional stakes and that the majorly opposing cultures of the two main characters are "genuine problems," and although they are blocking paths of happiness with no clear answers, she will be with them to the bitter end.[25]
On Rotten Tomatoes, the second season has a 79% approval rating, based on 52 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus states, "In its second outing,Nobody Wants This' sharp humor and warmly chaotic ensemble keep it an engaging and emotionally observant rom-com that still charms even as it stumbles."[21] On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 64 out of 100 based on 22 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[22]
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