Plot: When a financial titan suddenly finds himself divorced and jobless, he starts robbing his wealthy neighbors to stay afloat. Stealing from his own social circle strangely exhilarates him — but he gradually gets tangled in a deadly web.
Season 2 of Your Friends and Neighbours was Quite disappointed.
Pros: Jon Hamm is still very good as coop. It shows how he deals with the consequences of his actions from last season. James Marsden was a welcome edition this season. Olivia Munn’s Samantha arc was engaging to follow. The tension still works & how its maintain my attention throughout this run.
Cons: Amanda Peet’s Mel didn’t add a lot in my opinion this season. The storyline this season sort of falling off the Wales in the middle half. I didn’t feel any of the excitement just feel not there this time. The barney, nick plot didn’t go know where. A huge portion ragged my enthusiasm lost it’s edge & the ending was wreak.
Genre: Black comedy, Crime drama
Created by Jonathan Tropper
Starring: Jon Hamm, Amanda Peet, Olivia Munn, Hoon Lee, Mark Tallman, Lena Hall, Aimee Carrero, Eunice Bae, Isabel Gravitt, Donovan Colan & James Marsden.
Music by Dominic Lewis
Opening Theme: The Joneses by Hamilton Leithauser, Dominic Lewis
Executive producers: Jonathan Tropper, Jon Hamm, Connie Tavel, Craig Gillespie, Evan Endicott, Josh Stoddard, Jennifer Yale, Stephanie Laing, Lori Keith Douglas, Jamie Rosengard
Cinematographer: Zachary Galler
Editors: Tatiana S. Riegel, Aaron Yanes, Andy Keir, Sheri Bylander, Andrew Pang
Production companies: Tropper Ink, Fortunate Jack Productions, Apple Studios
Network: Apple TV
Casts & Characters:
Main
- Jon Hamm as Andrew “Coop” Cooper, a wealthy, disaffected financier who resorts to stealing from his neighbors after getting fired from his job
- Amanda Peet as Mel Cooper, Coop’s ex-wife who is a therapist
- Olivia Munn as Samantha “Sam” Levitt, estranged wife of Paul Levitt and Mel’s friend who is in a complicated on-and-off sexual relationship with Coop
- Hoon Lee as Barney Choi, Coop’s friend and business manager
- Mark Tallman as Nick Brandes, a former NBA player, Coop’s former best friend, and Mel’s new boyfriend
- Lena Hall as Allison “Ali” Cooper, Coop’s free-spirited younger sister who struggles with mental illness and whom he reluctantly looks after
- Aimee Carrero as Elena, Nick’s housekeeper who becomes Coop’s partner-in-crime
- Eunice Bae as Grace Choi, Barney’s wife, who comes from money
- Isabel Gravitt as Tori Cooper, Coop’s seventeen-year-old daughter
- Donovan Colan as Hunter Cooper, Coop’s teenage son
- James Marsden as Owen Ashe (season 2), an eccentric billionaire shipping magnate who purchases a large home in Westmont from Sam and is a widower[6]
Recurring
- Corbin Bernsen as Jack Bailey, Coop’s former boss at Bailey Russell Capital Management
- Kitty Hawthorne as Olivia “Liv” Cross, an employee at Coop’s firm with whom he had a one-night stand
- Ramin Karimloo as Bruce Emerson, Ali’s ex-fiancé from a decade ago who is now married with kids and whom Ali is still not over
- Robert Bagnell as Brad Sperling, the second neighbor that Coop robs
- Jennifer Mudge as Julie Sperling, Brad’s wife and a prominent banker, making her the only female member of the men’s social circle
- Anna Osceola as Maggie Haber, a friend of Mel and Suzanne’s wife
- Rebecca Naomi Jones as Suzanne Haber, Maggie’s wife who is also Mel’s friend
- Robert Eli as Peter Miller, the first neighbor that Coop robs
- Stephanie Kurtzuba as Diane Miller, Peter’s wife
- Dave Quay as Dom Resnick, Kat’s husband who is unaware of her infidelity
- Heather Lind as Kat Resnick, a lawyer having an extramarital affair with her daughter’s boyfriend, and the third homeowner that Coop robs
- Miriam Silverman as Gretchen Reagan, a divorcée who is friends with Mel
- Manu Narayan as Hari Sahni, Gretchen’s significant other
- Matthew Rauch as Gordy Hughes, one of Coop’s neighbors
- Michael O’Keefe as Ron Cooper, Coop and Ali’s father
- Randy Danson as Lu Varga, a pawnshop proprietor and Coop’s fence
- Elan Zafir as Rocco, a fence who works in the pawnshop and Lu’s enforcer
- Lizbeth MacKay as Marley Cooper, Coop and Ali’s mother
- Arienne Mandi as Brienne Zalkin (season 2), Mel’s neighbor whose dog becomes a nuisance
- Erin Robinson as Delilah Ashe (season 2), Ashe’s teenage daughter who begins dating Hunter
- Bre Blair as Lisa Hughes (season 2), Gordy’s wife
I would recommend watching this season to those who like the last season only on Apple TV.
Rating: 5 out of 10 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident TV reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe