Plot: Platonic former best friends approaching midlife reconnect after a long rift; the duo’s friendship becomes more consuming and destabilizes their lives.
Season 2 of Platonic was alright.
Pros: I still enjoy seeing Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne together. Luke Macfarlane’s Charlie had more development this time along. The episode featured jeopardy were a joy to see & seeing how charcoal this new optical situations and how they handle them.
Cons: It juggled through storylines quite quickly. The jokes I didn’t laugh that much except a few & the rest of the cast haven’t had that much to do.
Genre: Comedy
Created by Francesca Delbanco, Nicholas Stoller
Showrunners: Francesca Delbanco, Nicholas Stoller
Starring: Rose Byrne, Seth Rogen, Luke Macfarlane, Tre Hale, Andrew Lopez & Carla Gallo.
Music by Michael Andrews
Executive producers: Conor Welch, Rose Byrne, Seth Rogen, Francesca Delbanco, Nicholas Stoller, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver
Producers: O’Shea Read, Werner Walian
Cinematography: John Guleserian
Editors: Hugh Ross, Shawn Paper, Libby Cuenin
Production companies: Stoller Global Solutions, Sony Pictures Television Studios
Network: Apple TV+
Casts & Characters:
Main
- Rose Byrne as Sylvia, a stay-at-home mom of 3 and wife who reconnects with her former best friend, Will
- Seth Rogen as Will, Sylvia’s former best friend who’s recently divorced
- Luke Macfarlane as Charlie, Sylvia’s husband who is a lawyer
- Andrew Lopez as Reggie (season 1; recurring season 2), the main investor of Will’s brewery and the stepbrother of his ex-wife, Audrey
- Carla Gallo as Katie, Sylvia’s best friend who is also a mother
Special guest star
- Bobby Cannavale as Brett Coyote (season 2)
Recurring
- Alisha Wainwright as Audrey, Will’s ex-wife
- Vinny Thomas as Omar, a colleague of Will’s
- Francesca Delbanco as Diane
- Guy Branum as Stewart, a colleague of Charlie’s
- Janet Varney as Vanessa, a colleague of Charlie’s
- Emily Kimball as Peyton, Will’s 26-year-old rebound girl
- Rachel Rosenbloom as Jenna, Will’s new fiancée
- Sophie Leonard as Frances (season 2; co-starring season 1), Sylvia and Charlie’s eldest daughter who is a teenager
- Max Matenko as Simon (season 2; co-starring season 1), Sylvia and Charlie’s only son who is their middle child
- Sophia Kopera as Maeve (season 2; co-starring season 1), Sylvia and Charlie’s younger daughter who is their youngest child
- Beck Bennett as Wild Card (season 2), Sylvia and Will’s old friend who is in town for Will’s bachelor party
- Kyle Mooney as Terry (season 2)
- Aidy Bryant as Carrie (season 2)
I still recommend giving this series a chance on Apple TV+.
Rating: 6 out of 10 Stars
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