Editor’s note: This story contains spoilers for “ Nobody Wants This ,” including the ending. It’s a bittersweet happily ever after for Joanne ( Kristen Bell ) and Noah ( Adam Brody ) on “ Nobody Wants This .” In the season finale, after a bat mitzvah break-up, rabbi Noah follows Joanne home and tells her he can’t live without her, giving up his shot at the big rabbi job in favor of his relationship with his gentile girlfriend.
Cue a big kiss — and obvious groundwork for a Season 2, which creator and executive producer Erin Foster is hopeful about . “We’re getting a really positive response,” Foster told IndieWire prior to the September 26 Netflix premiere. “And so I think the conversations have definitely started to happen about a potential Season 2.
The story in Season 1 unfolds really slowly. And so I think if there is a Season 2 I would want to just kind of pick up where we leave off and continue to take it slow, because I don’t want us to get too far ahead of ourselves. I mean, I want my show to be on the air as long as possible!” The question of Joanne’s possible conversion to the Jewish faith is a big question mark going forward for the rom-com.
In Season 1, she briefly considers it, but ultimately decides things are moving too fast to make that kind of commitment right now. But when creating the show, Foster — who did wind up converting in real life for her now-husband — was clear she wanted to name the option so fans weren’t just wa.