In season 2 of Francesca Delbanco and Nick Stoller’s Platonic, Will and Sylvia take on jobs, weddings, and the whirlwind of midlife chaos.

As the second season of Platonic begins, Will (Seth Rogen) and Sylvia (Rose Byrne) have learned to navigate the boundaries of their revived friendship—though it still has a knack for wreaking comedic havoc in their lives. Will has landed a corporate role in San Diego with a national restaurant chain and become engaged to Jenna (Rachel Rosenbloom). Sylvia, now back in the workforce as an event planner, is seemingly the perfect choice to organize her best friend’s wedding.

Will, however, begins to question whether marrying Jenna is truly the right path, all while wrestling with a lingering midlife crisis. Sylvia, meanwhile, faces her own household upheaval as her husband Charlie (Luke Macfarlane) plunges into a crisis of his own.

Season 2 deepens Platonic’s exploration of adult friendships and their importance alongside romantic and family ties. Will and Sylvia share a rare, enduring bond marked by loyalty, generosity, and a refusal to let the other down. They can be fully themselves with each other, a dynamic forged back in their college days—long before Sylvia’s marriage and children, and before Will’s first marriage to Audrey (Alisha Wainwright) ended.

I binged the ten-episode season over two days. In terms of locations, Platonic’s second season is a love letter to Los Angeles, capturing a city that’s changed dramatically in just the past few months. Miraculously, the Bel Air Bay Club survived the Palisades Fire with minimal damage. For those curious, filming took place in late 2024 after production wrapped on The Studio—You’re Cordially Invited wrapped production in 2023. With everyone’s schedules, it’s a small miracle they fit it in at all. If luck holds, maybe a Kool-Aid movie isn’t too far off—but I digress.

This season’s draw is watching Will and Sylvia confront their mistakes. How do they know when they’ve crossed a line? As friends of different genders, they can give each other advice no one else can. But what happens when Will edges toward marriage again—the very situation that once ended their friendship? Will Sylvia keep her feelings in check, or finally let them spill?

Sylvia has her hands full at home, too. In season two, Charlie dives headfirst into a midlife crisis. The bigger house didn’t help; now he’s chasing new dreams. One of which is appearing on Jeopardy! Because Platonic is a comedy and he’s undergoing a midlife crisis, this appearance goes as one might suspect it would. He is also wanting to write a novel about a private investigator. At what point does Sylvia begin to worry about his mental health?

Platonic might not reach the level of Shrinking or The Studio, but it’s still a delight to watch. Credit goes to Stoller, Rogen, and Byrne, whose easy chemistry dates back to Neighbors and Neighbors 2. Stoller and Rogen’s partnership goes even further—to the early days of Judd Apatow’s short-lived Fox comedy, Undeclared.

While Platonic may not reinvent the wheel, its strength lies in the authentic chemistry between Rogen and Byrne and the sharp writing. The second season offers a heartfelt yet humorous look at friendship, midlife struggles, and personal growth. It’s a refreshing reminder that sometimes, the most complicated relationships are the ones that help us become our best selves.

CREATORS: Francesca Delbanco & Nicholas Stoller
DIRECTORS: Nicholas Stoller (201, 202, 205, 209, 210), Francesca Delbanco (203, 204, 206, 207, 208)
WRITERS: Francesca Delbanco & Nicholas Stoller (201), Ron Weiner (202), Justin Nowell (203), Andrew Gurland (204), Ali Rushfield (205), Judi Choi (206), Francesca Delbanco (207, 208, 209, 210)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Nicholas Stoller, Francesca Delbanco, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, Rose Byrne, Conor Welch,
CAST: Rose Byrne, Seth Rogen, Luke Macfarlane, and Carla Gallo, Tre Hale, Andrew Lopez, Vinny Thomas, Rachel Rosenbloom, Guy Branum

Season 2 of Platonic will premiere globally on Apple TV+ on Wednesday, August 6, 2025 with the first two episodes, followed by one episode weekly until October 1, 2025. Grade: 4/5

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