Television

The first season of The Four Seasons ended with a tragic twist. Now it’s found a new center.

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May 28, 2026 3:41 PM

Netflix

There’s a saying among screenwriters that third-act problems are first-act problems, which is to say that if you’re having trouble with how your story ends, the issue is probably with how it began. The characters in The Four Seasons , whose second season is now streaming on Netflix, are, statistically speaking, entering their third acts, the period after youth and parenthood where their lives are once again their own. But unlike a screenwriter, they can’t go back and fix the mistakes they made in their first acts.…