Steve Carell’s Midlife Crisis Shakes Up Longtime Friend Group in Netflix’s ‘The Four Seasons’

Steve Carell plays a man in crisis — and he’s about to blow up the only relationships that have actually lasted in his life.

In Netflix’s The Four Seasons, Carell stars as Nick, a guy whose 30-year marriage goes up in flames and drags his entire friend group into the fallout. His ex, Anne (played by Kerri Kenney-Silver), is out. His new girlfriend? A much younger dental hygienist named Ginny. And instead of easing his friends into it, Nick brings her along for the group’s annual vacation. The move turns every getaway into emotional shrapnel.

These aren’t new friends. These are decades-old couples who’ve grown up with each other — Kate and Jack (Tina Fey and Will Forte), Danny and Claude (Colman Domingo and Marco Calvani). But Nick’s drama exposes everything they’ve all been hiding behind smiles, wine glasses, and shallow small talk.

The show isn’t about one breakup. It’s about how one crack can reveal a hundred more. Tina Fey, who co-created the series, says it’s really about how long-term friendships are just as important as the romantic ones — and sometimes harder to hold onto. “Having a person who fulfills a part of you that your spouse can’t… that’s part of the deal,” she said. And when that balance shifts? Everything else starts wobbling too.

The Four Seasons drops May 1 on Netflix. And it isn’t here to make you feel cozy — it’s here to make you look at the people you’ve built your life around and wonder what’s been left unsaid.