Warning: This review contains spoilers
The second season of FX’s “Adults” dropped on Aug. 27, bringing back the modern version of Friends, with raunchier jokes and hilariously funny dialogue that usually sounds insane out of context – just queue any sentence from Season 2, Episode 3 — if you know, you know.
“Adults” follows Samir, Issa, Billie, Paul Baker and Anton, five mid-twenties best friends living together in Queens, New York and trying to make the best of their early adult years.
The show explores many of the typical highs and lows of being in your twenties, including living with your best friends, losing your job, dating struggles and much more.
The entire season is filled with embarrassing moments, life lessons and some awkward run-ins with raccoons and opossums.
Season 2 turned up the heat, in particular with the writing. I watched “Adults” soon after it aired in 2025, and I found it funny, but the newest season was on another level. The show has also matured and developed the characters’ personalities much further, offering more details about their families and where they work while also establishing inter-group friendships we hadn’t seen much prior.
In one episode, Billie (played by Lucy Fryer) goes on a hunt to find the girl who has inherited her fake ID, which has been making the rounds since she passed it on to a friend after turning 21. When she tries to make friends with Sophie, the current owner of the ID, she discovers that being 25 is considered ancient to 20-year-olds, and goes on a mission to prove she is young and fun to Sophie.
Anton’s sister (played by Raven Simone) is planning to have a baby with her wife, and Anton (Owen Thiele) becomes very upset when he learns she does not want him to be the father.
Samir’s (Malik Alessal) girlfriend abandons her dream of becoming a dentist to become a K-pop star, using her tuition money to throw her first concert, which she later backs out of after realizing it was a bad idea, and Issa (Amita Rao) takes over the singing while simultaneously trying to ensure a man in the audience is asleep, not dead.
Madness ensues on all sides.
This season expands on Paul Baker’s (Jack Innanen) personality the most, following him through unfortunate appearances in street interviews while on his way to work in Manhattan, where he ultimately embarrasses himself, and the introduction of his “other friend group,” who are extremely different from the main group. Paul Baker attempts to help his other friends make a good impression by bringing them together for dinner, which ultimately turns into Issa, who is also Paul Baker’s girlfriend, cracking open two cans of beer and announcing a “darty”.
Paul Baker also runs for a leadership position in their local homeowners’ association, but quickly has to try to unconvince his voters after his opponent’s daughter threatens to report them for having five people living in one house, which is a zoning violation.
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Episode 4, “Racoon”, is without a doubt my favorite, and truly had me laughing out loud the entire time. The show builds on a miscommunication between Issa and Paul Baker about breaking up while trying to evict a raccoon, and later a opossum from their house, which turns into the perfect storm of insanity that the show really thrives on.
The season wraps with what may be the most common life complication of your twenties: friends hooking up or admitting feelings for one another.
Anton and Paul Baker have had a sizzling slow burn going on since last season, when Anton stepped in to marry Paul Baker so he could keep his U.S. citizenship. They shared a kiss, which was meant to be friendly, but there was clear tension that the rest of the group noticed.
When Paul Baker and Issa began having problems connecting as a couple in Season 2 and ultimately broke up, I was certain of the direction it was going but I was still giddy the moment Paul Baker realized his true feelings. However, I did not expect an almost-threesome and the surprise appearance of a possum to occur first.
The season finale also introduced a new pair-up that I absolutely did not see coming. Issa comments on hearing NSFW noises coming from Paul Baker’s room and assumes it’s him and Anton, only for Samir and Billie to appear behind the door after Issa walks away.
The only downside to me about Season 2 is that an eight-episode release is just never enough.
“Adults” is the new Gen Z sitcom, and if you haven’t seen it yet, you totally should.
Maria Fernandez is the copy editor for the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at copy@dailylobo.com or on X @dailylobo
