We didn’t review Platonic Season 1 at CGM. It was a show I stumbled across after it had already aired, and I immediately fell in love with the comedy, the story, and some of the issues I could really relate to—especially as a woman in gaming who’s mostly friends with men. Thankfully, Platonic Season 2 still had me in stitches, while continuing to explore those same themes and offering some genuine conflict beneath all the chaos.
Platonic Season 2 starts sometime after the engagement party Sylvia (Rose Byrne, TMNT: Mutant Mayhem) throws for Will (Seth Rogen, This Is The End) and Jenna (Rachel Rosenbloom, Halo Infinite). Will and Jenna are planning their wedding with Sylvia as their wedding planner. I won’t go too much into detail, but Platonic Season 2 deals a lot with big changes, be that marriage, careers, relationships or otherwise. This season hits every major conflict many adults and families face, but does it with this layer of platonic friendship on top, which makes things inherently more complicated.
Truthfully, I think Platonic Season 2 may have packed more into a single season than it needed to. Without giving away spoilers, there are several storylines at play: the wedding, the bar, the business and the writer, all wrapped in an overarching “boundaries” theme—to keep things vague. The season could have easily focused on just the wedding and the bar, saving the business and writer arcs for a potential third season. I see what they were going for by intertwining all four—creating a sense of chaos, much like Rogen’s The Studio aims to do—but giving each thread more room to breathe might have made them stronger.
“Platonic is one of the best comedies on streaming, hands-down.”
That said, Season 2 might actually be funnier than Season 1. While there are a few more “real” moments this time around, the banter between Byrne and Rogen is unmatched. I would watch this pair in anything, no matter the plot. Whether it’s the writing, acting, timing or chemistry—maybe it’s a perfect storm—but whatever it is, Platonic Season 2 is outright hilarious.
That doesn’t just stand for Byrne and Rogen either. The supporting characters in Platonic Season 2 are really given a chance to shine. Where we saw more of the team from Lucky Penny in Season 1, Season 2 gives us a closer look at Sylvia’s husband, Charlie (Luke MacFarlane, Bros) and best friend, Katie (Carla Gallo, The Starling). Don’t worry, Andy, Reggie, and Omar are still there, and hilarious in their own right, but this season spends a little more time in Sylvia’s world.
MacFarlane and Gallo were big portions of the story this season, not just people Sylvia vents to. MacFarlane was able to explore a lot of his comedic side and even stole the scene a few times, but was also a part of some important moments that weren’t all about laughs, though a lot of them were. Both were able to shine in Season 2 of Platonic, and even Sylvia and Charlie’s kids made for a few funny moments.
This season also showed no small number of guest stars. Saturday Night Live cast members Aidy Bryant, Kyle Mooney and Beck Bennett all showed up this season with varying roles. Bennet was a friend from Sylvia and Will’s past who showed up to party. Bryant is a new client of Sylvia’s who will make you cringe with everything she says, and Kyle Mooney is a whole different kind of cringe that absolutely suits him. One of the best parts of Platonic is its ensemble, and they really highlighted this in Season 2 across its supporting cast and guest stars.
I was happy to see that Platonic Season 2 still found material as it relates to men and women being friends. I was worried it would be the same cheap shots over and over. But in truth, I was finding a lot of myself in Byrne—though I’m not sure I should be saying that out loud. Being a woman who wants the best for my loved ones, I am opinionated, and often right—I swear, I have witnesses—and the way the story plays out this season, I felt very seen, in positive and negative ways. We also see more from Sylvia as a career woman, and there is a phone call she takes while staring at her chaotic household, and I know exactly what she was feeling in that moment.
“Platonic Season 2 still had me in stitches, while continuing to explore those same themes and offering some genuine conflict beneath all the chaos.”
The writing in Platonic Season 2 goes a long way to make these moments very believable. To people who haven’t lived them, it could be very easy to make everything over-the-top and outrageous—don’t worry, there is plenty of that, too—but to have these over-the-top moments grounded by very down-to-earth, everyday struggles takes talent, not just from the actors, but from the writers and directors.
All of these moments build up to where I thought the season was ending, only to have Platonic Season 2 end in a neat and tidy package. I thought the season would end with us in a bit of limbo for a few important storylines, and unfortunately, in the final episode, Platonic wraps everything up nicely, with no loose ends. Unfortunately, I love a loose end. I want to wait to see how Season 3 will pick things back up. Instead, it feels like some character development was wasted and rushed in order to finish up with a happy ending.
Now, Season 3 has not been greenlit yet, so I suppose this would be a good ending if the show does not continue. But, for me, it made me feel like some of these side quests we went on were a bit wasted, only to end in what is essentially “Oh, I’m fine now.”
As a whole, Platonic Season 2 is everything I could want, outside of maybe a little cliffhanger. With the way it ends, and how much material they crammed in, I am worried a Platonic Season 3 is not on the horizon, but I would consider it a very big mistake not to renew it. Platonic is one of the best comedies on streaming, hands-down.
Platonic Season 2 streams on Apple TV+ August 6, 2025.
