Nobody Wants This Ending Explained, Season 2 Teased By Creator

Note: This story contains spoilers from the finale of “Nobody Wants This.”

While Netflix's Nobody Wants This delves deeper into what happens when a rabbi (Adam Brody) and a shiksa (Kristen Bell) fall in love, Joanne and Noah face a seemingly impossible problem in the finale. But since creator Erin Foster was inspired by the heartbreaking ending of “Sixteen Candles,” she and the show's stars are “all in” for the second season.

In the finale, after Bell's Joanne makes peace with converting to Judaism, Joanne confesses to Noah that she is not ready to convert, leading to her breaking off their relationship while Noah is promoted to Chief Rabbi. While Joanne might have viewed conversion as an “interesting…(and) exciting addition to her life,” Foster pointed out the seriousness of the decision “in practice” and said she was “just…not there yet.” In fact, these words are spoken by Joanne in the show.

“I like the idea of ​​her getting to a point where she was ready to turn into a great guy, but then also admitting the truth that she wouldn't really do it for the right reasons,” Foster agreed TheWrap.

Choosing not to convert makes Joanne no more or less a “feminist” or “modern woman” for Foster, who believes “we are all a little bit of everything.” Instead, she said Joanne is an “independent woman who is ambitious and career-oriented” and is in love with “someone who is more traditional.”

“I think it's also okay for a woman to change some things about herself for a traditional person, just like it should be okay for a man to change parts of himself for someone more unconventional,” said Foster. “I just wanted to end it by saying, ‘I’m willing to meet you in the middle; I'm willing to sacrifice things to be together, but I also have to stay true to myself.'”

“Nobody Wants This” gives viewers the romantic ending they deserve as Noah pursues Joanne, and in the final moments of the season, Noah admits to Joanne that he can't have his promotion or a non-Jewish girlfriend, and still: kisses her.

“I wanted the audience to really believe… Joanne is leaving – she's done what's really hard to do, which is to end a relationship that she wants to be in, but for the right reasons, and he's not after her “Because he’s also healthy enough to accept what someone tells him,” Foster said. “I really wanted it to feel like an unexpected surprise when you see him there waiting for her at the end.”

Citing John Hughes' classic film “Sixteen Candles,” Foster wanted to stop with a “romantic ending” and said her goal was to make the show “destructible” and ultimately give viewers the satisfying ending they longed for would have.

“I really think this is the kind of show where you want to give the audience what they want,” she said. “I'm not trying to make any artistic decision that deprives the audience of the happy ending they want. But you also don’t want to do too much cleaning where there’s nowhere to go.”

When it comes to season two, Foster and the main cast are on the safe side, with Brody jokingly telling TheWrap that he's interested in a possible next installment, “contractually and spiritually.”

“I would like to do a second season; “Kristen and Adam would love to do a second season,” Foster said. “There is so much more story to tell. If people like the show, I would like to spread the word about it.”

Netflix hasn't renewed the series yet, but it was at the top of the top 10 list all weekend. Stay tuned.

All episodes of Nobody Wants This are now streaming on Netflix.