“There’s a long discussion about Sydney Sweeney”: Francesca Delbanco and Nicholas Stoller on Platonic season two

Two years on from its debut, Nicholas Stoller and Francesca Delbanco’s Platonic returns to Apple TV+ with a second season that leans further into the awkward, occasionally excruciating rhythms of adult friendship. The ten-episode comedy picks up with Sylvia (Rose Byrne) and Will (Seth Rogen) facing fresh pressures: Will is newly married to the tightly wound Jenna (Rachel Rosenbloom), while Sylvia has traded domestic life for the unpredictable world of event planning. The series continues to mine the quiet absurdities of midlife – messy, mildly existential, and still clinging to the hope that friendship might be the thing that keeps everything from falling apart.

Ahead of the release of the first two episodes on Apple TV+, Delbanco and Stoller spoke with The Upcoming about the evolving dynamic between Sylvia and Will, why event planning felt like the right direction for Sylvia’s reinvention, and the writers’ room moments that helped shape the season.

Christina Yang

Platonic season two is released on Apple TV+ on 6^th August 2025.

Watch the trailer for Platonic season two here: