Nobody Wants This: Did Seth Rogen Go Off Script In Season 2? The Scene Fans Can’t Stop Debating

Netflix brought Nobody Wants This back for a second season, and the show definitely hit the 'new season, new chaos' button. The big swing this time: Seth Rogen shows up as a progressive rabbi who turns Adam Brody's low-key Rabbi Noah into the straight man more than once. It works.

Seth Rogen crashes the bimah

Rogen plays Rabbi Neil, the ultra-modern leader of a congregation called Ahava. He tries to recruit Noah, and in the process basically becomes Noah's opposite number — the louder, brighter, 'is that a guitar?' version of clergy. Adam Brody says Rogen was a natural on set, full of energy and happy to improvise. Kate Berlant, who plays Neil's colleague Cami at Ahava, was right there with him. Brody describes those scenes as him mostly hanging on while those two veered off-script — which, conveniently, is also how the show wrote it. He calls Rogen very funny, very talented, and kind of perfect as Noah's foil: Neil is the rock-and-roll rabbi to Noah's more buttoned-up vibe.

Season 2 adds a lot of new blood

• Seth Rogen as Rabbi Neil, a progressive, ultra-modern leader at Ahava who tries to hire Noah
• Kate Berlant as Cami, Neil's counterpart at Ahava
• Arian Moayed as Dr. Andy, a former therapist who becomes Morgan's love interest
• Leighton Meester as Abby, Joanne's middle school nemesis turned Instagram mommy influencer
• Joe Gillette (Jackie Tohn's real-life partner) as Gabe, Abby's husband
• Miles Fowler as Lenny, a teammate on Noah's Matzah Balles
• Alex Karpovsky as 'Big Noah', an extremely confident rabbi at Temple Chai competing with Noah for Head Rabbi

Returning from season 1: Adam Brody as Rabbi Noah, Kristen Bell as Joanne (a sex podcaster and Noah's partner), plus Timothy Simons, Jackie Tohn, and Justine Lupe. The show is Emmy-nominated, by the way, which feels relevant given how many ringers they just added.

Adam Brody and Leighton Meester make work a date

Leighton Meester pops in this season, which is fun on its own and also a nice perk for Brody. They didn't share a ton of scenes, but he enjoyed getting to watch her do her thing from the sidelines — and appreciated the little life bonus of commuting together.

'Driving to work together and getting a little alone time. It's sort of a date night.'

The two have been married since 2014 and have two kids — a daughter and a son — so squeezing in a quiet car ride counts. Meester has said she's a big fan of the show and was struck by how kind and welcoming the set was. She also called it the most fun she's ever had making something, which is a pretty strong endorsement.

Nobody Wants This season 2 is streaming now on Netflix. If you're in for Brody's buttoned-up rabbi getting nudged (okay, shoved) out of his comfort zone by Rogen and company, you're in the right place.