Parents' Guide to The Four Seasons

Tina Fey's adaptation of Alan Alda's 1981 film of the same name is a bit of a peculiar fork in her career road, but there's a relaxed charm to these proceedings that feels right. Fey's most culturally resonant creations—30 Rock, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Mean Girls—were about younger women and girls creating a life and finding their way. In her mid-50s, Fey is the right age to play a woman two-plus decades into a marriage and a set of friendships, and The Four Seasons feels lived-in and cozy.

Not that the storyline of The Four Seasons is comfortable, exactly: Viewers are quickly clued in that one of the show's three long-running marriages is about to implode. Waiting for the impact and then watching the fallout is difficult, though lightened by easy humor. Kerri Kenney's performance as dumped spouse Anne is a revelation, particularly to viewers who know her mostly from Reno 911!. She's simultaneously winsome and sweet and just a tad annoying; it's easy to imagine Steve Carell's Nick slowly falling out of love after 25 years of dealing with her quirks. And yet every character in this dramedy is lovable, imperfect, and doing their best to hang on to what life they have left. You'll want to spend time with them as they weather the fallout from Nick and Anne's breakup over the course of a year's worth of trips together.