Your Friends & Neighbors is an American dark comedy crime drama television series created by Jonathan Tropper, starring Jon Hamm, Amanda Peet, Olivia Munn, Mark Tallman, Hoon Lee, Lena Hall, and Aimee Carrero. The series premiered on Apple TV+ on April 11, 2025.
The second season premiered on Apple TV on April 3, 2026. In February 2026, ahead of the second season premiere, the series was renewed for a third season. For its second season, it was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series.
Premise Coop is a New York hedge fund manager who is recently divorced and becomes unemployed. He uses criminal methods to maintain his lifestyle and keep his family living at the standard to which they have become accustomed.
Cast and characters Main
Jon Hamm as Andrew "Coop" Cooper, a wealthy, disaffected financier who resorts to stealing from his neighbors after getting fired from his job Amanda Peet as Mel Cooper, Coop's ex-wife who is a therapist Olivia Munn as Samantha "Sam" Levitt, estranged wife of Paul Levitt and Mel's friend who is in a complicated on-and-off sexual relationship with Coop Hoon Lee as Barney Choi, Coop's best friend and business manager Mark Tallman as Nick Brandes, a former NBA player, Coop's former best friend, and Mel's new boyfriend Lena Hall as Allison "Ali" Cooper, Coop's free-spirited younger sister who struggles with mental illness and whom he looks after Aimee Carrero as Elena, Nick's housekeeper who becomes Coop's partner-in-crime Eunice Bae as Grace Choi, Barney's wife, who comes from money Isabel Gravitt as Tori Cooper, Coop's seventeen-year-old daughter Donovan Colan as Hunter Cooper, Coop's teenage son James Marsden as Owen Ashe (season 2), an eccentric billionaire shipping magnate who purchases a large home in Westmont from Sam and is a widower Michelle Monaghan (season 3)
Recurring
Corbin Bernsen as Jack Bailey, Coop's former boss at Bailey Russell Capital Management Kitty Hawthorne as Olivia "Liv" Cross, an employee at Coop's firm with whom he had a one-night stand Jordan Gelber as Paul Levitt (season 1), Sam's philandering ex-husband with whom she is litigating a chaotic divorce. Found dead in the opening flashforward. Ramin Karimloo as Bruce Emerson, Ali's ex-fiancé from a decade ago who is now married with kids and whom Ali is still not over Robert Bagnell as Brad Sperling, the second neighbor that Coop robs Jennifer Mudge as Julie Sperling, Brad's wife and a prominent banker, making her the only female member of the men's social circle Anna Osceola as Maggie Haber, a friend of Mel and Suzanne's wife Rebecca Naomi Jones as Suzanne Haber, Maggie's wife who is also Mel's friend Robert Eli as Peter Miller, the first neighbor that Coop robs Stephanie Kurtzuba as Diane Miller, Peter's wife Dave Quay as Dom Resnick, Kat's husband who is unaware of her infidelity Heather Lind as Kat Resnick, a lawyer having an extramarital affair with her daughter's boyfriend, and the third homeowner that Coop robs Miriam Silverman as Gretchen Reagan, a divorcée who is friends with Mel Manu Narayan as Hari Sahni, Gretchen's significant other Matthew Rauch as Gordy Hughes, one of Coop's neighbors Michael O'Keefe as Ron Cooper, Coop and Ali's father Randy Danson as Lu Varga, a pawnshop proprietor and Coop's fence Elan Zafir as Rocco, a fence who works in the pawnshop and Lu's enforcer Daniel Dale as Jake Weston (season 1), Tori's 20-year-old boyfriend Lizbeth MacKay as Marley Cooper, Coop and Ali's mother Sandrine Holt as Detective Rebecca Lin (season 1), a Westmont PD police detective Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as Christian Tómasson (season 1), an underground art dealer and thug Arienne Mandi as Brienne Zalkin (season 2), Mel's neighbor whose dog becomes a nuisance Erin Robinson as Delilah Ashe (season 2), Ashe's teenage daughter who begins dating Hunter Bre Blair as Lisa Hughes (season 2), Gordy's wife Bojana Novakovic as Cricket Birch (season 2), an investor in Excelsior Oded Fehr as Luc DeMille (season 2), Ashe's mysterious attorney Joshua Jackson (season 3) Rick Cosnett (season 3) Sydney Lemmon (season 3) Mitchell Hoog (season 3) Gillian Zinser (season 3)
Episodes Series overview
Season 1 (2025)
Season 2 (2026)
Production It was announced in December 2023 that Jon Hamm was set to star in and executively produce the series, which was created by Jonathan Tropper. The series is produced by Apple Studios. In February 2024, Olivia Munn joined the cast. In March 2024, Amanda Peet, Mark Tallman, Hoon Lee and Lena Hall were added to the cast, with Craig Gillespie, Greg Yaitanes and Stephanie Laing set to direct episodes of the series. In April 2024, Aimee Carrero, Isabel Gravitt, Donovan Colan, and Eunice Bae were added to the main cast, with Sandrine Holt and Corbin Bernsen cast in recurring roles. Production began in April 2024, with Tropper announcing this on his Instagram. Ahead of series premiere, in November 2024, the series was renewed for a second season.
In April 2025, James Marsden joined the cast as a series regular for the second season. In May 2025, Arienne Mandi, Erin Robinson, and Bre Blair were cast in unnamed recurring roles for the second season. In February 2026, ahead of the second season premiere, Apple TV renewed the series for a third season. In April 2026, Michelle Monaghan joined the cast as a series regular for the third season. In June 2026, Joshua Jackson, Rick Cosnett, Sydney Lemmon, Mitchell Hoog, and Gillian Zinser were cast in recurring roles for the third season. Production on season 3 ended on September 29, 2026.
Release Your Friends & Neighbors was released on Apple TV+ on April 11, 2025, with its first two episodes and the rest debuting on a weekly basis. The second season premiered on Apple TV on April 3, 2026.
Reception
Critical response On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the first season holds an approval rating of 79%, based on 61 critic reviews, with an average rating of 7/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "An acidly witty riff on Breaking Bad, Your Friends & Neighbors class commentary occasionally stumbles but has an endlessly watchable avatar in star Jon Hamm." On Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, it received a score of 63 out of 100, based on 27 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
The second season holds an 89% approval rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on 29 critic reviews, with an average rating of 7.3/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Continuing to peek through the satirical façade of socialite life, Your Friends & Neighbors second season digs itself into a deeper and richer character hole, where Hamm, Munn, and Marsden make like bandits and steal the show." On Metacritic, the second season received a score of 69 out of 100, based on 11 critics, signifying "generally favorable" reviews.
Awards and nominations Season Award Category Nominee(s) Result Season 1 Artios Awards Television Pilot and First Season: Drama Cindy Tolan, Suzanne Ryan, and Nicholas Petrovich Golden Trailer Awards Best Drama (Trailer/Teaser) – TV/Streaming Series "Petty Crime" (Apple TV / Tiny Hero) Best Sound Editing in a Trailer/Teaser – TV/Streaming Series Hollywood Music in Media Awards Best Original Score – TV Show/Limited Series Dominic Lewis Best Main Title Theme – TV Show/Limited Series Dominic Lewis and Hamilton Leithauser Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music Saturn Awards Best Thriller Television Series Your Friends & Neighbors Set Decorators Society of America Awards Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a One Hour Contemporary Series Philippa Culpepper and Anu Schwartz Season 2 Celebración of Cinema & Television Supporting Actress – Series Aimee Carrero Golden Trailer Awards Best Drama TV Spot – TV/Streaming Series "Caught" (Apple TV / Tiny Hero) Best Music (Trailer/Teaser) – TV/Streaming Series "Dangerous People" (Apple TV / Tiny Hero) Imagen Awards Best Supporting Actress – Comedy Aimee Carrero MacGuffin Awards One Hour Contemporary Television Series Jackie Wertz and Ryan Gargiulo Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Drama Series Jonathan Tropper, Craig Gillespie, Stephanie Laing, Lori Keith Douglas, Jamie Rosengard, Jon Hamm, Connie Tavel, and Chris Arruda
Notes
See also Conspicuous consumption Diderot effect Keeping up with the Joneses Kleptomania
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