Netflix renews Atypical for fourth and final season

Tuesday 25 February 2020 by Charlotte Whyatt  News

Netflix has renewed its coming-of-age comedy Atypical for a fourth and final season. 

The streaming giant confirmed the news via a short announcement trailer posted to their official US Twitter account.

Join Sam on one last expedition.

Atypical will return for a fourth and final season. 🐧 pic.twitter.com/0IfN0fEIUG

— Netflix US (@netflix) February 24, 2020

This last season will again once consist of ten half-an-hour episodes, bring the total count up to 38, and arrive on the platform sometime in 2021.

Created and written by Robia Rashid, the show revolves around Sam (Ker Gilchrist) a 19-year-old on the autism spectrum who decides he wants to start searching for a girlfriend. 

It also explores the complicated lives of his family including mum Elsa (Jennifer Jason Leigh), overprotective sister Casey (Brigette Lundy-Paine), Dad Doug (Michael Rapaport) and therapist Julia (Amy Okuda). 

“Our fans have been such beautiful, vibrant supporters of this show,” Rashid said. “Thank you for being so open to Sam’s voice and stories, and those of the entire Gardner family.” 

“It’s my hope that the legacy of Atypical is that more unheard voices continue to be heard and that even after this series ends, we keep telling funny, emotional stories from underrepresented points of view.”

Atypical joins only a few other Netflix originals, like House of Cards, Bojack Horseman and Orange is the New Black, to make it past a third season.

You can stream the first three series of Atypical on Netflix now. 

Source: TVLine