The new season of Netflix’s The Four Seasons arrived Thursday, and Colman Domingo says he feels good about where Danny is headed as the comedy moves into a new phase. In Season 2, Danny and his husband Claude are looking hard at what comes next in their life together.
That timing is why Domingo is in the conversation now. The actor has been moving across major projects, from returning to HBO’s Euphoria as Rue’s sponsor Ali to playing Michael Jackson’s father in the biopic Michael, while The Four Seasons gives him a fresh lead role in a series built around the messy work of relationships.
Domingo said the show fits the kind of career he has built over more than three decades. He said he feels he is made to keep leaning into different genres, pointing to years of theater work, musicals and other forms, and adding that anything that feels like a challenge is something he wants to take on. For him, The Four Seasons is part of that pattern. “I think it’s just such a sweet show,” he said, calling it simple in form and something television needs right now.
The series centers on friendships and romance among a group of friends mostly in their 50s, and Domingo’s Danny is now at the point where the story starts asking sharper questions about family and the future. He said Danny is questioning what is next for him and his adventure, especially in a same-sex couple without children, and that he understood the role in part because it put a lens on people who want more than just the two of them. Domingo said he is not interested in being a parent, which gives the character’s uncertainty a different edge than a more obvious version of the story.
That friction is what gives the season its pull: Danny is facing a life decision Domingo does not want for himself. At the same time, the actor is stepping back into another long-running role with more depth each time he returns, saying that going back to Ali over the years has allowed him to bring more wisdom to the part. He called Temple University’s honorary doctorate and commencement speech this spring “one of the greatest gifts” in his career, but the immediate question is how far The Four Seasons will take Danny before the season closes. The show has already put him at the edge of a new chapter; the rest of the season will decide whether he walks into it with Claude or keeps searching for something else.
