Netflix’s Atypical, when first aired, it received plenty of praise for its realistic approach to autism. Now it has almost been three years, and the Atypical Season 4 is still up in the air. Well, the fans are beyond curious to know how the Gardner family deals with the new phase in their life. It makes sense about their curiosity as the upcoming season will be the final season of the show. So let’s see what we know about season 4.
Atypical starring Keir Gilchrist is a coming-of-age dramedy that follows Sam Gardner’s trouble dealing with his life. Sam, a teenager with autism spectrum disorder, takes his first step into adulthood, but he ended up with a complete mess. However, his independence journey appeared as a learning experience for him. Besides him, the show also explores his family lifestyle and their problems.
Atypical Season 4: Has Production Begin For The Next Run?
Netflix officially renewed Atypical Season 4 back in February 2020. But the outbreak of COVID-19 altered the production plans. The production was initially scheduled to start in summer 2020. But it later pushed back to the early 2021 schedule. Soon we learned that Atypical began its fourth season filming on January 13, 2021. It’s unclear whether they wrapped filming yet, but as per the reports filming scheduled to wrap on March 24, 2021.
Atypical Season 4: Who Will Be In The Cast?
Netflix hasn’t revealed whether some new faces would join the cast for the fourth and final run. Even nobody left in the last season, so most likely that the entire cast of the third season will return. These include Keir Gilchrist as Sam Gardner, Jennifer Jason Leigh as Elsa, Michael Rapaport as Dough, and Brigette Lundy-Paine as Casey. Even Nik Dodani as Zahid (Sam’s best friend and coworker) might return.
Amy Okuda as Julia Sasaki (Sam’s therapist), Jenna Boyd as Paige Hardaway (Sam’s girlfriend), and Fivel Stewart as Izzie (Casey’s girlfriend) will also return. As Sam is in college now, so we can also expect the return of his professors. Sara Gilbert as Professor Judd (ethics teacher), Eric McCormack as Professor Shinerock (art teacher) will return.
Atypical Season 4: What Will Happen Next?
Picking up from where it left off, the fourth season would follow Sam and his independence journey. The last we saw Sam moving to college, and now we can expect a big change when he finally moves with Zahid into his first apartment. Meanwhile, we will likely see Sam in his first real relationship. As of last time, we saw him dating his good friend Paige as a practice girlfriend. But after their breakup, they both realized their true feelings for each other in the third season. So it’s more likely that the fourth season would continue to follow their relationship.
Casey Will Juggle Between Career And Love Life
The third season saw Casey struggling to come up with a solution as she was thinking to officially date Izzie while trying to figure out whether to accept UCLA’s track and field scholarship. But, in the end, they both kissed each other in public while Casey took Coach Crowley’s advice and decided to go for the scholarship. So, the upcoming season would undoubtedly find Casey in a juggling position between her college life and a long-distance relationship.
Elsa And Dough Will Reunite
Finally, Sam’s parents Elsa and Doug, decided to move back after Elsa’s unfaithful event. Now the couple would rebuild their relationship while trying to understand and learn about each other more. The upcoming season would explore how they redefined their identities as Sam and Casey’s parents, especially spouses.
Atypical Season 4: When Will It Release?
Although Netflix hasn’t announced the official release date of Atypical Season 4 yet, we can expect it will air this fall. Well, Netflix has already declared that the fourth season will be the final season. Thus it would most likely take some more time to wrap up the story on its own terms.