Everything’s Gonna Be Okay’s second season wraps up with a bang

In the final episodes of Everything’s Gonna Be Okay’‘s second season, Matilda and Nicholas hurtled toward two separate trajectories with Genevieve remaining the voice of reason.

After surviving a night alone together in the woods, Matilda realized she and Drea could truly be independent together as a couple and decided to propose, throwing everyone around her into chaos as they tried to prevent it.

The return of Maria Bamford and Richard Kind as Drea’s parents in the final episodes allowed for some top-notch comedy and empathy as they showed the double-edged sword of two parents who can see that they shouldn’t let their teenage daughter get married but also realized there’s nothing they can do to stop it.

Meanwhile, as Alex struggled with his own familial issues, he and Nicholas grew more distant, all while Nicholas was completely oblivious until Alex finally snapped and dumped him right after Matilda and Drea got engaged.

It’s a clarifying moment that leads Bamford’s Suze to kindly suggest to Nicholas that perhaps he is somewhere on the Autism Spectrum like Matilda and Drea, too, if he and Alex saw things so differently.

Nicholas’s arc was subtly built all season. For those looking, the seeds were there. And by the time the big episode arrived with Nicholas seeking out answers for himself, it felt natural and grounded, guided by Josh Thomas’s performance and writing.

One of Thomas’s many talents across his work is handling a multitude of “sensitive issues”–queerness, death, neurodivergence–with the right tone. Thomas’s work never feels preachy or heavy-handed. It can be heartfelt and funny, just like life.

This all converges in the final episode when Matilda and Drea finally do tie the knot, as everyone watches in bemused happiness and horror. Alex returns for the wedding and, after learning of Nicholas’s diagnosis, fumblingly tries to take him back.

In one of the season’s (and perhaps series) best scenes, Nicholas turns him down, kindly telling Alex that he deserves someone he doesn’t want to change and that Nicholas deserves someone who doesn’t want to change him.

It’s an empowering, resonant moment for anyone who’s been through a relationship where all the blame was laid at their feet, regardless of the situation, but doubly so due to circumstances they can’t control.

As of the finale air date, Everything’s Gonna Be Okay has not yet been renewed or canceled for a third season. The second season finale would function well as a series finale but let’s hope Freeform renews, not only because the show is wonderful, but because the characters have been set up to face an entirely new set of challenges for the next season that we’d all love to see.

All episodes of Everything’s Gonna Be Okay are available to stream on Hulu and Freeform now.