The saying goes that two’s company but three’s a crowd. However, Adults Season 2 defies that notion, brilliantly demonstrating that adding a possum into the mix creates a comedy masterpiece.
The eagerly awaited second season of Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw’s comedy about twenty-somethings debuted on Hulu on Thursday, August 27. While Season 1 shined with its “Roast Chicken” episode, Season 2 delivers its comedic highlight with the uproarious “Raccoon.”
I thoroughly enjoy every moment with Samir (Malik Elassal), Billie (Lucy Freyer), Issa (Amita Rao), Anton (Owen Thiele), and Paul Baker (Jack Innanen). Yet, Season 2, Episode 4 takes the hilarity to new heights when not only a raccoon but eventually a possum, crash their Acid Night, unleashing absolute chaos. Meanwhile, Issa and Paul Baker grapple with uncertainties about their relationship, exacerbated by Billie and Samir’s misguided meddling.
Things take a unusual turn when Issa wrongly assumes Paul Baker is interested in an open relationship. Spotting him in a room with Anton, she decides to start a threesome, thinking they need to “get it out of [their] systems.” Just when things couldn’t get any wilder, the previously mentioned possum climbs up Issa’s back during a heated moment, technically turning the threesome into a chaotic foursome.
Thiele humorously reflected on the situation during an interview with DECIDER at their Midtown Manhattan studio, saying, “Reading that, I thought, ‘We’ve lost the plot.’ I genuinely wondered, ‘What are we doing here?!’ Yet, collaborating with these talented individuals, the scene still managed to feel oddly sexy, despite the real presence of a possum.”
After Issa urges the boys to kiss, she takes her shirt off and starts kissing Paul Baker’s shoulders as he makes out with Anton. When he switches to Issa and Anton tries to leave, Paul Baker sexily grabs Anton’s thigh in a subtle but swoonworthy show of affection.
“I was thinking, ‘Why would Anton stay here?’” Thiele admitted. “And then Jack found this leg grab that rooted Anton. You found that.”
“Yeah, there was like so much choreography,” Innanen added. “[We were making out] for a long time. And I remember we changed it at one point. And did the hand grab. There was a lot of improv that got cut. But I need to give credit to Ben for that. We were talking about that, and he was like, ‘Hand grab.’ And I was like, ‘That’s what it has to be.’”
After Paul Baker anchors him, Anton sits back on the bed, ready to lock lips again. After kissing Issa and getting hot and heavy with Paul Baker, however, he notices the possum that waltzed into the house earlier is climbing up Issa’s back.
The threesome was the first twist. The possum foursome was the second. And the third — and perhaps wildest — twist is that instead of screaming, pumping the brakes, or alerting Issa of the creepy marsupial on her body, Anton simply widens his eyes, decides against it, and resumes kissing his dream man.
“That was a really fun thing to play with, because Anton in that moment had to choose between being a good person and wanting to still kiss Paul Baker, and he chose the kiss,” Thiele reflected. After a few more seconds of smooching, Billie (Lucy Freyer) and Samir (Malik Elassal) burst through the door, clock the possum, and start screaming — as does Issa!
While Rao wasn’t thrilled that Anton chose Paul Baker over Issa’s body, she assures fans the scene “Was really, really fun.”
“We love Sanaz Toossi’s writing. She’s incredible,” Rao said, shouting out the same writer of “Roast Chicken.” (No wonder “Racoon” is a banger!) “I loved the slapstick of that moment. It was so fun to play, especially when they let us do longer shots where Christine Ng, our DP, would just follow us around with the camera. We were making out for eight hours.”
Thank you for your service, Adults trio (and possum). You gifted the world one of the funniest, unexpectedly sexy scenes of 2026.
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