Netflix’s Atypical, when first aired, it received lots of praise because of its realistic approach to autism. Now it has almost been three years, and the Atypical Season 4 is still up in the air. The fans are beyond curious to understand how the Gardner family addresses the new stage in their lifetime. It seems sensible about their fascination as the upcoming season will probably be the final season of this series. So let us see what we understand about season 4.
Atypical starring Keir Gilchrist is a coming-of-age dramedy that follows Sam Gardner’s trouble dealing with his lifetime. Sam, a teen with autism spectrum disorder, takes his first step into adulthood, but he ended up with an entire mess. However, his independence journey appeared as a learning experience for him. Apart from him, the series also explores his family lifestyle and their problems.
Netflix formally restored Atypical Season 4 in February 2020. However, the outbreak of COVID-19 altered the production strategies. The production was initially scheduled to start in summer 2020. However, it later pushed back to the early 2021 schedule. Soon we heard that Atypical started its fourth season filming on January 13, 2021. It is unclear if they wrapped filming yet, however by the accounts filming is scheduled to wrap on March 24, 2021.
Netflix hasn’t disclosed whether some brand new faces would join the cast for the fourth and final series. Even nobody left in the last season, therefore probably that the whole cast of the next year will reunite. 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) may 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. Since Sam is in school now, so we can also anticipate the return of his or her professors. Sara Gilbert as Professor Judd (ethics instructor ), Eric McCormack as Professor Shinerock (art teacher) will return.
Picking up from where it left off, the fourth season would follow Sam and his independence journey. The last we saw Sam moving to school, and we could expect a big change when he finally moves Zahid into his first apartment. Meanwhile, we’ll likely see Sam in his first real connection. At the time, we watched him dating his great friend Paige as a practice girlfriend. But after their breakup, they both realized that their true feelings for each other in the next season. So it is more probable that the fourth season would continue to follow their relationship.
The third-year saw Casey struggling to think of a solution because she had been thinking to formally date Izzie while trying to find out whether to accept UCLA’s track and field scholarship. However, in the end, they both kissed each other in people while Casey took Coach Crowley’s advice and chose to go for the scholarship. So, the upcoming season would undoubtedly find Casey in a juggling position between her college life along a long-distance relationship.
Finally, Sam’s parents Elsa and Doug chose to move back after Elsa’s unfaithful event. The few would rebuild their relationship when trying to learn and understand each other more. The upcoming period would explore how they redefined their identities as Sam and Casey’s parents, particularly partners.
Though Netflix hasn’t announced the official release date of Atypical Season 4 however, we can expect it will broadcast this fall. Well, Netflix has declared that the fourth season is going to probably be the final season. Thus it would probably take some more time to wrap up the story on its terms.