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Atypical is an American comedy-drama streaming television series which Robia Rashid created for Netflix. The show pays attention to the life of 18-year-old Sam Gardner (Keir Gilchrist), who has autism spectrum disorder. The first season was released on August 11, 2017, and it consisted of eight episodes. The 10-episode second season was released on September 7, 2018. In October 2018, the series was renewed for a third season of ten episodes, which was released on November 1, 2019.
Although the first season received mostly positive reviews, the show was criticized for its lack of autistic actors and perceived inaccuracies in its depiction of autism. The second season gave a chance to more actors and writers with autism, and also received mostly positive reviews. The third season continued this development and received overwhelmingly positive reviews.
WHAT IS ATYPICAL ABOUT?
According to Wikipedia, “Sam Gardner, an 18-year-old boy on the autism spectrum, who lives in Connecticut, announces that he wants to start dating girls after some advice from his therapist. His father, Doug, has struggled to connect with his son and is thrilled when Sam approaches him for advice. When Sam wants to surprise his crush with chocolate-covered strawberries, his father drives him to her house only to discover that Sam’s crush is actually Julia, Sam’s 26-year-old therapist. Doug quickly pulls Sam away and tells him to find a girlfriend his own age. Sam comes around to the fact that he needs a “practice girlfriend”, as he puts it, and, with the help of his friends and family, begins to learn the social nuances of dating.”
WHAT IS THE CAST FOR ATYPICAL ABOUT?
- Keir Gilchrist as Sam Gardner, an 18-year-old young man on the autism spectrum who is obsessed with Antarctica and loves penguins.
- Jennifer Jason Leigh as Elsa Gardner, Sam and Casey’s overprotective mother. She cannot completely accept the fact of the handicap of her son and often wishes just to run away from her life and allday problems.
- Brigette Lundy-Paine as Casey Gardner, Sam’s younger sister, who also is very protective to him. She is very athletic and thanks to this gets a scholarship at a private school, where it is first different and the same difficult.
- Amy Okuda as Julia Sasaki, Sam’s therapist and at the beginning his love interest, what finally makes her boyfriend Miles to leave her, even if he knows they’re gonna have a child together.
- Michael Rapaport as Doug Gardner, Sam and Casey’s father and Elsa’s husband. He works as a first-aid attendant and after realizing the got betrayed by Elsa he becomes very depressed and even kinds weak, with sudden feelings of faintness.
WHEN IS SEASON 4 FOR ATYPICAL RELEASING?
The show was renewed for a fourth season in February 2020 and the production said that the filming would start only in January 2021 in Los Angeles. We can expect the show to air sometime in late 2021 or early 2022.