Atypical Season 4: Release Date, Plot and Updates!

Even after several criticisms and controversies, Atypical has been officially renewed for the fourth and final season, consisting of 10 episodes that will get released next year. The first season was criticized for wrongly representing the autistic community and received negative feedbacks. But the creators realized and rectified their mistakes and recruited more from the community, which apparently changed the public’s opnions. Atypical is created by Robia Rashid for Netflix, and it focuses on the life of 18-year-old Sam Gardner,  who has autism spectrum disorder. The show has been produced by Jennifer Jason Leigh and executively produced by Robia Rashid, Seth Gordo, and Mary Rohlich.

The official description of the show goes like this, “Sam, an 18-year-old on the autism spectrum, decides it’s time to find a girlfriend, a journey that sets Sam’s mom on her life-changing path as her son seeks more independence.” While Sam is on his funny and emotional journey of self-discovery, the rest of his family must grapple with change in their own lives as they all struggle with the ongoing central theme of the series: what does it really mean to be normal? Creator Rashid is contented about the new and final season and she shared some few words as Atypical comes to an end.

“I am thrilled we’ll be doing a season four of Atypical. And while I’m so sad to be nearing the end of this series, I am extremely grateful to have been able to tell this story. Our fans have been such beautiful, vibrant supporters of this show. Thank you for being so open to Sam’s voice and stories, and those of the entire Gardner family. It’s my hope that the legacy of Atypical is that more unheard voices continue to be heard and that even after this series ends, we keep telling funny, emotional stories from underrepresented points of view.” 

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Atypical stars Jennifer Jason Leigh as Elsa, Keir Gilchrist as Sam, Brigette Lundy-Paine as Casey, Amy Okuda as Julia, and Michael Rapaport as Doug. There hasn’t been much known whether new characters will be introduced or not or whether the old ones will come back for the showdown.