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How The New Season of “Grace and Frankie” Gives Aging a Good Name
With all the bad in-between
Spoilers ahead
Since it’s debut back in the spring of 2015 — I’ve joined the legions of fans who were immediately captivated by Netflix’s hit comedy-drama— Grace and Frankie.
The series started off with a refreshing introduction to two older women who find themselves becoming their greatest allies — despite their vastly different lifestyles. Icons Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin are perfectly cast in their roles as former wives of men who hid their affair long enough to actually fall in love with each other — at the expense of their already established households.
Fonda plays the uppity Grace Hansen — a retired businesswoman who has two daughters with Robert (Charlie Sheen) — a successful divorce lawyer who is swept off his feet by family friend and colleague — Sol Bergstein — played impeccably by Law & Order alum — Sam Waterston. Before the drama went down — Sol was married to “hippie art teacher” — Frances “Frankie”Bergstein — and they adopted two sons — and one of them boasts a Nigerian name (Nwabudike “Bud”)— which I still find quite impressive.
Seasons one and two basically tackle the complexity of the family dynamics that forces Grace and Frankie to pick up the pieces of their shattered…
