Here’s what happens at the end of John Hamm’s Your Friends and Neighbors, plus news that James Marsden is joining the cast for Season 2.
Your Friends & Neighbors is Apple TV+’s new hit drama that follows in the footsteps of Breaking Bad, Ozark, and the like by focussing on a family man turning to a life of crime.
Here it’s Andrew “Coop” Cooper – played by John Hamm – a divorcee who has a good relationship with his ex-wife and kid, and a high-powered gig as a hedge fund manager in New York.
But when he loses that job, Coop starts stealing from the friends and neighbors in the affluent Westmont Village community where he lives, hence the title. Here’s how that plays out in the ninth and final episode, meaning SPOILERS ahead…
Does Coop go down for murder?
No, Coop doesn’t go down for Paul Levitt’s murder. Instead he’s exonerated, and Paul’s wife Samantha is charged with a very different crime.
With Coop facing 25 years-to-life for murder – due to having motive, opportunity, and the smoking gun in his car – Coop considers admitting manslaughter, and going away for six years.
But ex-wife Mel talks him out of it by calling Coop “a selfish f*uck,” and insisting he fight for himself and his family. So at much the same time that police realize two of the three Paul Levitt gunshots were fired postmortem, Coop tells them that Sam had a burner phone.
Coop takes it upon himself to find that second phone, and while searching Sam’s house, discovers Paul Levitt’s suicide note. Turns out he killed himself, but because his life insurance policy had a “no suicide” clause, Sam set Coop up for Paul’s murder so she could collect, her defence being “that life insurance was my children’s future!”
So there was no murder, Sam is arrested for a bunch of other crimes, and Coop goes back home and hugs his family.
Happy ending explained
Apple TV+Your Friends & Neighbors then jumps a week ahead, where it’s very much happily ever after for Coop. Though he’s still not playing by society’s rules.
Coop gets his old job back, with signing bonus, back-pay, and some great terms that he manages to negotiate. And at a charity gala, he threatens a woman to secure his daughter’s education.
The episode then ends by setting up Season 2, via a scene that depicts Coop returning to a life of crime. While his old/new boss Jack Bailey is boarding a flight, Coop breaks into his house and steals one of his expensive paintings.
Will there be a Season 2 of Your Friends & Neighbors?
Yes, Season 2 of Your Friends and Neighbors was green-lit before Season 1 aired, and is already shooting.
Speaking about that decision, series creator Jonathan Tropper says (in the above video): “The people at Apple TV+ watched the pilot and got very excited, then they watched a few episodes, and I think the philosophy was ‘we’re going to bet on this show, and if we’re gonna do that, let’s keep it on as close to an annual cycle as possible, because that’s the way to hold onto the fans and grow it.’”
Season 2 commenced principal photography on April 14, 2025, and Tropper says that he’s prepared a strong three-season arc for the series.
Speaking of that future, Tropper adds: “This is a world we can continue to introduce characters into, and I don’t think it’s a show [where] he’ll be robbing his friends and neighbors for three years. I think that would get kind-of dull.
“It’s not a sustainable premise, and it’s not a sustainable way to make your living, but I think the notion is more he’s not going to follow the rules anymore. So whatever he has to do to get back what’s his, he’s going to do, and I think it’ll be interesting each season to see how he elevates that.”
James Marsden joins cast in Season 2
HuluSeason 1 ends with Coop driving away with that painting, and right now the major bit of news about Season 2 is that James Marsden will be joining the cast.
There’s no word yet regarding who the X-Men and Paradise star will play, but expect it to be a business, love, or criminal rival for Coop.
Your Friends & Neighbors is available on Apple TV+, while for more drama, here’s the best shows on Apple TV+, the best new shows to watch this month, and the best TV shows of all-time.
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