The course of true love is notoriously unsmooth, but for Noah and Joanne – protagonists of charming LA-set romcom Nobody Wants This – it has been especially rough. The problem? Noah is a religious leader and Joanne is an agnostic sex podcaster. The real problem? Noah is a rabbi and Joanne is – as his disapproving mother puts it – a “shiksa”. Otherwise known as Not a Jew.
Is that a dealbreaker? Season one seemed to suggest so. After finally getting together with Noah (Adam Brody), Joanne (Kristen Bell) pledged to convert to Judaism. But then she changed her mind, coming to the realisation that adopting a faith for logistical reasons wasn’t the most morally upstanding thing to do. So she dumped him. This was also an admirable decision, ethically speaking; Joanne didn’t want to force Noah to choose between her and his life’s calling.
