Grace and Frankie: Season Two

In the first season of this naughty-but-nice geriatric Netflix sitcom, Robert and Sol (Martin Sheen and Sam Waterston), husbands of retired cosmetics mogul Grace (Jane Fonda) and artsy free spirit Frankie (Lily Tomlin), announced that they were in love and leaving their wives. The mismatched women then decamped to the couples' shared beach house while all four (and their children) began coming to terms with the new order of things. In this second season, the women continue to develop their unlikely bond while searching for male companionship, Grace taking up with an old flame (Sam Elliott) and Frankie interested in the fellow (Ernie Hudson) who provides the yams for her homemade lube, a product that Grace's daughter and successor at her old company joins forces with Frankie to market. Meanwhile, Robert and Sol run into difficulties when Robert has a heart attack and then becomes enraged over the revelation that Sol has shared a recent night with Frankie. Additional complications involve the children and old friends, including Babe (Estelle Parsons), who enters toward the season's end, forcing all of the characters to reexamine their priorities. Grace and Frankie has an old-fashioned vibe despite its cheeky premise, but Fonda, Tomlin, Sheen, and Waterston are masters at making the most of their material, and they here display adept comic timing. Presenting all 13 episodes from the 2016 second season, extras include a gag reel. Recommended. (F. Swietek)