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\n\t\u201cThe Four Seasons<\/a>\u201d writers often mine their own lives \u2014 and their spouses \u2014 for material on the Netflix comedy. But for one Season 2 storyline, the producers were inspired by something that actually happened on set.<\/p>\n \n\tEarly on in Season 2 of \u201cThe Four Seasons,\u201d the show\u2019s vacationing pals are forced to quarantine inside their cabin because a deranged criminal is on the loose. Turns out actually happened to the show during the production of Season 1.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cWe were shooting, as, as Colman [Domingo]\u2019s character would say, \u2018too far upstate,\u2019 and I remember we were in our trailers at lunchtime, thinking \u2018this is taking a long time. Normally, we would be back in hair and makeup by now, and this is very strange,\u2019\u201d recalls star Kerri Kenney-Silver<\/a>, who plays Anne (the ex-wife of Steve Carrell\u2019s Nick).<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cAnd then they finally came and said, \u2018Actually, you guys are gonna go home,\u2019\u201d she continues. \u201cEveryone\u2019s kind of whispery, and I\u2019m like, \u2018uh oh, did someone get like stuck in a crane or something, like lose a leg?\u2019 No, there was a manhunt, there was someone on the loose with a weapon, and the whole area was locked down. They had to get us out, our crew, everybody to safety. Not funny at all. Yeah, life imitates art.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tOK, so perhaps most of us have never been on lockdown as a lunatic on the lam forces you indoors. But we\u2019ve all been handed curveballs in life, just like the characters in \u201cThe Four Seasons,\u201d as the show checks in with them on vacation every few months. And that relatability is what makes \u201cThe Four Seasons\u201d tick.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI feel very seen,\u201d says Will Forte<\/a>, who plays Jack, a school teacher who\u2019s married to Tina Fey\u2019s character, Kate. \u201cThe writers do such an amazing job of pulling out all these moments that are so relatable, and I see myself very much in my own character,\u201d he says. \u201cSo much stuff hits so close to home. It\u2019s a real honor to be a part of this show, where the writing is just so amazing, it\u2019s perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tAdds Kenney-Silver: \u201cI grew up on George Carlin, and to me the funniest things are sort of timeless observations about human behavior and relationships, and [\u2018The Four Seasons\u2019 writers] are so good at that. They\u2019re so good at not over explaining it, and sometimes it\u2019s just a throwaway joke that will make me stop and rewind. It\u2019s a nothing joke, but Tina, in particular, is so great at that kind of thing. It\u2019s like an arrow just hits that human behavior part of us that we can all relate to.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tForte and Kenney-Silver spoke to the Variety <\/em>Awards Circuit Podcast<\/a> about Season 2 of \u201cThe Four Seasons,\u201d and how it\u2019s fun to watch the series a few times to get all the references and jokes. They also looked back at their first time in Variety<\/em>, and took the 10 Questions quiz. Listen below!<\/p>\n