Wedding Season's Relatable Take On The Pressure To Be Perfect Will Have You Nodding Your Head
Daniel Foster
Published Mar 30, 2026
As you tuck into "Wedding Season," you may think that Asha and Ravi will hit it off despite being matched by their parents, essentially. Wrong! Instead, the two 30-somethings make a pact to pretend to be a couple through wedding season so that their moms and dads will stay off of their backs (sounds like a solid plan, right?).
All the while, as this "couple" emulates a perfect relationship — or at least what that would look like to their families — we see ways in which they as individuals also struggle to fit into a mold of what their lives are supposed to be. Asha feels pressure not to want career success as much as she does.
Meanwhile, Ravi is facing pressure of a different kind, which sees him lying about his job to please his parents and Asha, at least at first.