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Need More Adults? Go Back to Where the Chaos Started

Adults Season 2 may be getting the attention, but Tubi has a little extra Adults Season 1 lore waiting in a bonus prequel episode.

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Apparently television has a new group chat, and five twenty-somethings in Queens have all the passwords. Adults returned for Season 2 last week, bringing Samir, Billie, Issa, Anton, and Paul Baker back for another round of questionable decisions, roommate codependency, and figuring out adulthood approximately five minutes after they probably should have. Fans have wasted very little time getting reacquainted, and the Adults cast's chemistry has become almost as much a part of the show's appeal as the chaos happening inside their house.

Tubi doesn't have Season 2 yet, but Adults Season 1 now comes with a particularly good reason to scroll backward: a bonus prequel episode that shows how this deeply intertwined little household first came together. Think of it less as homework before the new season and more as getting added to the group chat, realizing there are several years of lore you don't understand and immediately scrolling all the way to the top. And if their particular brand of figuring-it-out-as-you-go adulthood feels a little too relatable, Tubi's YA Edit collection has plenty more growing pains waiting.

The Cast

Malik Elassal as Samir

Samir desperately wants to project the energy of a man who has things under control, which would be considerably more convincing if his life would cooperate. Elassal's laid-back delivery makes him especially funny when Samir is calmly rationalizing a situation that is very clearly getting away from him. He may occasionally think he's the normal one in the house. Bad news, babe. You live here too.

Lucy Freyer as Billie

Billie makes decisions with the confidence of someone who has definitely considered every possible consequence. Whether she actually has is a separate matter. Freyer makes that impulsiveness unpredictable and funny while keeping enough vulnerability underneath it that Billie never becomes simply “the chaotic one.” Even when you want to confiscate her phone, Freyer makes you understand exactly how she got here.

Amita Rao as Issa

Issa has the kind of presence where a completely ordinary sentence can suddenly become the funniest thing you've heard all episode. Rao understands exactly how to use a pause, a look, or a slight change in delivery to turn Issa's reactions into their own punchlines. She can go big when the scene asks for it, but some of her best moments come from simply watching Issa process whatever deeply unnecessary situation her friends have dragged into the house.

Owen Thiele as Anton

Anton does not merely experience an emotion. Anton produces it. Thiele brings theatricality and total commitment to every inconvenience while letting enough sensitivity peek through to show how badly Anton wants to be loved and understood. Minor problem or major crisis, Thiele makes sure Anton is giving it the appropriate production value.

Jack Innanen as Paul Baker

Innanen plays the house's wildcard with such complete sincerity that Paul Baker's strange observations and extremely specific behavior somehow start making sense. Innanen never plays him like he knows he's the weird guy in the room, which is precisely why he's so funny. You don't simply meet Paul Baker. Paul Baker becomes part of your life.

“The rent is due, the group chat is active, and nobody’s ready.”

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