Lena Waithe is taking center stage in the upcoming season ofMaster of None.
On Monday, Netflix dropped the trailer for the third season of the hit show, which appears to follow Waithe’s character Denise’s relationship with her partner Alicia (Naomi Ackie). Season 3 is set to premiere on May 23 on the streaming service.
Aziz Ansari, a co-creator on the show, directed the season and scripted it alongside Waithe.
“This new season is a modern love story that intimately illustrates the ups and downs of marriage, struggles with fertility, and personal growth both together and apart,” Netflix’s description on the season reads. “Fleeting romantic highs meet crushing personal losses while existential questions of love and living are raised.”
“Let’s say we’re at a party. Maxwell’s playing. You don’t know me, I don’t know you and I ask you out on a date,” Waithe’s Denise says. “Would you say yes?”
Alicia replies, “Yeah! I said yes then, I say yes now.”
In between Alicia’s response to Denise’s inquiry, several scenes strung together show the duo happily bonding together. They are shown dancing, taking a car ride, enjoying a bath and sharing a kiss in bed.
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From there, the clip features moments of the pair working through the low moments in their relationship as well. They’re shown fighting in their bedroom and doing separate activities.
The trailer only provides one glimpse at Ansari, who is seen fist bumping Waithe.
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Master of Noneoriginally premiered on Netflix in 2015. In the show’s first two seasons, Ansariwon a Golden Globe in 2018for best actor in a television series musical or comedy. The series also received a Peabody Award in 2016, a Critics' Choice Television Award in 2016 for best comedy series and a Primetime Emmy Award for outstanding writing for a comedy series in 2016 and 2017.
Anasri, 38, spoke toThe Hollywood Reporterin Aug. 2017 about his hopes for a third season. “I’d rather we not end it here. I’d rather make one at some point in my life. I don’t know when that is, years from now or whatever,” theParks and Recreationalum said. “Ideally, I’d like to make more because I love the team of people and the whole process. I’m just happy I could do the show.”
Ansari noted that “there are definitely things that pop into my head” about what he envisioned next for his character, Dev. However, at the time, he said that he didn’t “have a full season of operations” in mind.
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“The next day, I got a text from her saying that although ‘it may have seemed okay,’ upon further reflection, she felt uncomfortable,” Ansari said at the time. “It was true that everything did seem okay to me, so when I heard that it was not the case for her, I was surprised and concerned. I took her words to heart and responded privately after taking the time to process what she had said.”
The actor added, “I continue to support the movement that is happening in our culture. It is necessary and long overdue.”
Master of Nonereturns on May 23 to Netflix.
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