The Four Seasons: The strawberry detail you probably missed about Anne

The Four Seasons on Netflix is one of those shows that will make you laugh, wonder, and also cry. It has eight episodes and is created by Tina Fey, Lang Fisher, and Tracey Wigfield.

It gives us a new perspective on midlife crises and the complexities of long-term friendships. The show is about these three Gen-X couples who try to figure out their personal struggles during their seasonal getaways with the group. It is inspired by Alan Alda's 1981 movie of the same name.

Anne is the one character in the show who has a devastating start and is seen going through some intense emotional struggles. The character is portrayed by Kerri Kenney-Silver. Anne's journey from a seemingly content wife to a woman rediscovering herself is both relatable and inspiring.

Anne's transformation is, in a way, surrounded by a small but important detail that is often shown or talked about in the show. They are strawberries. All in the middle of laughter and heartbreak in The Four Seasons.

Let's take a deeper look.

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The Four Seasons: The strawberry symbolism you might have missed about Anne

So as we watched The Four Seasons, one peculiar thing kept popping up around Anne. It was about strawberries.

Everyone is off camping in Episode 3. Claude and Danny sneak away to a nearby resort to soak up a bit of luxury. That’s where Danny spots Anne, who’s also at the resort. Danny tells her that it's her time now. She should have fun.

Anne is clearly already crushing on the hot surfing instructor. She is trying to flirt with him. She even believes offering him strawberries, like literal strawberries, might sweeten the deal.

By this point at The Four Seasons, we know that Anne has a weird obsession with strawberries. Anne's strawberry obsession shows up everywhere. She once wore strawberry pajama pants during her postpartum phase and has strawberry-themed items scattered across her space. And Jack is even seen wearing a strawberry print apron, which is likely gifted by her.

When the surfing instructor doesn’t reciprocate her interest, Anne spirals. She tosses all her strawberry figurines off the hotel balcony in frustration. It's more than just disappointment. It feels like she’s purging a version of herself she no longer identifies with.

Maybe that’s the real symbolism here in The Four Seasons. Strawberries once represented sweetness and romance. And perhaps the idealized version of Anne, which is the good wife and the fun mom, or the woman who still has charm. But as life didn’t quite happen that way, strawberries began to symbolize everything she lost or didn’t get to be.

So, when she throws them out, it's her finally letting go of the idea that she has to be anyone other than who she is now.

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