‘All’s Fair’ Season 2 Returns with Celebrity Guests, Glamour, Messy Divorces, and Salicious Drama
Reel Perspectives
November 7, 2026
Three episodes into its second season, All’s Fair has us invested in a woman refusing to give her husband a tuna casserole recipe. That probably tells you everything you need to know about Ryan Murphy’s wonderfully outrageous guilty pleasure, which returned November 4 on Hulu. The women are gorgeous, their homes are enormous, and even a disagreement about dinner can require legal intervention. It’s excessive, funny, and still ridiculously easy to keep watching.
Margo Martindale’s Gloria Bloom is a perfect addition. In Episode 3, “Thanksgiving Part One,” the food writer’s divorce negotiations hit a snag when her husband, Winston, played by Kurt Fuller, demands her casserole recipe. Gloria refuses, and Martindale makes her determination hilarious. With everything these two need to settle, this is where they decide to dig in their heels. Anyone who has witnessed a breakup spiral into an argument over something seemingly small will recognize the behavior, even if most of us wouldn’t have a team of high-powered attorneys handling it.
That’s where All’s Fair finds its fun. There’s usually a recognizable grievance underneath the expensive surroundings and outrageous demands, and the series gives everyone plenty of room to be petty. Gloria has decided that Winston isn’t getting that recipe, and watching her hold her ground is more entertaining than it has any business being.
The rotating celebrity guests keep the episodes fresh with Robin Givens, Denise Richards and Dorinda Medley among this season’s familiar faces. Still, the women at the firm remain the main attraction. Kim Kardashian returns as Allura Grant, alongside Naomi Watts as liberated "power lesbian" Liberty Ronson and the wonderful Niecy Nash-Betts as Emerald Greene. Glenn Close’s Dina Standish brings authority and her own complicated history, Teyana Taylor’s Milan continues pursuing her ambitions while navigating personal drama with her newborn and ex, and Sarah Paulson’s Carrington “Carr” Lane remains cunningly delicious capable of making practically every situation worse.
Their friendships give us continued reason to care when the arguments settle down. These women can frustrate each other, hurt each other, and still understand things about one another that nobody else does. The affection feels most convincing when it surfaces during an uncomfortable conversation or an unexpected moment of support. With this group, even an attempt to make peace can come with a few insults attached, as is the case, with Allura's brutal honesty for her distaste of Emerald's outlandish hats!
Season 2 wastes little time putting those relationships under pressure. In the premiere, “The Scorpio Ball,” Allura’s lavish celebration descends into confrontations, a fountain fight, and a frightening scorpion attack. Liberty and Emerald also have a contentious divorce case to handle, because personal chaos apparently doesn’t justify clearing the calendar.
“Going Down” gives the women time together as they travel to scatter Dina’s husband’s ashes. Drinks and conversation briefly make room for some bonding before an emergency aboard their plane forces more difficult confessions. The discovery of sabotage adds urgency to the growing fact that someone is trying to kill Allura. Her new bodyguard, Raul, has plenty to keep him occupied, although the attraction developing between them makes their arrangement considerably more complicated.
Through it all, the show remains delightfully committed to its glamour. These women dress for an entrance even when they’re heading into an argument, and their homes look capable of accommodating several competing dinner parties without anyone crossing paths. There’s an almost knowing wink in how lavishly they live, and All’s Fair is at its most enjoyable when it lets us laugh along.
The first three episodes of All’s Fair Season 2 are now streaming on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ for eligible bundle subscribers, with new episodes arriving Wednesdays.
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