We see New York City shrouded in winter. We see lots of high-fives. We see RuPaul, Steve Buscemi and Wanda Sykes. We see a smoke-exhaling protest against anti-abortion protesters. We see Florida senior citizens bristling with firearms. We see cartoon eyes popping from Abbi and Ilana’s skulls. And we see a whole lot more of both of them in the season four trailer for Comedy Central’s Broad City.
“In short, it is both very perplexing and very amazing,” writes Rachael Vaughan Clemmons at Metro of the new trailer.
Decide for yourself:
Uproxx’s Andrew Roberts sums the trailer up nicely: “The ladies look full of energy, like they’re prepared to take the show to weirder places than they have in the past — or maybe the same amount of weird but just with different scenery.”
While we don’t have much detail about overall plot lines or character development in the coming season, the show’s creators and titular characters have hinted that it will be more current-events focused than previous seasons, particularly in regards to politics. “I think it’s our responsibility to optimize the platform of Broad City to keep pushing things left and keep resisting the current administration as much as we can,” Glazer told The Daily Beast’s Matt Wilstein while in San Francisco for Comedy Central’s Colossal Clusterfest this past weekend.
The trailer previews what will be the first new episodes since last spring, serving the pent-up appetite of the show’s anxious fanbase. “But if we’re sure of one thing, it’s that co-creators Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson must have a good reason for making us wait this long,” writes Glamour’s Krystin Arneson. “And judging by the very first glimpse of the upcoming season … our long wait for more of their characters’ debauchery will be more than worth it.”
The fourth season of Broad City will air Aug. 23 on Comedy Central. The show has already been renewed for a fifth season, though no premiere date has been announced.
Get ready.