What’s the Deal with Morgan and Sasha’s Relationship in ‘Nobody Wants This’? Stars Weigh In

What’s the Deal with Morgan and Sasha’s Relationship in ‘Nobody Wants This’? Stars Weigh In

Are Morgan and Sasha flirting or what?

Spoilers ahead for Season 2 of “Nobody Wants This”

There’s no denying that Morgan (Justine Lupe) and Sasha (Timothy Simons) have a certain spark in “Nobody Wants This.”

Morgan and Sasha meet after their siblings have an unlikely romantic relationship: Morgan’s sister Joanne (Kristen Bell) is an agnostic podcaster and Sasha’s brother Noah (Adam Brody) is a rabbi.

Despite their differences, they’re drawn together, and so are Morgan and Sasha. Their relationship crackles enough to concern Sasha’s wife (Jackie Tohn), who confronts them both in Season 2.

Still, their relationship isn’t quite romantic — but it’s definitely hard to define. This season, Morgan is swept away into a questionable relationship with her therapist Dr. Andy (Arian Moayed) and recruits Sasha into vetting him. Then, when Sasha has his own romantic difficulties, Morgan consoles him. The two spend one-on-one time together throughout the season.

Speaking to TODAY.com, Simons says Morgan and Sasha’s relationship comes down to an undefinable “connection.”

“I’ve described this to people as like, whether it’s romantic, whether it’s friendship, whatever it is, there’s clearly a connection between those people. They might not know what it is. They might not know where it’s going. But they have clearly found kinship or a shared world view that leads to an attraction,” he says.

Nobody Wants This. (L to R) Timothy Simons as Sasha, Justine Lupe as Morgan in episode 208 of Nobody Wants This. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2025
Nobody Wants This. (L to R) Timothy Simons as Sasha, Justine Lupe as Morgan in episode 208 of Nobody Wants This. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2025COURTESY OF NETFLIX

He clarifies that the attraction is “not necessarily in a romantic way,” but rather because of their shared perspectives.

“These two people occupy the same roles in their families even though they had very different upbringings. You can’t help but be like, ‘I want to talk to that person more because we understand going through the world in the same way,” he says.

Lupe thinks the characters are “incredibly drawn to each other,” she tells TODAY.com.

“They’re both weirdos. There’s a part of them that relates to each other. There’s a weird magnetic draw and it’s unclear whether it’s platonic or romantic or something in between. It’s vague and it feels honest in that way,” she says.

Lupe says they also find “fun” and “safety” in each other, providing each other with a sense of “playfulness.”

Tohn, whose character Esther takes issue with her husband’s closeness with a new woman, offers up her own answer — and whether her character is justified.

“People are always asking, ‘What is it with Sasha and Morgan?’ You’re seeing what it is. It’s weird. It’s ineffable. They connect. Is there something for Esther to be pissed about? Maybe,” she says.

She says the relationship touches on a phenomenon that other people in long-term relationships could relate to.

“Being a grown-up in a very committed relationship and meeting a new friend of the opposite sex who is also interested and hot. It’s like, on the one hand, socially the acceptable thing to do is just be friends with the people you were with when you got together. But as I say that … that’s absurd,” she says.

This much is for sure: If the two ever get together, Bina, Noah and Sasha’s mom, would “call it and fall over dead in that moment,” Simons says.

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