The journey of “The Old Man” feels about as stressful as the series itself. The FX drama starring Jeff Bridges, John Lithgow, Amy Brennan and Alia Shawkat was postponed in 2020 due to COVID. At that point, the series only had three more episodes left to film before its shuttering. It finally premiered to critical praise and a wide audience in 2022 — but with another major, industry-shaking obstacle in its path: the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Now, over two years after Season 1, “The Old Man” is back for its second season.
“The weird thing about shooting ‘The Old Man’ is years go by, right? We had COVID, got sick, we had a strike, blah de blah,” Brennan told TheWrap.