Directors: Arunima Sharma, Neha Parti Matiyani
Cast: Sayani Gupta, Kirti Kulhari, Bani J, Maanvi Gagroo, Prateik Babbar, Milind Soman, Lisa Ray, Rajeev Siddhartha, Ankur Rathee, Dino Morea, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Anasuya Sengupta
Writers: Devika Bhagat, Ishita Moitra
Platform: Amazon Prime Video
Episodes: 7
Season four of Four More Shots Please! marks the final chapter for the self-proclaimed “Flawsome” quartet—Damini, Anjana, Umang, and Siddhi—as they return for one last round of chaos, catharsis, and sisterhood. Framed around the ambitious “mother of all pacts,” which gives the women six months to confront their deepest flaws and unfinished business, the season promises maturity, closure, and growth. To its credit, it delivers some of that—but not without familiar frustrations along the way.
After the meandering and repetitive third season, expectations were cautious. The show had clearly overstayed its welcome, looping its characters through the same emotional mistakes under the guise of realism. Season four positions itself as a clean-up act, aiming to tie loose ends and finally let these women move forward. While it succeeds in offering closure, the journey often feels rushed, uneven, and occasionally indulgent.
The season opens on a high note with Siddhi finally walking down the aisle, surrounded by her friends. True to form, she hesitates, but friendship saves the day. Her marriage to Mihir, however, quickly reveals cracks—monotony sets in almost immediately, and Siddhi’s unresolved immaturity resurfaces. Her return to stand-up comedy brings fleeting promise, but the narrative truly finds spark only when her material turns toward her own marriage, highlighting the show’s ongoing struggle to balance growth with humor.
Damini ventures into podcasting, attempting to reconcile ambition with emotional vulnerability. Her arc gains energy with the arrival of her brother Ashokaditya, whose chaotic presence oscillates between nuisance and narrative convenience. While their dynamic adds moments of humor, it also contributes to some of the season’s most unnecessary subplots, particularly the odd detour involving an “internet couple” storyline that feels like filler.
Umang continues her search for emotional stability, stuck in familiar loops of self-doubt and fleeting connections. Her arc remains the least resolved, reinforcing the sense that not all characters were given equal narrative care. In contrast, Anjana emerges as the season’s quiet standout. Her grounded journey—balancing identity, work, and attraction without unraveling completely—feels refreshingly mature in a series often thriving on chaos.
The show retains its visual gloss and globe-trotting aspirations, with a Bangkok trip offering spectacle but little substance. Travel, once symbolic of freedom and escape, now feels ornamental. Directors Arunima Sharma and Neha Parti Matiyani clearly aim to inject freshness, but the season’s seven episodes struggle to balance reinvention with resolution. True character growth only arrives near the end, making the finale emotionally satisfying yet somewhat anticlimactic due to its hurried execution.
Sex, as always, remains central to the show’s identity. While Four More Shots Please! deserves credit for unapologetically foregrounding female desire, it never quite evolves its conversation around intimacy. Unlike Sex and the City, which eventually allowed its characters to grow beyond sex-centric storytelling, this series remains stuck revisiting the same themes without deeper progression.
By the end, Season 4 does what it sets out to do: provide closure. The women confront past failures, acknowledge hard truths, and celebrate the one constant that has sustained them—their friendship. Yet the sense lingers that this goodbye should have come sooner.
In its final pour, Four More Shots Please! serves a cocktail that’s familiar and comforting, but slightly diluted. Bold, glossy, and occasionally heartfelt, the series bows out on a note of sisterhood, even if it took a few extra rounds to finally leave the bar.