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Netflix's Long Story Short Could Rival Creator's Award-Winning 6-Part Masterpiece.BoJack Horseman creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg's new animated Netflix show was renewed for season 2 before it even premiered, and he's got ideas for as many seasons as Netflix will allow.Long Story Short is nothing like the typical family sitcom that explores tried and true tropes and dynamics.Instead, it follows its own internal timeline that weaves back and forth across multiple generations of the Schwooper family.Lisa Edelstein and Paul Reiser play Naomi Schwartz and Elliot Cooper, the matriarch and patriarch, respectively.Their children Avi (Ben Feldman), Shira (Abbi Jacobson), and Yoshi (Max Greenfield) tackle all sorts of problems from childhood to adulthood in a non-linear fashion, exploring poignant themes in a manner resembling memory itself.Long Story Short season 1 saw Avi first courting Jen (Angelique Cabral), and also saw them long after their divorce — and yet there is still so much of their life together to explore.Jewish identity is a very important piece of Long Story Short's puzzle, which is why ScreenRant was delighted to attend a cooking class alongside Bob-Waksberg and Edelstein.Together, we learned how to make Naomi's special knishes and spoke about the future potential of the series.Long Story Short Is As All-Consuming As BoJack Horseman ScreenRant: Season 2 was renewed before season 1 came out, which must be a wonderful feeling.How many Schwooper stories are percolating in that mind of yours?Raphael Bob-Waksberg: Oh, what a dream.I mean, it's all I think about.To get into the process a little bit, the way I like to work is to just focus on one thing and let everything else feed into that.I remember working on BoJack Horseman.When you get ideas, you think, "How can this go into BoJack Horseman?" So now, all the time I'm thinking, "Oh, this is an interesting thing that's going on.How would Avi react to that?What would Shira's opinion be on that?How might this affect the Naomi-Yoshi dynamic?" Everything is going into the meat grinder, and I hope I get many opportunities to tell all these stories because I feel like family is an endless font of drama and comedy.Lisa Edelstein Gets To Explore Shira's Carefree Past In Long Story Short Season 2 ScreenRant: Lisa, looking back on Naomi's life, what moments have resonated most with you?Is there an episode that really sticks out in your mind from season 1?Lisa Edelstein: I can't differentiate anymore.Honestly, Naomi as a whole person is somebody I feel so connected to.I love her so much.She is a part of my family in many, many ways.And yet, she's not my mother.She was wilder than my mother.She was dropping acid in Golden Gate Park.Raphael Bob-Waksberg: Maybe if your mother had moved to California.Lisa Edelstein: If she had just moved to California, like she asked!She said recently that she was happy she was going to at least die in California, because she always wanted to be here.My father didn't let her move here.It all works for the show, and that's all that matters.ScreenRant: Is there a time period or an aspect of her life that we haven't seen yet that you want to dig into?Raphael Bob-Waksberg: That's a good question.Lisa Edelstein: [Naomi and Elliot] talk about meeting when they were both on acid in Golden Gate Park, but I don't think we've seen a lot of Naomi in her freewheeling moments.Raphael Bob-Waksberg: We see a little more of that in season 2.See a little bit of young Naomi and Elliot courting.Lisa Edelstein: I love working with Paul Reiser.I've played Paul Reiser's partner many times.They're like, "Oh, we've got a Jew.Let's get a Jew." I mean, we go back 40 years.Bob-Waksberg added that Edelstein and Reiser's documented onscreen camaraderie was "really helpful for casting" them in the project.Raphael Bob-Waksberg: I was like, “Alright, Lisa and Paul, are they going to fit well together?Let's watch some of the other stuff they've done together.Yeah, they’ve got chemistry.” Lisa Edelstein: When I first worked with Paul on Mad About You, I got this call.My aunt lives in a building in Fort Lee, New Jersey, and she gets in the elevator.Somebody else gets in, and she goes, "By the way, my niece is going to be on channel 5 tonight, on Mad About You." Then the woman says to her, "By the way, my son is Paul Reiser." Small world.Baby's Not Back For Season 2, But Her Story Still Has A Future ScreenRant: Outside of the immediate family, I feel like my favorite character is Baby.I would love to know how and when I can get more of her.Raphael Bob-Waksberg: Ooh, that's a good question.She's not in season 2.It's all in season 1.The whole story [between Baby, Shira, and Yoshi] is in season 1.Breaking news!Baby is not in season 2.Lisa Edelstein: Tell the algorithm she'll be in season 3.Raphael Bob-Waksberg: Yes, I hope we get many more seasons.I think the Baby story is not completed.I would love to do more with that character and the various ways she interacts with our family.She's a great character.She's very cool.Long Story Short season 1 is now streaming on Netflix.