The series revolves around male and female perspectives on romantic relationships along the way. The series embodies those distinctive events, while dating the ups and downs of two affected people who have become unlikely friends starting with their 30s.
The title is Love, but Netflix didn't debut its new comedy on Valentine's Day. Maybe that's because, to its credit, Love is not nearly sappy enough for a day devoted to romance with a capital "R."
The leads are very entertaining. But each episode literally flows into the next -- one episode's final scene is often the first scene for the next -- making it feel like a 5-hour Judd Apatow romantic comedy, which I'm not sure anyone really needs.
Love, all 10 episodes of which are available on Netflix, could well be the best thing Judd Apatow has been associated with since the short-lived, much-loved Freaks and Geeks all the way back in 1999.
Less driven by meticulously crafted jokes, punchy dialogue and wacky sight gags, the humor of Love is wrought from the more realistic and melancholic places of damaged relationships, loneliness and the longing for genuine connection.
The question that hovers over the show isn't "Will they get together?" We basically know they will. The real question is "Can the show bring them together in a believable way that makes their connection seem natural?" I vote yes.
It adds some spice to our relationship with romantic comedies, and in its ten emotionally and tonally rambunctious episodes, reminds us why we started going out in the first place.
