7 random things we love about ‘Lovesick’

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If you’re an avid reader of ye olde internet, you may have noticed a recent uptick in stories about Netflix’s Lovesick (formerly titled Scrotal Recall). The show’s third season released Jan. 1, but its spike in popularity isn’t just due to a timely premiere – it’s because Lovesick is a genuinely warm story of human connection, with more sympathy for millennials than most shows accumulate over years.

You can read plenty of essays about Lovesick‘s excellence (including our own take), but if you prefer a quick list, let us lure you in by way of that.

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The best Netflix show you’re not watching is coming back on New Year’s Day

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It’s official: The best Netflix show you’re not watching is coming back on New Year’s Day, and now there’s a trailer for the new season, too

It’s time for you to start watching Lovesick. There are only two seasons, with 14 episodes, and each one’s around 25-30 minutes. Get it on it now. Here’s the deal:

The dumbest way to describe Lovesick is How I Met Your Mother, but British.

Smarter way to describe it: It’s a show with a more sophisticated conceit than that—one that’s dedicated less to a cloying plot device (meant to extend the show into perpetuity forever and drive viewers insane), and instead one with a hilarious (but believable) plot device designed to elucidate poignancy where the agony and ecstasy of trying to negotiate a life between romanticism and reality is concerned. While also understanding all of the various ways your past relationships impact your present. And letting all of your exes know you might’ve given them an STD.  Read more…

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