Modern Love has returned with season two on Prime Video. The anthology based on The New York Times romance stories, is equally strong and moving.
Modern Love received a second season in October 2021, and it just premiered on Prime Video on August 13. The second season brought a lot of familiar faces like Gbenga Akinnagbe, Lucy Boynton, Minnie Driver, Kit Harington, Garrett Hedlund, Anna Paquin, Jack Reynor, Miranda Richardson, Sophie Okonedo and Tobias Menzies.
Season two of Modern Love brings back the same structure, with eight episodes around 30 min length. Each episode gives a new story, and while, it sounds like a little time to get into the story, there seems to be magic involved. Every episode gives you just the right amount of information to get you into the story, and to fall in love with the characters.
While season one of the show brought back some characters in other episodes, too, this season’s are all stand alone. Most of the stories are focused in New York (five of them), but three are now filmed in Ireland.
Here’s a breakdown of all the episodes from season two:
On a serpentine road, with the top down
Minnie Driver struggles to let of of her first husband’s car, as it’s the only remaining she has of him. The episodes gives a full rundown of the many memories they shared as she struggles to give up the car that keeps breaking down on her. It’s based on a 2016 story by Doris Iarovici. Deeply emotional, Minnie Driver and Tom Burke‘s acting was deeply emotional, as the show returns in full force with its second season.
The Night Girl Finds a Day Boy
Similar to the first season’s, the second episode deals with a woman who delayed sleep phase syndrome. She is awake while the town is sleeping. Gbenga Akinnagbe and Zoe Chao struggle to find a normal rhythm as they fall in love, as they have completely different sleep schedules.
Strangers on a (Dublin) Train
This will possibly become the most talked episode so far. Starring Kit Harrington and Lucy Boynton, the Before Sunset-like episode takes us back to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Their characters meet on a train back home, vowing to meet back in two weeks at the train station without exchanging numbers. Everyone is now talking about Kit’s skills for rom-com, and the episode could have easily lasted for two hours.
It’s also the funniest, most laid back episode in the series. The author of the essay, Cecelia Pesao, shared to Esquire that she hasn’t exactly told the man Amazon adapted their love story on screen.
A Life Plan for Two, Followed by One
The episode follows Dominique Fishback and Isaac Powell‘s characters for a over decade. The new girl falls in love with her best friend when she was 12, and she is sure they’re meant for each other.
Am I…? Maybe This Quiz Will Tell Me
Lulu Wilson plays Katie, who is a middle-school girl trying to figure out her sexuality with Buzzfeed quizzes. She suspects she might be gay when she starts hanging out with Alexa, played by Grace Edwards.
In the Waiting Room of Estranged Spouses
“A goal without a plan it’s just a wish,” said Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Anna Paquin and Garrett Hedlund star as a former marine and a housewife who have a unique connections: their spouses were having an affair together.
How Do You Remember Me?
Marquis Rodriguez and Zane Pais play two young men who shared a meaningful first date. But, as the episode goes by, their memories of the time they spent together with each other differ.
A Second Embrace, with Hearts and Eyes Open
Sophie Okonedo and Tobias Menzies give the closing performances of the second season as a divorced couple. While parenting, they begin a casual fling and reignite their old flame.
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