Rebellious Mickey and good-natured Gus navigate the thrills and agonies of modern relationships in this bold new comedy co-created by Judd Apatow.
Release date: March 10th.
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Wow, bunch of them are huge assholes.
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- Uproxx:
Season two's also a bit more emotionally balanced between the two leads. Mickey is always going to be the more complicated figure — and Jacobs continues to impress with her vulnerability and emotional candor in the role — but there were times last year when Love seemed to be treating Gus as a sympathetic, if neurotic, man getting dragged into an emotional abyss by a woman he's too good for. Late in that season, we started to get signs that Gus is no day at the beach, either — that he can be incredibly judgmental and co-dependent, and that he's largely to blame for the sorry state of his professional and romantic lives. Season two smartly pulls even more on that thread, as Mickey begins to question Gus's behavior as her sobriety cheerleader, and Gus has to confront the many flaws hidden beneath the nice guy armor he wears so proudly. The equation has moved from wondering why he puts up with her to wondering if either of them is healthy for the other. It's a smarter, better combination, and the second season is much stronger all around. - Vulture:
I like the show Love and sometimes I'm not sure why.
That response feels appropriate since Love's two protagonists, Mickey (Gillian Jacobs) and Gus (Paul Rust), feel strong affection for each other without entirely understanding why, either, especially during the second season that starts streaming Friday on Netflix. After an initial season that followed the coalescing of their relationship into something friendly, then romantic, then volatile, the second run of episodes focuses on the pair's attempt to become a real couple, despite the fact that Mickey has told Gus she's dealing with the hat trick of addictions: a dependency on alcohol, drugs, and sex/love. This should be a major red flag, but both Mickey and Gus have an astonishing talent for something best described by another Netflix show, BoJack Horseman: ”When you look at someone through rose-colored glasses, all the red flags just look like flags."
Cast:
Gillian Jacobs as Mickey Dobbs, Paul Rust as Gus Cruikshank, Claudia O'Doherty as Bertie
Tracie Thoms as Susan Cheryl, Jordan Rock as Kevin, Mike Mitchell as Randy
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