Modern Love
Season 2
20218 episodes
Love breaks all the rules. Each episode of this anthology series brings to life different stories of relationships, connections, betrayals and revelations — all inspired by true events.
Episode 1
On a Serpentine Road, With the Top Down
Aug 12, 202136m
TMDB rating 7.7TMDB
"Driving, with the top down, I’m reminded that I too can shift gears, face risk, handle inconvenience — and survive tragedy. My partner, eyes misting, says: 'You love that car. And your husband was an extraordinary man.'"
Episode 2
The Night Girl Finds a Day Boy
Aug 12, 202136m
TMDB rating 7.4TMDB
"I'm a vampire, basically — going to bed around 8 or 9 a.m. and waking around 4 or 5 p.m. First dates usually go OK because they’re in the evening, but complications quickly arise."
Episode 3
Strangers on a (Dublin) Train
Aug 12, 202136m
TMDB rating 8.3TMDB
"We met on a train. A perfect, flirtatious, six hours. The beginning of our love story? Trusting in the power of the universe, we hadn’t exchanged mobile numbers. Sometimes, a romantic plan isn’t enough."
Episode 4
A Life Plan for Two, Followed By One
Aug 12, 202135m
TMDB rating 7.8TMDB
"He was everything a 10-year-old girl could ever hope for in a man. It was decided; I was in love. I started to wonder if the glow from my wedding dress would make him look washed-out. I began devising a plan in which he and I would end up '2gether 4ever,' as all my notebooks stated."
Episode 5
Am I ...? Maybe This Quiz Will Tell Me
Aug 12, 202134m
TMDB rating 6.4TMDB
"In retrospect, maybe I should have known who I was the first time I went looking for a quiz called 'Am I gay?' But I didn’t."
Episode 6
In the Waiting Room of Estranged Spouses
Aug 12, 202131m
TMDB rating 6.0TMDB
"A few months later, I was in the psychologist’s reception room, paying for my fourth really good cry, when a woman carrying a child walked in. I didn’t recognize her at first, and then I remembered her face. 'Are you the wife of the guy my wife is having an affair with?' I asked tactlessly. 'Yeah,' she said. 'But we’re not together anymore.'"
Episode 7
How Do You Remember Me?
Aug 12, 202125m
TMDB rating 6.4TMDB
"I don’t remember his last name. He was handsome, with a nice smile and startlingly blue eyes. The sex was good, I think. We didn’t know each other well. We never would."
Episode 8
A Second Embrace, with Hearts and Eyes Open
Aug 12, 202135m
TMDB rating 7.7TMDB
"On this night, long after we had thrown in the towel on us, here we were again, crawling back into the ring. This time, though, it would be different. We just never imagined how different it would become, or how quickly."