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Best Episodes of Modern Love
The Race Grows Sweeter Near Its Final Lap
S1 Ep8
8.1
18th Oct 2019
“Old love is different. In our 70s and 80s, we had been through enough of life’s ups and downs to know who we were, and we had learned to compromise. The finish line was drawing closer.”
When Cupid Is a Prying Journalist
S1 Ep2
8.0
18th Oct 2019
“I tossed out one last question: ‘Have you ever been in love?’ No one, he said, had ever asked him that in an interview. ‘Yes,’ he finally answered. ‘But I didn’t realize it until it was too late.’ Then he asked me to turn off my recorder. I hit Stop."
When the Doorman Is Your Main Man
S1 Ep1
7.9
18th Oct 2019
“Ours was a common and unsung friendship, that between women living in New York, single and alone, and the doormen who take care of them, acting as gatekeepers, bodyguards, confidants and father figures.”
Take Me as I Am, Whoever I Am
S1 Ep3
7.9
18th Oct 2019
“My personal life was another story. In love there’s no hiding: You have to let someone know who you are, but I didn’t have a clue who I was from one moment to the next.”
On a Serpentine Road, With the Top Down
S2 Ep1
7.8
12th Aug 2021
"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.'"
Worst Episodes of Modern Love
How Do You Remember Me?
S2 Ep7
6.2
12th Aug 2021
"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."
Am I ...? Maybe This Quiz Will Tell Me
S2 Ep5
6.3
12th Aug 2021
"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."
A Life Plan for Two, Followed By One
S2 Ep4
6.3
12th Aug 2021
"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."
So He Looked Like Dad. It Was Just Dinner, Right?
S1 Ep6
6.4
18th Oct 2019
“He was very handsome. He wore gray turtleneck sweaters and smelled like mint aftershave and old books. He was 55 and recently divorced for the second time. He was my father. He wasn't really my father.”
Rallying to Keep the Game Alive
S1 Ep4
6.6
18th Oct 2019
“We rallied, not with the adrenaline-pumping determination to win at all costs, but with the patience and control that came with not wanting it to be over: not the summer, not our son’s childhood, not this game, ever.”
Modern Love Episode Guide
When the Doorman Is Your Main Man
S1 Ep1
7.9
18th Oct 2019
“Ours was a common and unsung friendship, that between women living in New York, single and alone, and the doormen who take care of them, acting as gatekeepers, bodyguards, confidants and father figures.”
When Cupid Is a Prying Journalist
S1 Ep2
8.0
18th Oct 2019
“I tossed out one last question: ‘Have you ever been in love?’ No one, he said, had ever asked him that in an interview. ‘Yes,’ he finally answered. ‘But I didn’t realize it until it was too late.’ Then he asked me to turn off my recorder. I hit Stop."
Take Me as I Am, Whoever I Am
S1 Ep3
7.9
18th Oct 2019
“My personal life was another story. In love there’s no hiding: You have to let someone know who you are, but I didn’t have a clue who I was from one moment to the next.”
Rallying to Keep the Game Alive
S1 Ep4
6.6
18th Oct 2019
“We rallied, not with the adrenaline-pumping determination to win at all costs, but with the patience and control that came with not wanting it to be over: not the summer, not our son’s childhood, not this game, ever.”
At the Hospital, an Interlude of Clarity
S1 Ep5
7.4
18th Oct 2019
“There is never a good time to fall off your couch onto a martini glass and begin losing a dangerous amount of blood, but having this happen in the middle of a promising date is an especially bad time.”
So He Looked Like Dad. It Was Just Dinner, Right?
S1 Ep6
6.4
18th Oct 2019
“He was very handsome. He wore gray turtleneck sweaters and smelled like mint aftershave and old books. He was 55 and recently divorced for the second time. He was my father. He wasn't really my father.”
Hers Was a World of One
S1 Ep7
7.6
18th Oct 2019
“There was no guarantee that doing an open adoption would get us a baby any faster… in fact, our agency warned us that, as a gay male couple, we might be in for a long wait.”
The Race Grows Sweeter Near Its Final Lap
S1 Ep8
8.1
18th Oct 2019
“Old love is different. In our 70s and 80s, we had been through enough of life’s ups and downs to know who we were, and we had learned to compromise. The finish line was drawing closer.”
An unlikely friendship. A lost love resurfaced. A marriage at its turning point. A date that might not have been a date. An unconventional new family. These are unique stories about the joys and tribulations of love, each inspired by true events.
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The best rated episodes of Modern Love are:
The Race Grows Sweeter Near Its Final Lap S1E8 rated 8.1
When Cupid Is a Prying Journalist S1E2 rated 8.0
When the Doorman Is Your Main Man S1E1 rated 7.9
Take Me as I Am, Whoever I Am S1E3 rated 7.9
On a Serpentine Road, With the Top Down S2E1 rated 7.8
The lowest rated episodes of Modern Love are:
How Do You Remember Me? S2E7 rated 6.2
Am I ...? Maybe This Quiz Will Tell Me S2E5 rated 6.3
A Life Plan for Two, Followed By One S2E4 rated 6.3
So He Looked Like Dad. It Was Just Dinner, Right? S1E6 rated 6.4
Rallying to Keep the Game Alive S1E4 rated 6.6
The first episode of Modern Love aired on October 18, 2019.
The last episode of Modern Love aired on August 12, 2021.
