Modern Love — Season 2
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.
About this season
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.
Episodes (8)
1. On a Serpentine Road, With the Top Down
7.6Aired 12 August 2021 • 36 min
"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.'"
2. The Night Girl Finds a Day Boy
6.7Aired 12 August 2021 • 36 min
"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."
3. Strangers on a (Dublin) Train
8.1Aired 12 August 2021 • 36 min
"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."
4. A Life Plan for Two, Followed By One
8.2Aired 12 August 2021 • 35 min
"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."
5. Am I ...? Maybe This Quiz Will Tell Me
5.7Aired 12 August 2021 • 34 min
"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."
6. In the Waiting Room of Estranged Spouses
6.0Aired 12 August 2021 • 31 min
"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.'"
7. How Do You Remember Me?
6.3Aired 12 August 2021 • 25 min
"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."
8. A Second Embrace, with Hearts and Eyes Open
8.0Aired 12 August 2021 • 35 min
"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."