Modern Love is an American romantic comedy anthology television series developed by John Carney , based on the weekly column of the same name published by The New York Times , that premiered on Amazon Prime Video on October 18, Modern Love explores "love in its multitude of forms β including sexual, romantic, familial, platonic, and self love", which are presented in eight half-hour episodes.
In the second season, a few episodes take place in other locations. This episode alternates between the past, a love story between Margot Jane Alexander and Kenji James Saito , and the present, during Kenji's funeral. Margot and Kenji are an older couple who connect over their love of running. The two decided to take their love slowly because of Kenji's difficulty in recovering from the death of his wife, who had died six years prior.
Their relationship began to progress quickly after Kenji suggested they sleep together after a marathon they ran together. After the funeral, Margot decides to go for another run and passes by young couples in love, including characters from previous episodes. Margot compares herself to these young couples, considering her own age and experience with relationships. On June 11, , it was announced that Amazon had given the production a series order for a first season consisting of eight episodes.
The series was set to be directed, written, and produced by John Carney. Horgan and Hall also wrote the episodes they were set to direct while Rossum was expected to direct an episode written by Audrey Wells. Additionally, it was further reported that Dimitri Hoffman, Sam Dolnick , and Choire Sicha would serve as executive producers, Trish Hofmann as a producer, and Daniel Jones as a consulting producer. In April , it was revealed that Jesse Eisenberg has been cast in the second season.
Principal photography for the series had begun by September 18, , in New York City. In April , Prime Video announced the Indian versions of the series in three different languages. A Japanese version of the series, titled Modern Love Tokyo , premiered worldwide on October 21, A Dutch version of the series, titled Modern Love Amsterdam , premiered worldwide on December 16, The site's critical consensus read: "Carried by its charming cast, Modern Love sweet and simple sensibilities are easy enough to enjoy, even if its quaint portrait of modern life in New York City doesn't always ring true.
