Lovesick – Season Two | Television Series Review

Sometimes your significant other will pull you away from something you feel is important to watch a wacky scene in a silly show. Sometimes they tell you the name of the show and you scrunch your nose at it and laugh it off as a joke, “No way that’s any good”. Sometimes you will be taken by surprise and completely fall in love with something nowhere near your radar. That’s what happened to me with Netflix’s “Lovesick”.

For those who do not know the story, it breaks down a little like this: After finding out he has an STD, Dylan must get back in touch with every girl he has ever had sex with to let them know the bad news. Who thinks this is good way to build a show? I didn’t. You can’t possibly milk a whole show out of this! Well, they did and did so splendidly. Each episode is a flashback to the relationship Dylan had with each girl peppered with comedy from the supporting cast and tension from an unrequited love. Season one ended in a beautiful cliffhanger moment that left me begging for more! Alright, look, I am a sucker for a good love story. Enhance that love story with friendships that seem real and honest and you’ve got me.

So, how about Season Two? Does it hold up? Well, once you get passed the letdown from the cliffhanger, it really is just as good as the first season. Some might say, it’s better. One of the things they did better was change the name from “Scrotal Recall” to “Lovesick”. It is now so much easier to tell your friends about the show. One of the problems I had with the original title was that I constantly found myself apologizing for it and begging people to look passed it. So thanks guys for making it easier on me, it is so much easier to say “Hey! Go watch Lovesick on Netflix!”

The better title isn’t the only reason season two holds up. In season one, you follow Dylan the most, it’s his story. However, Dylan as a character is defined by the fact that he is constantly looking for the big love of his life. This sort of character trait if not handled correctly can take a good show and drag, making the quality suffer. The character can seem whiney, and a sad sack, missing the fun in life happening around them.

Some of us were taught this lesson by Ted Mosby of “How I Met Your Mother”. Now that I think about it, Dylan and Ted are cut from the same cloth, the only real difference being Dylan speaks with an English accent, has better friends, and two seasons of him is only 14 episodes. In season two, they tell Dylan’s story through his friends a little more. Characters that were fairly one dimensional in season one get more layers. Characters that were very peripheral, were promoted to great sources of comedy. Everyone brought the charm of the first season back for season two in spades.

This show does something great in its use of music. First, I can’t tell you how many times I’m pulling my phone out to Shazam a song. Second, every song seems to mean something to the moment it’s used in. Third, not only is the soundtrack great but the moments they chose to use silence are just as powerful. The guy in charge of this deserves their own acting credit or something because it never feels out of place. What doesn’t work? Ok well, not that there is something that doesn’t work, but there is a trope that I’m tired of. It might say more about me than it does the show, but I don’t like the “Will they or Won’t they?” tension that romantic comedies or dramas seem to have about them. It’s unfair to ding the genre on it (because ultimately that’s what it’s usually all about, isn’t it?), but I personally am tired of it. Thankfully this show parses that out over the season and it isn’t in your face as much, but it borders the line so be careful with which side of the line you land on. Look, we are in the holiday season, and sometimes we need a break from the insanity of this time of year. Take a break, slip yourself into Dylan’s shoes (Johnny Flynn). Fall for Evie (Antonia Thomas), the spunky little fighter who’s always got your back. Go get in trouble with your best mate Luke (Daniel Ings) I’m sure he got Angus (Joshua McGuire) into something he is just too naive to know anything about.

Lovesick is a perfect series to Netflix & smile.

Lovesick (Formerly titled Scrotal Recall) Season Two is now streaming via Netflix
Starring Johnny Flynn, Antonia Thomas, Daniel Ings
Created by Tom Edge