The BEST episodes of Modern Love

Every episode of Modern Love ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Modern Love!

Unique stories about the joys and tribulations of love, each inspired by a real-life personal essay from the beloved New York Times column "Modern Love."

Last Updated: 3/3/2024Network: Prime VideoStatus: Ended
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The Race Grows Sweeter Near Its Final Lap
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8.10
472 votes

#1 - The Race Grows Sweeter Near Its Final Lap

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/18/2019

“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.”

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When Cupid Is a Prying Journalist
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8.02
668 votes

#2 - When Cupid Is a Prying Journalist

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/18/2019

“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."

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When the Doorman Is Your Main Man
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7.94
790 votes

#3 - When the Doorman Is Your Main Man

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/18/2019

“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.”

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Take Me as I Am, Whoever I Am
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7.87
651 votes

#4 - Take Me as I Am, Whoever I Am

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/2019

“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.”

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On a Serpentine Road, with the Top Down
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7.81
295 votes

#5 - On a Serpentine Road, with the Top Down

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/13/2021

A woman's only remaining connection to her late husband is her vintage car but now, 30-years later, she's confronted with the difficult choice of selling it – and saying goodbye to her old love forever.

Directors: John Carney
Writer: John Carney
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Hers Was a World of One
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7.57
453 votes

#6 - Hers Was a World of One

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/18/2019

“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.”

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Strangers on a Train
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7.54
274 votes

#7 - Strangers on a Train

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/13/2021

Two strangers meet on a train from Galway to Dublin in March 2020 and decide to go old school: no numbers exchanged, only a promise that they will meet up on the train two weeks later. And then a worldwide pandemic shuts down all of Ireland.

Directors: John Carney
Writer: John Carney
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Second Embrace, with Hearts and Eyes Open
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7.45
207 votes

#8 - Second Embrace, with Hearts and Eyes Open

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/13/2021

Two parents, after being divorced for several years, begin a casual fling and reignite their old flame, only for one of them to receive a life-changing medical diagnosis.

Directors: John Carney
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At the Hospital, an Interlude of Clarity
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7.44
498 votes

#9 - At the Hospital, an Interlude of Clarity

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/2019

“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.”

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The Night Girl Finds a Day Boy
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7.34
264 votes

#10 - The Night Girl Finds a Day Boy

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/13/2021

A woman with delayed sleep phase syndrome meets the love of her life. The catch is: he's awake while the sun is shining and she is not.

Directors: Jesse Peretz
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In the Waiting Room of Estranged Spouses
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7.12
215 votes

#11 - In the Waiting Room of Estranged Spouses

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/13/2021

After a chance meeting in a therapist's office, a former marine and a housewife develop an unlikely connection when they discover their respective spouses are having an affair with each other.

Directors: John Crowley
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Rallying to Keep the Game Alive
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6.65
522 votes

#12 - Rallying to Keep the Game Alive

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/2019

“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.”

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So He Looked Like Dad. It Was Just Dinner, Right?
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6.41
482 votes

#13 - So He Looked Like Dad. It Was Just Dinner, Right?

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/18/2019

“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.”

Directors: Emmy Rossum
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Am I…? Maybe This Quiz Will Tell Me
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6.34
217 votes

#14 - Am I…? Maybe This Quiz Will Tell Me

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/13/2021

A middle-school girl questions her sexuality when she finds herself having feelings for another girl. She turns to social media quizzes for answers.

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A Life Plan for Two, Followed by One
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6.32
231 votes

#15 - A Life Plan for Two, Followed by One

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/13/2021

The new girl in school falls in love with her best friend and is convinced that they're meant for each other... even though she can't seem to ever get out of the 'friend zone.'

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How Do You Remember Me?
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6.22
194 votes

#16 - How Do You Remember Me?

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/13/2021

For two young men, running into each other reminds them of their first and only date together. But do they remember that night the same way?

Directors: Andrew Rannells
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