Lovesick

If you ever need proof that the first draft isn’t always the best one, know that one of the most romantic TV shows of recent years was originally called Scrotal Recall. Thankfully, that decision was re-considered. Lovesick is a British sitcom on Netflix that stars Johnny Flynn (who you may have since seen being floppy in the recent adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma) as Dylan, a 20-something who discovers he has chlamydia and must track down all of his past sexual partners to advise them.Lovesick Season 1-3 Download.

In various timelines (we’ll get to that) Dylan lives in a sharehouse in Glasgow with Luke (Daniel Ings from The Crown and Sex Education) and Evie (Antonia Thomas from Misfits and The Good Doctor). Dylan is a hapless romantic and generally unreliable, Luke is a womaniser who’s obsessed with his image and Evie is a cynic who spends most of her time rolling her eyes at them both. Dylan and Evie are obviously in love, but never at the same time. Each episode is about Dylan contacting a different ex-partner and us being transported back to their sexual encounter, meaning that the show often jumps between the present and flashbacks to different times in the trio’s past.

Still with me? Great! The premise may sound a bit played out, but this show is mega addictive. Apart from being one of the funniest sitcoms I’ve seen in years – if someone walks past while you’re watching it, they’ll end up watching the whole episode for this reason – Lovesick is romantic. Like, really romantic. It’s full of genuine “will they or won’t they” energy – and not in a frustrating Ross and Rachel way, in which two people are continually flung together for no other reason than they can’t be bothered meeting anyone new. The story is about the thrill of the chase, the despair of never quite matching timelines with someone and the discomfort of realising the person you’re supposed to want isn’t the one you find yourself gravitating towards.