The Best Episodes of Modern Love Season 2

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.6/10(2757 votes)

   #1 - On a Serpentine Road, With the Top Down

   S2:E18/12/2021

   "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.'"

   Director:John Carney

   Writer:John Carney

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   Director:John Carney

   Writer:John Carney
2. 

   6.7/10(2009 votes)

   #2 - The Night Girl Finds a Day Boy

   S2:E28/12/2021

   "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."

   Director:Jesse Peretz

   Writer:Sarah Heyward

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   Director:Jesse Peretz

   Writer:Sarah Heyward
3. 

   8.1/10(2833 votes)

   #3 - Strangers on a (Dublin) Train

   S2:E38/12/2021

   "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."

   Director:John Carney

   Writer:John Carney

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   Director:John Carney

   Writer:John Carney
4. 

   8.2/10(1645 votes)

   #4 - A Life Plan for Two, Followed By One

   S2:E48/12/2021

   "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."

   Director:Marta Cunningham

   Writers:Dime Davis, Marta Cunningham, Sarra-Jane Piat-Kelly

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   Director:Marta Cunningham

   Writers:Dime Davis, Marta Cunningham, Sarra-Jane Piat-Kelly
5. 

   5.7/10(1522 votes)

   #5 - Am I ...? Maybe This Quiz Will Tell Me

   S2:E58/12/2021

   "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."

   Directors:Celine Held, Logan George

   Writers:Logan George, Celine Held

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   Directors:Celine Held, Logan George

   Writers:Logan George, Celine Held
6. 

   6.0/10(1494 votes)

   #6 - In the Waiting Room of Estranged Spouses

   S2:E68/12/2021

   "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.'"

   Director:John Crowley

   Writer:Susan Soon He Stanton

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   Director:John Crowley

   Writer:Susan Soon He Stanton
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   6.3/10(1315 votes)

   #7 - How Do You Remember Me?

   S2:E78/12/2021

   "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."

   Director:Andrew Rannells

   Writer:Andrew Rannells

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   Director:Andrew Rannells

   Writer:Andrew Rannells
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   8.0/10(1219 votes)

   #8 - A Second Embrace, with Hearts and Eyes Open

   S2:E88/12/2021

   "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."

   Director:John Carney

   Writer:Kieran Carney

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   Director:John Carney

   Writer:Kieran Carney