Home > Love > Season 1 « TV Series Page Love: Season 1 (2016) SEASON: Season 1 Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Want to see Episode List Season 1 Love Critics Consensus Judd Apatow's Love is an honest look at building a relationship, helped along by its two appealing leads. 87% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 46 86% Audience Score User Ratings: 886 See score details Other TV Shows Master of None American Vandal Russian Doll The End of the F...ing World Special Rate And Review Submit review Want to see Edit Submit review Super Reviewer Verified Super Reviewer Verified Edit Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit Continue Super Reviewer Step 2 of 2 How did you buy your ticket? Let's get your review verified. Submit By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. You're almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket. Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit How did you buy your ticket? Submit By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. Episodes 1 It Begins Air date: Feb 19, 2016 A comedy that chronicles the ups and downs of two damaged people who become unlikely friends begins with the two thirtysomethings recovering from nasty breakups. While Mickey makes a scene at a church, Gus stumbles into a confusing sexual encounter. More 2 One Long Day Air date: Feb 19, 2016 Gus helps Mickey out of a jam, then joins her on a bizarre odyssey through the streets of Los Angeles. More 3 Tested Air date: Feb 19, 2016 Mickey's new dynamic with her boss could prove problematic, while Gus finds himself in a make-or-break situation at work. More 4 Party in the Hills Air date: Feb 19, 2016 Micky invites Gus to a party. The night plays out with mix-ups, meltdowns and mistakes from Mickey's past coming back to haunt her. More 5 The Date Air date: Feb 19, 2016 Gus goes to outrageous extremes on his date with Bertie, while Mickey seems determined to get her life back on track. More 6 Andy Air date: Feb 19, 2016 Armed with his newly acquired confidence, Gus turns heads on set. Meanwhile, a disturbing day at the radio station leaves Mickey feeling reckless. More 7 Magic Air date: Feb 19, 2016 Gus sets out to impress on his first real date with Mickey, but things don't work out quite as planned. More 8 Closing Title Song Air date: Feb 19, 2016 Gus's movie night jam session welcomes a new guest who shakes things up a bit. Meanwhile, Mickey is worried over the fallout from her date with Gus. More 9 The Table Read Air date: Feb 19, 2016 A day that begins for Gus with exciting news at work takes a dramatic turn when Mickey shows up unannounced. More 10 The End of the Beginning Air date: Feb 19, 2016 In the Season 1 finale, Gus gets a taste of life in the writers' room, and it isn't necessarily pleasant. Meanwhile, Mickey is confronted with a new crisis that pushes her to the breaking point. More Love: Season 1 Videos 2:18 Love: Season 1 Trailer View All Videos (1) Tv Season Info On-set tutor Gus Cruikshank (Paul Rust) and radio program manager Mickey Dobbs (Gillian Jacobs) both get out of their respective toxic long-term relationships feeling embittered by the idea of love. By chance they meet at a convenience store and immediately hit it off, but baggage from past relationships keeps them from exploring the possibility that theirs may be the real deal. The first season of "Love" also stars Claudia O'Doherty as Bertie, Mike Mitchell as Randy, and Chris Witaske as Chris. Dave Gruber Allen, Steve Bannos, Brett Gelman, Tracie Thoms, and Iris Apatow appear as recurring characters. Genre: Comedy Network: Netflix Premiere Date: Feb 19, 2016 Exec. Producers: Judd Apatow, Paul Rust, Lesley Arfin Cast Paul Rust as Gus Gillian Jacobs as Mickey Claudia O'Doherty as Bertie Andy Dick as Himself News & Interviews for Love: Season 1 10 TV Shows You Should Binge-Watch This March 2017 Spring/Summer TV Premiere Dates Gods of Egypt: God-Awful View All Love: Season 1 News Episodes 1 It Begins Air date: Feb 19, 2016 A comedy that chronicles the ups and downs of two damaged people who become unlikely friends begins with the two thirtysomethings recovering from nasty breakups. While Mickey makes a scene at a church, Gus stumbles into a confusing sexual encounter. More 2 One Long Day Air date: Feb 19, 2016 Gus helps Mickey out of a jam, then joins her on a bizarre odyssey through the streets of Los Angeles. More 3 Tested Air date: Feb 19, 2016 Mickey's new dynamic with her boss could prove problematic, while Gus finds himself in a make-or-break situation at work. More 4 Party in the Hills Air date: Feb 19, 2016 Micky invites Gus to a party. The night plays out with mix-ups, meltdowns and mistakes from Mickey's past coming back to haunt her. More 5 The Date Air date: Feb 19, 2016 Gus goes to outrageous extremes on his date with Bertie, while Mickey seems determined to get her life back on track. More 6 Andy Air date: Feb 19, 2016 Armed with his newly acquired confidence, Gus turns heads on set. Meanwhile, a disturbing day at the radio station leaves Mickey feeling reckless. More 7 Magic Air date: Feb 19, 2016 Gus sets out to impress on his first real date with Mickey, but things don't work out quite as planned. More 8 Closing Title Song Air date: Feb 19, 2016 Gus's movie night jam session welcomes a new guest who shakes things up a bit. Meanwhile, Mickey is worried over the fallout from her date with Gus. More 9 The Table Read Air date: Feb 19, 2016 A day that begins for Gus with exciting news at work takes a dramatic turn when Mickey shows up unannounced. More 10 The End of the Beginning Air date: Feb 19, 2016 In the Season 1 finale, Gus gets a taste of life in the writers' room, and it isn't necessarily pleasant. Meanwhile, Mickey is confronted with a new crisis that pushes her to the breaking point. More Critic Reviews for Love Season 1 All Critics (46) | Top Critics (22) | Fresh (40) | Rotten (6) A perfect example of an OK show that gets better the more of it you watch. Feb 22, 2016 | Full Review… Willa Paskin Slate Top Critic Wherever Mickey and Gus are going seems worth the extended trip. Love is a many-spindled thing. But its smooth/sharp edges keep it in a groove. Feb 19, 2016 | Rating: B+ | Full Review… Ed Bark Uncle Barky Top Critic The leads are very entertaining. But each episode literally flows into the next -- one episode's final scene is often the first scene for the next -- making it feel like a 5-hour Judd Apatow romantic comedy, which I'm not sure anyone really needs. Feb 18, 2016 | Full Review… Brian Tallerico RogerEbert.com Top Critic The title is Love, but Netflix didn't debut its new comedy on Valentine's Day. Maybe that's because, to its credit, Love is not nearly sappy enough for a day devoted to romance with a capital "R." Feb 18, 2016 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… Gail Pennington St. Louis Post-Dispatch Top Critic The question that hovers over the show isn't "Will they get together?" We basically know they will. The real question is "Can the show bring them together in a believable way that makes their connection seem natural?" I vote yes. Feb 18, 2016 | Full Review… Matthew Gilbert Boston Globe Top Critic Fun comedy that takes time to warm up to. Feb 18, 2016 | Rating: B- | Full Review… Verne Gay Newsday Top Critic What makes Love on Netflix interesting is not just that we don't ever seem to be fully told to buy Mickey's free spirit Pixie Dream Girl status but that we're never really supposed to buy into Gus's nice guy status either. Jul 3, 2019 | Full Review… Stuart McGurk GQ Magazine [UK] There are enough good bits to keep it interesting, but just because the show feels more believable than the than the romantic comedies that it eschews doesn't automatically make it more compelling. Jul 31, 2018 | Full Review… Alyssa Fikse Uproxx Far from being the perfect romantic comedy and with a somewhat unequal result, its protagonists love each other precisely because they insist again and again to prove that they are not perfect. Nobody is. [Full Review in Spanish] Jul 12, 2018 | Full Review… Natalia Marcos El Pais (Spain) I watched all of Love in a single night. I have no idea how it'll play for you, but I was totally invested, and I'm awfully curious to see where Apatow, Arfin and Rust take the series in the already-ordered second season. Godspeed, weirdoes. Apr 23, 2018 | Full Review… Norman Wilner NOW Toronto Love, like the genuine article, takes its time and the result is a romantic comedy somewhere between the acid cynicism of You're the Worst and the deceptively aimless dives into white, affluent Los Angeles' semi-urban ennui found in Togetherness... Aug 10, 2017 | Full Review… Alison Herman Flavorwire Love, all 10 episodes of which are available on Netflix, could well be the best thing Judd Apatow has been associated with since the short-lived, much-loved Freaks and Geeks all the way back in 1999. Apr 25, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… Pat Stacey The Herald (Ireland) View All Critic Reviews (46) Audience Reviews for Love: Season 1 May 28, 2020 I started watching this TV Series out of boredom one day and was pleasantly surprised at what I found. Love is so relatable and you can't help but love every single character - except maybe Randy. The following 2 seasons also do not disappoint. Rhianna J May 13, 2020 This shows biggest strength is it's realistic and flawed characters Carlos S Apr 23, 2020 It's rare to find a show with so many character where you feel like you know everybody and a couple of protagonist with that much chemistry, though I felt that they shouldn't be together at the beginning, the story and the cast just make me want the characters to be happy, and I feel like that's the Apatow signature: real-life messed up characters that you deeply care about. Hoscar C Apr 22, 2020 Loved it So much genuine moments, both awkward and funny - that's what makes it a tad more realistic than most "similar" shows out there. Alexandru P Jan 14, 2020 Okay. 1. The nudity is so unnecessary but whatever, no big deal, I guess. 2. The sex is so awkward to watch and hear. 3. Gus is the most annoying person in all of television history and shows little to no character progression. 4. I actually quite like the show. Connor R Dec 30, 2019 Love this series so much Jennifer F Nov 14, 2019 I've already watched this like 7 times. Danielle L Apr 25, 2019 Best show I've seen in a long time! Great humor, great writing in general I love love love it!!! Mickey And Gus all the way!!! Jan 21, 2019 Reminds me of "Say Anything." It is about people who have no filters, which are always the most interesting and annoying people, so the good and bad reviews are both right. The main actors are very good and the supporting cast is just as good. The twists and turns are worthwhile. I'm not sure this is a rom com, because you are not that invested in the romance, but more in her independant struggle and his. The biggest reason you like them is that their friends are lovable and love them. Much of the healing comes from those other relationships. John B Dec 16, 2018 The main issue: The borderline hideous male lead, Gus, and a problem we see so, SO often. It is extremely distracting when we see extremely homely guys baggin 10s and havin threesomes w/ such. It's so very stupid, but more importantly, WHOLLY unnecessary to the episodes' stories. Outside of that -- and wish it had a more believable/attractive male lead -- the comedy & writing is really good, witty & original. 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