Home > Love > Season 1 « TV Series Page Love: Season 1 (2016) SEASON: Season 1 Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Episode List All Critics | Top Critics TOMATOMETER 87% Average Rating: 7.15/10 Season Reviews: 45 Fresh: 39 Rotten: 6 Critics Consensus: Judd Apatow's Love is an honest look at building a relationship, helped along by its two appealing leads. 86% Average Rating: 7.57/10 Season Reviews: 22 Fresh: 19 Rotten: 3 Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Critic Consensus: Judd Apatow's Love is an honest look at building a relationship, helped along by its two appealing leads. AUDIENCE SCORE 86% liked it Average Rating: 4.1/5 User Ratings: 840 ADD YOUR RATING - NOT INTERESTED + WANT TO SEE Share on Facebook Post Want to See Not Interested Add Rating My Rating × Want to See Not Interested Post Share on Facebook 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 (45) | Top Critics (22) | Fresh (39) | 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 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 View All Critic Reviews (45) Audience Reviews for Love: Season 1 ½ SylvesterK Super Reviewer Netflix is known for picking up products (mostly television series) by either renewing a beloved franchise or television series that has been cancelled or became a cult after the fact. They are also known for original quality content that makes people invest hours of their lives to see what happens next. With one of their newest shows in 2016, "Love" is one of their finest shows to date. In part from terrific writing from Judd Apatow, "Love" follows the Gus and Mickey, two unlikely people who are very on and off throughout the course of this show. The underlying tone is definitely the fact that they have an off-beat connection with each other, but it is their personal lives when they are not together that really shines. Sound intriguing? That is because it is. Gillian Jacobs and Paul Rust are both great as the leads and throughout this first season, you will find yourself rooting for and against their relationship depending on the episode, and I thought that was the most unique part about each episode. They share similar interests, have jobs in a similar industry, and have great chemistry when on-screen together, so when the film is dramatic , it is very effective, when it is funny, it hits with a huge punch, and when it wants you to focus on story, you are already invested. This first season plays out like a 10-part feature film in how it begins and ends by coming full circle for the most part, while still leaving room for unexplored aspects over their lives and their relationship. I am not dying to get to the next season next year, but I will say that I will be eager and ready to watch when it does. As a starting season, it delivered everything and more that I was hoping for. Great direction, great writing, and just following in the Netflix footsteps of delivering great television, "Love" is a show that I can not recommend enough. KJP Super Reviewer View All News & Features 150 Erotic Movies Ranked worst to best! 2019's Most Anticipated 63 movies coming up this year 200 Essential Movies Chosen by RT staff! 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