Written and directed by John Carney, the third episode of the second season of acclaimed romantic comedy anthology series 'Modern Love' paints a timely and quirky tale of butterflies and heartache. The story, titled 'Strangers on A Train,' begins with two strangers in the titular train. He is a tech guy, she is a student of medieval studies, but it is seemingly love at first sight.
The couple does not exchange phone numbers and decide to meet at the Dublin railway station two weeks later. Kit Harington of 'Game of Thrones' fame acts against Lucy Boynton ('Sing Street') in this comedy of errors. The finale is kept open-ended, and if you are looking for answers, allow us to decode the ending for you. Modern Love is a Prime Video anthology series inspired by The New York Times column of the same name. The first season featured star turns from the likes of Anne Hathaway, Tina Fey, and Dev Patel. In Season 2, showrunner John Carney gets to infuse a bit more of his native Irish sensibility into the series.
At least, in the third episode, "Strangers on a Train." The 35 minute love story is based on a short column written during the height of the pandemic about a meet cute undone by the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown. Carney reinvents the story using film references, musical interludes, and Ireland as a setting. It is, as fans of Once and Sing Street, will note, the first time John Carney has gone full "John Carney" in the anthology. The Game of Thrones star is adorable and electric, making a strong case for a rom-com franchise of his own in the sixth episode of the season, Train.
Lucy Boynton, too, makes it instantly believable why someone would fall hopelessly in love with her over a short train ride. It's the meet cute of most romantic kind as a techie and a medievalist bump into each other. There are impromptu songs, some stoner comedy, a lot of witty dialogue and what's best is that it's all set in the earliest days of the coronavirus pandemic. The two, on their way back home on the cusp of a lockdown, decide to meet at the railway station two weeks later, giving each other not their phone numbers, but a chance at an old-school romance. However, the pandemic obviously had a longer stay in mind when it came visiting, without much concern for any cute love stories it may have destroyed.
Modern Love season 1 came out nearly two years ago in 2019. It was co-produced by Amazon Prime and The New York Times. The stories are taken from the weekly column published under the same title in The New York Times. Modern Love is an anthology series that explores love in its many forms.
Be it romantic, platonic, sexual, familial, or even self-love, everything comes into focus in the series. And they are presented from the real-life stories inspired by the weekly column. And nearly after two years now, Modern Love returned with a new season, much to the viewer's joy.
One of the stories talks about the fateful love story of two strangers on a train. The 3rd episode of season 2, titled Strangers on a Train, talks about this love story. This article will look into the story and also discuss what happens at the end of it. Amazon Prime's anthology comedy series, created by John Carney ("Sing Street") and based on the New York Times column, features Anna Paquin, Minnie Driver and Garrett Hedlund in its second season . The third episode follows two attractive strangers named Michael and Paula , who strike up a conversation on a train in Ireland, which is preparing for a two-week lockdown at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Being hopeless romantics, they forego exchanging phone numbers and simply decide to meet again at the same train station two weeks later, once the shutdown is "over." Now in its second season, Amazon's Modern Love is based on a 17-year-old New York Times column by the same name. The first season of the anthology series explored love in New York City in many different forms, from a woman dating with bipolar disorder to a gay couple adopting a child. Season 2 similarly delves into hope and heartbreak, but this time the story goes international, with three episodes set in Ireland and the remaining five in New York.
Amazon Prime Video series is bringing back another season of the popular anthology series Modern Love. Inspired by real life stories submitted in The New York Times' weekly column of the same, the second season manages to recreate the magic of the first season. In fact, it is safe to say that it does better with stories revolving around relatable meet-cutes, passionate romances and life-altering second chances.
If there's one genre that people won't ever stop watching, it's got to be love stories. I'm not talking about the stereotypical, cliched rom-coms that do no justice to the real deal. Instead, it is all about revising the frame and take, keeping up with the ever-changing dynamics of relationships. And the Amazon Prime Video series is a testament that when done well, love can move mountains.
And while the second season showed promise with its trailer, the episodes go beyond the expectations to make one smile, swoon, sob and more. And it makes all the more difference and impact because you know it's a real story. This anthology series explores love in all of its complicated and beautiful forms.
Each episode brings to life a different story that has been inspired by the New York Times's popular Modern Love column. A collection of stories about relationships, connections, betrayals and revelations. Although this series of Modern Love is more diverse and adventurous than the first run, which was justly criticised for spending too long in a comfortable, stylised New York, the metropolitan whimsy hasn't entirely gone away. It is present in The Night Girl, a tale of two fusspots trying to overcome the fact that one of them prefers to sleep all day and roam the city at night. The underlying metaphor, about letting a potential partner into our peculiar bubble, doesn't compensate for a story that is largely about a couple failing to organise brunch.
One example of that flexibility and responsiveness of the format is an episode centred around two people, played by Kit Harington and Lucy Boynton, who meet on a train in Ireland, from Galway to Dublin. They establish a connection but instead of exchanging contact information, they agree to meet at the train station two weeks later, but the COVID-19 lockdown stunts their plans. But it was' In the Waiting Room of Estranged Spouses' that I was most taken by this season. A man bumps into the ex-wife's of the man his wife left him for. The two, whose spouses left them for each other, form their own unlikely bond. It is a wildly entertaining one-liner, and everything about its opening few minutes screams bland, predictable rom-com.
And yet, director John Crowley and writer Susan Soon He Stanton's episode goes far beyond its promising premise. Based on the popular New York Times column of the same name, Amazon Prime's anthology series Modern Love is a delight. The episodes, which run around 30 minutes each, are like mini-movies instantly dropping viewers into a story they know nothing about and pulling them in with beautiful, poignant tales about love, life, and loss. There's nothing quite like an unrequited love story, and the third episode of Modern Love is truly that, but with a twist ending.
The Modern Love episodes are all based on true stories published in the New York Times' "Modern Love" section, and "Strangers on a Train" is no different. Well, except for the fact that it's actually a "Tiny Love Story" and leaves much guessing up to the reader. Cecilia Pesao boarded a train to Barcelona from Paris in 2020.
A guy was seated in her seat and she asked him to move. On the six-hour ride, they started having a good conversation and moved towards flirting. When they reached their destination, they decided to meet on their way back to Paris. But the pandemic struck and lockdown kept them separated in two different stories.
Cecilia wrote her story and sent it to The New York Times as a 'Tiny Love Story'. When they decided to make it into a series, she has her yes to it. Later, she revealed that although they never met in real life, the guy found her out through Twitter. Now, they keep in touch through the app and have exchanged numbers as well. At least, the real-life lovers met an almost happy ending.
And according to the actor, that intensity and the darkness of 'Thrones' led him to have to take an extended mental health break from acting. Instead of exchanging numbers or social media profiles, the pair decide to go old school, arranging to meet again on the same train in two weeks time. But when the pandemic makes this impossible, they're left trying to work out how to find each other again. With a successful first season under his belt, Carney identified that the concept of the series lends itself to being adaptable, with the only real set component being the 30 minute time per episode. He said that basing the series on these real stories, written by real people, creates a more "interactive" experience. MOLV 108This episode alternates between the past, a love story between Margot and Kenji , and the present, during Kenji's funeral.
Margot and Kenji are an older couple who connect over their love of running. The two decided to take their love slowly because of Kenji's difficulty in recovering from the death of his wife, who had died six years prior. Their relationship began to progress quickly after Kenji suggested they sleep together after a marathon they ran together. After the funeral, Margot decides to go for another run and passes by young couples in love, including characters from previous episodes. Margot compares herself to these young couples, considering her own age and experience with relationships. Instead, it is the far more sensitive, sensual, and personal second episode that is among the standouts of this new season.
' is written and directed by actor Andrew Rannells, based on a column he wrote himself. Two young men see each other on opposite sides of the road. As they gradually come closer, they are reminded of their first and only date, as flashbacks recount the evening they shared. So while the ending itself is ambiguous, there are enough clues in the story to suggest that Paula and Michael meet again and maybe even end up together. The episode takes some creative and romantic liberties with the true story of what happened.
In fact, Cecilia's trainmate found her on Twitter a few weeks after the pandemic ruined their dating plans, and then they exchanged their numbers. In the trailer, which you can view via the video above, "Modern Love's" Season 2 lineup of romantic pairings is teased, with Boynton and Harington being the first duo revealed. Long story short, a young man and a woman meet on a train that's going from Galway to Dublin. Throughout the ride, the two hit it off with an innocent flirtation, deep conversation, and some classing teasing. But instead of exchanging phone numbers, trying to keep it romantic, they decide to meet up back at the station in two weeks.
As the story goes, two strangers meet on a train headed from Galway to Dublin. Sometime after, the man and the woman strike a conversation. The conversation then changes into a little bit of innocent flirting, then deep life conversations, and some teasing.
Everything went smooth between the two and they hit off an instant connection. But they decided not to exchange numbers, not even last names. Leaving everything to fate, the two agree to meet back on the train back to Galway two weeks later.
However, the pandemic struck and they were left separated with no means of communication. Two years later, Modern Love returns with eight new, more relatable stories inspired by the popular The New York Times column, about love in New York City. However, Michael is not a person who would accept defeat without a hard fight. Michael begins to think of ways to meet Paula, and the thought reminds him of an address he overheard on the train journey.
In an early scene, Paula divulges her address to a delivery person. Michael suddenly remembers the name of the road Paula told the delivery person earlier – "Oxmantown Road." Michael does some web search to find that the road actually exists. He goes to the street and spies on the neighbors while binging on 'Lord of the Rings.' A woman walks towards Michael's car, and he takes her for Paula but is mistaken. We see the length of the road in the last shot, which gives the audience an elaborate idea of the arduousness of the task. In a brilliant masterstroke, the story ends without a conclusion.
In eight half-hour episodes, Modern Love explores "love in its multitude of forms – including sexual, romantic, familial, platonic, and self-love". The Amazon series adapts various love stories set in New York City, based on the New York Times column with the same name. The star who once played the King in the North is swept up in a new adventure as one of two strangers who meet on a train from Galway to Dublin in March 2020. Hitting it off with Lucy Boynton's Paula, Michael makes a promise to meet her at the Dublin train station exactly two weeks later, unaware of the impending lockdowns. Just like the prior season, Modern Love promises to explore a variety of relationships in Season 2. One of the episodes, Kit Harington and Lucy Boynton's "Strangers on a Train," is actually based on a 99-word "Tiny Love Story" by Cecilia Pasao.
It follows two young people who meet on a train from Galway to Dublin and fall in love right at the start of the pandemic. Now Harington has hung up his bulky black fur coat for a lighter role in the new season of "Modern Love," based on The New York Times column about real-life love stories. Each episode tells a different story with different actors. Modern Love explores "love in its multitude of forms – including sexual, romantic, familial, platonic, and self love," which are presented in eight half-hour episodes. The Amazon series, based on the New York Times column of the same name, adapts different love stories taking place in New York City.
The purpose of the episode is to shine a light on perspective, and how the two remember the night differently, an idea that did not come through seamlessly for me. That sometimes life can happen to you in the scariest ways, and all you have for comfort and support is someone you barely know. A casual date instinctively and immediately becomes something more.
And even if you never see each other again, it does not change the fact that in that moment, for that time, this person meant something to you, and that cannot be nothing. Unlike the rousing highs of the first season's opening episode, 'When the Doorman Is Your Main Man' (the Guzmin episode, which remains one of the show's best), Season 2 starts off on a more somber note. In 'The Night Girl Finds a Day Boy,' a woman with delayed sleep phase syndrome falls in love.
He lives his life in the day, and she can only function at night. While it is hardly a series highlight, I enjoyed the specificity of their equation, and what it says about the sacrifices we make for those we hold dear. Anne Hathaway stars as Lexi, a successful entertainment lawyer who is bipolar—a secret she has kept from employers, colleagues, friends, and romantic prospects. When Lexi and Jeff meet cute in a grocery store produce section, it seems like romance is in the air.
