True Love? On TV, There’s an App for That.
Structurally, at least, it is radical to make the ending point of so many other entertainment - the search for true love - the starting point. But "The One" and "Soulmates", which have been renewed for a second season, don't feel radical. You will feel like you are on a vacation where it rains every day. That's partly because the target of their cynicism is so big and neon-obvious. Big tech may not know what's best for us? A microchip doesn't guarantee happiness at home? You don't say that These shows ignore the idea that there could be many and multiple soul mates. They also mostly ignore the inconsistency of human psychology and how we often don't want what or who we should. I remember my 20s dinner dates with eligible and eligible men - dates that made me wonder how deeply I would have to stab myself with a fork to end them prematurely. "Made for Love" traffic in the same big-tech disdain. Billy Magnussen's Byron,