The Best Episodes of Modern Love Season 2
Every episode of Modern Love Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Modern Love Season 2!
An unlikely friendship. A lost love resurfaced. A marriage at its turning point. A date that might not have been a date. An unconventional new family. These are unique stories about the joys and tribulations of love, each inspired by true events.
Season 2 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Modern Love" season 2 is "On a Serpentine Road, With the Top Down", rated 8/10 from 2519 user votes. It was directed by John Carney and written by John Carney. "On a Serpentine Road, With the Top Down" aired on 8/12/2021 and is rated 0.8 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Night Girl Finds a Day Boy".
8.0/10 2,519 votes#1 - On a Serpentine Road, With the Top Down
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 8/12/2021
"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
7.2/10 1,840 votes#2 - The Night Girl Finds a Day Boy
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 8/12/2021
"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
7.7/10 2,565 votes#3 - Strangers on a (Dublin) Train
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 8/12/2021
"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
5.7/10 1,496 votes#4 - A Life Plan for Two, Followed By One
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 8/12/2021
"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
Writer: Marta Cunningham, Dime Davis, Sarra-Jane Piat-Kelly
5.7/10 1,388 votes#5 - Am I ...? Maybe This Quiz Will Tell Me
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 8/12/2021
"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."
Director: Logan George, Celine Held
Writer: Celine Held, Logan George
6.9/10 1,366 votes#6 - In the Waiting Room of Estranged Spouses
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 8/12/2021
"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
5.7/10 1,197 votes#7 - How Do You Remember Me?
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 8/12/2021
"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
7.5/10 1,093 votes#8 - A Second Embrace, with Hearts and Eyes Open
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 8/12/2021
"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