“Love Life” covers one relationship per episode but, unlike that other half-hour, NYC-set, adults-only, HBO-related series, it often runs through a year of its protagonist’s life in that same short timespan. Her two roommates, Sara (Zoë Chao) and Mallory (Sasha Compere), exist in a similar fashion: Though conversations imply Darby sees them often, neither are given half as much attention as the men Darby meets, even though Sara and Mallory make fleeting appearances throughout the series while each man gets one or two episodes, tops. Fresh out of college and working as a museum tour guide, Darby lives in the kind of spacious New York City apartment that only appears on television: bright, cute, and impeccably clean, and the only problems exist offscreen, like an in-building laundry unit (the horror!) another tenant randomly pees in (OK, that’s bad). Nightmare Film Shoots: 28 of the Most Grueling Films Ever MadeĪs a seasonal anthology, “Love Life” aims to track a different protagonist each season, which is a fine idea for tackling long-form romance, but issues quickly arise in how this first story is told.
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