This one is bit different. The initial contrivance is a romantic drama, and in the first few episodes the story plays out as might be expected. However, half way through or thereabouts the main story (which revolves around the primary couple plus two other couples) continues but the self reflection and injection of ideas via quotes and allusions to famous and not so famous authors markedly increases (e.g. Maslow, Becker, Goethe). These injections and allusions are in the dialogue but often in the thoughts and or overview narration.

This might be off-putting to some as it was to the primary female lead’s mother. In a scene in the penultimate episode the lead is one on one explaining her unexpected and radical decision to her mother, and she starts saying out loud some of these self absorbed rationales for her decisions to her mother, who abruptly says, “That’s a load of crap.” If the viewer emphasizes with the mother then they probably won’t be watching through until this penultimate episode anyway, but if the viewer appreciates in depth self reflection of the main character, then this series is for you.

I suspect a lot of autobiographical inspiration for many of the experiences of these sharply drawn characters.