Though he’s heavily involved as an executive producer and occasional writer and director on Girls, Judd Apatow hasn’t created – or co-created – a show himself since Undeclared. But he’s back on that beat with a new series for Netflix called Love, which has a footage-free trailer via the streaming service.
Love, which was created by Apatow, Brooklyn Nine-Nine writer Lesley Arfin and comedian/writer/actor Paul Rust, is the tale of a nice, nerdy guy named Gus (Rust) who falls for the wild child Mickey (Community’s Gillian Jacobs) in Los Angeles. Together they must navigate the tricky waters of love, intimacy and commitment, everything that Mickey in particular was looking to avoid.
Given Apatow and his co-writers’ pedigrees, you have to figure this will be full of truthful awkwardness about modern romance, which should help fill the gap while we wait and hope for more of Master Of None.
Love premieres on Netflix on February 19, with a first series of 10 half-hour episodes launching at once.