Kristen Bell and Adam Brody's new rom-com is one of the best TV shows of 2024.

You can watch it on Netflix tonight.

Most romantic comedies follow a pretty simple recipe. All you need is two attractive leads; one ‘meet cute’; an ex or two to complicate things; a couple of quirky best friends or siblings to bring the easy laughs; some challenges for the couple to face along the road to true love; and a nice big climax, wrapped up in a grand romantic gesture.

A lot of romantic comedies nail this brief and make for an easy, light-hearted watch. But the romantic comedies that we return to time and time again — think When Harry Met Sally, Notting Hill and Bridget Jones’ Diary — sprinkle a little extra magic into the mix.

That magic usually includes casting two likeable actors, with great chemistry, who you want to see live happily ever after at the end of the movie or the series.

That genuine belief that these two people should be together, despite their differences and obstacles and emotional baggage, is the 7 secret herbs and spices of the rom-com industry. We need to first fall in love with the charac…