The Show That Actually Understands Modern Romance

The final scene of Hulu’s High Fidelity seems poised to play out a classic rom-com moment: The lonely record-store owner Robin, a.k.a. “Rob” (played by Zoë Kravitz), shows up at the apartment of her love interest, Clyde (Jake Lacy), who’s been avoiding her calls since a falling-out a few episodes back. The inevitable seems to be coming: She’ll confess her feelings, he’ll accept them, and they’ll be together.

But none of that happens. She doesn’t propose a relationship—just a friendship. “Look, I’ve been figuring out a lot of stuff, I think,” she says. “Stuff like how to stop living in the past and how to stop taking shit for granted and people for granted and how