It requires a significant leap of faith to connect with what's happening in this story, which feels rather artificial, yet there are some recognizable actors appearing throughout as we recount, looking back through two conversations, the unpredictable pursuit between “Eli” (writer Dan Bucatinsky) and “Tom,” an alcoholic man (Richard Ruccolo). They’re connected by “Jackie” (Sasha Alexander) and “Brent” (Adam Goldberg), but their introduction isn't particularly promising. In fact, after their initial date, you would have had a better chance of the Danube being actually blue. However, fate and their friends don’t let up easily, and they slowly start to understand each other, taking themselves, and us, through an examination of their pasts and the reasons behind the insecurities they carry. So far, it follows a predictable pattern with deliberately created low points so that we can have high moments; however, I found it didn't quite grab me early on. There’s definitely some chemistry between them, and both actors perform adequately, but their romantic connection sometimes feels damaging, and I believe any reasonable person would simply consider it a bad experience and move on immediately. The plot relies too heavily on chance as each stage of their relationship becomes less believable while simultaneously solidifying an outcome that you can see coming. The entire production has a contrived feel to it, and eventually I lost interest in whether they ended up together or not, preferring to watch the subplot involving their newly coupled and bickering friends instead. At least the technical aspects are well done, but ultimately this was quite disappointing because it uses familiar character types to satirize—essentially—those very same stereotypes.

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