In the summer of 1989, Harry and Sally hit theaters and asked if men and women could ever just be friends. Thirty-four years later, Apple TV+’s Platonic suggests that friendship is possible — but not without a few complications.
The half-hour comedy, which premiered Tuesday, focuses on former best friends Will and Sylvia (played by Neighbors duo Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne) who get back together after a long argument. Sylvia, a stay-at-home lawyer who is beginning to reconsider some of her decisions, reaches out to Brewmaster Will after she finds out he’s getting a divorce.
Their first reunion at Starbucks is incredibly terrifying. Within three minutes, Will and Sylvia exchange pleasantries, realize they have nothing in common, and then go their separate ways. But before he leaves, Will mentions a party he’s throwing at his bar and invites Sylvia, assuming she doesn’t come. Luckily for him, she shows up and drags him away after a fight between him and his ex. They go drinking, smoking gummy bears and visiting a 24-hour Denny’s. It’s just what Will needs.
As Will watches Sylvia wolf down the saddest plate of fries, we get a glimpse of what their friendship was like on the #BeforeTimes. But as soon as they start driving, everything changes. Sylvia reveals that she reached out to Will out of pity, and Will doesn’t take it well. Hard truths are exchanged and Sylvia breaks up. It seems to be the final end of their friendship – or whatever was left of it. But shortly thereafter, Will and Sylvia text as if nothing had happened. In the following episode, their lives are fully intertwined again, which may or may not cause problems between Sylvia and her husband.
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