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“Alice & Jack” explores modern love on PBS Masterpiece.
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Andrea Riseborough and Domhnall Gleeson star in “Alice and Jack”
Cover Story Masterpiece romance: Lasting love takes to the screen in ‘Alice & Jack’
By Dana Simpson stronger than the forces that would tear us apart” (per PBS). Show PBS some love this When Jack (Gleeson), St. Patrick’s Day when “Alice a calm, reserved scientist, & Jack” makes its premiere meets a young, tightly wound on Masterpiece. Starring financier named Alice (RiseIrish actor and screenwriter borough), the pair instantly Domhnall Gleeson (“Harry hit it off despite their many Potter and the Deathly Haldifferences in both lifestyle lows: Part 2,” 2011) and and personality. They spend English actress Andrea Risejust one night together before borough (“To Leslie,” 2022), returning to their separate the six-episode drama series lives, but over the course of premieres Sunday, March 17, a decade and a half, Jack and on the network. Alice meet repeatedly — often While “Alice & Jack” preby chance — and begin to mieres to North American question what it is about the audiences midway through other person that keeps them the month of March, it first both coming back. premiered on England’s ChanDescribed by Fremantle, nel 4 this past Valentine’s Day the show’s distribution com(Feb. 14) — a timely release pany, as a “love story for the due to the ongoing romantic ages,” “Alice & Jack” is argutheme of the series. ably a more realistic represenThe six-episode series, tation of romance in the modwhich was created by “Mad ern world than the traditional About You” and “Mad Men” meet-cute romantic comedy. producer Victor Levin, spans 26 Chestnut St., HEAR WHAT With so many possibilities to 15 years and “explores the e, Pa • Suite 200 MATTERS MOST interfere with love, trust and seminal question of whether 814-837-7475 friendship these days, the nathe bonds between us are
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ture of our relationships have changed drastically, and TV fans need look no further than these star-crossed lovers for confirmation. Following the series’ September premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, PBS Masterpiece executive Suzanne Simpson described “Alice & Jack” as “exceptionally beautiful and profound” and added that Masterpiece is “proud to add” it to their lineup. And while it is easy to praise the show for its will-they-won’tthey quality that has every hopeless romantic on the edge of their seat, critics, such as Marya E. Gates of RogerEbert. com, are just as quick to point out that “Alice & Jack” is far from a fairytale romance. “As each character does unthinkable things, Levin’s script slowly reveals emotional layers that color why they might make such decisions, asking viewers to examine the thornier sides of life,” writes
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Gates, later adding that the miniseries is “more honest about human behavior than most romances allow.” All this said, the heavy subject matter and at times brutal honesty do not weigh the series down, a feat that is largely due to moments of comic relief on the part of the supporting cast. Chief among these providers of levity is Aisling Bea, who plays Jack’s later-in-life partner, Lynn. Bea, now best known for her work in the Irish comedy “This Way Up” and the low-key sci-fi dramedy “Living With Yourself,” is gaining popularity stateside for her quick wit and cheerful banter — a welcome addition to the uncertainty brought to the screen by Alice and Jack. Whether you are in the mood to celebrate the little things that bring us together or mourn the sticking points that tear us apart, PBS’s newest television experience, “Alice & Jack,” has you covered.
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