Netflix's new No. 1 series is one of my biggest surprises of the year — and it has a 93% Rotten Tomatoes rating

At first, “Nobody Wants This” seemed like a pretty fitting name for Netflix's new romantic comedy show about an unexpected relationship between a sex podcaster and a Jewish rabbi. Let's just say that I absolutely didn't want this before the streaming premiere last week (on September 26th).

The core idea seemed bizarre, and the first trailer suggested an overly polished series that would make me shudder rather than laugh. But I've since learned not to judge a book by its cover (or a Netflix series by its trailer), so faced with a weekend of no plans due to a bad cold, I clicked on Nobody Wants This. “with the expectation that I would leave again relatively quickly. Instead, I found one of my favorite shows of 2024.