“Modern Love” surpasses a typical romance storyline. The column gives Amazon’s “Modern Love” inherent ties to reality, depicting truthful, awkward and spontaneous moments alike. I found such candid depiction of mental illness to be so refreshing and Hathaway’s performance to be superb. While I do acknowledge critics’ statements that the episode oversimplifies mental illness, I believe that the message remains powerful. Thus, through confronting and embracing mental illness, the show’s variety of plotlines and powerful casting, “Modern Love” effectively crafts a romantic narrative that resembles reality more than most love stories.