Roughly 800 years ago, in 1989, the mighty Nora Ephron used When Harry Met Sally to pose a question: can men and women really be just friends? Her answer was, in essence, no. Apple TV+’s new series Platonic, created by husband and wife Nicholas Stoller (Bad Neighbours) and Francesca Delbanco (Friends from College), posits that the answer these days might be yes.
The 10-part comedy reunites Bad Neighbours co-stars Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen, who first made a fine double-act in that movie a decade ago. Byrne plays Sylvia, a lawyer who decided to be a stay-at-home mum to her children and now, 13 years on, is wondering if she was wise to do so. Rogen is Will, a recently divorced brewery owner with a hipster bar, who is trying to be content with “selling quality product made with integrity to people on Hinge dates and pretty well-to-do alcoholics”, but is given to kicking over any electric scooters he passes and finding excuses to contact his ex.
