If you remained unfamiliar with One Day—either David Nicholls' 2009 novel or the 2011 film adaptation with Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess—before watching the new Netflix miniseries, then the final moments of Emma Morley (Ambika Mod) and Dexter Mayhew's (Leo Woodall) romance are a gut punch. The fourteen-episode series depicts the decades-spanning friendship and will-they-won't-they romance between the unlikely pair, from their chance meeting on the night they graduate university to their final days together. The end of Em and Dex's story is even more devastating coming after viewers have spent hours getting to know the pair and all of their loved ones, but we know there are some who would rather get straight to the point of knowing whether the couple receives a happy ending. (Not that the ugly tears won't come, but it's nice to have a bit of warning.) For those interested, let's break down the ending of One Day, including the cast and crew's thoughts on staying loyal to the novel's ending.
