Whose group chat hasn’t been lit up this week with messages like “Oh my God, Seth Cohen at 40 is so hot!”? In just 10 joyous episodes, Nobody Wants This , the new Netflix series about the unlikely romance between cute rabbi Noah ( Adam Brody ) and sharp and sassy podcast host Joanne ( Kristen Bell ), has delighted a whole generation in ways we didn’t realize we needed. In particular, the first kiss between the pair has been blowing up social media, with many viewers breathlessly declaring it the best kiss of the decade. So, what was so perfect about the smooch which went down at the end of episode two? Well.
First, there’s the simple fact that we just love these two people. Frankly, we would lap up a Brody-Bell union even if they didn’t execute it so perfectly. When we watch Nobody Wants This , we’re not just seeing Noah and Joanne, we’re seeing Seth Cohen and Veronica Mars, or even Dave Rygalski ( Gilmore Girls ) and Gossip Girl — but not really Eleanor Shellstrop ( The Good Place ) or Princess Anna, that wouldn’t feel right.
( Kim Kardashian , on the other hand, appears to be seeing the guy from The Pianist : she tagged Adrien Brody in her Insta story about how much she loves Nobody Wants This ! Oops.) The nostalgia factor here is huge: between them, these two have been in a ton of great, funny, romantic shows that millions of viewers devoured, often multiple times, in their teens, twenties and beyond. It means it’s genuinely exciting to see them all g.