January 08, 2018 (vol. 127, iss. 51) • Page Image 6
…Before moving to Netflix from Britain’s Channel 4, “Lovesick” was originally named “Scrotal Recall,” a title so laughable and eye-rolling it suggested the worst qualities of a television rom- com. Even the premise seemed slight: A young Englishman named Dylan (Johnny Flynn, “Genius”) must seek out all the women he slept with after discovering he has chlamydia. But don’t let the original title and premise downplay its potential: “L...…