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Billed as a millennial romcom, Netflix Original Set It Up takes on the now familiar premise of the overworked, under-appreciated twenty-somethings, stuck in a routine and waiting for the big dream to pop up and say hello. Both assistants to unpleasant bosses, Harper (Zoey Deutch) and Charlie (Glen Powell) conclude the solution is to get their bosses to fall in love with each other so they are out of the office more often. Predictably, things go well, then not, and end up with Harper and Charlie falling in love and pursuing their dreams.

Set It Up works despite its formulaic adherence to the romantic comedy blueprint—or, perhaps, because of it. In fact, it goes right back to the Victorian romance: boy meets girl and they don’t know they are in love until they do.