Grab a box of chocolates, a bouquet of roses and whatever you need to binge watch for hours. “Love” premiered on Friday, Feb. 19 on Netflix. The series has already been approved for two seasons, the second of which will premiere next year.

With this year, hopefully the show can iron out the flaws that prevent it from being as powerful as many of Netflix’s other original programs.

The show was created by Paul Rust, Lesley Afrin and Judd Apatow and is a modern day perspective on dating. Apatow, for those who don’t know, is a master of creating cult followed shows. He has developed “Freaks and Geeks,” “Undeclared” and “Girls.” This success however, is shattered in the program by co-creator Rust.

Rust (“I Love You Beth Cooper”) stars as the main character Gus. He also co-created and wrote many episodes of the show. It is a classic case of the character being cast, because it is what the writer created, an area in which other productions, such as “Saw” and “The Room,” suffer from. Rust has the comedic timing of Dwight from “The Office” if he had been struck by lightning. Many scenes that feature him are not a powerful piece of the series and take away from the power the show has.

Gillian Jacobs (“Community”) does a good job reeling in the audience that Rust loses. She plays off her costars with ease and the realist nature of her character Mickey is translated well in the show. Her character is a train wreck personified and Jacobs has no problem bringing that to life.

Claudia O’Doherty (“Trainwreck”) also delivers a solid performance in the series as Bertie, a new roommate and friend of Mickey’s. Although underused at points in the series, her character provides a good balance between the two main characters and brings an energetic nature to the show.

Other standouts include Tracie Thomas (“Annie”) as Gus’ boss and Iris Apatow (“This is 40”) as a student actor that Gus has to tutor. Thomas’ performance as the boss with an iron fist and a controlling nature comes off perfectly. They make the scenes that feature her and Gus interesting. Apatow simply shines in the show. She demonstrates how annoying, demanding and stressed a child actor can be. The actress is clearly underused in season one, more than any other character in the program. As season two begins to be developed the creators will move Apatow from a recurring character to a part of the main cast.

One unique thing about the program that is really unseen when compared to most other Netflix originals is that it doesn’t leave viewers with the urge to binge watch it all at once. Netflix is known for making people want to watch every episode of their shows at once because you don’t want to miss one second, yet “Love” doesn’t rely on this. All the episodes connect and the story is interesting to watch, but viewers can space it out. There isn’t that rush to watch all at once that viewers get from other shows.

“Love” deserves to be watched. For the faults it has, it’s still a good story and a strong show that can only get better with the next season. Take a chance on “Love” and you may be surprised.

Rating: 3.5 out of 5