![]() It does not take long for Chekhov’s temperature-controlled underground plexiglass cage to pay off. Joe gives Paco books and meatball subs, and when Paco accidentally ruins one of Joe’s antique volumes, Joe doesn’t even get mad - he shows him how rare books are repaired and preserved, taking Paco to the basement under the bookstore, where he handles sensitive materials in a temperature-controlled plexiglass cage. He’s super-sweet to his neighbor Paco (Luca Padovan), who’s neglected by his addict mom and violent stepfather, Ron (Daniel Cosgrove). But we do get to see a bit of Joe’s genuinely good side. Beck lands right on top of him and recognizes him from the bookstore… we’re back to rom-com territory! But then she vomits directly into his mouth… and he steals her phone. Would-be white knight Joe gets to be a real-life hero, diving onto the filthy tracks to pull her out of harm’s way. Waiting for the train back to Manhattan, a drunk and defeated Beck rage-texts Benji from the edge of the subway platform - texts so ragefully, in fact, that she falls onto the tracks, just as the train is speeding into the station. Beck bombs - this is You, you’re going to have to embrace the cringe. Guess it’s a date!īeck is reading her poetry at an open mic night in Greenpoint with her group of girlfriends, who all talk smack about her behind her back - which Joe hears, because he followed her to the club. Joe breaks into her apartment to snoop through her computer, texts and underwear drawer - all part of getting to know her better, right? He almost gets caught when Beck comes home, but hides in her shower and overhears her on the phone figuring out her plans for the rest of the night. Joe decides Beck is too good for all these posers to get her life on track, there’s just one thing she needs: him. Ashby III (Lou Taylor Pucci), who’s launching an artisanal soda brand. (Her spectacular brownstone is “subsidized student housing.”) She’s dating a next-level douche named Benjamin J. Beck is a broke poetry grad student who’s falling into serious debt trying to keep up with her socialite friends from college. ![]() Joe reads Beck’s life like one of his dusty collectible novels. He tracks all of Beck’s social media and even finds her address, where he promptly goes, to watch her through her street-level window. Who wouldn’t be charmed? It’s all adorable - until afterwards, when Joe takes the garden-variety googling of a potential love interest way further than mere curiosity should lead. Guinevere Beck (Elizabeth Lail), who goes by Beck, walks into an Upper East Side bookstore and engages in witty literary banter with the cute bookseller, Joe, who looks exactly like Penn Badgley. This beautiful nightmare all starts with a meet-cute.
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