Modern Love The Race Grows Sweeter Near Its Final Lap (Season 1, Episode 8)
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TV Episode | 28 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

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Modern Love

The Race Grows Sweeter Near Its Final Lap (Season 1, Episode 8)

TV-MA

TV Episode | 28 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Old love is different. In our 70s and 80s, we had been through enough of life's ups and downs to know who we were, and we had learned to compromise. The finish line was drawing closer.

Showrunner

John Carney

Director

Tom Hall

Writers

John Carney | Tom Hall | Eve Pell (based on the article by)

Producers

John Carney | Todd Hoffman

Composer

Gary Clark

Cinematographer

Yaron Orbach

Editor

Julian Ulrichs

Casting Directors

Jodi Angstreich | Maribeth Fox | Laura Rosenthal

Production Designer

Scott P. Murphy

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Edit Released

Updated Oct 18, 2019

Release date

Oct 18, 2019 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 3 wins & 7 nominations

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35 cast members

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