![]() Rebecca speaks enthusiastically about providing people with a match that they are “genetically guaranteed to fall in love with,” noting in a flashback during a later episode, “This will change relationships and dating forever.” Instead, “The One” works backward from the fabulously wealthy founder of this modern miracle, Rebecca (Hannah Ware), who is introduced giving a kind of TED talk, embodying a life that’s equal parts Jeff Bezos and Oprah Winfrey. ![]() While there was muttering about the latter cloning the premise, its approach actually proved more engaging in terms of the intellectual aspects of this 15-minutes-in-the-future concept. The most interesting aspect of “The One” might actually be its own DNA, since the series is based on John Marrs’ 2017 novel, but actually follows “Soulmates,” an AMC anthology sci-fi-inflected series focusing on individual stories about such matches and their fallout. It’s not bad, as Netflix’s British binges go, but nor does the eight-episode run foster much of a love connection. ![]() ![]() “The One” takes an enticing idea –what would happen if everyone could be romantically paired with their perfect match by DNA? – and squanders that by turning it into a mundane mystery. ![]()
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