''With Love'' is an American

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television series created by Gloria Calderón Kellett that premiered on

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on December 17, 2021. In April 2022, the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on June 2, 2023. In November 2023, the series was canceled after two seasons.

Cast and characters

Main

Emeraude Toubia Emeraude Toubia (, born March 1, 1989) is an American actress. From 2016 to 2019, she portrayed Isabelle Lightwood on the Freeform fantasy series ''Shadowhunters''. Toubia has been starring as Lily Diaz on the Amazon Prime Video romantic comed ...

as Lily Diaz *

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as Jorge Diaz Jr., Lily's brother * Isis King as Sol Perez, the Diaz siblings' maternal cousin and a trans non-binary oncologist *

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as Henry Cruz, Jorge's boyfriend * Rome Flynn as Santiago Zayas * Desmond Chiam as Nick Zhao, Jorge's best friend who has been in love with Lily since he was in college * Benito Martinez as Jorge Diaz Sr. (season 1; recurring season 2), the Diaz siblings' father *

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as Beatriz Diaz (season 1; recurring season 2), Jorge Sr.'s wife and the Diaz siblings' mother * Todd Grinnell as Miles Murphy, Sol's love interest who is a plastic surgeon

Recurring

Andre Royo Andre Royo (born July 18, 1968) is an American actor, producer, and writer. He is best known for his role as Reginald "Bubbles" Cousins on the HBO crime drama series ''The Wire'', and his appearances on ''Fringe'', '' Party Down'', '' How to Make ...

as Laz Zayas, Santiago's father *

Renée Victor Renée Victor (July 25, 1938 – May 30, 2025) was an American actress, dance instructor, and singer. She was best known for her role as Lupita on ''Weeds'' and providing the voice of female Argonians in Bethesda Softworks' 2011 video game '' The ...

as Marta Delgado, the Diaz siblings and Sol's grandmother *

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as Luis Delgado, Marta's husband * Gloria Calderón Kellett as Gladys Delgado, Beatriz's sister and the Diaz siblings' maternal aunt * Kalen Allen as Cyn, one of Sol's best friends *

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as Melo, another one of Sol's best friends * Julissa Calderon as Annie * W. Tré Davis as Andre * Fernando Martinez as Chuey * Birdie Silverstein as Charlie, Miles' nonbinary teenager * Scott Evans as James (season 2), one of Henry's best friends * Adrian Gonzalez as Javier (season 2), another one of Henry's best friends

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2021)

Season 2 (2023)

Production

Development

On May 27, 2021, it was reported that Amazon had given the production a series order. ''With Love'' is created by Gloria Calderón Kellett who also is expected to executive produce alongside

Meera Menon Meera Menon is an Indian–American director, writer, and editor. Her feature directorial debut, ''Farah Goes Bang'', screened at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2013 and was awarded the inaugural Nora Ephron Prize by Tribeca and ''Vogue (magazine) ...

. The pilot is written by Kellett and directed by Menon. The production companies involved with the series are GloNation and

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. On April 8, 2022, Amazon renewed the series for a six-episode second season. On November 21, 2023, it was reported that the series was canceled after two seasons.

Casting

On June 3, 2021,

was cast to star. A day later,

joined the main cast. On June 9, 2021, Rome Flynn, Isis King, Todd Grinnell, Desmond Chiam were cast as series regulars. Two days later,

, Benito Martinez, and

joined the cast in starring roles. On June 28, 2021,

was cast in a recurring capacity. On August 20, 2021,

and

joined the cast in recurring roles. On July 11, 2022, Scott Evans was cast in an undisclosed capacity for the second season.

Release

The five-episode first season of ''With Love'' was released on December 17, 2021. The six-episode second season premiered on June 2, 2023.

Reception

Critical response

The

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website

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reported a 100% approval rating with an average rating of 7/10, based on 13 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Depicting the travails of a close-knit family with unabashed warmth, ''With Love'' tempers its earnestness with grounded characters."

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, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 75 out of 100 based on 7 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Accolades

''With Love'' was nominated for the Outstanding New TV Series category for the

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in 2022.

References

External links

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