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Lena Dunham is no stranger to spinning her own life into raw, uncomfortable, and often hilarious stories. With Girls, she cracked open the lives of confused twenty-somethings in New York. Now, nearly a decade later, she is back with something quieter, more reflective, but just as personal. Too Much, her new Netflix series, is Dunham’s first major project set outside America, and it pulls a lot from her own experience of falling in love, relocating, and rediscovering who she is in the process.

The show follows Jessica, a recently heartbroken real estate assistant from New York, who decides to start over in London. She arrives expecting charm and reinvention, but reality has other plans. Her flat is grim, her job is a dead end, and the loneliness is louder than the city noise. Things take a turn when she meets Felix, a complicated but magnetic musician played by Will Sharpe. Their connection is instant and messy, a relationship that becomes less about escape and more about facing everything she tried to leave behind.

Jessica is played by Megan Stalter, who brings an awkward charm and vulnerability that make you root for her even when she is a total disaster. Lena Dunham, who co-created the show with her husband, Luis Felber, stays behind the scenes this time. She has directed eight of the ten episodes. Her voice, however, is felt in every corner, from the dry humour to the uncomfortable silences that say more than dialogue ever could.

This is not the romanticised version of London you usually see. There are no quaint bookshops or long walks along the Thames. Instead, it is flats with loud neighbours, awkward NHS appointments, and missed calls to friends back home. It is culture shock in slow motion. Jessica stumbles, learns, and stumbles again. There are no major revelations, no tidy resolutions. Just a woman figuring it out in a place that never stops moving.

The supporting cast adds richness without stealing the focus. Andrew Scott, Naomi Watts, Kit Harington, and Rhea Perlman all show up in roles that feel lived-in and surprising. The show is not afraid to sit in stillness or let its characters be contradictory. It is a rom-com, yes, but one that knows love can be frustrating, clumsy, and never quite what you expect.

Lena Dunham has always been good at writing characters who are a little too real. With Too Much, she does it again, but softer, deeper. This is not about chasing love as much as it is about making peace with yourself. The show is funny and sad, romantic and awkward, all at once. It feels like starting over in your thirties. It feels like being in a new city with a bag full of expectations and no idea what you are doing.

Too Much premieres July 10 on Netflix, and it might be Dunham’s most emotionally honest work yet. Whether you loved Girls or not, this is something different. It is about what comes after the chaos and learning how to live with it.