Whose group chat hasn’t lit up this week with messages like, “Oh my god, Seth Cohen is so hot at 40!” In just 10 happy episodes, Nobody wants thatthe new Netflix series about the unlikely romance between sweet Rabbi Noah (Adam Brody) and sharp and sassy podcast host Joanne (Kristen Bell), has excited an entire generation in a way we didn’t know we needed.

The first kiss between the two in particular caused a stir on social media, with many viewers breathlessly calling it the best kiss of the decade. So what was so perfect about the smooch that took place at the end of the second episode?

So. First, there’s the simple fact that we just love these two people. Frankly, we would reject a Brody Bell union even if it didn’t implement it so perfectly. When we watch Nobody wants thatWe don’t just see Noah and Joanne, we see Seth Cohen and Veronica Mars or even Dave Rygalski (Gilmore Girls) and Gossip Girl – but not really Eleanor Shellstrop (The good place) or Princess Anna, that wouldn’t feel right.

(Kim Kardashianon the other hand, seems to be meeting the guy The pianist: She tagged Adrien Brody in her Insta story about how much she loves Nobody wants that! Oops.)

The nostalgia factor is huge here: together, the two have starred in countless great, funny and romantic shows that have been devoured by millions of viewers, often multiple times, in their teens, twenties and beyond.

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It means it’s really exciting to see them all grown up and sexy, but refreshingly the series makes a point of not revealing the characters’ ages, and Bell said: “I liked the fact that we weren’t 22. It felt very real.” In real life, both stars are 44 years old, but their characters are said to be between five and ten years younger, making them very much in the spirit of classic millennials.

And who else is the classic Millennial? An awful lot of people watch Netflix – perhaps with one eye on the baby monitor – and are obsessed with it as a child The OK And Veronica Marsand who in some cases also feel nostalgic for the distant idea of ​​going out, meeting new people and kissing them really sexy on the street. Even if we wouldn’t actually do this – especially at the start of Hock Down season – it feels just perfect to live vicariously through these teen TV legends.

Then there’s the fact that while both Brody and Bell are clearly very good-looking people, that’s not their main thing. Her main thing is to be funny and smart. They are not conventional sex symbols; They are somewhat awkward, very funny people whose characters are not entirely aware of their own hotness.

The kiss actually reminds us of the time when two other hot, funny, and slightly awkward people finally met on screen: Jess and Nick New girlalready in 2013. Zooey Deschanel And Jake JohnsonThe unexpected (at least for them) smooch in the hallway is the last great TV first kiss we remember, but in their case, they made us wait two whole seasons to get what we desperately needed.

The Nobody wants that Writers were friendlier and didn’t do anything Us So Long Wait: Noah and Joanne lock lips at the end of the second episode after eating ice cream and chatting about Noah’s ex-girlfriend Rebecca, but it still felt like a long time since they managed it so well, build the tension.

A lot of this comes down to natural chemistry: Brody and Bell have a palpable spark, and when Noah says, “I’m very aware that we haven’t kissed yet,” it’s with sexy confidence that Seth Cohen is a nerdy teenager Boy, was missing. Seth would never have said, “Give me your ice cream, put your bag down,” he probably would have just fumbled and dropped it on the floor. And Joanne’s suggestion that they have “just a kiss goodbye” comes with the cheeky confidence of a grown, sexually confident woman. It’s not her first rodeo, and that’s okay.

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They also look great together. Brody is 5’10” tall and Bell is only 5’10” tall but is used to kissing – her real husband Dax Shepard is 1.80 meters tall (while Brody’s wife, Leighton Meesteris more average 5’5″). In the show, Bell wears high heels but still has to tiptoe to meet Noah’s mouth, which adds a little dash of vulnerability to her slightly sassy character.

And then there is the ambience. The lighting is warm and sexy and also softens the heated argument between the two and the whole thing Nobody wants that Soundtrack is exquisite; the song that played while they kissed, See them out (that’s just life) by Francis and the Lights, was impeccably chosen.

Brody also smooches well and Rachel Bilson definitely deserves some credit: during Seth and Summer’s first kiss The OKas well as the infamous reverse Spider-Man kiss that came later, she showed that she was an adept grimacer, which has now been declared Brody’s signature move (we’ll need Meester to comment on that at some point).

Bell herself says that in her opinion it’s “the best kiss on film I’ve ever done.” TVLine, “It’s a calculation, you have to have two actors who know how to stare dazedly into each other’s eyes and you have to have the confidence to expand on that and really sit in the anticipation before the kiss.” And fortunately is Shepard is also on board. “My husband said the same thing,” Bell says. “When he saw the first episode, he thought, ‘Oh my God, I want you to kiss him so bad.'”

Yes, it’s fair to say that literally everyone wants this. And by that we 100% mean a second season (but we’re still waiting for that season to be confirmed…).