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Shay Goldstein, a producer at Seattle's public radio station, is told to co-host a new show about relationships with Dominic Yun, the newcomer she resents, on one condition from the station: they have to pretend to be exes.
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The Hating Game
Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman, assistants to the two chief executives of a newly merged publishing company, share an office and loathe each other, and a promotion only one of them can win turns their war of games personal.
Better Than the Movies
Liz Buxbaum, a high school senior who lives by romantic comedies, asks her irritating next-door neighbour, Wes Bennett, to help her win back her childhood crush, Michael, who has just moved back to town.
The Unhoneymooners
When everyone at her twin sister's wedding gets food poisoning except Olive Torres and the groom's insufferable brother Ethan, the two take the couple's free honeymoon to Maui, which means pretending to be newlyweds for ten days.
Funny Story
When her fiancé leaves her for his best friend, children's librarian Daphne Vincent ends up sharing an apartment in a Michigan lake town with Miles, the jilted ex of that best friend, and the two start posting photos that suggest they are dating.
The Love Hypothesis
To convince her best friend she has moved on, Olive Smith, a third-year biology PhD student at Stanford, kisses the first man she sees, who turns out to be Adam Carlsen, a young professor known for making students cry.
The Spanish Love Deception
Catalina Martín needs a date for her sister's wedding in Spain, where her ex will be the best man, and the only volunteer is Aaron Blackford, the tall, infuriating colleague she cannot stand.
The Wedding Date
Stuck in a hotel elevator with Alexa Monroe, a stranger, paediatric surgeon Drew Nichols asks her to be his date at his ex-girlfriend's wedding that weekend, and the arrangement keeps going long after the cake is cut.
The Cheat Sheet
Bree Camden, whose ballet career ended in a car accident, and NFL star Nathan Donelson have been best friends since high school and secretly in love for just as long, until a tipsy confession in a club bathroom to a woman who turns out to be a gossip reporter goes viral.
Love on the Brain
Bee Königswasser, a neuroscientist, wins the chance to co-lead a NASA research project, only to learn that her partner is Levi Ward, the engineer who has seemed to despise her since graduate school.
Take a Hint, Dani Brown
Danika Brown, a PhD student who wants sex without feelings, is rescued from a stuck lift during a fire drill by Zafir Ansari, a security guard and former rugby player, and when the video goes viral as a love story, they agree to fake one.
Attachments
In 1999, Lincoln O'Neill is hired to read the flagged emails of a Nebraska newspaper's staff, and instead of reporting Beth and Jennifer, two friends who chat about everything, he finds himself falling for Beth before he has ever seen her.
Fake Skating
Dani moves back to Minnesota hoping to pick up where she left off with Alec, her childhood best friend, but he has become a hockey star in a town that worships its players, and the two end up pretending to be a couple.