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It is always a joy to recommend a new, great television show.
Its also an absorbing piece of escapism about two people compelled to drop everything and escape.
On the call, her voice sounds girlish and sweet but her face has exasperation scrawled all over it.
Shes clearly had it, and not for the first time.
Thats when Ruby receives a text message.
Its from someone named Billy, and all it says is: RUN.
Her lady parts are already quivering with anticipation.
Other details about their relationship come out incrementally.
So does the intensity of the chemistry between them.
Im not saying everyone who watches this will need to take a cold shower afterward.
Maybe just, you know, 75 percent of the people who watch.
What makesRunfun at first is the degree to which its such a fantasy.
I have never wanted to be on a train more than I have while watchingRun.
Stand six feet apart from each other?
They wouldnt be able to do that for more than 30 seconds.
Underneath their tricks and flirty banter, though, there is insecurity and vulnerability.
Ruby gets self-conscious about her body at one point.
In a moment of sincerity, Billy explains why he sent that RUN text.
And then I thought of you.
Wever and Gleeson do that seemingly effortlessly.
The weight of what they are to each other can be felt in every single scene.
Without seeing the last two episodes, its hard to say whether that tonal shift fully works.
Either way,Runis still very much worth watching.
The show makes us feel like were right alongside Ruby and Billy on this mad, spontaneous journey.
All we have to do is bang out RUN and hit send.
