A confession: I love With Love, Meghan. Yes, the very surreal Netflix food and lifestyle show from Meghan Sussex is confounding, but that is also what makes it so endlessly fascinating. Why is our host wearing pristine Loro Piana while cooking? Why is she wrapping everything in plastic? Why are there flower sprinkles on every food item? Is this rainbow fruit platter necessary? Why are we watching her prepare for a fictional children’s party? When her friend and make-up artist, Daniel Martin, describes her single skillet spaghetti as “coz”, why does she reply, “It’s like the Beyoncé song ‘Cozy’”?
So, naturally, when the show was immediately renewed for a second season, I could hardly wait—and now it’s landed, bringing eight more episodes of head-scratching behavior, alongside guests including Chrissy Teigen, Tan France and Samin Nosrat. The first episode, featuring New York culinary legends David Chang and Christina Tosi, is everything you’d hope for—a half an hour rollercoaster of flower arranging, crafty interludes and making niche flavored marshmallows—and, in all honesty, it’s filling the And Just Like That-shaped hole in my heart. Below, find the 39 most pressing questions I had while watching the season two opener.
- Okay, so this show still has a ’90s made-for-TV rom-com soundtrack? Thank God.
- Is this season two or season one?! No, okay, it is season two.
- Did Meg always have these rabbit-shaped egg pots?
- Why wouldn’t Daniel be comfortable cutting onions?
- Why does Meghan chop onions that slowly?
- Is Meghan comparing herself to David Chang?
- Why does Meghan need the edible flowers next to her cooker? Aren’t they, like, more of a decoration, than something to have to hand at all times?
- Why isn’t Daniel mixing the onions and cheese properly? He’s, like, just gently touching the mixture with this spatula.
- So, a Montecito manicure is for life, not just for season one, eh?
- Is Meghan happy with this display plate being used to cook these eggs?
- Do these onion tartlets have to be decorated with thyme?
- Meghan is in the kitchen with these two culinary legends, and she wants to do flower arranging?!
- Why are we now going into a “water marbling” segment?
- Shouldn’t Meghan have an apron for this part?
- Am I getting Stockholm syndrome, or do these scarves look good?
- Why is Daniel getting the least nice pocket square?
- Did these presents need to have so much packaging?
- Is everyone being forced to wear their presents immediately? I don’t feel like they go with their outfits? Particularly the pocket squares.
- Why does Meg want to make s’mores?
- What if no vessel “speaks to you”?
- Wow, is David in physical pain?
- Did the guys stealthily get rid of their pocket squares?
- Is Meghan offended by Christina not being a “flower person”? She looks so shocked.
- Is David actually managing to make this high brow?
- Is Meghan comparing herself to a samurai?
- Should Meghan be, like, flower arranging professionally, for the Bridgerton sets or something?
- Why did Daniel get goosebumps just from hearing Christina talk about peanut butter s’mores?
- What about this baking is “spontaneous”?
- Isn’t it so Meghan to want to make a lavender honey cracker?
- Why did Meghan pre-make white chocolate bark with hemp hearts and flower sprinkles?
- Is Meghan disappointed these crackers are being cut into squares? Would she prefer a love heart?
- Wait, why are they now making a vanilla bean turmeric marshmallow? My Indian grandmother is turning in her grave.
- Isn’t it so funny that the flower sprinkles on the counter are now basically fully used, but the other spices haven’t been touched?
- Is David’s chaos now making this actually really fun?
- Aww, Christina picking cabbage out of Meghan’s hair is actually quite sweet?
- Is David’s vibe literally the opposite of Meg’s rainbow fruit platter from last season?
- Does it have to be just the men on the barbecue?
- Is this the messiest eating we’ve seen from Meghan basically ever? Love it.
- Is this Meghan summary necessary? We all saw what happened over the last half hour.
