In the Trailer for 'Alice & Jack', Love Is Both Beautiful and Bittersweet

As William Shakespeare himself once said, "the course of true love never did run smooth."  And if the trailer is anything to go by, that certainly seems to be the case in the upcoming Masterpiece drama Alice & Jack, a contemporary-set romance about a pair of imperfect people with messy lives and a connection that often feels like destiny. Or, at least, what we think destiny ought to be, all quotes from A Midsummer Night's Dream aside.

The series, which debuted its first two episodes at the Toronto International Film Festival last Fall, will premiere on PBS this Spring. It stars Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie) and Domhnall Gleeson (About Time) as the titular couple at the center of this star-crossed love story. The story of their imperfect relationship spans 16 years and many ups and downs, as the would-be couple is repeatedly drawn together and pushed apart. (Both due to external forces and as a result of their own actions.)

“We unite in yearning to see evidence of real love, and, too, are soothed to share with one another the ache of its inevitable imperfection,” Riseborough said in a statement. “This story is for anyone who could or couldn’t make the sacrifice that love demanded, for anyone who battles and accepts the one who makes their soul soar, for anyone who longs to feel, who has felt, and who feels the tingling anticipation of love’s joy.”