Netflix's Lovesick, starring Johnny Flynn as Dylan, Antonia Thomas as Evie, and Daniel Ings as Luke is—as the title implies—a tale about the complexities of love, from crushes, to marriage, to unrequited heartache. The dominant thread throughout the whole series is the shifting relationship between Evie and Dylan, two best friends who live together and take turns in falling in love with one another, but never at the right time.

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It's a lovely telling of friendship and romance, and it allows the viewer to meditate on many questions having to do with what makes a good relationship, and what should probably stay platonic—or be walked away from altogether. Here's look at why Evie and Dylan are compatible, and why their much-anticipated coupling was truly too good to be true.

Terrible For Each Other: Evie Idealizes Him

So much of the first season is just Evie pining over Dylan. No complaints there, we've all done it—well, maybe you haven't if you're lucky—and Evie's heartache or lovesickness over Dylan is one of the things that makes the show highly relatable. This makes it all the more ironic that, even though her love for Dylan is the main premise of the show, the quality of that love is kind of false since it's been repressed for so long and allowed to turn into fantasy.

Should Be Together: They've Lived Together

Evie and Dylan have lived together for a significant amount of time, which, anyone who has lived with roommates will know, reveals pretty much anything about the other person that might possibly drive you nuts.

It's a pretty sure way to trial whether or not you are compatible on a real-life, fantasy-free basis. The only issue that arises from them living together is the fact that Evie develops feelings for Dylan and can no longer bear seeing him with other women—so, in the hypothetical situation of them living together and being a couple, that would obviously fix their one problem.

Terrible For Each Other: Dylan Only Wants What He Can't Have

Dylan completely stifles his feelings for Evie. It isn't as if he had no idea that she liked him or that there was a possibility of something between them; they had already slept together long before they openly recognized their feelings.

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What finally breaks Dylan's blindness to Evie is her engagement to another man. We witness a scene where Dylan is down in the dumps feeling sorry for himself and then cut to him resentfully walking into Evie's engagement party, his eyes tearing up as he sees her happy with someone else.

Should Be Together: They Aren't Selfish

Any time either of them is in a relationship the other one respects it. Dylan comes close to telling Evie he has feelings for her when she is with Mal, but he chooses not to because he recognizes that doing so could jeopardize Evie's happiness—even if she feels the same and leaves Mal for Dylan—if she later comes to realize she regrets her mistake Dylan will have been responsible for intentionally trying to break them up.

He decides he values their friendship over everything else and resolves to keep his feelings to himself. Evie does much the same when Dylan is with Abigail, showing that each of them truly wants the other to be happy, a testament to their love being real and not just a self-indulgent crush.

Terrible For Each Other: Already Fighting

Seasons one, two, and even most of three, for that matter, are all in anticipation of Evie and Dylan finally ending up together. When the "will they, won't they?" is at last broken, it's a great relief to viewers. And yet... as is often the case, the anticipation turned out to be the best part. What we want is rarely what we imagine it to be once we wrap our fingers around it.

As soon as Dylan and Evie are a self-proclaimed couple, they are already fighting. This is inevitable, as any relationship built up as much as theirs is bound to combust in some way. Yet, on the other hand, this may not bode well for them big-picture.

Should Be Together: They Are Understanding

Once they are together as a couple in season three, both are happy to finally have come to this point in their relationship. But, at the same time, things are not perfect—far from it. Dylan has only just left his previous girlfriend, Abigail, and goes back to comfort her about having left her for Evie while Evie waits at home.

Later in the season, we find Evie heartbroken over seeing her college ex-boyfriend with his new family. Both Evie and Dylan have reason to be bothered or hurt by the other, but they resist judgment, replacing their jealousy with compassion. They both know that love is complicated by this point, and they don't expect perfection.

Terrible For Each Other: They Rush Into It

Okay, it seems a little ridiculous to say that Evie and Dyland rushed into their relationship; the show does span a matter of years, after all, meaning they have technically both loved each other to some extent for a substantial amount of time.

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However, that's very different than actually being together. Evie and Dylan have mostly been platonic best friends, and then, in the matter of one night—more like an hour—they go from having no idea about how the other person felt to being a full-on couple. This wouldn't be so weird if it weren't for the fact that the evening they get together is immediately after Dylan has just ended his other relationship.

Should Be Together: They Say It How It Is

The plus side of having known each other as friends for so long is that they aren't afraid of tip-toeing around each other's feelings. Each can tell when something is up with the other, and it's only a matter of time before it comes to the surface.

When Dylan comes back from visiting Abigail, comforting her about having left her for Evie, he becomes upset and impatient with Evie. Evie simply enquires about how things went with Abigail and asks if she was upset, to which Dylan responds with frustration. However, the other thing about having known each other forever is that their bond is deeper than the usual new relationship, and an argument doesn't shake that.

Terrible For Each Other: They Hurt Other People

In the drama of trying to figure out how they fell, Evie and Dylan hurt people left and right. Dylan hurts Evie by sleeping with her and then acting like it never happened. Dylan hurts himself by only facing his feelings for Evie once she's married. Dylan and Evie both hurt Luke by dragging him along through the flux and flow of their feelings for each other, making him the constant in-between. Evie hurts Mal by agreeing to marry him and then leaving him when she realizes she loves Dylan more. Dylan hurts Abigail by convincing himself that he doesn't want Evie anymore, when, in reality, he loves her more.

Should Be Together: They Keep Coming Back To Each Other

All the emotional turmoil aside, no matter what happens, Evie and Dylan always end up being drawn back to one another. It isn't as if they both spent their lives sitting around waiting for the other to make a move.

Alright, that sort of happened to an extent, but they didn't put all of their eggs on one basket, as each tried to live a life that did not depend on the other being their ultimate romantic goal. They dated other people and made an effort to move on, but it simply didn't work, and they found each other, anyway.

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