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The show offers plenty of romantic comedy banter and good chemistry, as well as some pretty deep questions about faith and compatibility.</a></p> </div> <article id="res1259594680" class="bucketwrap resaudio" aria-label="audio-module"><div class="audio-module"> <h4 class="audio-module-title">'Nobody Wants This' has rom-complications</h4> <div class="audio-module-controls-wrap" data-audio='{"uid":"1198005278:1259594680","available":true,"duration":1103,"title":"\u0027Nobody Wants This\u0027 has rom-complications","audioUrl":"https:\/\/chrt.fm\/track\/138C95\/prfx.byspotify.com\/e\/play.podtrac.com\/npr-510282\/traffic.megaphone.fm\/NPR2391174038.mp3?d=1103&size=17655894&e=1198005278&t=podcast&p=510282&sc=siteplayer&aw_0_1st.playerid=siteplayer","storyUrl":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/01\/01\/1198005278\/nobody-wants-this-has-rom-complications","slug":"","program":"Pop Culture Happy Hour","affiliation":"","song":"","artist":"","album":"","track":0,"type":"segment","subtype":"other","skipSponsorship":true,"hasAdsWizz":true,"isStreamAudioType":false}' data-audio-metrics='[]'> <div class="audio-module-controls"> <a class="audio-module-listen" href="https://chrt.fm/track/138C95/prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR2391174038.mp3?d=1103&size=17655894&e=1198005278&t=podcast&p=510282&sc=siteplayer&aw_0_1st.playerid=siteplayer"> <b class="audio-module-listen-inner"> <b class="audio-module-listen-icon icn-play"></b> <b class="audio-module-listen-text"> <b class="audio-module-cta"> Listen </b> <b class="audio-module-listen-duration"> <span>· </span> <span>18:23</span> </b> </b> </b> </a> <time class="audio-module-duration" datetime="P18M,23S"> <span class="audio-module-duration__initial-value">18:23</span> </time> </div> </div> <div class="audio-module-tools"> <button class="audio-module-tools-toggle" data-metrics-ga4='{"category":"audio","action":"audio_open_more_options","storyId":"1198005278","mediaId":"1259594680","title":"&#39;Nobody Wants This&#39; 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In the Season 3 finale, those ambitions reached their inevitable – sometimes gruesome – conclusions.</a></p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="item has-image has-audio"> <div class="item-image"> <div class="imagewrap has-source-dimensions" data-crop-type="wide" style=" --source-width: 5315; --source-height: 2989; " > <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/09/24/1201394719/colin-from-accounts-deserves-a-raise"> <picture> <source srcset="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/09/23/colin_from_accounts_107_lt_51_rt_wide-8212df0ac34b2b2428cb7884ecb006904417b875.jpg?s=300&c=15&f=jpeg" data-original="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/09/23/colin_from_accounts_107_lt_51_rt_wide-8212df0ac34b2b2428cb7884ecb006904417b875.jpg?s=300&c=100&f=jpeg" data-template="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/09/23/colin_from_accounts_107_lt_51_rt_wide-8212df0ac34b2b2428cb7884ecb006904417b875.jpg?s={width}&c={quality}&f={format}" data-format="webp" class="respArchListImg lazyOnLoad" type="image/webp" /> <source srcset="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/09/23/colin_from_accounts_107_lt_51_rt_wide-8212df0ac34b2b2428cb7884ecb006904417b875.jpg?s=300&c=15&f=jpeg" data-original="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/09/23/colin_from_accounts_107_lt_51_rt_wide-8212df0ac34b2b2428cb7884ecb006904417b875.jpg?s=300&c=100&f=jpeg" data-template="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/09/23/colin_from_accounts_107_lt_51_rt_wide-8212df0ac34b2b2428cb7884ecb006904417b875.jpg?s={width}&c={quality}&f={format}" data-format="jpeg" class="respArchListImg lazyOnLoad" type="image/jpeg" /> <img src="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/09/23/colin_from_accounts_107_lt_51_rt_wide-8212df0ac34b2b2428cb7884ecb006904417b875.jpg?s=300&c=15&f=jpeg" data-original="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/09/23/colin_from_accounts_107_lt_51_rt_wide-8212df0ac34b2b2428cb7884ecb006904417b875.jpg?s=300&c=100&f=jpeg" data-template="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/09/23/colin_from_accounts_107_lt_51_rt_wide-8212df0ac34b2b2428cb7884ecb006904417b875.jpg?s={width}&c={quality}&f={format}" data-format="jpeg" class="respArchListImg lazyOnLoad" alt="'Colin From Accounts' deserves a raise" loading="lazy" /> </picture> </a> </div> <div class="credit-caption"> <div class="caption-wrap"> <div class="caption" aria-label="Image caption"> <p> Harriet Dyer in the first season of <em>Colin From Accounts.</em> <b class="credit" aria-label="Image credit"> Lisa Tomasetti/Paramount+ </b> <b class="hide-caption"><b>hide caption</b></b> </p> </div> <b class="toggle-caption"><b>toggle caption</b></b> </div> <span class="credit" aria-label="Image credit"> Lisa Tomasetti/Paramount+ </span> </div> </div> <div class="item-info-wrap"> <div class="item-info"> <div class="slug-wrap"> <h3 class="slug"><a href="https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510282/pop-culture-happy-hour">Pop Culture Happy Hour</a></h3> </div> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/09/24/1201394719/colin-from-accounts-deserves-a-raise" data-metrics-ga4='{"action":"topic_homepage_recirculation_click","category":"recirculation","clickType":"tvreviews","clickName":"topic headline click","clickUrl":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/09\/24\/1201394719\/colin-from-accounts-deserves-a-raise","clickPosition":"2.18"}' >'Colin From Accounts' deserves a raise</a></h2> <p class="teaser"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/09/24/1201394719/colin-from-accounts-deserves-a-raise"><time datetime="2024-09-24"><span class="date">September 24, 2024  </span></time>The fun series <em>Colin From Accounts</em> is part raunchy comedy, part romantic comedy, part friendship story, and part very cute dog. 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