Apple Gets Into the Dating Game: New Series Sends Unlikely Couples to World’s Most Remote Locations

Psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author Esther Perel.

Psychotherapist and bestselling author Esther Perel leads the matchmaking team being 'The Last Person on Earth.' Anna Wolf. Logo text

Apple has officially entered the dating show arena.

The streamer is revealing details for its first-ever dating series: An eight-episode documentary show that pairs together couples who appear to be opposites, who are then shipped off to one of the world’s most romantic and remote destinations to see if they can connect.

Fittingly, the series is called The Last Person on Earth.

The couples are chosen by New York Times bestselling author and couples therapist Esther Perel, along with a team of matchmakers and therapists.

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Here’s the hook: “With more single people than ever before, and increasing levels of polarization and social isolation, this innovative experiment asks the question: could the last person on Earth you think you’d ever want to date end up being the one person you can’t live without? And will an unexpected pairing in paradise open their horizons and be the beginning of a life-changing relationship?”

Perel says, “Over the course of my career as a couples therapist, one truth has become undeniable: love may crave closeness, but desire is fueled by otherness. The Last Person on Earth is a bold exploration of relationships that challenges everything we assume about compatibility; inviting people to drop the checklist and embrace dating as an adventure into the unknown. When we choose to step outside the narrow boundaries of what feels familiar or safe, passionate love stories can flourish.”

Apple’s The Last Person on Earth relationship experiment comes as unscripted dating series are having a moment on streaming. Netflix has multiple hit offerings in the genre — from Love Is Blind to Too Hot to Handle and Age of Attraction — and Love Island USA has become a runaway sensation for Peacock.

From Boldprint Studios, the series is executive produced by Dan Gray, Lou Hutchinson and Phil Harris, with directors Josh Jacobs and Olly Lambert.

Perel is represented by Ken Hertz, Jon Polk, and Cari Davine at Hertz Lichtenstein Young & Polk LLP and managed by Yuli Masinovsky of Silver Lake Entertainment, LLC.