At first glance, Irresistible doesn’t have the toxic ex-relationships, love triangles, or melodramatics known in the romance genre. As the main couple meet organically, and they’re able to share their ideas about love, the series had a promising slow-burn romance, that might be dialogue-heavy, but could possibly give out insights that any viewer would benefit to hear from. However, the casual way the protagonist Adele gets diagnosed with PTSD makes it feel like an insincere depiction of the disorder. And knowing that the male lead Arthur is married, and that they have such a casual fling, makes it hard to care if they’ll end up together. While there’s something that could be said about certain types of healing happening only through a relationship, Irresistible’s approach doesn’t seem to be headed that way, especially when it only has six episodes to tackle its nuances.

With the show’s premise, Irresistible is a depiction of a specific mental health issue. Adele has panic attacks, and while debilitating by itself, it can be a symptom of a related psychiatric disorder. While it’s great to see the other people in her life react calmly to her panic attacks, it’s hard to tell if Adele’s situation would likely happen in real life. From what’s been presented on screen, Adele had a painful breakup, but this previous relationship doesn’t seem to be abusive. It also hasn’t seemed to affect any of her other relationships, since her friend group remains the same and they happen to still be civil with her ex. And, knowing that Adele’s been able to talk about the breakup, to cathartically release those emotions, without any repercussions, how can she be diagnosed with PTSD? It just feels irresponsible to depict a mental health issue as something that isn’t debilitating at all.