A literary quote is the key to unlocking the Netflix romances secret.

Warning: contains finale spoilers for Netflixs One Day.

Adaptation does that sometimes gives you a hand-up into new territory.

Dexter and Emma in Netflix’s One Day episode 14

Also Chapter 15 contains the germ of the idea forOne Day, for which I will always be grateful.

In a rule-breaking flashback to a different date, Em reads the quote to Dex in December 1988.

Her own birthday, and every other day individualized by incidents in which she had taken some share.

Not long after she and Dexter have finally found each other, they lose each other.

Its the cruel twist for which the novel became famous, but its more than just that.

Its also the point at which the storys entire shape is explained.

One Day is out nowon Netflix.