On Aug. 4, fans of the HBO Max series Love Life were given a gift. The television show was added to Netflix, a reprieve from the three-year drought that left fans unable to access the Anna Kendrick and William Jackson Harper-helmed anthology series.

For creator Sam Boyd, having Love Life return to streaming has been a welcome change. In the time since its cancellation, fans have repeatedly reached out to ask the best way to stream it. For a while it was on HBO Max, then Amazon Video to rent, then, for a time, on Tubi, with ads. He’s glad people who loved the show will have another chance to watch it again, but the experience has touched on why he started — and still does — collect physical copies of his favorite shows and movies.

“I used to get DVD box sets of shows that I loved that had only been on [for] a season or two,” he tells Rolling Stone. “That was a formative thing for me. There was just something that felt fun and special. It made you feel like you saw something that was missed.”

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