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Finding love has never been easy. But itʼs also never been easier. Online dating sites thrive on the promise that dates and mates are just a "click" away. But are they?

When Strangers Click: Five Stories from the Internet, from Robert Kenner (the Oscar®-nominated Food, Inc.), tells the revealing stories of people whose lives were transformed in unexpected ways by online encounters when it debuts on Valentineʼs Day, Monday, Feb. 14 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO2. Other HBO2 playdates: Feb. 14 (5:00 a.m.), 16 (9:00 a.m., 8:00 p.m.), 22 (6:00 p.m., 4:10 a.m.) and 25 (8:00 a.m.)

From a woman turning 30 whoʼs starting to fear sheʼll never get married, to a failed Swedish businessman who finds love and fame in the 3D virtual world Second Life, to a young gay man for whom the Internet becomes a lifeline, the stories in When Strangers Click span the range of human emotions, from loneliness to elation, from confusion to fulfillment, from humiliation to hope.

The acceptance of the Internet as a way to meet, develop and maintain relationships has mushroomed, with an estimated one in five heterosexual couples in the US having met online. This video Valentineʼs Day card demonstrates how profoundly the search for intimacy has changed in todayʼs Internet-centric world, challenging the assumption that finding a partner online is shallower than in-the-flesh courting.

When Strangers Click: Five Stories from the Internet was directed and produced by Robert Kenner; produced by Marc N. Weiss and Melissa Robledo; cinematographers, Don Lenzer, Jay Redmond, and Chris Baron; editor, Leonard Feinstein. For HBO: supervising producer, Lisa Heller; executive producer, Sheila Nevins.