10 episodes. 10 minutes each. No commitment.
Tom and Louise meet in a pub immediately before their weekly marital therapy session. With each successive episode we piece together how their lives were, what drew them together and what has started to pull them apart.
CreatorNick Hornby
Marathon
May 6, 2019
Louise and Tom prepare for their first marital counselling session and try to work out how they got to this point.
Antique Globes
May 7, 2019
Tom commends himself for the courage it took to turn up late to last weeks session and promises to be there from the beginning this week.
Syria
May 8, 2019
Tom and Louise discuss the lost passion in their relationship – is passion something that can be found again?
Plaster Cast
May 9, 2019
Tom asks Louise to back him up in a lie with their counsellor – is it them against the world or not?
Normal Slope
May 9, 2019
Following a bad session, Tom has moved out. This could be the start of a slippery slope.
Nigel and Naomi
May 9, 2019
Tom makes an effort, but Louise complains that it feels contrived.
Call the Midwife
May 9, 2019
Louise admits that she's ashamed of Tom's unemployment. They decide to communicate more openly.
Dolphins
May 9, 2019
Louise and Tom reflect on why and how they got together in the first place.
Prison Sex
May 9, 2019
Louise and Tom discuss a breakthrough in their relationship - Louise wonders what it means.
Another Drink
May 9, 2019
Tom has moved back in and feels that their issues are resolved.
ritchierope
@ritchierope
I really liked the first season of this series. It reminded me of the Before Sunrise/Sunset films, where they could make the scenes entertaining with little to no action, only by the conversation. I only knew Chris O'Dowd from the IT Crowd. I had to disassociate him from the IT geek image in that show. It was good to see that the couple started counseling after Louise cheated on Tom. Maybe it is due to Tom's artistic character that sometimes I felt as if he were too easy despite the cheating. This is definitely not something for background noise, you really need to listen and pay attention to the conversations to understand what's going on. I would have watched a 2nd season of them playing. Unfortunately, the 2nd season has been hijacked by woke people and every single woke and LGBTQ+ topic is shoved down your throat. The husband (Scott) is displayed as an ignorant, insensitive, old-fashioned (meant is a negative way) chap that needs to be educated in the latest woke ideas. The second season is pure woke propaganda.
