Post by sandra on Nov 2, 2007 12:40:10 GMT -5
This Life was based around life in a London law firm and barristers' chambers of a group of twentysomething trainee solicitors and pupil barristers, but essentially it was a character-driven drama. Egg and Milly are in a relationship dating from their university days but their career choices create tension between them: Milly is a high-flyer, spending much time working with — and becoming attracted to — her older boss, whereas Egg suffers a crisis of dissatisfaction with, and drops out of, his law career. Anna and Miles have a love/hate relationship which causes conflict at work (where they share a room and often have to compete for cases) and at home. The latter is exacerbated when Miles invites his girlfriend, the drug addicted, bulimic, manipulative Delilah (Charlotte Bicknell), to move into the house with him. This results in conflict in the house (referenced in the episode title "Sex, Lies and Muesli Yoghurt"). When Miles, who hasn't been practising safe sex with Delilah, discovers that she is still sleeping with her heroin addict ex, Truelove, he has an HIV scare.
The other house-mate, Warren, is an "out" gay man. He spends some time dealing with issues around his sexuality, especially in relation to "coming out" to friends and family, and in a unique (at the time) plot device he is frequently seen discussing his feelings with a therapist (Gillian McCutcheon) who is heard but never seen by the viewer. Miles appears at times to dislike Warren, and subjects him to occasional homophobic abuse when angered.
The other house-mate, Warren, is an "out" gay man. He spends some time dealing with issues around his sexuality, especially in relation to "coming out" to friends and family, and in a unique (at the time) plot device he is frequently seen discussing his feelings with a therapist (Gillian McCutcheon) who is heard but never seen by the viewer. Miles appears at times to dislike Warren, and subjects him to occasional homophobic abuse when angered.