The Secret Life of Us is an Australian television drama. It premiered on Network Ten on 16 July 2001. The show traces the lives of eight twenty-somethings sharing a Melbourne apartment block who are all looking for the same thing — love, sex, romance, success — and anything else that's worth going after. The problem is they haven't worked out how to get it yet — so they make it up as they go along.[1]
During the course of the series, 86 episodes of The Secret Life of Us aired over four seasons, between 16 July 2001 and 28 December 2005.
Series overview
editEpisodes
editSeason 1 (2001)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Telemovie – Part 1" | Lynn-Maree Danzey | Christopher Lee & Judi McCrossin | 16 July 2001 |
| 2 | 2 | "Telemovie – Part 2" | Lynn-Maree Danzey | Christopher Lee & Judi McCrossin | 16 July 2001 |
| 3 | 3 | "The Unbelievable Truth" | Daniel Nettheim | Judi McCrossin | 23 July 2001 |
| 4 | 4 | "The Garden of Gethsemane" | Daniel Nettheim | Judi McCrossin | 30 July 2001 |
| 5 | 5 | "The Rules" | Cate Shortland | Christopher Lee | 6 August 2001 |
| 6 | 6 | "Expect The Unexpected" | Cate Shortland | Judi McCrossin | 13 August 2001 |
| 7 | 7 | "The Road Less Taken" | Stuart McDonald | Judi McCrossin | 20 August 2001 |
| 8 | 8 | "What Am I?" | Stuart McDonald | Christopher Lee | 27 August 2001 |
| 9 | 9 | "The Secret Life of Us" | Richard Jasek | Judi McCrossin | 3 September 2001 |
| 10 | 10 | "State of Limbo" | Kate Dennis | Judi McCrossin & David Ogilvy | 3 September 2001 |
| 11 | 11 | "Love Sucks" | Kate Dennis | Christopher Lee | 10 September 2001 |
| 12 | 12 | "Fallout" | Daniel Nettheim | Judi McCrossin | 17 September 2001 |
| 13 | 13 | "Secrets and Lies" | Stuart McDonald | Jessica Adams & Judi McCrossin | 24 September 2001 |
| 14 | 14 | "Better the Devil You Know" | Stuart McDonald | Elizabeth Coleman | 1 October 2001 |
| 15 | 15 | "The Gap" | Daniel Nettheim | Tony McNamara | 8 October 2001 |
| 16 | 16 | "The Butterfly Effect" | Roger Hodgman | Andrew Kelly | 15 October 2001 |
| 17 | 17 | "Piggy-in-the-Middle" | Roger Hodgman | Elizabeth Coleman | 22 October 2001 |
| 18 | 18 | "Intimations of Mortality" | Richard Jasek | Christopher Lee | 29 October 2001 |
| 19 | 19 | "A Friend Indeed" | Cate Shortland | Tony McNamara | 5 November 2001 |
| 20 | 20 | "Men on the Verge" | Cate Shortland | Roger Monk | 12 November 2001 |
| 21 | 21 | "Doorway" | Declan Eames | Christopher Lee | 19 November 2001 |
| 22 | 22 | "Now or Never" | Declan Eames | Judi McCrossin | 26 November 2001 |
Season 2 (2002)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 1 | "A New World Order" | Cate Shortland | Judi McCrossin | 18 February 2002 |
| 24 | 2 | "Free Will" | Cate Shortland | Andrew Kelly | 25 February 2002 |
| 25 | 3 | "The Dance" | Ian Watson | Christopher Lee | 4 March 2002 |
| 26 | 4 | "An Ill Wind" | Ian Watson | Liz Doran | 11 March 2002 |
| 27 | 5 | "The Grand Delusion" | Cate Shortland | Tony McNamara | 18 March 2002 |
| 28 | 6 | "It's Not Easy" | Cate Shortland | Jacquelin Perske | 8 April 2002 |
| 29 | 7 | "A Fine Line" | Kate Dennis | Judi McCrossin | 15 April 2002 |
| 30 | 8 | "Make Up Your Mind" | Kate Dennis | Christopher Lee | 22 April 2002 |
| 31 | 9 | "Controlling the Universe" | Roger Hodgman | Debra Oswald | 29 April 2002 |
| 32 | 10 | "Between a Rock and a Hard Place" | Roger Hodgman | Judi McCrossin | 6 May 2002 |
| 33 | 11 | "The Funny Side" | Stuart McDonald | Andrew Kelly | 13 May 2002 |
| 34 | 12 | "Who Do You Want to Be Today?" | Stuart McDonald | Tony McNamara | 20 May 2002 |
| 35 | 13 | "From Little Things Big Things Grow" | Daina Reid | Elizabeth Coleman | 27 May 2002 |
| 36 | 14 | "Rose Coloured Glasses" | Daina Reid | Judi McCrossin | 3 June 2002 |
| 37 | 15 | "Have a Little Faith" | Roger Hodgman | Jacquelin Perske | 17 June 2002 |
| 38 | 16 | "The Great Divide" | Roger Hodgman | Christopher Lee | 24 June 2002 |
| 39 | 17 | "Sweet Revenge" | Stuart McDonald | Judi McCrossin | 1 July 2002 |
| 40 | 18 | "Signs of Life" | Stuart McDonald | Roger Monk | 8 July 2002 |
| 41 | 19 | "The Searchers" | Daniel Nettheim | Christopher Lee | 15 July 2002 |
| 42 | 20 | "Walpurgisnacht" | Daniel Nettheim | Christopher Lee & Hamish Wright | 22 July 2002 |
| 43 | 21 | "Do the Right Thing" | Cherie Nowlan | Tony McNamara | 29 July 2002 |
| 44 | 22 | "Truth Is Beautiful... But So Are Lies" | Cherie Nowlan | Judi McCrossin | 5 August 2002 |
Season 3 (2003)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 1 | "The End Is the Beginning" | Roger Hodgman | Judi McCrossin | 10 February 2003 |
| 46 | 2 | "The Cycle" | Roger Hodgman | Christopher Lee | 17 February 2003 |
| 47 | 3 | "You Can't Always Get What You Want" | Daniel Nettheim | Christopher Lee | 24 February 2003 |
| 48 | 4 | "The Way We Are" | Daniel Nettheim | Judi McCrossin | 3 March 2003 |
| 49 | 5 | "A Square Peg in a Round Hole" | Kate Dennis | Judi McCrossin | 10 March 2002 |
| 50 | 6 | "The Quality of My Life" | Kate Dennis | Judi McCrossin | 17 March 2003 |
| 51 | 7 | "This Is Now" | Ana Kokkinos | Jacquelin Perske | 31 March 2003 |
| 52 | 8 | "The Art of Deception" | Ana Kokkinos | Judi McCrossin | 7 April 2003 |
| 53 | 9 | "Nature or Nurture?" | Shawn Seet | Liz Doran | 28 April 2003 |
| 54 | 10 | "Fair Play" | Shawn Seet | Tony McNamara | 5 May 2003 |
| 55 | 11 | "The Day No Trumpets Sounded" | Cate Shortland | Judi McCrossin | 12 May 2003 |
| 56 | 12 | "The Innocents" | Cate Shortland | Judi McCrossin | 19 May 2003 |
| 57 | 13 | "Great Expectations" | Claudia Karvan | Christopher Lee | 26 May 2003 |
| 58 | 14 | "The People You Meet" | Claudia Karvan | Tony McNamara | 2 June 2003 |
| 59 | 15 | "Weird Species Man" | Kate Dennis | Michael Miller | 9 June 2003 |
| 60 | 16 | "Be True" | Kate Dennis | Jacquelin Perske | 16 June 2003 |
| 61 | 17 | "The Dark Side" | Stuart McDonald | Hamish Wright | 23 June 2003 |
| 62 | 18 | "Only the Brave, or the Dumb" | Stuart McDonald | Tony McNamara | 30 June 2003 |
| 63 | 19 | "Outside the Loop" | Daina Reid | Michael Miller | 6 July 2003 |
| 64 | 20 | "The Saturn Return" | Daina Reid | Christopher Lee | 13 July 2003 |
| 65 | 21 | "Playing with Fire" | Roger Hodgman | Judi McCrossin | 20 July 2003 |
| 66 | 22 | "Let the Burning Begin" | Roger Hodgman | Judi McCrossin | 27 July 2003 |
Season 4 (2004–2005)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | 1 | "The Truth About Cats and Dogs: Part 1" | Roger Hodgman | Michael Miller | 18 February 2004 |
| 68 | 2 | "The Truth About Cats and Dogs: Part 2" | Roger Hodgman | Michael Miller | 25 February 2004 |
| 69 | 3 | "Stretching the Friendship" | Ana Kokkinos | Tony McNamara | 3 March 2004 |
| 70 | 4 | "The Mysteries of Attraction" | Ana Kokkinos | Ellie Beaumont | 20 January 2005 |
| 71 | 5 | "Kicking the Habit" | Daina Reid | Jane Bodie | 27 January 2005 |
| 72 | 6 | "The Crisis of Questions" | Daina Reid | James Hawthorne & Hamish Wright | 3 February 2005 |
| 73 | 7 | "Rocks and Chameleons" | Ray Quint | Jaime Browne | 17 February 2005 |
| 74 | 8 | "Gathering of Tribes" | Ray Quint | Kris Mrska | 24 February 2005 |
| 75 | 9 | "Facing It" | Brendan Maher | Tony McNamara | 3 March 2005 |
| 76 | 10 | "When the Bell Rings" | Brendan Maher | Jane Allen | 10 March 2005 |
| 77 | 11 | "Insecurity Blanket" | Stuart McDonald | Fiona Wood | 17 March 2005 |
| 78 | 12 | "The Heart of Friday Night" | Stuart McDonald | Michael Miller | 24 March 2005 |
| 79 | 13 | "The Big Leap" | Emma Freeman | Chris Corbett | 9 November 2005 |
| 80 | 14 | "Spitting the Dummy" | Emma Freeman | Liz Doran | 16 November 2005 |
| 81 | 15 | "The Treadmill" | Matthew Saville | Ellie Beaumont | 23 November 2005 |
| 82 | 16 | "The Character Question" | Matthew Saville | Tony McNamara | 30 November 2005 |
| 83 | 17 | "Dead Man Walking" | Daniel Nettheim | Michael Miller | 7 December 2005 |
| 84 | 18 | "Ill Communication" | Daniel Nettheim | Jaime Browne & Kris Mrska | 14 December 2005 |
| 85 | 19 | "Rare Birds" | Adrian Holmes | Ellie Beaumont | 21 December 2005 |
| 86 | 20 | "Glimpses of Perfection" | Adrian Holmes | Tony McNamara | 28 December 2005 |
References
edit- ^ "The Secret Life of Us". Australian Television Information Archive. Retrieved 18 June 2014.