The Secret Life of Us (2001)

Name: The Secret Life of Us
Genre: Drama
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Deborah Mailman, David Tredinnick, Michael Dorman, Anna Torv, Stephen Curry

Drama

The Secret Life of Us is an Australian television drama series about the lives of 20-30 somethings living in the early 2000s.

IMDb rating: 7.6 (1,701 votes)
Episode average: 7.5 -0.1 vs IMDb
Seasons: 4
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2001)

7.86 avg 22 episodes 7.2 → 8.6 45 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Telemovie Part One	7.2	23
2	Telemovie Part Two	7.4	20
3	The Unbelievable Truth	7.3	22
4	The Garden of Gethsemane	7.4	22
5	The Rules	7.3	19
6	Expect the Unexpected	8.2	19
7	The Road Not Taken	7.1	16
8	What Am I?	8.0	17
9	The Secret Life of Us	7.8	20
10	State of Limbo	8.2	16
11	Love Sucks	8.3	15
12	Fallout	7.9	17
13	Secrets and Lies	7.9	14
14	Better the Devil You Know	8.2	15
15	The Gap	7.9	13
16	The Butterfly Effect	8.1	15
17	Piggy-in-the-Middle	7.9	15
18	Intimations of Mortality	8.6	21
19	A Friend Indeed	7.9	16
20	Men on the Verge	7.8	16
21	The Doorway	8.0	15
22	Now or Never	8.6	20

Season 2 (2002)

7.88 avg 22 episodes 8.1 → 8.1 46 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A New World Order	8.1	16
2	Free Will	7.1	15
3	The Dance	7.8	13
4	An Ill Wind	8.0	13
5	The Grand Delusion	8.0	14
6	It's Not Easy	6.6	15
7	A Fine Line	8.1	14
8	Make Up Your Mind	8.1	13
9	Controlling the Universe	7.2	15
10	Between a Rock and a Hard Place	8.3	15
11	The Funny Side	8.1	13
12	Who Do You Want to Be Today?	7.9	13
13	From Little Things Big Things Grow	7.9	13
14	Rose Coloured Glasses	8.1	13
15	Have a Little Faith	7.2	14
16	The Great Divide	8.1	13
17	Sweet Revenge	7.6	12
18	Signs of Life	8.0	13
19	The Searchers	8.6	16
20	Walpurgisnacht	8.2	13
21	Do the Right Thing	8.2	13
22	Truth Is Beautiful... But So Are Lies	8.1	15

Season 3 (2003)

7.77 avg 22 episodes 7.9 → 7.2 45 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The End Is the Beginning	7.9	12
2	The Cycle	8.2	13
3	You Can't Always Get What You Want	8.6	15
4	The Way We Are	8.2	13
5	A Square Peg in a Round Hole	7.5	15
6	The Quality of My Life	8.3	13
7	This Is Now	7.0	13
8	The Art of Deception	8.1	12
9	Nature or Nurture?	8.0	12
10	Fair Play	7.9	11
11	The Day No Trumpets Sounded	7.6	13
12	The Innocents	8.6	14
13	Great Expectations	7.8	11
14	The People You Meet	8.0	11
15	Weird Species Man	7.9	10
16	Be True	7.2	12
17	The Dark Side	7.6	10
18	Only the Brave, or the Dumb	6.9	11
19	Outside the Loop	7.8	11
20	The Saturn Return	7.4	12
21	Playing with Fire	7.2	13
22	Let the Burning Begin	7.2	13

Season 4 (2004)

6.32 avg 22 episodes 6.1 → 6.3 45 min avg

Shape drift

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Truth About Cats and Dogs: Part 1	6.1	24
2	The Truth About Cats and Dogs: Part 2	5.9	20
3	Stretching the Friendship	6.2	21
4	The Mysteries of Attraction	6.3	22
5	Kicking the Habit	6.3	20
6	The Crisis of Questions	6.2	23
7	Rocks and Chameleons	6.6	21
8	Gathering of Tribes	6.4	22
9	Facing It	6.7	22
10	When the Bell Rings	6.4	20
11	Insecurity Blanket	6.1	19
12	The Heart of Friday Night	6.4	20
13	The Big Leap	6.5	19
14	Spitting the Dummy	6.2	16
15	The Treadmill	5.8	16
16	The Character Question	6.4	17
17	Dead Man Walking	6.6	16
18	Ill Communication	6.6	19
19	Rare Birds	6.4	16
20	Glimpses of Perfection	5.9	18
21	Best of: Part 1	6.8	9
22	Best of: Part 2	6.3	9

The Secret Life of Us (2001)

Cast

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