Following a traffic accident, things take a turn when the victim's identity is revealed.
Acting
Wilkinson's bottled rage versus Watson's trembling composure.
Writing
Fellowes' debut: vicious politeness as weapon.
Director
Julian Fellowes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fellowes wrote this after winning his Oscar for Gosford Park, but before Downton Abbey made him famous for exactly this flavor of aristocratic agony.
The title's pun—'separate' as verb and adjective—mirrors how James and Anne's shared lie ultimately isolates them more than honesty ever could.
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