14 minSeason 1 • Episode 5
LatestIt’s the evening of Joy and Kurt’s important dinner. Dan and Carla have drifted further apart than ever, and Maya is getting closer to Carla – is Dan too absorbed in his own crisis to notice?
It is based on a relationship between Dan and Carla with an age gap who are at a cross-roads. Dan has been made redundant, When Carla's ex-girlfriend Maya re-appears, things start to get even more tricky.
Writing
Moran's dialogue: vicious, vulnerable, and very funny about being miserable.
Acting
Robinson and Moran's chemistry—toxic, tender, and terribly believable.
Creator
Dylan Moran
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Moran created this after his own divorce, channeling the specific hell of shared spaces post-breakup. The claustrophobic single-location shooting wasn't budgetary—it was thematic.
The 13-minute format was deliberately subversive: prestige TV was getting longer, so Moran made something you could finish before your tea went cold.
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