Sex/Life

I enjoyed this show and if they make a second season I will watch it. It is not groundbreaking stuff, it relies too much on constant sex scenes, and some of the actors aren't great (though a few of the main ones are, in my opinion) BUT it was an interesting show to watch on maternity leave. (Anecdote: my 4 month old was teething the week I watched this, needing extra naps on me, so I will forever associate this show this teething now).

Sarah Shahi is gorgeous and a talented actress. I liked seeing a hot 40 year old Mom of three as the lead. Billie's character was genuine and passionate and slightly different than what has been done before. Cooper's character is also different: the man who has it all realizing he doesn't and feeling insecure. I won't pretend that the Bras character is anything new.

Honestly, it is somewhat relatable. I don't relate specifically to Billie, I don't have a wild past or ex that I want to leave my family for. But the question of "can you have it all?" and trying to grieve your old life and embrace your new life as a parent is real.

So again, in short, I don't see why people hates thus show quite so much.

It's not that bad at the beginning. I knew it's a super cheesy show after watching for 5 mins, but its nice shots and lights made it at least watchable. I had been consistently annoyed by the main female character, but I thought she was just some typical stupid and innocent woman who will eventually figure out whom she really wants. But OMG, the ending is more than just terrible. 8 hours in my life has been completely wasted. I bet the main character will be hated for playing this stupid show.

I am so tired of awful, emotionally abusive men being portrayed as tortured romantics! I can excuse it a bit in teen movies but how a thirty something, trained psychologist would fall for Brad's s#@t is beyond me. Apart from what Cooper witnessed in the gym showers, there is nothing appealing about Brad's overgrown frat boy persona. To be fair though Billie is equally awful so they probably deserve each other. It's like badly written fan fiction for people who are old enough to know better.

Perfect series to watch when you are dealing with a horrible hangover: you are barely awake but you need to watch/hear something that requires the bare minimum of your intellectual capacity. Just to forget about your headache. In any other scenario: do not watch this. A waste of time.

I have a thing about train crash romantic stories and particularly like New York ones where I can see places I have been, and I love the ending.

There are so many points where you think "Don't do that" you can see it is going to be a disastrously bad thing but people do that in real life too.

I really liked it although the life portrayed couldn't possibly belong to more than 10 people and like Sex in the City I love looking at the scenery and the clothes never mind the relationships and the fun.

Worth the watch, although I told my son more for woman than men, just like Sex in the City. The complexities of relationships and their issues are for me. If it tells you anything about what I like I adore Moonstruck my favourite movie, The Secret Life of Us an Australian series making a comeback, and I am from New Zealand nearly the only place in the world where this could be happening for real.