7.7/1055 votes#1 - Coming Together
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/18/1996
Anna attends an interview at a well-to-do firm of solicitors to find herself confronted by old flame Miles. While Miles considers her application, his colleague Milly and her partner Egg wonder how to fill the house they have rented, and the fifth member of the group, Warren, is also interviewed for a job.
Director: Sam Miller
Writer: Amy Jenkins
7.6/1039 votes#2 - Happy Families
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/25/1996
Anna hopes to rekindle her romance with Miles - but he is less than keen. Milly makes good career progress, but Egg struggles adjust to his job - and with living with Warren.
Director: Sam Miller
Writer: Amy Jenkins
7.6/1033 votes#3 - Living Dangerously
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/1/1996
Egg takes on a medical negligence case and becomes emotionally involved with a client who has cancer. Meanwhile, Warren discovers the truth about Delilah, and Miles chooses a bad person in whom to confide about his love life.
Director: Sam Miller
Writer: Amy Jenkins
7.6/1030 votes#4 - Sex, Lies and Muesli Yoghurt
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/8/1996
Delilah outstays her welcome. Anna resorts to devious means to get her way. Warren loses his cool over a muesli yoghurt.
Director: Audrey Cooke
Writer: Richard Zajdlic
7.4/1029 votes#5 - Fantasy Football
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/15/1996
Egg takes his work worries to a therapist, but finds that football is the only way forward. Meanwhile, Miles thinks that his days are numbered when Delilah agrees to take an HIV test, and Anna gets an interesting offer when she uses her feminine charms to get work.
Director: Audrey Cooke
Writer: Richard Zajdlic
7.6/1027 votes#6 - Family Outing
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/22/1996
Warren fears that Kira might 'out' him to the rest of the family. Anna tries her hand at marriage guidance. And Miles beats his father at his own game.
Director: Audrey Cooke
Writer: Patrick Wilde
7.7/1026 votes#7 - Brief Encounter
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/29/1996
Anna has a passionate one-night stand, but discovers that there's no such thing as casual sex. Miles resents his father's interference at work, and Warren finds it easier to confide in a stranger than in his own brother.
Director: Audrey Cooke
Writer: Patrick Wilde
7.7/1026 votes#8 - Cheap Thrills
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/6/1996
Milly is losing patience with Egg's novel-writing career. Meanwhile, Anna stirs up trouble at chambers when she tries to liven up the boss's party.
Director: Nigel Douglas
Writer: Matthew Graham
7.8/1029 votes#9 - Just Sex
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/13/1996
Warren falls in love, but when his romance turns sour he makes the decision not to live a lie. Meanwhile, Milly and O'Donnell are becoming increasingly close at work, and Jerry finds an unexpected ally in Anna.
Director: Nigel Douglas
Writer: Matthew Graham
7.7/1033 votes#10 - Father Figure
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/20/1996
O'Donnell could prove to be Milly's knight in shining armour, but will she risk her relationship with Egg for a romantic fantasy? Meanwhile, Anna decides that an older man is just what she needs, and Miles deals with a flasher who claims to be a nudist.
Director: Nigel Douglas
Writer: Amy Jenkins
7.8/1035 votes#11 - Let's Get It On
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/3/1996
Milly is feeling let down and confused, Egg is sure that he has been two-timed, Anna has to decide between youth and experience, and Warren discovers that alcohol doesn't help one's powers of persuasion.
Director: Nigel Douglas
Writer: Amy Jenkins
The Best Episodes of This Life Season 1
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Cult drama series about a group of aspiring young lawyers sharing a shabby house in London, charting their careers and personal lives.
Genre:Drama
Network:BBC Two
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Coming Together" is the best rated episode of "This Life" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 55 votes. Directed by Sam Miller and written by Amy Jenkins, it aired on 3/18/1996. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Happy Families".