Tom asks Louise to back him up in a lie with their counsellor - is it them against the world or not?
Tom has moved back in and feels that their issues are resolved. They agree that they wouldn't be friends if they weren't married and look for the right word to describe their relationship.
There are some changes compared with previous occasions: their table is occupied, Louise has changed her dress style and both are a little more sincerer and closer to the other one.
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Title: State of the Union (2019– )
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| Series cast summary: | |||
| Chris O'Dowd | ... | Tom 10 episodes, 2019 | |
| Rosamund Pike | ... | Louise 10 episodes, 2019 | |
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Janet Amsden | ... | Older Wife 5 episodes, 2019 |
| Jeff Rawle | ... | Older Husband 4 episodes, 2019 | |
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Laura Cubitt | ... | Gina 3 episodes, 2019 |
| Elliot Levey | ... | Chris 3 episodes, 2019 | |
State of the Union follows Louise and Tom who meet in a pub immediately before their weekly marital therapy session. Each episode pieces together how their lives were, what drew them together, and what has started to pull them apart.
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I feel like in this day and age when the traditional family is so apparently going into decline, where so many people are prone to the mentality that "if it doesn't work, I'll just start anew and find something that's better," this short little series is extremely refreshing and might provide a cause for some relevant and meaningful reflection.
What I really love about the series is how real the characters feel. Even though we only get to see a short snippet of their lives, the episodes do a great job of showing us how broken they are and the struggle that they are going through.
I don't think I would have enjoyed the series as much if they actually showed the conversations/therapy sessions that they had. Frankly that would have just been predictable/boring drama that I can certainly do without. What the short 10 minute style so brilliantly depicts is the internal struggles that they are grappling with, without any added meaningless cliches and drama.
Also Chris O'Dowd and Roasmund Pike are very likable and have great chemistry together. The conversations they had were quite witty consistently funny throughout without feeling too overly pretentious.
I couldn't recommend this enough to anyone who is even remotely interested after reading the synopsis.