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Lessons from 'One day'

P. Smith
Mar 6, 2024
2 min read

Friendship is fundamental
A degree can be quite important too
We all need fun!
Edinburgh is a beautiful city!
Binge watching is essential with this Netflix series
Watch out for betrayal
Top actors make you forget that the characters are not real
Discussion may be better than accusations
Humiliation asides 'success' is part of the package
We are all able to be vulnerable and fragile

Many people seem to have fallen head over heels in love with the Netflix series 'One day'. What does it offer then, to attract so many viewers? Comparisons are being made with the film and also the book which personally I have not seen or read. It stands on its own feet as a series and offers watchers something pretty unique and special: romance, time changes, a deep connection with student days and the development of relationships.

The characters are wonderfully real - with Emma and Dexter being a bit like chalk and cheese but have the student scene in Edinburgh as common ground. Dexter usually gets what Dexter wants and has so for years - he is reminded of this by his mother. With Emma - a northern lass who takes no nonsense, not even from the popular and handsome Dexter! However he is intrigued and finds it hard to let go of her, Emma likewise is infatuated. Getting together as a couple is the bigger option but Emma does not let the relationship become too sexual and is interested in developing friendship with conversation and spending time together.

Dexter is perhaps a bit baffled by this - as he is used to things going his way, goes along with it and their friendship grows as they do. The series gives us an insight into the highlights over the space of years focusing on the anniversary of the day they got together.

We see them separately at times feeling let down by their work situation and prospects and how they try and get to a place in life where they are content, comfortable and meet some initial ambitions.

This relationship we hold dear between them is also fragile and vulnerable: they do undermine each other at times however neither are shy of apologising.

The soundtrack is super important and puts time in context and appeals to the emotional plot of the story. Due to this appeal I imagine the series may attract a number of different audiences as it relates to so much across varying periods of time.

This fun, sad, thought provoking and possibly tear jerking series is not to be missed. The photo is part of the sights which Dexter shows to his daughter Jazz.

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