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The Good Life

1975 – 1977Show4 seasons · 28 episodesTV-PGEnded

Comedy
78
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb8.0
78
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb8.0

Summary

Tom and Barbara Good escape the rat race and pursue a self-sufficient lifestyle in Surbiton, much to the concern, frustration and sometimes envy of their neighbours Margo and Jerry Leadbetter. Entitled ‘Good Neighbors’ when shown in the USA.

Good for

  • Date night
  • Family movie night
  • Friends night

Skip it if

  • You want dark or edgy material

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  • Warms you up.
  • Feels like comfort food.
  • Makes you laugh.
  • Feels like real life.
  • Makes you smirk.

Not for brutality, scares or adrenaline.

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Tropes

Emotions vs. StoicismRare · in 15 titlesA couple of episodes revolve around this. Emotion usually wins.Eccentric ExterminatorRare · in 33 titlesIn "Whose Fleas Are These?", Tom and Barbara have an outbreak of fleas at their house which is treated by professional "disinfestation" expert P.All 104 tropes

The Good Life episodes

4 seasons · 28 episodes

  1. S1 E1 Plough Your Own Furrow, 7.3
  2. S1 E2 Say Little Hen..., 7.4
  3. S1 E3 The Weaker Sex?, 7.6
  4. S1 E4 Pig's Lib, 7.8
  5. S1 E5 The Thing in the Cellar, 7.8
  6. S1 E6 The Pagan Rite, 7.7
  7. S1 E7 Backs to the Wall, 8.3
  1. S2 E1 Just My Bill, 7.7
  2. S2 E2 The Guru of Surbiton, 7.6
  3. S2 E3 Mr. Fix-It, 7.8
  4. S2 E4 The Day Peace Broke Out, 8.1
  5. S2 E5 Mutiny, 8.2
  6. S2 E6 Home Sweet Home, 8.0
  7. S2 E7 Going to Pot?, 8.2
  1. S3 E1 The Early Birds, 8.1
  2. S3 E2 The Happy Event, 8.5
  3. S3 E3 A Tug of the Forelock, 8.0
  4. S3 E4 I Talk to the Trees, 8.3
  5. S3 E5 The Wind-Break War, 8.9
  6. S3 E6 Whose Fleas Are These?, 8.1
  7. S3 E7 The Last Posh Frock, 8.2
  1. S4 E1 Away from It All, 7.9
  2. S4 E2 The Green Door, 8.2
  3. S4 E3 Our Speaker Today, 8.2
  4. S4 E4 The Weaver's Tale, 8.3
  5. S4 E5 Suit Yourself, 8.2
  6. S4 E6 Sweet and Sour Charity, 7.8
  7. S4 E7 Anniversary, 8.5
  8. S4 E8 Silly, But It's Fun...., 8.6
  9. S4 E9 When I'm 65, 8.1

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