# List of The Secret Life of Us episodes

The Secret Life of Us is an Australian television drama. It premiered on Network Ten on 16 July 2001. The show traces the lives of eight twenty-somethings sharing a Melbourne apartment block who are all looking for the same thing — love, sex, romance, success — and anything else that's worth going after. The problem is they haven't worked out how to get it yet — so they make it up as they go along.
During the course of the series, 86 episodes of The Secret Life of Us aired over four seasons, between 16 July 2001 and 28 December 2005.

## Series overview

| Series | Episodes | Episodes | Originally aired | Originally aired |
| Series | Episodes | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
| 1 | 22 | 22 | 16 July 2001 (2001-07-16) | 26 November 2001 (2001-11-26) |
| 2 | 22 | 22 | 18 February 2002 (2002-02-18) | 5 August 2002 (2002-08-05) |
| 3 | 22 | 22 | 10 February 2003 (2003-02-10) | 11 August 2003 (2003-08-11) |
| 4 | 20 | 20 | 18 February 2004 (2004-02-18) | 28 December 2005 (2005-12-28) |

## Episodes
### Season 1 (2001)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 1 | 1 | "Telemovie – Part 1" | Lynn-Maree Danzey | Christopher Lee & Judi McCrossin | 16 July 2001 (2001-07-16) |
| 2 | 2 | "Telemovie – Part 2" | Lynn-Maree Danzey | Christopher Lee & Judi McCrossin | 16 July 2001 (2001-07-16) |
| 3 | 3 | "The Unbelievable Truth" | Daniel Nettheim | Judi McCrossin | 23 July 2001 (2001-07-23) |
| 4 | 4 | "The Garden of Gethsemane" | Daniel Nettheim | Judi McCrossin | 30 July 2001 (2001-07-30) |
| 5 | 5 | "The Rules" | Cate Shortland | Christopher Lee | 6 August 2001 (2001-08-06) |
| 6 | 6 | "Expect The Unexpected" | Cate Shortland | Judi McCrossin | 13 August 2001 (2001-08-13) |
| 7 | 7 | "The Road Less Taken" | Stuart McDonald | Judi McCrossin | 20 August 2001 (2001-08-20) |
| 8 | 8 | "What Am I?" | Stuart McDonald | Christopher Lee | 27 August 2001 (2001-08-27) |
| 9 | 9 | "The Secret Life of Us" | Richard Jasek | Judi McCrossin | 3 September 2001 (2001-09-03) |
| 10 | 10 | "State of Limbo" | Kate Dennis | Judi McCrossin & David Ogilvy | 3 September 2001 (2001-09-03) |
| 11 | 11 | "Love Sucks" | Kate Dennis | Christopher Lee | 10 September 2001 (2001-09-10) |
| 12 | 12 | "Fallout" | Daniel Nettheim | Judi McCrossin | 17 September 2001 (2001-09-17) |
| 13 | 13 | "Secrets and Lies" | Stuart McDonald | Jessica Adams & Judi McCrossin | 24 September 2001 (2001-09-24) |
| 14 | 14 | "Better the Devil You Know" | Stuart McDonald | Elizabeth Coleman | 1 October 2001 (2001-10-01) |
| 15 | 15 | "The Gap" | Daniel Nettheim | Tony McNamara | 8 October 2001 (2001-10-08) |
| 16 | 16 | "The Butterfly Effect" | Roger Hodgman | Andrew Kelly | 15 October 2001 (2001-10-15) |
| 17 | 17 | "Piggy-in-the-Middle" | Roger Hodgman | Elizabeth Coleman | 22 October 2001 (2001-10-22) |
| 18 | 18 | "Intimations of Mortality" | Richard Jasek | Christopher Lee | 29 October 2001 (2001-10-29) |
| 19 | 19 | "A Friend Indeed" | Cate Shortland | Tony McNamara | 5 November 2001 (2001-11-05) |
| 20 | 20 | "Men on the Verge" | Cate Shortland | Roger Monk | 12 November 2001 (2001-11-12) |
| 21 | 21 | "Doorway" | Declan Eames | Christopher Lee | 19 November 2001 (2001-11-19) |
| 22 | 22 | "Now or Never" | Declan Eames | Judi McCrossin | 26 November 2001 (2001-11-26) |

### Season 2 (2002)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 23 | 1 | "A New World Order" | Cate Shortland | Judi McCrossin | 18 February 2002 (2002-02-18) |
| 24 | 2 | "Free Will" | Cate Shortland | Andrew Kelly | 25 February 2002 (2002-02-25) |
| 25 | 3 | "The Dance" | Ian Watson | Christopher Lee | 4 March 2002 (2002-03-04) |
| 26 | 4 | "An Ill Wind" | Ian Watson | Liz Doran | 11 March 2002 (2002-03-11) |
| 27 | 5 | "The Grand Delusion" | Cate Shortland | Tony McNamara | 18 March 2002 (2002-03-18) |
| 28 | 6 | "It's Not Easy" | Cate Shortland | Jacquelin Perske | 8 April 2002 (2002-04-08) |
| 29 | 7 | "A Fine Line" | Kate Dennis | Judi McCrossin | 15 April 2002 (2002-04-15) |
| 30 | 8 | "Make Up Your Mind" | Kate Dennis | Christopher Lee | 22 April 2002 (2002-04-22) |
| 31 | 9 | "Controlling the Universe" | Roger Hodgman | Debra Oswald | 29 April 2002 (2002-04-29) |
| 32 | 10 | "Between a Rock and a Hard Place" | Roger Hodgman | Judi McCrossin | 6 May 2002 (2002-05-06) |
| 33 | 11 | "The Funny Side" | Stuart McDonald | Andrew Kelly | 13 May 2002 (2002-05-13) |
| 34 | 12 | "Who Do You Want to Be Today?" | Stuart McDonald | Tony McNamara | 20 May 2002 (2002-05-20) |
| 35 | 13 | "From Little Things Big Things Grow" | Daina Reid | Elizabeth Coleman | 27 May 2002 (2002-05-27) |
| 36 | 14 | "Rose Coloured Glasses" | Daina Reid | Judi McCrossin | 3 June 2002 (2002-06-03) |
| 37 | 15 | "Have a Little Faith" | Roger Hodgman | Jacquelin Perske | 17 June 2002 (2002-06-17) |
| 38 | 16 | "The Great Divide" | Roger Hodgman | Christopher Lee | 24 June 2002 (2002-06-24) |
| 39 | 17 | "Sweet Revenge" | Stuart McDonald | Judi McCrossin | 1 July 2002 (2002-07-01) |
| 40 | 18 | "Signs of Life" | Stuart McDonald | Roger Monk | 8 July 2002 (2002-07-08) |
| 41 | 19 | "The Searchers" | Daniel Nettheim | Christopher Lee | 15 July 2002 (2002-07-15) |
| 42 | 20 | "Walpurgisnacht" | Daniel Nettheim | Christopher Lee & Hamish Wright | 22 July 2002 (2002-07-22) |
| 43 | 21 | "Do the Right Thing" | Cherie Nowlan | Tony McNamara | 29 July 2002 (2002-07-29) |
| 44 | 22 | "Truth Is Beautiful... But So Are Lies" | Cherie Nowlan | Judi McCrossin | 5 August 2002 (2002-08-05) |

### Season 3 (2003)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 45 | 1 | "The End Is the Beginning" | Roger Hodgman | Judi McCrossin | 10 February 2003 (2003-02-10) |
| 46 | 2 | "The Cycle" | Roger Hodgman | Christopher Lee | 17 February 2003 (2003-02-17) |
| 47 | 3 | "You Can't Always Get What You Want" | Daniel Nettheim | Christopher Lee | 24 February 2003 (2003-02-24) |
| 48 | 4 | "The Way We Are" | Daniel Nettheim | Judi McCrossin | 3 March 2003 (2003-03-03) |
| 49 | 5 | "A Square Peg in a Round Hole" | Kate Dennis | Judi McCrossin | 10 March 2002 (2002-03-10) |
| 50 | 6 | "The Quality of My Life" | Kate Dennis | Judi McCrossin | 17 March 2003 (2003-03-17) |
| 51 | 7 | "This Is Now" | Ana Kokkinos | Jacquelin Perske | 31 March 2003 (2003-03-31) |
| 52 | 8 | "The Art of Deception" | Ana Kokkinos | Judi McCrossin | 7 April 2003 (2003-04-07) |
| 53 | 9 | "Nature or Nurture?" | Shawn Seet | Liz Doran | 28 April 2003 (2003-04-28) |
| 54 | 10 | "Fair Play" | Shawn Seet | Tony McNamara | 5 May 2003 (2003-05-05) |
| 55 | 11 | "The Day No Trumpets Sounded" | Cate Shortland | Judi McCrossin | 12 May 2003 (2003-05-12) |
| 56 | 12 | "The Innocents" | Cate Shortland | Judi McCrossin | 19 May 2003 (2003-05-19) |
| 57 | 13 | "Great Expectations" | Claudia Karvan | Christopher Lee | 26 May 2003 (2003-05-26) |
| 58 | 14 | "The People You Meet" | Claudia Karvan | Tony McNamara | 2 June 2003 (2003-06-02) |
| 59 | 15 | "Weird Species Man" | Kate Dennis | Michael Miller | 9 June 2003 (2003-06-09) |
| 60 | 16 | "Be True" | Kate Dennis | Jacquelin Perske | 16 June 2003 (2003-06-16) |
| 61 | 17 | "The Dark Side" | Stuart McDonald | Hamish Wright | 23 June 2003 (2003-06-23) |
| 62 | 18 | "Only the Brave, or the Dumb" | Stuart McDonald | Tony McNamara | 30 June 2003 (2003-06-30) |
| 63 | 19 | "Outside the Loop" | Daina Reid | Michael Miller | 6 July 2003 (2003-07-06) |
| 64 | 20 | "The Saturn Return" | Daina Reid | Christopher Lee | 13 July 2003 (2003-07-13) |
| 65 | 21 | "Playing with Fire" | Roger Hodgman | Judi McCrossin | 20 July 2003 (2003-07-20) |
| 66 | 22 | "Let the Burning Begin" | Roger Hodgman | Judi McCrossin | 27 July 2003 (2003-07-27) |

### Season 4 (2004–2005)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 67 | 1 | "The Truth About Cats and Dogs: Part 1" | Roger Hodgman | Michael Miller | 18 February 2004 (2004-02-18) |
| 68 | 2 | "The Truth About Cats and Dogs: Part 2" | Roger Hodgman | Michael Miller | 25 February 2004 (2004-02-25) |
| 69 | 3 | "Stretching the Friendship" | Ana Kokkinos | Tony McNamara | 3 March 2004 (2004-03-03) |
| 70 | 4 | "The Mysteries of Attraction" | Ana Kokkinos | Ellie Beaumont | 20 January 2005 (2005-01-20) |
| 71 | 5 | "Kicking the Habit" | Daina Reid | Jane Bodie | 27 January 2005 (2005-01-27) |
| 72 | 6 | "The Crisis of Questions" | Daina Reid | James Hawthorne & Hamish Wright | 3 February 2005 (2005-02-03) |
| 73 | 7 | "Rocks and Chameleons" | Ray Quint | Jaime Browne | 17 February 2005 (2005-02-17) |
| 74 | 8 | "Gathering of Tribes" | Ray Quint | Kris Mrska | 24 February 2005 (2005-02-24) |
| 75 | 9 | "Facing It" | Brendan Maher | Tony McNamara | 3 March 2005 (2005-03-03) |
| 76 | 10 | "When the Bell Rings" | Brendan Maher | Jane Allen | 10 March 2005 (2005-03-10) |
| 77 | 11 | "Insecurity Blanket" | Stuart McDonald | Fiona Wood | 17 March 2005 (2005-03-17) |
| 78 | 12 | "The Heart of Friday Night" | Stuart McDonald | Michael Miller | 24 March 2005 (2005-03-24) |
| 79 | 13 | "The Big Leap" | Emma Freeman | Chris Corbett | 9 November 2005 (2005-11-09) |
| 80 | 14 | "Spitting the Dummy" | Emma Freeman | Liz Doran | 16 November 2005 (2005-11-16) |
| 81 | 15 | "The Treadmill" | Matthew Saville | Ellie Beaumont | 23 November 2005 (2005-11-23) |
| 82 | 16 | "The Character Question" | Matthew Saville | Tony McNamara | 30 November 2005 (2005-11-30) |
| 83 | 17 | "Dead Man Walking" | Daniel Nettheim | Michael Miller | 7 December 2005 (2005-12-07) |
| 84 | 18 | "Ill Communication" | Daniel Nettheim | Jaime Browne & Kris Mrska | 14 December 2005 (2005-12-14) |
| 85 | 19 | "Rare Birds" | Adrian Holmes | Ellie Beaumont | 21 December 2005 (2005-12-21) |
| 86 | 20 | "Glimpses of Perfection" | Adrian Holmes | Tony McNamara | 28 December 2005 (2005-12-28) |