ABOUT 10 minutes into the first episode of Marriage, the BBC drama starring Sean Bean and Nicola Walker, I thought: "I hate these people. They’re boring, petty and they have stupid arguments about nothing, followed by long periods of silence, while they load the dishwasher and make tea."
Shortly after that, it occurred to me that psychologists say the things that annoy us most in others are the traits we most fear in ourselves. That’s the subtle brilliance of this series – it reflects us back to ourselves, stripped of the comforting lies we tell each other about how interesting and lovable we are.
