I can't believe how much of a feckless loser Egg is..
Don't you just want to kick some life into this guy? What an insipid wimp he is. No wonder Milly wandered onto O'Donnell.
shareEgg is just a guy who went to uni and studied the wrong subject for years and didn't relaise it until he'd left. Many people have done likewise.
Egg is the centre of the whole thing as he's probably the most honest character in the show.
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Kind of better to have your career/life direction crisis then than at the more traditional middle age crisis when you may have family depending on you. Post uni is actually a good point to take stock of your future, rather than follow on down a route you chose (or that chose you) before you had some exposure to independent life. He annoyed me, but I sympathised.
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I like him, he's honest and friendly, moody too, just needs time to find out what he wants.
shareWhen I watched it the first time round (when it was on originally) I would have agreed with the idea of Egg being a loser. But having had a crisis of career reently and deciding I want to spend my life doing something different (although I wasnt to get into law not escape it) I do totally understand where he's comong from.
As for Milly - not a bad character, and although she is a bit dull there is something likeable about her - but I never felt she was right for Egg - even when they were supposed to be the perfect couple.
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Egg annoys me, I find him a bit of a loser, but he made quite a brave decision and obviously lacks the self-confidence to go into what he wants to do.
I like Milly, she is grounded and just does what she has to do. She seems weirded-out by the Egg thing (sorry, have only seen those repeats on BBC2, so dont know what happens next!) and doesnt seem to know hw to handle it. telling him "I just want you to be happy" is obviously not the best way though...
I liked that scene where sings "Everything I do.. I do it for you" in the bathroom. It's like... I wasnt expecting that from her!
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I can really sympathise with Egg after going through a similar period in my life. He's completely frustrated with not knowing what he wants to do or what he wants, but at least he's making an effort now (after the whole gambling thing).
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Not a loser? So you'd put up with him sponging off you for God knows how long and spending the housekeeping money on scratchcards and in the bookies? People have to pull their weight in life you know. Do you think I want to work 12 hour shifts and at weekends? Of course I don't but I have to pay my way in life.
Egg was a kind and gentle guy, but he was a sponging layabout.
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I take it you're as lazy as Egg is? So you'd quite happily blow other people's money on scratchcards and the horses? Thanks for the 'pretentious twat' jibe, by the way. I happen to think that you have to work and pay your way in life. Yes, by all means have your dreams, but you have to contribute your share while you're doing it.
I have to go now, I need to go and pay £131.00 for my tv licence. Something that people like Egg wouldn't give a thought to. After all, someone else'll always pay it, won't they?
P.S, Yes, I have been unemployed but unlike Egg it wasn't voluntary. You know what? I took immediate steps to make sure I didn't stay unemployed. I didn't spend any time in bookies either....
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You've got it all wrong stephen-alford1: Egg is not lazy - he was eager to find work, but wanted to do something he found enjoyable, and there's nothing wrong with that. Sounds to me like you're just extremely bitter about the hours you work and the job you do because you don't enjoy it, and are deeply envious of anyone who doesn't go through this experience day in, day out. Egg did not enjoy being out of work, was out of work for a relatively short period of time, and was glad to start work in the cafe - so glad, in fact, that he was willing to risk being in debt in order to keep the place going. That's not lazy is it?.
Also, the fact he was gambling on the horses wasn't entirely a sign of bad character either: the main reason he wanted to come home with a big win was so that he could treat Milly by taking the weight of her shoulders, and to her feel he was worth something. This didn't work out of course, but he made good by working very hard in the cafe.
Yeah agree. Egg was quite an annoying character for me at the beginning when he was whinning and not knowing what he wants. But it got better in the end. Won't call him lazy or loser.
I like Milly at the beginning because she's a solid character but then she got very irritating... to a level which I just thought she's ruining the show. Her petty rows with Rachel is just annoying. Thought she doesn't deserve Egg!
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I have been spending some my summer holidays watching my old This Life videos. I loved Egg from This Life. I was only 14 when the show was first shown but I had the biggest crush on Egg he was honest and had the bollocks to change his career even though he seemed to drift for a while. It was Milli who i hated this was a dull boring bitch and I never understood why her and Egg were together??? and still shocked when they were married on this life + 10. Even at 14 I knew that O'Donell was a creepy minger and still is lol
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