How Not to Live Your Life: Series 3
Don enters the third season facing the daily realization that he blew his chance to get it on with his flatmate, Sam. Compounding his misery, Sam now has a new boyfriend who is mature, reliable, clever, and not at all self-obsessed, standing in sharp contrast to everything Don is. Don continues to navigate a fraught love life that features dates with an aristocrat, a tramp, and a really angry woman. Beyond his romant
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Don is a twenty-something or twenty-nine-year-old neurotic and pessimistic man with bad luck, terrible instincts, and an overactive imagination that manifests in quick-fire fantasy sequences.
- Don's inappropriate behavior and mind constantly get him into trouble as he tries to navigate his way through life.
- Sam is Don's flatmate, with whom Don previously had a chance to get intimate before blowing the opportunity.
- The series is a British sitcom that revolves around Don's ongoing struggles and misadventures.
Season overview
Don enters the third season facing the daily realization that he blew his chance to get it on with his flatmate, Sam. Compounding his misery, Sam now has a new boyfriend who is mature, reliable, clever, and not at all self-obsessed, standing in sharp contrast to everything Don is. Don continues to navigate a fraught love life that features dates with an aristocrat, a tramp, and a really angry woman. Beyond his romantic troubles, Don finds himself sucked into participating in Top Gun The Musical, attempts therapy, and even sells his soul in an effort to become a corporate highflyer. Despite enduring these various misadventures and trials, Don remains no wiser as to how to actually live his life.
Episode Guide
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Don's New Job
Nov 8, 2010 · 30 min
Don comes up with an elaborate story about a new job to try to impress Sam.
Don's Angry Girlfriend
Nov 8, 2010 · 30 min
Don's new relationship with Jenny is soon affected by her odd behaviour.
Don's Posh Weekend
Nov 15, 2010 · 30 min
Disaster ensues when a posh girl invites Don and Jason to her parents' country house.
Don Meets His Maker
Nov 22, 2010 · 30 min
When the gang mistakenly believe Don might be seriously ill, he continues the lie.
Don Dates a Homeless
Nov 29, 2010 · 30 min
Don meets a homeless girl begging for money in the street and asks her out on a date.
Don Does Therapy
Dec 6, 2010 · 30 min
Don realises he still has feelings for Sam after hearing of Brian's intention to propose.
Don the Musical
Dec 13, 2010 · 30 min
After seeing the attention Eddie gets in his theatre club, Don decides to join up.