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Richard Crispin Armitage (born 22 August 1971) is an English actor famous for his roles as John Thornton in North & South, Guy of Gisborne in Robin Hood, and Lucas North in Spooks. He plays Thorin Oakenshield in the three-film adaptation of The Hobbit.

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Articles Richard Armitage (actor) Between the Sheets (TV series) British Academy Television Awards Brockington College Captain America: The First Avenger Clarissa Cleopatra (1999 film) Cold Feet Cold Feet (series 5)

Lucas North Moving On (TV series) Pattison College Robin Hood (2006 TV series) ShakespeaRe-Told Sir Guy of Gisbourne Spooks Strike Back: Project Dawn Strike Back (TV series) The Golden Hour (TV series) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey The Impressionists (BBC drama) The Inspector Lynley Mysteries The Vicar of Dibley This Year's Love Thorin Oakenshield Ultimate Force

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Richard Armitage (actor)

Richard Armitage

Richard Armitage at the BAFTA TV Awards 2010 BornRichard Crispin Armitage 22 August 1971 Huncote, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK

Occupation

Years active

Actor

1988–present

Richard Crispin Armitage(born 22 August 1971) is an English actor famous for his roles as John Thornton in North & South, Guy of Gisborne inRobin Hood, and Lucas North inSpooks. He plays Thorin Oakenshield in the three-film adaptation ofThe Hobbit.

Early life Born in Leicester, England, Richard Armitage attended Huncote Community Primary School in Huncote, Blaby District, Leicestershire. Later at Brockington College in Enderby he studied music, playing the cello in school and local orchestras as well as learning how to play the flute. He pursued this interest to Pattison College in Coventry, [1] [2] where his education expanded to include dance and acting. He gained A Levels in music and English.

Career [3][4] At 17, he joined a circus in Budapest for six weeks to gain his Equity Card. After returning to England, he pursued a career in musical theatre, performing in various productions includingCatsas Admetus and Macavity. Dissatisfied with this career path, he enrolled at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) to [5] further study acting.“I had started on a certain road in musical theatre and I was about 21 when I suddenly thought this is not quite the right path I am taking. I needed to do something a bit more truthful than musical theatre. For me it was a bit too theatrical and all about standing on stage and showing off. I was looking for something else, so that’s [6] why I went back to drama school.” After completing LAMDA's three year programme he returned to the stage as a supporting player with the Royal Shakespeare Company's productions ofMacbethandThe Duchess of Malfi, as well asHamletandFour Alice Bakers [7] with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre while taking a series of small roles in television and films. In 2002 he [8] [9] starred in the Charm Offensive 's production ofUse Me As Your Cardigan. That same year he appeared in his first major television role as John Standring in the BBC dramaSparkhouse(2002). “the first time I went to an audition in character. It was a minor role but it was something I really got my teethIt was [10] into... I couldn’t go back. I knew I had to approach everything the same way.”After this he took a variety of supporting roles in the TV productions ofBetween the Sheets,Cold Feet(series 5), andUltimate Force(Series 2).

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In 2004, he appeared in his first leading role, as John Thornton in the BBC adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell'sNorth and South. Armitage said that he felt personally drawn to the role. "My father's family were weavers and spinners. It was where I came from and it was exciting to think I could be a part of it." He also cited Thornton's dualism as drawing him to the character. "The dichotomy between the powerful, almost monstrous, entrepreneur and this kind [11] of vulnerable boy is exciting for me to look at." In 2005, he played Peter MacDuff inMacbethin the BBC'sShakespeaRe-Toldseries and appeared one episode of Inspector Lynley Mysteriescalled "In Divine Proportion" as a recovering gambling addict, Phillip Turner. Richard also starred inThe Impressionists, playing the young Claude Monet and as Dr Alec Track in ITV'sThe Golden Hour, a medical series based on the London Air Ambulance. He also played his first substantial role in movies with the independent filmFrozen. [10] In 2006, Armitage took on the major role of Guy of Gisborne in the BBC seriesRobin Hoodorder to sustain. "In the character of Guy, you have to find the conflict within him. He's constantly pulled between good and evil, between who he wants to be and who he actually is. He could have been a good man, but he is forever dragged down [12] by his fatal flaw - that he wants glory at all costs." "I have to say I think baddies are always the most fun to play because you get to be rude and aggressive and you get to do things that you can't really do in everyday life. We have to be civilised and nice and polite. And when you play the bad guys you get to play all those notes of your [13] personality. There's a little bit of me in Guy, I think, sort of the aggressiveness. No, it's great fun; I love it." The third and final series of Robin Hood started on 28 March 2009. Armitage appeared in a two-part 2006 Christmas special ofThe Vicar of Dibley, as Harry Kennedy–the vicar's new love interest (and eventual husband). He reprised the role in 2007 for Red Nose Day. On 8 April 2007, he starred in George Gently, a detective drama, with Martin Shaw and Lee Ingleby. Armitage played biker Ricky Deeming. On 9 May 2007, he appeared in the BBC Four production ofMiss Marie Lloyd - Queen of The Music Hallplaying Marie Lloyd's first husband, Percy Courtenay. He also appeared in the Granada TV production of Agatha Christie's novel Ordeal by Innocenceas the character Philip Durrant. Armitage joined the cast ofSpooksfor series 7 which began on 27 October 2008, in the UK, as the character Lucas North. "On the surface Lucas is an amiable character but eight years in a Russian prison has had a profound effect on him. His personality is divided between who he was before he was imprisoned, the prisoner, and the person he has become. He has an outer facade which is personable, but underneath is someone who has been through a big trauma... He has no knowledge of how damaged he is emotionally until memories start to work their way to the [14] surface." "I love films with a combination of action and good characters. That's why Lucas is interesting as I get [15] to play someone with a complex psychology who goes out there and tries to save the world." During the filming [16] of series 7 Armitage allowed himself to be subjected to waterboarding in order to film a flashback sequence. In July 2010, Armitage completed filming of series 9, his final series. In the series, his character's real name was revealed as John Bateman, who had murdered the real Lucas North shortly before North's return to MI5, and taken his place. Series 9 ended in a confrontation with Harry Pearce on the roof of the Enver Tower, from which Bateman [17] leapt to his death. On 20 May 2009, Armitage appeared in the BBC1 dramaMoving Onas John Mulligan. [18] In May 2010 he starred as John Porter inStrike Back. On playing John Porter Armitage stated, "Onfor Sky 1 paper it is pretty obvious what kind of dramaStrike Backis, but the driving challenge for me and the scriptwriters and directors was to find the emotional centre of John Porter. How does a man become a trained killer and then go home and put his arms around his wife and rock his baby daughter to sleep? How can a soldier not have a conscience [19] about what he is being asked to do?" Elsewhere he said, "In the end it was the character I was attracted to, the story of a man who makes a decision under pressure and that decision has a knock-on effect on his whole life. He goes in search of atonement still believing he did the right thing even though it cost the lives of three of his friends... I admire the tenacity of standing up and saying "I made a mistake, I'm going to take the consequences. I'm going to search out the reason it was a mistake." There's anger and there's injustice. It's like, "I did the right thing, with the

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[20] wrong outcome."" [21] Sky1 commissioned a second series ofStrike Back, which began broadcasting in August 2011. However, because [22] of his commitments to filmingThe HobbitArmitage only appears as a guest star in the second series. Armitage appeared as Nazi spy Heinz Kruger in theCaptain America: The First Avengerfilm, released in July [23] 2011. He gave even this small role his full commitment to realizing the character. "I wanted to play someone who completely believed what they were doing. So I found this biography of a guy called Erich Gimpel, who had been sent in to sabotage the Manhattan Project. It's a fascinating book, and it helped me to not just think, "Destroy, [24] destroy, destroy." I had to conceive of my side being the right side, when it was so clearly wrong." He has also been cast as Thorin Oakenshield in the three-film production ofThe Hobbit. The first film, The Hobbit: [25] An Unexpected Journey was released in December 2012. When asked about playing the iconic character, Armitage replied, "I just think it is a really amazing opportunity to take a character from a book that I was brought to as a child and that I was, I mean my first experience on stage was in a production ofThe Hobbitat the Alex Theatre in Birmingham and I played an elf...so it’s kind of been there in my kind of childhood very prominently so to come [26] to it as an adult...and have another look at it is a brilliant opportunity." On the character of Thorin, he stated, "With my character in The Hobbit there's this emotional explosion and suppressed anger, and I'm trying to work out whether I have that in me or whether I'm going to have to imagine it. I guess there's a dangerous place, my own darkness, that I don't access in life but have the ability to go 'alright, just for this role, I'll just open this door and have [27] [28] a peek'." Armitage was cast inBlack Skyfrom New Line, with shooting scheduled to begin in July 2012. In recent years, Armitage has also performed a great deal of voice work, such as reading poetry for various radio programmes and starring as Robert Lovelace in BBC Radio 4's production ofClarissa: A History of a Young Ladyin April 2010. He has recorded six audio books based on BBC's "Robin Hood" as well as Bernard Cornwel'sThe Lords [29] of the Northand three Georgette Heyer novels for Naxos AudioBooks :Sylvester, or the Wicked Uncle,Venetia, andThe Convenient Marriagewhich was released in August 2010. He has also narrated many documentaries such as [30] [31] [32] "Homes From Hell ", "Empire's Children ", "Too Poor for Posh School? ", "Forest Elephants: Rumble in [33] [34] [35] the Jungle ", "Surgery School ", and "Elsa: The Lioness That Changed the World " among others. In 2011, he provided the narration for a series about Royal Navy flagship, theHMS Ark Royal, "125 Years of Wimbledon: [36] [37] [38] You Cannot Be Serious ," and "Fraud Squad ." He has also provided the voice over for many TV and radio advertisements. He is said to be involved in a drama based about Richard III. "I was named Richard being born on the anniversary of Richard III’s demise at Bosworth; one of my father’s favourite novels isThe Sunne in Splendourby Sharon Kay Penman, and I read this many years ago. In recent years it has led to a tentative interest and line of research into the rehabilitation of this story. As an actor, it’s a project I would love to achieve. I believe it is a great story, a [39] socio-political thriller, a love story and a dynastic tragedy." "There’s a darkness and mystery to Richard. I like the idea of someone who is not ambitious, but gets put on the fast track to the crown and almost finds himself there [19] against his instincts.”"I've got a script in development, well, it isn't mine, but it's about Richard III... there's too much to tell, let's do twenty episodes then we can tell all of the story... sort of a long-running "Wars of the Roses" kind of thing... I know a lot of people that are interested [in producing it], but there is no one that will step on the [40] gas. Quite. Nearly there, nearly there."

Acting style Richard Armitage describes himself as a method actor. "In a way it's slightly lazy because it means you don't have to pretend - you just have to believe. As much as it's possible to be like that I suppose I kind of do step in and out, I'm not one of these people that can't talk to other people because I'm in my character, but I kind of do stay with the [41] character, yeah. He's always there. It's like marinating something - you're sitting in a marinade the whole time." [40] He frequently speaks of being drawn to and developing dualism in his characters.“If I’m offered the role of the [42] hero, I immediately look for the antihero within!... I see everything in terms of an outer skin and an inner skin.”

Guy of Gisborne

Philip Turner

37 episodes

2006

2009

Inspector George Gently

2007

The Golden Hour

25 episodes

1 episode

John Mulligan

Percy Courtney

Miss Marie Lloyd–Queen of The Music Hall

John Porter

Philip Durrant

Agatha Christie's Marple: Ordeal by Innocence

John Porter

He has often said that he creates“character diaries”with entire biographies for the characters he plays.“It was important to me to put in a background for my character that would be useful for the whole journey. A lot of that is secret and no one gets to read that. It’s what is useful to me. If you are playing something long running and a role that has a future [beyond the initial series], it’s almost like you have to plant a garden which you will need to come [6] back to at some point. If you don’t put in early, it can jar with you.”

2010

2011

2008-2010

2006–2007Vicar of Dibley

Theatre (selection) 1998:Hamletas Bernardo 1999:The Four Alice Bakersas Young Ritchie 1999:Macbeth(Royal Shakespeare Company) as Angus 2000:The Duchess of Malfi(Royal Shakespeare Company) as Delio 2002:Use Me As Your Cardigan(Charm Offensive) as Jez 2010:Twenty-Four Hour Plays Celebrity Gala(The Old Vic) as Dennis/Himself

Ricky Deeming

2006–2009Robin Hood

ShakespeaRe-Told

William Chatford

Young Claude Monet

Peter Macduff

Dr. Alec Track

Harry Kennedy

Strike Back: Project Dawn

Spooks

The Impressionists

Strike Back

Moving On

Richard Armitage (actor)

3 episodes

ITV drama

4 episodes

Uncredited

Television film

John Standring

Lee

John Thornton

Angus

Paul Andrews

Capt. Ian Macalwain

4 episodes

Mini-series

Role

Man in pub

North and South

Lucas North

1 episode: 'Episode 1'

BBC drama

1 episode: 'Drowning not Waving'

6 episodes

ITV drama

Boon

Year

1995

Filmography

Notes

Title

2004

Television

BBC drama

4 episodes

5 episodes

Television film

Craig Parker

Cleopatra

1 episode: 'Playing with Fire'

1999

Casualty

Between the Sheets

Ultimate Force

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

2003

Malice Aforethought

Macbeth

2002

Cold Feet

2005

Sparkhouse

Epiphanes

Dr. Tom Steele

2001

Doctors

1 episode: 'In Divine Proportion'

2 episodes: 'Good Companions', 'Cat's Out of the Bag'

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Year

1999This Year's Love

Film

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

2005Frozen

2011Captain America: The First Avenger

2012The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

2013Black Sky

2013The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

2014

The Hobbit: There and Back Again

Role

Smug Man at Party

Bravo Fighter Pilot

Steven

Heinz Kruger

Thorin Oakenshield

[43] Gary Morris

Thorin Oakenshield

Notes

Thorin Oakenshield Announced

Public appearances 2003: RI:SE (17 November 2003) 2004: GMTV (12 November 2004) 2006: Jonathan Ross's World of Robin Hood 2006: National TV Awards (1 November 2006) 2006: BAFTA Children's Awards (26 November 2006) 2007: BAFTA TV Awards (20 May 2007) 2007: GMTV (3 October 2007) 2007: The Five Women In Film And Television Awards (7 December 2007) 2008: This Morning (27 October 2008) 2008: BBC One Breakfast Show (27 October 2008) 2008: The Story of the Costume Drama (3 December 2008) 2009: BBC Showcase (report in the BBC One Breakfast Show) (25 February 2009) 2009: GMTV (25 March 2009) 2009: BAFTA TV Awards (26 April 2009) 2010: GMTV (4 May 2010) 2010: BAFTA TV Awards (6 June 2010)

Discography 2006:Robin Hood: Will You Tolerate This? 2006:Robin Hood: Sheriff Got Your Tongue? 2006:Robin Hood: Who Shot The Sheriff? 2006:Robin Hood: Parent Hood 2007:The Lords of the Northby Bernard Cornwell 2009:Robin Hood: The Witch Finders 2009:Robin Hood: The Siege 2009:Sylvesterby Georgette Heyer 2010:Venetiaby Georgette Heyer 2010:The Convenient Marriageby Georgette Heyer

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Other credits 2006: CBeebies:Bedtime Hour(9–13 October 2006) 2007: Channel 4:Empire's Children, narrator (2 July 2007) 2007: BBC Radio 4:The Ted Hughes Letters, as Ted Hughes (29 October 2007) 2007: BBC Radio 2:AWar Less Ordinary, narrator (10 November 2007) [44] 2009: ITV1:Homes from Hell, as narrator (3 March 2009) [45] 2009: Channel 4:The Great Sperm Race, as narrator (23 March 2009) 2010 - 2011: Voice-over forSantanderTV and radio adverts 2010: BBC 2:The Natural World, Forest Elephants: Rumbles in the Jungle, as narrator [46] 2010: BBC Radio 4:Clarissa: The History of a Young Lady, as Robert Lovelace (14 March 2010) 2010 - 2011: Voice-over forSky Sports HDTV and radio adverts 2010: Voice-over forGeneral Election 2010 Leaders' Debatesradio adverts 2010: Voice-over forBBC Winter OlympicsTV and Radio Adverts 2010: Voice-over forAlfa Romeo MitoTV advert 2010: Voice-over forJohn Bull Jewelersradio adverts [47] 2010: ITV:Surgery School, as narrator. [48] 2010: BBC Radio 3:Words and Music: Symphony of a City as narrator (12 September 2010). 2010: Voice-over forHyundai ix20TV advert [49] 2010: BBC:Lost Land of the Tiger , as narrator. [35] 2011: BBC:Elsa: The Lioness That eChanged the World , as narrator. 2010: Voice-over forActionAidUKTV advert 2011: Voice-over forPilsner UrquellTV advert [50] 2011: Discovery Channel U.K.:HMS Ark Royal , as narrator 2011: Eden Channel:Trouble in Lemur Land: Phantoms of the Forest, as narrator [36] 2011: BBC2:125 Years of Wimbledon: You Cannot Be Serious , as narrator. 2011: Voice-over forLG Optimus 3D SmartphoneTV advert [38] 2011: ITV:Fraud Squad , as narrator 2011: National Geographic Wild:Leopards of Dead Tree island, as narrator.

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[15] Cope, Samantha. "I'd Make a Rubbish Spy,"Sunday People,26 October 2008, p. 16 [16] Foster, Patrick (27 October 2008). "BBC to Show Real Life Torture of Spooks Actor Who Endured Waterboarding for Authenticity" (http:/ / entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article5019442.ece).The Times(London). . [17]Wightman, Catriona (13 September 2011). "'Spooks' Peter Firth interview: 'They won't kill Harry off'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 16 September 2011. [18] http://sky1.sky.com/strike-back [19] Dickson, Jane. "Tough Act,"Readers Digest, U.K.,May 2010, p. 38 [20] Stephenson, David. "Hero of a Special Force,"Sunday Express,May, 2, 2010. p. # not listed. [21] Hale, Mike. " In Between the Terrorist Threats, Plenty of Time for Hanky-Panky (http:/ /tv.nytimes.com/2011/08/12/arts/television/ strike-back-on-cinemax-anti-terrorism-drama-review.html),"New York Times,11 August 2011. [22] Woodfin, Josh. " World's Tallest Dwarf (http:/ /itunes.apple.com/us/app/project-magazine/id404942717?mt=8),"Project Magazine,15 July 2011. [23] Jensen, Jeff. " An Exclusive First Look at 'Captain America: The First Avenger' (http:/ /popwatch.ew.com/2010/10/28/ captain-america-chris-evans-2/).Entertainment Weekly. Time Warner, 5 November 2010. [24] Woodfin, Josh. " World's Tallest Dwarf (http:/ /itunes.apple.com/us/app/project-magazine/id404942717?mt=8),"Project Magazine,15 July 2011. [25] Wicks, Kevin. " Aidan Turner, Richard Armitage Set For Peter Jackson’s‘The Hobbit’(http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/23/ anglophenia.jsp?bc_id=1957),"BBC: America,21 October 2010. [26] "The Hobbit media conference–full video" (http://www.3news.co.nz/The-Hobbit-media-conference--full-video/tabid/312/articleID/ 198020/Default.aspx).3 News. . Retrieved 5 November 2011. [27] Wyllie, Alice. " Interview: Richard Armitage, Actor (http:/ /www.scotsman.com/scotsmanmagazine/Interview-Richard-Armitage-actor. 6806731.jp?articlepage=1),"The Scotsman,25 July 2011. [28] http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/07/11/richard-armitage-new-line-tornado-thriller-hobbit/ [29] http://www.naxosaudiobooks.com/home.htm [30] http://www.itv.com/presscentre/homesfromhell/week26dubaidreams/default.html [31] http://www.channel4.com/programmes/empires-children [32] http://www.channel4.com/programmes/too-poor-for-posh-school [33] http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00r9v6z [34] http://www.itv.com/presscentre/surgeryschool/ep1week36/default.html [35] http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ybvz1 [36] http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0124y7g [37] http://blogs.yourdiscovery.com/whats-new/2011/02/hms-ark-royal.html [38] http://www.locatetv.com/tv/fraud-squad/season-1/7236979 [39] Briggs, Moira. " In Conversation With: Richard Armitage (http:/ /vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/ in-conversation-with-richard-armitage/),"Vulpis Libris,8 July 2009. [40] Audio Recording of "Hero of a Special Force" Interview (http:/ /davidastephenson.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/armitagefull.mp3) with Richard Armitage conducted by David Stephenson of theSunday Express, " Richard Armitage, Strike Back, Sky (http://davidastephenson. wordpress.com/?s=armitage)," 3 June 2010. [41] Phillips, Emily. " Armitage Talks Strike Back (http:/ /www.screenrush.co.uk/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle=18496997.html)," Screenrush, 29 April 2010. [42] Maher, Kevin (18 October 2008). "Richard Armitage joins the cast of Spooks" (http:/ /entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/ arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article4954906.ece).The Times(London). . [43] Rottenberg, Josh (11 July 2012). "'Hobbit' star Richard Armitage lands major role in tornado thriller -- EXCLUSIVE" (http:/ /insidemovies. ew.com/2012/07/11/richard-armitage-new-line-tornado-thriller-hobbit/).Entertainment Weekly. . Retrieved 11 July 2012. [44] What's On TV (http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/index.php?class=tvlistings&tvg_component=search&tvgSearchPhrase=richard armitage) [45] The Great Sperm Race (http:/ /www.channel4.com/programmes/the-great-sperm-race) [46] BBC Radio 4 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00r907w) [47] http://www.itv.com/presscentre/surgeryschool/ep1week36/default.html [48] http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tp8mw [49] http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ty6b0 [50] http://blogs.yourdiscovery.com/whats-new/2011/02/hms-ark-royal.html

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External links Richard Armitage (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm35514/) at the Internet Movie Database Richard Armitage's CV (http://unitedagents.co.uk/richard-armitage#profile-1) at United Agents

Between the Sheets (TV series)

Format

Created by

Starring

Between the Sheets

Country of origin

No. of seasons

No. of episodes

Original channel

Original run

DVD cover

Drama

Kay Mellor

Alun Armstrong Brenda Blethyn Julie Graham Richard Armitage

United Kingdom

ITV

Broadcast

17 November 2003–22 December 2003

Between the Sheetsis a 2003, British television mini series. This carnal drama is based around the love life and sexual hangups of several different couples that we find are all linked in some way. Emotional, touching, and sometimes humorous, you follow the story of these couples as they are forced to face their demons. Hazel Delany walks out on her husband on the eve of her daughters wedding. Hazel is upset at nightclub owner husband, Peter, because of his string of affairs. Peter is annoyed at his wife's lack of interest in sex, and exasperated that his mother is getting more than he is. They eventually to see a sex therapist to overcome their difficulties. Peter is hiding a secret about one of his ex-mistresses and Hazel has a sexual awakening in the arms of younger man. Peter's son Simon, has left a long term relationship. His mother pushes him to reconcile and marry his girlfriend after she admits to Hazel that she is pregnant. He is reluctant, as he has fallen for one of his fathers nightclub hostess's. Highly sexed Alona Cunningham works as a sex therapist, yet finds her boyfriend Paul reticent in the bedroom. Paul works as a probation officer and reveals that he is being accused of having sex with one of his 15 year old clients. As the investigations into Paul's alleged misconduct, she also catches her teenage son sleeping with the au pair, and through the stress of all this considers an affair. The couple end up seeing one of Alona's colleagues for therapy.