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* HaplessSelfHelp: Maggie tells Andrew about dating a self-help author who killed himself in a BungledSuicide. She also published a book called "You May Already Know", and becomes convinced that her friend Peter is the man for her, although he is [[AmbiguouslyBi possibly gay.]] He gently rejects her because he's now celibate and no longer having sex, sex [[spoiler:because he has AIDS.]]
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* IAmNotPretty: Maggie says this almost word for word when Carol offers to give her a makeover.
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* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie, Tony Slattery and Stephen Fry had all been at Cambridge together and had been part of the famed student theatre company, the Cambridge Footlights.
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* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie, Tony Slattery and Stephen Fry had all been at Cambridge together and had been part of the famed student theatre company, the Cambridge Footlights. It's also RealitySubtext, since they also play old friends from Cambridge.
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* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie, Tony Slattery and Stephen Fry had all been at Cambridge together and had been part of the famed student theatre company, the Cambridge Footlights.
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* IvyLeagueForEveryone: The UsefulNotes/{{Oxbridge}} variant. The friends all met at Cambridge.
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* [[AmbiguouslyGay Ambiguously Bisexual]]: Peter, but he's not really sure.
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* [[AmbiguouslyGay Ambiguously Bisexual]]: AmbiguouslyBi: Peter, but he's not really sure.
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* BittersweetEnding: Though the parting shot is of the six friends, all together and laughing, what the viewer must remember is that this shot comes not too long after Andrew falling off the wagon after his marriage falls apart, Sarah's boyfriend going back to his wife and Peter admitting he's HIV positive.
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* BittersweetEnding: Though the parting shot is of the six friends, all together and laughing, what the viewer must remember is that this shot comes not too long after Andrew falling off the wagon after his marriage falls apart, Sarah's boyfriend going back to his wife and Peter admitting [[spoiler:admitting he's HIV positive.positive]].
* ImmediateSelfContradiction:
-->'''Andrew''': The f**king Underground Song! What a piece of ''s**t!'' Who wrote that?\\
'''Roger''': Guilty.\\
'''Andrew''': I've always loved that song.
-->'''Andrew''': The f**king Underground Song! What a piece of ''s**t!'' Who wrote that?\\
'''Roger''': Guilty.\\
'''Andrew''': I've always loved that song.
* TheReveal: Peter [[spoiler:admitting he is HIV positive]].
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* TragicAIDSStory: Ends with Peter confessing the real reason that he called his friends together for the new year: he's HIV positive.
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* TragicAIDSStory: Ends with Peter confessing the real reason that he called his friends together for the new year: he's [[spoiler:he's HIV positive.positive]].
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* AdultFear: Mary and Roger had a child that died in infancy. It's caused a strain on their relationship as she partly blamed Roger since he died while he was looking after him, and has become very overprotective of their new baby, ready to head back home when the babysitter says he's feeling a little under the weather.
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Mary and Roger had a child that died in infancy. It's caused a strain on their relationship as she partly blamed Roger since he died while he was looking after him, and has become very overprotective of their new baby, ready to head back home when the babysitter says he's feeling a little under the weather.
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* YouAreFat: When everyone is reunited after years apart, Andrew, who's been living in America, points to Peter's stomach and asks what that is.
-->'''Peter:''' It's called a potbelly, and we have those in England along with ''culture''.
-->'''Peter:''' It's called a potbelly, and we have those in England along with ''culture''.
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* WithLyrics: The "Underground Song" that the gang sings at the beginning and the end is to the tune of Offenbach's "Music/TheCanCanSong".
