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* LateComingOut: Marion and Ken knew that Tom was gay, although whether he was actually out to them or if it was just an OpenSecret between them is unclear. Phil only finds out after Tom's death.
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* LateComingOut: Marion and Ken knew that Tom was gay, although whether he was actually out to them or if it was just an OpenSecret between them is unclear. Phil only finds out after Tom's death.[[spoiler:Tom's death]].
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''Truelove'' is a drama written by Charlie Covell and Iain Weatherby. Phil, Ken, Marion, David, Marion and Tom have been friends since they were teenagers. Now in their seventies, they make a drunken pact after the funeral of their mutual friend, Dennis, to help each other end their lives rather than have them face the prospect of a slow, painful death.
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''Truelove'' is a 2024 drama written created by Charlie Covell and Iain Weatherby. Phil, Ken, Marion, David, Marion and Tom have been friends since they were teenagers. Now in their seventies, they make a drunken pact after the funeral of their mutual friend, Dennis, to help each other end their lives rather than have them face the prospect of a slow, painful death.
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* BeneathTheMask: Marion says that both David and Phil are the type to put up a front but that they both feel things very deeply. This proves to be a bit of {{Foreshadowing}} as David later makes a NotSoDifferentRemark when he tries to convince Phil to come with him to Spain.
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* BeneathTheMask: Marion says that both David and Phil are the type to put up a front but that they both feel things very deeply. This proves to be a bit of {{Foreshadowing}} as David later makes [[spoiler:makes a NotSoDifferentRemark when he tries to convince Phil to come with him to Spain. Spain.]]
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** "True Love" by Music/PatsyCline pops up a few times on the soundtrack.
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** "True Love" by Music/PatsyCline Patsy Cline pops up a few times on the soundtrack.
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** "True Love" by Music/ColePorter pops up a few times on the soundtrack.
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* {{Gaslighting}}: [[spoiler: David tricked Marion into thinking she had dementia through a combination of feeding her false information and getting her prescribed on a selection of drugs whose combined side-effectsside-effects caused similar symptoms to dementia.]]
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''Truelove'' is a drama written by Charlie Covell and Iain Weatherby. Phil, Ken, Marion, David, Marion and Tom have been friends since they were teenagers. Now in their seventies, they make a drunken pact after the funeral of their mutual friend, Dennis, to help each other end their lives rather than
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''Truelove'' is a drama written by Charlie Covell and Iain Weatherby. Phil, Ken, Marion, David, Marion and Tom have been friends since they were teenagers. Now in their seventies, they make a drunken pact after the funeral of their mutual friend, Dennis, to help each other end their lives rather than
than have them face the prospect of a slow, painful death.
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* BeneathTheMask: Marion says that both David and Phil are the type to put up a front but that they both feel things very deeply.
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* BeneathTheMask: Marion says that both David and Phil are the type to put up a front but that they both feel things very deeply. This proves to be a bit of {{Foreshadowing}} as David later makes a NotSoDifferentRemark when he tries to convince Phil to come with him to Spain.
* EstablishingShot: A shot of the Prince of Wales bridge is used to show that David is heading for Wales [[spoiler: after he fails to leave the country for Spain]].
* {{Gaslighting}}: [[spoiler: David tricked Marion into thinking she had dementia through a combination of feeding her false information and getting her prescribed on a selection of drugs whose combined side-effects
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* TheHermit: At one point, Ken meets up with an old SAS pal who lives alone in a caravan in the middle of a forest.
* LateComingOut: Marion and Ken knew that Tom was gay, although whether he was actually out to them or if it was just an OpenSecret between them is unclear. Phil only finds out after Tom's death.
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:David. He convinced Marion and their friends that Marion was terminally ill with dementia so that he could trick Phil and Ken into helping Marion end her life.]]
* MistakenForCheating: Phil lets Nigel believe that she's having an affair with Ken rather than tell him the truth about [[spoiler:her and Ken helping Tom and Marion to die.]]
* LateComingOut: Marion and Ken knew that Tom was gay, although whether he was actually out to them or if it was just an OpenSecret between them is unclear. Phil only finds out after Tom's death.
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:David. He convinced Marion and their friends that Marion was terminally ill with dementia so that he could trick Phil and Ken into helping Marion end her life.]]
* MistakenForCheating: Phil lets Nigel believe that she's having an affair with Ken rather than tell him the truth about [[spoiler:her and Ken helping Tom and Marion to die.]]
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* WeWillHaveEuthanasiaInTheFuture: David speculates that in a hundred years time, people will look back on the present day and regard our current society as cruel for allowing so many people to suffer needlessly through the prohibition of assisted dying.
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* WeCanRuleTogether: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. [[spoiler:David suggests to Phil that they both run away to Spain as fugitives rather than turning themselves in to the police.]]
* WeWillHaveEuthanasiaInTheFuture: David speculates that in a hundred years time, people will look back on the present day and regard our current society as cruel for allowing so many people to suffer needlessly through the prohibition of assisted dying. [[spoiler: For David, this proves to be a case of VillainHasAPoint.]]
* YouMustBeCold: When Ken takes Phil out in a wheelchair for a cigarette, he puts his coat over her shoulders to keep her warm.
* WeWillHaveEuthanasiaInTheFuture: David speculates that in a hundred years time, people will look back on the present day and regard our current society as cruel for allowing so many people to suffer needlessly through the prohibition of assisted dying. [[spoiler: For David, this proves to be a case of VillainHasAPoint.]]
* YouMustBeCold: When Ken takes Phil out in a wheelchair for a cigarette, he puts his coat over her shoulders to keep her warm.
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* ActOfTrueLove: Tom describes helping a loved one to die in order to spare them pain and suffering as an act of true love
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* ActOfTrueLove: Tom describes helping a loved one to die in order to spare them pain and suffering as an act of true lovelove.
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* FloofillingSongAndDance: One scene shows everyone at Dahlia's christening dancing the electric slide to "Candy" by Music/{{Cameo}}, before the DJ switches the track to [[DanceOfRomance "She's Royal" by Tarrus Riley]].
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* FloofillingSongAndDance: FloorfillingSongAndDance: One scene shows everyone at Dahlia's christening dancing the electric slide to "Candy" by Music/{{Cameo}}, before the DJ switches the track to [[DanceOfRomance "She's Royal" by Tarrus Riley]].
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* MyLocal: The drinks after Dennis' funeral are at The True Lovers' Knot, so named after a local legend about two young lovers who entered into a SuicidePact.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Tom initially tries to commit suicide on his own after learning about his terminal cancer diagnosis. but fails.
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''Truelove'' is a drama written by Charlie Covell and Iain Weatherby. Phil, Ken, Marion, David, Marion and Tom have been friends since they were teenagers. Now in their seventies, they make a drunken pact after the funeral of their mutual friend, Dennis, to help each other end their lives rather than
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* BeneathTheMask: Marion says that both David and Phil are the type to put up a front but that they both feel things very deeply.
* CleanupCrew: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Once [[spoiler:Marion]] dies, [[spoiler:Phil and Ken]] make sure to clean up after themselves and remove any evidence that they were in the house before going home.
* DrivenToSuicide: Tom initially tries to commit suicide on his own after learning about his terminal cancer diagnosis. but fails.
* FirstEpisodeTwist: [[spoiler: Tom is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Phil and Tom agree to his request to help him die and do it out on his boat.]]
* GenderBlenderName: Phil's full name is Philippa but she never uses it.
* ShoutOut: Tom's boat is called the [[Literature/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader Dawn Treader]].
* UnderstandingBoyfriend: Nigel spent his and Phil's entire marriage keeping things ticking over at home so Phil could progress her career as a police officer, which had led to no small degree of smothered frustration on Nigel's part.
* WeWillHaveEuthanasiaInTheFuture: Tom speculates that in a hundred years time, people will look back on the present day and regard our current society as cruel for allowing so many people to suffer needlessly through the prohibition of assisted dying.
!!Provides examples of:
* BeneathTheMask: Marion says that both David and Phil are the type to put up a front but that they both feel things very deeply.
* CleanupCrew: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Once [[spoiler:Marion]] dies, [[spoiler:Phil and Ken]] make sure to clean up after themselves and remove any evidence that they were in the house before going home.
* DrivenToSuicide: Tom initially tries to commit suicide on his own after learning about his terminal cancer diagnosis. but fails.
* FirstEpisodeTwist: [[spoiler: Tom is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Phil and Tom agree to his request to help him die and do it out on his boat.]]
* GenderBlenderName: Phil's full name is Philippa but she never uses it.
* ShoutOut: Tom's boat is called the [[Literature/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader Dawn Treader]].
* UnderstandingBoyfriend: Nigel spent his and Phil's entire marriage keeping things ticking over at home so Phil could progress her career as a police officer, which had led to no small degree of smothered frustration on Nigel's part.
* WeWillHaveEuthanasiaInTheFuture: Tom speculates that in a hundred years time, people will look back on the present day and regard our current society as cruel for allowing so many people to suffer needlessly through the prohibition of assisted dying.
