Sex/Life

Billie Connelly is a suburban mother whose private past keeps intruding on her ordered present. Once wild and impulsive, she traded late-night parties and risky affairs for a calmer life with husband Cooper and their two children. When Brad, the ex who ignited those fierce fantasies, returns and reappears in her thoughts and writing, Billie starts to question the choices she made and the limits of desire, fidelity, and identity. The series watches how her memories and erotic imaginings complicate everyday routines and strain her marriage, without giving away the turns the story takes. Scenes alternate between memory and present, mixing diary fantasies with domestic consequences.

Sex/Life premiered on Netflix in 2021, created by Stacy Rukeyser and inspired by BB Easton's memoir. The show stars Sarah Shahi, Adam Demos and Mike Vogel, pairing soap-style melodrama with explicit romantic scenes.

Critics and audiences offered mixed reactions, with a current user score around 7.05/10 from over 1,300 votes. Reviewers highlighted the leads' chemistry and glossy production while pointing to thin plotting and melodramatic beats, and streaming debate. Many viewers stayed engaged for its frank look at midlife desire and relationship conflict.

The series generated lively social media discussion about female sexuality, fantasy, and domestic fulfillment, spawning memes and parodies as well as think pieces. Its explicit scenes drew attention and controversy, making Sex/Life a pop culture touchpoint for conversations about erotic representation and women reclaiming sexual narratives, and late-night shows.

While it became widely discussed, Sex/Life has not been a major awards favorite. It has received limited formal recognition from marquee TV prize bodies, with attention concentrated more on audience engagement and streaming popularity than on trophy-season acclaim. Its notoriety translated into viewer numbers, though not into significant trophy-season attention.