律师玛丽安（丽芙•乌曼Liv Ullmann 饰）与精神学讲师约翰（厄兰•约瑟夫森Erland Josephson 饰）结婚十余载，育有两名女儿，生活幸福平稳。朋友皮特（金•玛思索Jan Malmsjö饰）与卡特里娜（毕比•安德森Bibi Andersson 饰）的婚姻生活却濒于解体。感慨万千的玛丽安发现自己怀孕，没曾想约翰竟倾向于打胎。有一天约翰突然向玛丽安提出自己爱上了一名叫宝拉的女子，二人痛苦分居。在协议离婚的过程中，二人的愤懑不满纷纷爆发，直到多年后，玛丽安与约翰才终于体会到爱情是什么。
婚姻生活 (季节 1)
Innocence and Panic 6.0
播出日期: 1973-04-11
运行时间: 52 min
概述: The story begins around Marianne's and Johan's 10th anniversary, when a reporter for a women's magazine interviews them. Peter and Katarina visit later for dinner, and cruelly humiliate one another.
The Art of Sweeping Things Under the Rug 6.0
播出日期: 1973-04-18
运行时间: 41 min
概述: Marianne tries to withdraw from a Sunday dinner with her parents but fails and realizes how difficult it is for her to let down other people's expectations. Johan flirts with another woman at work.
Paula 6.0
播出日期: 1973-04-25
运行时间: 51 min
概述: Johan came home unexpectedly and told Marianne that he'd been in a love affair with someone named Paula. After his declaration of breaking away from the past, and Marianne's failing to detain him, Johan drove away.
The Vale of Tears 6.0
播出日期: 1973-05-02
运行时间: 51 min
概述: Johan is disillusioned with Paula and revisits Marianne. They discuss their current lives and Johan attempts to initiate sex, but Marianne is unwilling. He attempts to spend the night but cannot sleep and leaves.
The Illiterates 4.5
播出日期: 1973-05-09
运行时间: 51 min
概述: Marianne and Johan meet at his office to sign divorce papers, but Johan refuses. The two fight savagely. Johan declares that they are emotional illiterates. They sign the papers.
In the Middle of the Night in a Dark House Somewhere in the World 5.0
播出日期: 1973-05-16
运行时间: 51 min
概述: Marianne and Johan have married other people, but are unhappy. Having met coincidentally in a theatre some time earlier, they have begun secretly seeing each other again. On the 20th anniversary of their wedding, they decide to spend time together at their country house. Finding that too strange, they go to a friend's country house instead. There they discuss how much they have changed, with Marianne more self-conscious and Johan accepting his real abilities. When Marianne awakes panicking from a nightmare, Johan comforts her.
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集 6