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What About Brian Friday August 10, 8.30pm

The second season of the heartwarming ensemble drama, What About Brian, starts tonight at 8.30pm, leading on from the outstanding first season.

Six months have passed since Brian (Barry Watson), the consummate bachelor yet closet romantic, left town following a heartbreaking blow from Marjorie (Sarah Lancaster), the current love of his life - who also happens to be engaged to Brian's best friend, Adam (Matthew Davis).
Since Brian's been away, his close friends, Dave (Rick Gomez) and Deena (Amanda Detmer), have been suffering the fall-out of their disastrous experiment with an open marriage. What was supposed to combat the doldrums of parenting, work stress, and a lacklustre sex life has only driven the couple further apart. They're now hoping marriage counselling will be able to heal their wounds and restore what was once a great love.

As for Adam and Marjorie - their hectic lifestyles seem to prevent them from organising the final details of their upcoming nuptials, though they seem to have plenty of time to analyse whether they actually do want to tie the knot. Brian's sister, Nicole (Rosanna Arquette), is thrilled to finally be pregnant after a year of fertility treatments and is busy preparing for the new arrival. Unfortunately she's doing most of the nesting alone, since her husband, Angelo (Raoul Bova), a hunky, Italian actor, is off in Rome starring in his first film. Thankfully Angelo is planning to return home in time for Adam and Marjorie's wedding, which is not soon enough for Nicole.

Meanwhile, Jimmy (Jason Winston George), a fun-loving lawyer in Adam's firm, and Jimmy's feisty wife, Ivy (Amanda Foreman), who owns a bar in Koreatown, still appear to be the couple who represent what a good marriage can be.

Relationships and friendships become even more tangled when the second season of What About Brian starts on Friday August 10 at 8.30pm on TV2.