Jess (Jess Harris)
and Josh (Josh Schmidt) are best friends, housemates and twentysomething. While
their friends finish uni degrees, climb the corporate ladder and settle down,
Jess and Josh live for the weekend. When they find themselves unemployed, getting
evicted and constantly dodging the dreaded question, "So what do you do with
yourselves?", they decide it's time to become their own bosses.
This
6-part comedy/drama series sees Jess and Josh set out each week in search of their
big break. Jess, with a restless need to prove herself and a fear of becoming
boring and predictable, contrasts with the more content and cautious Josh. No
matter how crazy, weird or ridiculous some of Jess' ideas get, it's her confidence
and blind faith that makes Josh want to buy whatever she is selling. Their entrepreneurial
pursuits range from a hugely successful erotic house cleaning service, guided
Melbourne tours that show twentysomething backpackers the city in a new light,
an elite babysitters' agency for a very small 60% commission and even profiting
from returning lost dogs for big rewards. Although Jess and Josh have every intention
of succeeding, they somehow manage to self-destruct, always ending in chaos.
With
Josh under added pressure from his older and more successful brother Nick, (Simon
Russell), to join the family advertising business, Jess finds a welcome distraction
in Billy (Hamish Blake), an on again/off again ex who has recently returned home
from an overseas adventure. When there is no-one else, there is always Abby, (Leah
de Niese) the back-up friend. Whether it is finding out how you got home last
night or what to do with the rest of your life, the twentysomething world is filled
with massive highs, heart breaking lows and plenty of drinks in between.
AS
SEEN ON ABC2
Running Time: 156mins
RRP: $29.95* 1 DISC* 6 EPISODES*
'Twentysomething'
is now available on DVD.
