I laughed, I cried (well, I misted up once or twice) and I wondered why they don't make dramas like this anymore. Yes, This Life is back.
Watching the repeats on BBC2 makes you feel old and nostalgic in equal measure. It also makes you wonder why no-one told Miles to get a haircut.
This Life was made in an age when people watched edgy, homegrown TV drama. You could be forgiven for thinking they don't want to anymore, with the double flop of Channel 4's Goldplated - made by World Productions, the company behind This Life - and Channel Five's Tripping Over, touted, unfortunately, as a new This Life.
But as anyone who is watching the repeat run will tell you - buried deep in BBC2's late night schedule in double bills after Newsnight - there is no improving on the original.
I always preferred the second series to the first. Miles' druggy girlfriend was just too irritating - and their relationship was totally unbelievable. Just imagine how good the third might have been, had they not decided to call it a day after just two seasons (or, in modern TV parlance, "do a Gervais").
BBC2 hasn't exactly made a big noise about the repeats, but they are being rushed out in the run-up to a brand new 90-minute special at Christmas, reuniting Milly, Egg, Warren, Anna and Miles. Not Ferdy, though, for reasons which will rapidly become apparent. No spoilers!
Ten years on, and the music and the suits (and the haircuts) might have aged, but the quality of the scripts, the acting, and the direction certainly hasn't.
And despite its late-night scheduling, This Life is getting almost as many viewers as Goldplated and more than Five's Tripping Over.
So what's your take on This Life? Modern drama masterpiece or throwaway nostalgia for a time - Tony Blair about to get into Downing Street! Chris Evans on Radio1! England in the Euro 90 semi-finals at Wembley! Britpop! - when everything seemed so much simpler. And everyone was much younger.
