City Life
City Life was a New Zealand soap opera that screened on TVNZ from 1996-1998. It was portrayed the lives and loves of ten singles who lived in an upmarket apartment building in Auckland, New Zealand. The show was touted as New Zealand's answer to Melrose Place. The show starred Claudia Black, Lisa Chappell, Laurie Foell and Oliver Driver and featured a guest appearance by well known New Zealand actor, Kevin Smith. The show had a long development period, and the original treatment for the show had it set in Wellington with the working title 96 Oriental Parade. However, it was decided to produce the show in Auckland instead, and as such, the shows setting was changed along with the name to City Life. The first episode began with a controversial first scene, featuring a drunken Damon who owned the apartment building, in a homosexual kiss with his former lover Ryan on the night before his wedding. Damon was later killed off in the same episode after being hit by a car on the way to his wedding, and he left his apartment building to all of his friends. However, Damon's fianceè vowed to fight for her share of Damon's estate, leading to a storyline that would span the show's first five episodes.
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Episode 1
15-07-199660mOn his way to his own wedding, promising young physician Damon South is killed in a tragic auto mobile accident. Shortly after his death, Damon's closest friends are taken to a the...
- Ep 2
2.Episode 2
22-07-199660mRebekah makes it perfectly clear that only she is the rightful heir to the 'Ancestral Pile' because she's carrying Damon's baby. Aaron moves into the 'Pile' and demands his attorne...
- Ep 3
3.Episode 3
29-07-199660mAaron discovers that the reason why Avery refuses to pay out his trust fund is because he has embezzeled Aaron's money and made personal investments with them. However, Avery has d...
- Ep 4
4.Episode 4
05-08-199660mThe gang demands to know the truth about who the father of Rebekah's unborn child is. Bronwyn tries to convince Daniel to take a paternity test, while a furious Rebekah threatens t...
- Ep 5
5.Episode 5
12-08-199660mRebekah survives her fall down the stairs but loses her unborn child. Everyone wonders who could have pushed Rebekah down the stairs, and Rebekah herself points the finger at Bronw...
- Ep 6
6.Episode 6
19-08-199660mA little girl is stuck under a tanker and is asking for her children's TV idol Stephanie. Steph blankly refuses to risk her life for a young girl. Until she starts considering the...
- Ep 7
7.Episode 7
26-08-199660mRyan meets Michael, whom he instantly falls in love with. Unfortunately for Ryan, it turns out that Michael likes drag, which Ryan himself can't stand. Stephanie's mother Aileen tr...
- Ep 8
8.Episode 8
03-09-199660mHugh runs into Helen, a woman he met on vacation in Bali. The problem is that he told Helen he works as a war photographer in Bosnia. Hugh is forced to keep up his charade but how...
- Ep 9
9.Episode 9
10-09-199660mKristen is helping Mr. Crabtree with maintenance work at the 'Pile', when she and Josh accidentally get locked in the laundry room. Josh is thrilled; thinking this is the moment wh...
- Ep 10
10.Episode 10
17-09-199660mBronwyn's conservative gallery landlord, Mr. Llewellyn, threatens to evict her unless she gets rid of Zoe and Seth and their provocative exhibit. Bronwyn fails to mediate but, surp...
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