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Pure Season 1 Episodes

2019-2019
1 Season
HBO Max
Comedy, Drama

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Twenty-four year old Marnie has bad thoughts all the time and she can't tell anyone. Her mind is XXX-rated and intrusive thoughts are piling up inside her head. She is caught in the grip of an excruciating form of obsessive compulsive disorder - nicknamed 'pure O' - where her obsessions take the form of intrusive sexual thoughts, and the compulsions are unseen mental rituals that deeply affect her daily life. Something. Has. Got. To. Give. At breaking point, she packs a bag and, with no plan, jumps on a coach to London. In the capital, Marnie soon discovers she's not the only one who's lost. On her search for herself, Marnie finds a gang of new friends, all with their own foibles. She moves in with her deceptively cheery old school friend Shereen. She befriends Charlie, who is in recovery, having torpedoed his love and work life, due to his porn addiction. He's now single, stuck with an old-school flip-phone and attends weekly Sex Addicts Anonymous meets. Queen among Marnie's new gang is journalist and ladies-woman, Amber who has been gaining a problematic rep for her promiscuity. Then there's Amber's housemate, the irresistible and unassuming Joe whom Marnie shares a will they-won't they romance.

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

6 Episodes 2019 - 2019

Episode 1

Thu, Aug 27, 202033 mins

Plagued by disturbing sexual thoughts for as long as she can remember and at the end of her rope, 24-year-old witty, chaotic, Marnie jumps on a bus and moves to London on a mission to change her life. Loose and alone in the big city, she stumbles into the lives of Shereen, Amber, and Joe.

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Episode 2

Thu, Aug 27, 202032 mins

Marnie hits another dead end when she goes to a sex addiction meeting, but while it still doesn't explain what's wrong with her, she finds an unexpected kindred spirit in recovering porn addict Charlie. She grows closer to Amber and Joe after talking herself into a job opportunity at Ethel magazine.

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Episode 3

Thu, Aug 27, 202036 mins

Now that she has a diagnosis, Marnie is determined to make the most of being a single Londoner. She jumps into bed with barista Benji - but it has unexpected consequences. Charlie tries to rekindle his relationship with ex-fiancee Flora.

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Episode 4

Thu, Aug 27, 202034 mins

Having hit rock bottom, Marnie and Charlie attempt to pick themselves up. Marnie gets help from a surprisingly understanding Shereen. Amber gets the chance to interview one of her heroes and tries to resist temptation.

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Episode 5

Thu, Aug 27, 202034 mins

Encouraged by her new therapy, Marnie dips her toe into the murky waters of trusting someone with her secrets by confiding in her old friend Helen. She then brings her two worlds together in the form of a big dinner party.

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Episode 6

Thu, Aug 27, 202035 mins

Marnie is shaken by the realisation that she has pushed Shereen too far. She is convinced that everyone is turning against her now that they know about her condition. At Amber's birthday party she begins to spiral out of control.

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