Colin From Accounts is an Australian 2022 romantic comedy series created by and starring Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer.
Gordon (Brammall) is a 40-something microbrewery manager who is reeling from a breakup. Ashley (Dyer) is a 29-year-old student doctor who is also reeling from a breakup. When Ashley distracts Gordon while he's driving, Gordon injures a stray dog and the two find themselves sharing responsibility for its welfare. They name the dog "Colin from Accounts" and a connection forms from there.
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- Actor Allusion: Gordon has sexual tension with Yvette and Ashley. Yvette is played by Annie Maynard, who played Patrick Brammall's wife in Upper Middle Bogan, while Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammall are married in real life. It's basically telling the audience who is the Romantic False Lead and who is the true love without being too blatant.
- Age-Gap Romance: Gordon is at least a decade older than Ashley. They fall for each other regardless, though they do experience some complications regarding their generational differences.
- Celibate Hero: Both Ashley and Gordon avoid sexual contact during the entire series. Ashely is abstaining because she's trying to get over her ex and doesn;t want to latch onto a rebound. Gordon meanwhile had a routine examination of his urethra and has to avoid ejaculation on his doctor's orders.
- Disappeared Dad: Ashley's father left her mother years ago and he's apparently drifted out of her life in recent years, as she was really hoping he would show up for her birthday. Not helping is that Ashley's mother has started dating a new guy that exhibits really creepy behaviour around her.
- Embarrassing Last Name: Gordon's surname is "Crappe". He insists the E isn't silent, but nobody buys it.
- Establishing Character Moment: Ashley establishes that she's a bit of a screwup by sleeping in, only to be alerted that she's got an exam in 30 minutes. She has a swig of spirits before leaving the house, then playfully flashes Gordon for absolutely no reason.
- Everyone Can See It: Gordon brings a date home one night and tries to play Ashley off as his sister, but the date immediately picks up on their chemistry and assumes they're incestuous. Everyone else is also quick to notice the two are a good fit despite the Age-Gap Romance.
- Hard-Drinking Party Girl: Ashley and her friends are high-energy drinkers. When they throw a loud and messy party at Gordon's microbrewery, their relationship is nearly destroyed.
- Know-Nothing Know-It-All: Ashley's mother claims to be a highly-attuned empath. She also fails to notice that she emotionally abuses her daughter.
- A Lizard Named "Liz": A rare human variant. Gordon's ex-girlfriend is a vet named Yvette.
- No Animals Allowed: Ashley tries to take Colin over to her house, but she's told that she isn't allowed dogs in her house, forcing her to camp out with Gordon for the time being.
- No Ending: By the end of the finale, Gordon and Ashley have given away Colin and are still officially broken up, but both realise they're unhappy with both decisions and decide to go back to the way things were. There's also a subplot where Ashely's best friend forms a love triangle with Gordon's co-workers that's never resolved.
- Only Sane Man: Gordon is hardworking, responsible and is a good judge of character.
- Running Over the Plot: The show begins when Gordon, distracted by Ashley flashing her tits, runs over Colin, forcing them to take care of the animal.
- Soapbox Sadie: Gordon dates a woman who takes offense to a joke he made about pronouns, stating that he's not allowed to say that because she has trans friendsnote .
- Tender Tears: After solidifying their breakup by giving Colin away, Ashley catches Gordon openly bawling.
- Toilet Humour: Ashley takes a dump in Gordon's toilet only to find out that the water's been turned off, so she has to fish out her own turd and fling it out the window. Gordon spots it later on, but because he was taking Colin out he assumed Colin did it. The very next episode opens with Ashley pissing in Gordon's nightstand.
