This week's episode is all about men and their flawed humanity. Reflecting on his childhood and adolescence, Dara is struck by the fact that he cannot identify a single serious, or substantial man. He wonders if this is a reflection of his unrealistic idealism or whether it is an indication that men embrace a certain model of infantilisation that is tantamount to self-sabotage.

Is there an argument that men are given too much room to be unserious and fallible, and that's what encourages their errant behaviour? Is it plausible that the burden of seriousness, of responsibility, then falls largely on women? Is that possibly a source of resentment?

At a certain point in his life, Dara realised that a significant number of women held the default assumption that all men will ultimately disappoint. He has always struggled with and fought against this terrible indictment of the male of the species, in spite of the endless presentation of evidence to support the position - the high profile Coldplay concert incident of the Astronomer CEO a great case in point.

Dara's question is what should men do with this context, this cultural frame, that they are given? His line of enquiry looks at where the battle lines are drawn between men and women and how nobody escapes the roles they are assigned.

He also wonders what constitutes a serious man - does the Coen brothers' 2009 film 'A Serious Man' have the answer?

Also, Ben Kingsley's Irish accent, Dara's hippie upbringing (again), and male support groups...

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