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House Swap

The flight is cancelled, the house has two bedrooms and an archway between them. Three nights are enough to say it out loud.

Episode 1: Someone Else's Table

6 episodesScandalsGetawaysTaboo

Episode 1 plays here for free. From episode 2 onwards you need a Dreamy Shorts membership.

What House Swap is about

Two suitcases in the hallway, two boarding passes that are no longer worth anything. The return flight from Pisa is cancelled, the next one does not leave until the fourth morning. Until then two married couples share a farmhouse in the Tuscan hills that was only ever meant for the handover of a house exchange: pass over the keys, tips for the oven, shake hands. Now the four of them sit at a table that belongs to someone else, with wine from the cellar and a heat that does not lift at night. And each of them looks across the table a moment too long, just not at their own partner.

House Swap does what series in this situation rarely do: the characters talk. On the second evening someone says out loud what everyone is thinking, and nobody gets up. The pool becomes a boundary, a line in the water both couples swim across on purpose. Fair's Fair, one episode is called, and that is the deal the four of them negotiate, with rules they invent themselves. Two rooms, an archway without a door, two marriages put to the test for three nights while the phone searches for flights.

Episode 1 is called Someone Else's Table and that is exactly what it is: dinner at a strangers' house, a call from the airline, four faces doing the maths. You see who smiles first and who looks away first. After dessert it is clear the night will be long, nothing more. What is left in the taxi to the airport on the fourth morning, you only find out in The Fourth Morning.

All episodes of House Swap

EpisodeTitleAccess
1Someone Else's TableFree
2Say It Out LoudMembership
3The Line in the WaterMembership
4Fair's FairMembership
5Two Rooms, One ArchMembership
6The Fourth MorningMembership

House Swap on Dreamy Shorts: episode 1 plays here, the rest with the membership

Episode 1 plays here, straight in the player, no account and no app, episode 2 sits behind the membership. House Swap episodes 2 to 6 are only available with the premium membership at DreamyShorts: 19.99 USD a month or 119.88 USD a year, approx. £15 a month or £91 a year, converted, rate varies. Signing up works with Google or email. According to the provider you can cancel any time, and there is no time-limited discount.

Six episodes, one per meal or night, each one to two minutes: Someone Else's Table, Say It Out Loud, The Line in the Water, Fair's Fair, Two Rooms, One Arch and The Fourth Morning. The series sits under Scandals, Getaways and Taboo. Subtitles are included. It is one for a warm evening on the balcony, when you have just planned a holiday yourself and are wondering who you really want to spend it with.

Why DreamyShorts?

  • Every episode runs one to two minutes. You do not need a free evening, a bus ride will do.
  • Episode 1 plays here with no account, no app and no credit card. Only once a series has hooked you is the next step worth taking.
  • The membership opens up every episode of every series, new series are added all the time, subtitles are included, and according to the provider you can cancel at any time.
  • Portrait format, built for the phone. It works just as well on a desktop.

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Questions about House Swap

Is House Swap on DreamyShorts free?

Episode 1 plays here without signing up. On Dreamy Shorts itself the first episode is free, the second after a free account, premium from the third. From episode 2 here you pay 19.99 USD a month or 119.88 USD a year, and the annual plan works out at half per month. There are no other offers.

Does House Swap go too far?

The series plays with four adults who openly negotiate what they want. It shows conversations at the table, looks in the pool, a room without a door, nothing more. The appeal lies in the arrangement itself and in the fact that everyone involved has a say. Anyone looking for secrecy finds the opposite here: everything is said out loud.

How long does House Swap on Dreamy Shorts last?

About ten minutes for all six episodes, each one to two minutes long. Portrait format, browser, phone or desktop, no app needed. You can stop after episode 1 or carry on to Dreamy Shorts. A trailer shows you the house and the four faces beforehand.