[3][4] In This Way Up Bea plays a young, single Irish woman, Áine (/ˈɔːnjə/), who lives in London and is recovering from a nervous breakdown.

Horgan plays Áine's protective elder sister, Shona, who lives with her male partner but is also sexually attracted to a female colleague.

The site's consensus describes the show as "Devastating, hilarious, and surprisingly light, This Way Up captures the complexities of mental health with an empathetic – if at times wandering – eye.

[10] In The Hollywood Reporter, Daniel Fienberg was less positive, but called it a "solid and familiar blend of comic and melancholic".

[11] The Atlantic praised the show, calling it "small in scope, infinitely charming, and intermittently devastating".