Is Christopher supposed to be the child that Geordie abandoned in the first episode?
This would make sense as in the episode that Felix is beaten the "step-father" makes it quite clear that Christopher is not his.
Just a thought...
thats a great thought actually.. who did Geordie "get up the stick", it was never mentioned again. I went back and watched the clip of Geordie's drunken Dad reading the wedding invitation to Geordie in the pub and he says "Mr and Mrs Benningston.. invite you to the wedding of their daughter Margaret".
shareI had that thought too - if so, their confrontation in the final episode is even more poignant, not to mention the death of Sean (Geordie's grandson?) whom he'd met a few days earlier.
I suppose there's no way of knowing but then it's partly those subtle ambiguities which made the series so unique and endlessly watchable.
No, it can't be Geordie's son.
Collins was 18 in 1987 so was born in 1969 - 5 years after Geordie left for London
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Yes, can't have been Geordie's son, but now you mention it, it's an uncharacteristic oversight on Peter Flannery's part to have let the story of Geordie's jilted fiancee and their child slip -- almost everywhere else in the story, every plot point has a reason, does its work and gives its payoff in the narrative. A shame that he seems to have let this one slip.
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Can I ask a related question - why is Mary so heartbreaken when hearing the news of Sean Collins' death?
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Thank you for the reply.I had similar thoughts.
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MisterTerryKermode has explained it well, but there is a more specific reason.
Mary chaired a meeting requested by the estate residents about Sean Collins. Here was a chance to achieve something, with the residents, the council, and the police all present.
But the meeting broke up because of the personal problems between Mary and her son Anthony (the copper). In retrospect she must have felt that it had been the last chance to save Sean, and it was lost because of her shortcomings as a mother to her own son.