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Not too bad/Ending Question


It was pretty good. I thought they were going to go the Wicker Man because it had that type of vibe. Very interesting.

Anyone seen this get the ending? Did the Chief of the police dept know what was going on? He said he had daughters. Meaning he could not participate in the rituals because he had no sons? Because she then says to him, they were someone's daughters too. Hmm. Curious.

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I think he knew. There was that look he exchanged with Duncan's father at Dana's fake funeral. I think it was meant to imply he was at least partially aware of what was going on, but probably felt like he couldn't stop it.

One thing I'd be interested to know is what happened with Duncan. In spite of his siding with his wife, he was after all a willing accomplice to his father's crimes, so it'd make sense if he was arrested. And in the final scene he's nowhere to be seen.

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He definitely knew. I thought the implication of him saying he had two daughters was that he didn't stop anything to keep them safe.

Also I couldn't quite understand the miscarriage explanation...Duncan was purposefully injecting himself or was it his wife, the doctor, to miscarry? I know he was doing it so she wouldn't be sacrificed but still, I think it was 4 times. Not sure how she could stay with him knowing he did that.

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He said something about "an unlicensed male contraceptive". I assume he was injecting himself with that instead of insulin and it had somehow caused the miscarriages. I can't believe that a doctor's husband would have been able to fake diabetes for several years, though.
I was on Unst last month and didn't see any views I recognised. Saxa Vord is in reality a former RAF monitoring station. Its old medical block contains a café and some displays.

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I thought it was pretty decent. A few nitpicks but overall pretty entertaining.

*******SPOILERS for anyone reading the thread if you havent seen it.










Why did he uproot his wife to go back to the island knowing what would happen. Sure they wanted to adopt but they didnt have to go to the Shetlands for that.

NYC gal magically knows how to operate an excavator to dig a grave for a horse.

Jumps into said muddy grave with no way to get out.

Obstetrician spends whole time at hospital investigating a sacrifice rather than working. Develops magical police skills followed by dentistry skills and break and entry abilities. I almost forgot, also has mad boating skills.

Huge party thrown by the father in law. Only 1 car on the premises. (now that is just a total nitpick but it kept grabbing my attention)

Creepy hospitals are creepy because they're empty at night.

That's my nitpick for the day. Thanks for indulging me. Just a bit of a fun poke. As I said, I liked it. Looks good, acting was good, story was good, creepy vibe was good, scenery was lovely.

Re your question, yeah I think he knew but was powerless. As to how she could ever trust her husband again, I asked myself the same question. Would I reconcile it by accepting he did it to save my life? Possibly, but getting back to my first nitpick, would I resent him for relocating me to that island knowing what the risk was? Probably.

Question, is that an actual shetland island myth or was it just made up for the story?

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Good nitpicks :) At least the story was different. But it sounds like they would have killed her somehow had she had a baby no matter where she was, and this was the husband's way of saving his wife's life? Like they didn't HAVE to be in Scotland, they would have visited at some point or something...

I think the dentistry could makes sense, she would have gone to med school and that seems rather basic to match up pictures of teeth.

My nitpicks: Each one has only one son? No daughters except police chief? Even when they remarry no more kids?

And... what kind of male contraceptive allows the wife to get pregnant but miscarry?

So yeah, it's totally implied that the police chief knew about the whole thing.

My question is, who was the father of Donna's baby?

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Surely the father of Donna's baby was the old geezer that Radha's character tried to consult at the bar about the ancient symbols , the one that "fell" off the bridge.

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Just kidding!

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Most of those are not valid complaints.

1 - she made him move there, not the other way around. Remember his parents thank her for returning him to them.

2 - it's not magic. She's a doctor, not a moron.

3 - I'm not sure how deep it was, presumably not too deep to get out of.

4 - none of those 'skills' is beyond any reasonably intelligent person.

5 - there were several cars. How do you think they followed her?

6 - ? the dentistry wing of the hospital was empty at night. Nothing strange there.

So basically, I don't think you have a point here.

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Are you saying someone with "reasonable intelligence" should be able to operate an excavator, operate a boat, pick locks, solve a fairly complex crime spree (all while maintaining a full time job that involves a lot of patient care and paperwork), sneak through a hospital like a seasoned burglar, one punch KO a woman (while holding a baby in the other hand lol), and wrestle with men?

Just the idea of an NYC obstetrician operating an excavator is hard to believe. Forget the rest.
And that wet muddy hole she jumped into was deep. It would not be easy to climb out of.

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I only have an answer for your first question. When the wife confronted him, he said he'd made a deal with them. The wife couldn't stay pregnant for long enough to be sacrificed so he agreed to adopt "one of them" in order to guarantee his wife's safety.

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