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Nothing???

posted 12 years ago by hillrosemary
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Decided to pop on here while waiting for the start of episode 2 and see if there was any speculation as to who really killed Lorraine.

To my amazement ... not a word.

Is no-one watching except me???

Well I can't help, because thanks to the skill of Chris Lang I ended up yesterday suspecting every member of the family bar one. And I still wouldn't like to point the finger in any one direction.

Looking forward to the denouement though. Compelling performances, especially by Hermione Norris and Alexander Arnold. Though I'm puzzled that they had to call the lead character 'Rosie', considering that Hermione Norris spent four years playing 'Ros' in Spooks. Perhaps that's why Rosie's husband called her 'Ro' last night. My name's Rosemary, and over the years I've been addressed as Rose, Rosie, Ross and Roz, but never as Ro.

I couldn't help wondering whether Martin Clunes had managed to do so without saying 'Ros' by mistake during filming. :) Perhaps he wasn't a Spooks fan...

Ah well, off to episode two!

[–] Freedom_Spark 12 years ago

There was no twist after all then! Still it was a compelling, well written drama. One of the most distrubing aspects was how Rosie's love life trajectory went from Paul McGann to Martin Clunes

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[–] rustywriter-292-501345 10 years ago

I thought it was his younger sister - that it was she that had been looking at the (lesbian?) porn on the computer, had borrowed the shoes, and there was some sort of lesbian thing going on between her and the victim ,and that she was the one who'd been looking at the older sister; remember she compalined about someone looking at her.
Perhaps that's what happened and he's covering for her.

[–] rdavies23 12 years ago

I thought that he might have been covering for his stepbrother but that particular twist didn't materialise! I also wondered about Ben at one stage.

I thought that it was well-written, pacey and absorbing. The acting was first rate. Who says that ITV can't do drama, hey?

[–] hillrosemary 12 years ago

Ah, I'm glad to see that at least two other people were watching!

I too thought it was a thoroughly compelling two hours. I shall watch out for Chris Lang's scripts in the future; the subtlety with which he wove his red herrings into the plot was incredible. I was certainly led to suspect almost everyone at one point or another.

And I agree that the acting was first rate. I'm not a parent, and still Rosie's dilemma and her struggle to admit the unthinkable to herself was heartbreaking to watch. Well done, Hermione Norris; whatever character she's playing, I find her portrayals of suppressed grief more painful to watch than floods of hysterical tears would be. And I was fascinated by the contrasting reactions of Ben and David, too. In fact there wasn't a bad actor on the screen.

I don't know where this idea that ITV can't do drama came from originally, but I have to say that I've always considered it utter nonsense. This proves it!

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[–] Squeeth2 12 years ago

COMbbc far left? Where've you been Rip van Ford??

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[–] scabab 12 years ago

I thought it was real good why only a pitiful 5/10 on here?

[–] LfcMotd73 12 years ago

It wasn't fantastic but it was very good. Well acted by 3 great professionals- Hemione Norris and Clunes and McGann.
I was expecting a twist too so it was sort of refreshing to not have one.
My only gripe is the actors playing the two teenage stepbrothers. The one playing Clunes's son was more like McGann and vice versa,- the kid playing the killer was more akin to being like Clunes- he was nothing like McGann.

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[–] filmflamfilm 12 years ago

Yes, I thought the same thing. I noticed that Americans gave the show 4.2 on average, which brought the overall rating down. I wonder how many actually saw it?

[–] rivkasieff 10 years ago

Part two on uk is only on tonight....tried not to read too much of the above as it may have had spoilers

[–] starlightrob1 10 years ago

I watched and was really dissapointed. I expected there to be some big twist, like the dad done it or something. I thought it was rubbish tbh!

[–] humphy18 10 years ago

This thread could do with a spoiler alert!
I guess the fact that there was no twist is a pretty big twist. You spend the whole show wondering who killed her, because it obviously wouldn't be the most obvious one. It does make you feel a bit ripped off when it is. It was certainly no Broadchurch, but then again, not many shows are.