So the Scorned Woman is the One in the Wrong

I think Kate did OK - got to move to London with the man she loves, maybe being helped financially by her wealthy parents. Yes it'll probably turn to sh!t, but she can always move back with her family . He didn't too badly, either.

You're totally right. Even his close friends said so - it's only a matter of time before he starts cheating on the other girl.

It's too cerebral! We're trying to make a movie here, not a film!

Now upon reflecting more on this series...It does irk me how she was portrayed as the negative one. Even the son's reaction irked me..when he started to blame her for working too much and not doing things like he did with his dad. This is something women bear the brunt of today. To not see that she was bringing in the money and making their home lives easier which enabled Dad to play the good guy troubled me. She as the woman is expected to be the sexy siren for the cheating husband, perfect social partner, expected to be the Miss Congenial doctor, perfect mom, manage her doctor's office..and yet she was judged harshly.

I do think that a leopard never changes its spots and her cheating ex husband will cheat on the new girl...but in his son's eye who will grow up and no doubt forgive the dad...at least he did show signs of appreciating that his mother did the best she could for him and did love her son.





what Jordie?

First off, your sympathy for the cheating husband who stole all of their money, including the money that her dead parents left for their son is ASTOUNDINGLY misplaced.

Lets go through what her husband did, shall we?

1. Invested all their money including money that belonged to his son's trust fund left by his wife's dead parents in a business that he was clearly incompetent at.
2. Forged her signature on documents to get their house remortgaged without her permission.
3. Slept with someone who was 23 years old, clearly had issues (She was perfectly fine sleeping with a married man, Tom said his mates at school called her a 'slut' because she slept around often)
4. HID an affair of two years from his wife who was supporting him, right down to the shoes he wore and therefore HAD to work long hours - which you clearly blame her for, just like he did.
5. NEVER apologised to his wife for having an affair.
6. HIT his wife and this is after finding out that his son was perfectly fine.
7. Got a girl pregnant whilst STILL MARRIED!
8. Refused to admit to his wife what he was doing even after she gave him opportunity after opportunity to come straight about it.

And you're more concerned with what she did when her whole life was falling apart? People deal with unimaginable pain in their own ways and they are entitled to that without judgement. If you are not in her situation, then I really double you would understand.

It kind of amazes me that everyone here missed out on the "dark" side of dr. Foster.
Remember Mary, the lady who took care of her after her parents died, who said that when she was feeling upset or bitter, "you always exactly knew what to say to hurt people"? Dr. Foster is a mean, manipulative and cruel bitch; she wanted to destroy her husbands future happiness, just like he had done to her.
That's revenge. Gemma tried to ruin the neighbours' marriage too, but was unsuccessful - fortunately.

I disagree! you missed her whole principle." just don't lie,that is the betrayal"
he was the ruined one.?
he let her support him for years.embezzeled her mortgage,sons college funds her parents left him,took her savings, etc.
she did not try to ruin her friends marriage.she found out he booked the room prior to her coming!so she upfront told him it was blackmail for what info she needed.
yet still gave him another chance and he again chooses kate.
exposes him to her parents to show dad how he seduced his daughter to get investment.

still helped jack and her abused friend.
needed him to hurt her to get the restraing order.hence fiction of her son.
ended up with everything she neede to give her son his home,lifestyle etc.

so many instances,never even told his mother of his adultery,mom brought it up

etc.etc

Gemma tried to ruin the neighbours' marriage too, but was unsuccessful - fortunately

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I think the series successfully portrayed the appalling stress suffered by someone who has been betrayed by a charming but very manipulative partner. She doesn't really have any control of her emotions and feelings, desperately trying to find a way to "save" the marriage and presumably blaming herself for "working too hard".

Personally I liked her even when she was being nasty and unstable, perhaps because I have seen what happens to friends who have going through similar experiences. They become different people, some even had breakdowns as a result of the divorce. In this fictional story she is able to keep her home and son because she knew how to work the system. In real life she would have had to sell her home and perhaps lose custody of her son because her husband cleverly presented her as being "mad".

It will be interesting to see what happens in the second series. It's clear that Simon wasn't that keen to actually leave his wife and I really felt sorry for his young girlfriend, who will undoubtedly face the same situation within a few years.

A really excellent series!