Anyone else watching this?
It's gripping stuff, albeit a bit far-fetched, and Sarah Lancashire turns in a sterling performance.
In addition to the main story-line there are a couple of interesting little sub-plots too
Word of warning: it may not be enjoyable viewing for the faint-hearted, especially last night's nail-biting episode
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I was shouting at the TV last night!
Me too! My heart was pounding during the last couple of scenes. Had to have a large whiskey to calm meself down a bit
Two more episodes to go, apparently, so a few twists and turns I expect.
(I have my suspicions about someone close to Catherine being implicated in some way)
I think the Tommy will do a runner with the boy.
Two more episodes - hopefully the kidnapped girl will be returned but we have all the drug stuff - maybe we'll see the court case.
I personally think the writing is brilliant - I love how all the little details dovetail together.
Great acting too.
I think the Tommy will do a runner with the boy.
Two more episodes - hopefully the kidnapped girl will be returned but we have all the drug stuff - maybe we'll see the court case.
I personally think the writing is brilliant - I love how all the little details dovetail together.
Great acting too.
pretty much summed it up for me Soozy - I didn't particularly like Sarah Lancashire but I've loved her in this and Last Tango in Halifax - she's grown on me 
I think Catherine's sister is mixed up in it somewhere. Not that she had anything to do with the kidnapping but I think she might have had dealings with Tommy's mother when she was doing the drugs. It could have been her that told her about Tommy being Ryan's father
I think Catherine's sister is mixed up in it somewhere. Not that she had anything to do with the kidnapping but I think she might have had dealings with Tommy's mother when she was doing the drugs. It could have been her that told her about Tommy being Ryan's father
Oooh I'd forgotten she used to be a druggie.
Wonder what sort of part the ex husband is gonna play in it all now that he has become 'closer' to Ryan.
Yes, Soozy, not sure what's going on with the ex husband. If I remember rightly in the earlier episodes he didn't want anything to do with the lad.
Why are we wary of the ex hubby?
His daughter was raped by a psychopath,as a result she killed herself, and the issue of the rape was a grandson, who reminds him constantly of the horrible end his daughter suffered.
I'm not absolutely certain that Tommy is the father of the child
He just seems a bit dodgy IMO .............then again in this sort of programme you suspect everyone!
He just seems a bit dodgy IMO .............then again in this sort of programme you suspect everyone!
He wants his wife back, they still want to be together, latest episode showed him trying to overcome his problem of seeing his daughter's attacker every time he saw the boy.He doesn't appear at all dodgy to me.
I think it shows very eloquently the extended damage that is done by some one's actions, that may not be immediately apparent.
The whole story is grounded in the ripple effect,from a small apparently insignificant slight, when the accountant feels undervalued,to what it has now become through his actions.
Then these ripples spread and crash into the ripples left by the previous event.
Of course I could be entirely wrong and he could turn out to be Hannibal Lecter's apprentice by next Tuesday.
He wants his wife back, they still want to be together, latest episode showed him trying to overcome his problem of seeing his daughter's attacker every time he saw the boy.He doesn't appear at all dodgy to me.
I think it shows very eloquently the extended damage that is done by some one's actions, that may not be immediately apparent.
The whole story is grounded in the ripple effect,from a small apparently insignificant slight, when the accountant feels undervalued,to what it has now become through his actions.
Then these ripples spread and crash into the ripples left by the previous event.
I can see all that but it just seems a bit 
after eight years? Actually up until someone up there ^^^ drew him into the mix I hadn't thought about it - as you say just another thread to the story.
As I said it is a brilliantly written piece - I looked around on the net and the scripts are online to read - I think it's quite exceptional.
Looks like the ex hub isn't Hannibal Lecter's apprentice after all...
It is an exceptional piece of Writing Sooz, I thought that about Last Tango in Halifax too, but the tension that builds in this prog, is so well done, you don't even realise you are all tensed up until the episode ends and you breathe again...
Final episode tonight .............how mad that I'm a bit nervous and apprehensive.
Final episode tonight .............how mad that I'm a bit nervous and apprehensive.
Me too - really looking forward to it. I hope he meets a grisly end...
Despite a bit of a dodgy start, it's been a brilliant series
I hope the final episode is not a predictable 'Tommy snatches Ryan, Catherine sets off in pursuit and guns down Tommy in a shoot-out, then gets back with ex-husband in a happy-ever-after' type scenario.
Great show 
(Scary lady... and I was egging her on every swing of her boot...)
Great show (Scary lady... and I was egging her on every swing of her boot...)
Just turned off Newsnight, but they started a piece which was introduced as "why do so many women like crime drama, especially one's where there is violence against women". There is a female author on the sofa who is going to be interviewed after a clip.
Thought you may wish to iPlayer it.
Great show (Scary lady... and I was egging her on every swing of her boot...)
How dreadful to be cheering on every stamp and kick ...............never knew I was so vengeful (well - I did really) - what an excellent series.
Just found the title song on you tube, great song and voice.
All in all a terrific piece of writing and so well put together,you've progressed from slappy hand Kaffs? now it's 'kick his effin' head in' -
Just found the title song on you tube, great song and voice.
All in all a terrific piece of writing and so well put together,you've progressed from slappy hand Kaffs? now it's 'kick his effin' head in' -
Be afraid, J... be very afraid.....
Great show (Scary lady... and I was egging her on every swing of her boot...)
How dreadful to be cheering on every stamp and kick ...............never knew I was so vengeful (well - I did really) - what an excellent series.
Bad eh? I haven't felt such well channelled rage since I tried to break down my ex's mistress's door with a trowel 
(long story and even longer ago...and a trowel would not normally be my weapon of choice, but sometimes you need to improvise.....)
Oh good.. I didn't notice that. I imagine the second series might start with her being done for 'excessive use of force' though... 
Not me... I have too much to hide.
I was wondering if her nippy boss was one of the ones who pulled her away though.
thoroughly enjoyed it - that's all
Just found the title song on you tube, great song and voice.
All in all a terrific piece of writing and so well put together,you've progressed from slappy hand Kaffs? now it's 'kick his effin' head in' -
I wondered what it was - I'll go and look up - if I don't find it - what's it called and who's it by?
"Trouble Town"
