Dr Foster

Not really. Anyone so unhinged as this character should not be anywhere near the patients. Whether her circumstances have driven her to the edge or not I think she should put herself on sick leave and if she lacks the insight to do it her partners should demand it. I don't like this programme at all.

I didn't mean about her job I meant I could understand her feelings about her ex husband and his new wife and life.

I like the programe

Yes, I can understand her.

I hope I wouldn't behave in the way she's behaved - even though her husband has been an absolute pig - but who's to know what you'd be like until you're actually in the situation yourself.

I really like this program although I feel like she's become a little bit unhinged! Is it just me who thinks she has got far too thin?

I know she was set up by the pig of an ex when he sent her the new address knowing full well she wouldn't be able to resist checking it out. He obviously left the door open deliberately , but why oh why did she fall for his bait?

Not just happy to steal her friends, the pig is turning her own son against her. He needs a good hard slap.

I do not advocate violence in any form and it is only a program

I found the first series riveting but not so sure about this one; it's definitely a lot darker, however I'll try another episode before giving up.

tessagee I agree with what you said and I too will give it one more go.

Glad I'm not the only one enjoying it

I m really really enjoying it
I didn't see the first series but on recommendation watched all five episodes today (rainy cold and windy Sunday ) and the first one of series two and really loved it can't wait for Tuesday
I totally get her but would never do anything like any of the things she has done because she has made things a hundred times worse I would have just let them get on with it made it as simply as possibly for the lad and stayed as far away as possible She is hell bent on destroying herself as well as everyone else

I'm glad I'm not the only one who rather admires her, at least she is doing something to vent her anger! I agree she is a bit irrational, but she is calculating too which makes her an interesting mix of character. I like the subtle metaphors, such as dissolving the ring slowly in acid. I don't think she should put herself on sick leave; many people with personal issues who have responsible positions put on a facade at work and with their friends and colleagues, she isn't unusual in that. I think Kacee is right that she is suffering more than she needs to by her reaction towards her ex, but maybe that is just her way of coping.

I think quite a lot of women that had been cheated on would like a rummage around in their ex''s new life if they could do it without being seen....I know I would. Does that make me mentally unstable or just honest?

I think the unstable bit was not the rummaging ( although the smelling but was pretty unhinged) but the trying to kill herself and the hair cutting business etc sending the son round to see the girlfriend in her undies was clever but very unkind to the son as were a lot of her actions
Would I have ever put myself in the position of going to his marriage party no way ...biggest distance best blimeyvi d have thrown up

I agree involving their son was wrong and yes the smelling bit was a bit strange.

Would I like to have a poke around their house? yes I would as long as I knew I wouldn't get caught. Would i like a quick look into their life? Yes I would.

I think the fact is that she still loved him when he cheated on her so she is hurting badly

Trouble is Kacee it's ultra painful when you still love or have loved someone for a long time and it's just mega damaging to yourself it's like picking a scab to make it bleed then crying with the pain It's best to turn your head to the future and try to stop tormenting yourself .....
hearing that sick making speech at the wedding party would be hell

Bluebell you are so right. It is like an itchy scab but sometimes it is so very difficult to move on from the love of your life especially when that love is all you have ever known

I have just watched episode 1 of series 1 and wow if the rest of the series continues in the same way I can totally identify with the feelings of betrayal. It takes someone who has suffered in a similar way to recognise how you can become someone you never thought you would be. From my own experience I scavenged for the truth in every nook and cranny (never uncovered it all) but it did change my quiet, reserved personality into a roaring lion. Can't wait to watch episode 2.

Kacee I know I de been there

Amazingly shocking, even disturbing, but I'm still enjoying it no end!

Of course, you need to suspend belief, because all those things probably wouldn't happen in one family. If you lined up a dozen couples, however, you could no doubt piece all those elements, together - the parents, the son, the school, the neighbours etc.

The dramatic techniques are brilliant - here comes the symbolism of driving, (in a car), towards and away from conflicts again, hurtling from one crisis to another. The partners' happy wedding scene thrown in for good measure, provided little relief, but Dr. Foster looked serene.

The only thing which troubled me was that it only took her 5 minutes to cook the chicken and broccoli pasta!

Can't stand the character and find her totally unbelievable and unhinged.

Well I think she's more unhinged since I saw her huxxxxx the ex .....

I noticed that about the meal - there didn't seem to be a lot of cooking going on and abracadabra it was suddenly being dished up.

Yes, I wish I could cook up whatever it was as fast as that. Incidentally - loved her underwear! I had to keep turning up the sound last night. Did anyone else think it was very softly spoken in parts?

The whole thing makes me feel slightly sick. If there really are such nasty, disturbed, conniving former couples playing such vile mind games with each other then they ought to be locked away in secure institutions for the good of their children.

I am perturbed that the whole drama, about sick, tormented, twisted individuals is given a veneer of respectability because she is a doctor and he is a successful business man.

Yes, it's drama, it's dark and full of nasty twists but Dr Foster never has pleasant, natural conversations. She is never close to anyone. She lacks feeling, is selfish and totally unconvincing. Her lines are just that - lines - never decent conversations with humans. The whole thing is punctuated with big eyes, shadowy sets, expressionless faces and violins screeching away loudly in the background. The dramatic effect isn't clever or appealing. It's intensely annoying, as is she.

I wouldn't want a woman like her in my life in any capacity. She is cold and her relationship with her son is distant beyond belief. Again, one liners. The dialogue is unconvincing - but that's what the writer wants and it's weird. The son is weird and bottled up too. Her neighbours are strange. Their interaction is cold. Where is any warmth? I couldn't be close to any of them, nor would I want to be.

Not only does she cook a chicken pasta meal in two minutes, she also packs up her house and gets it on the market within a nanosecond of a crisis. They leave with four small bags between them. Where were the mega suitcases?

I was a bitter, angry, hurt, divorced woman once. Many of us have been there and I am sure we all reacted and behaved differently to betrayal, but Dr Foster takes the biscuit.

I dislike her and most of the people in her life, (this drama) intensely.

Same here, Day 6. Unlike the first series, I can't stand any of them, and couldn't give a damn what happens to any of them. Surely to make a series work, you have to have at least one character the audience is rooting for? And never mind the pasta - when does she ever do any work? No wonder the NHS is in crisis.

We've given up on it. We watched episode 2 last night, meaning to carry straight on to episode 3. And just decided we didn't want to waste another 3 hours of our lives being depressed by a load of tawdry tosh.

Surely to make a series work, you have to have at least one character the audience is rooting for?
Maybe, maybe not Maggiemaybe. In this case I think it is clever drama in that we vacillate between both the main characters. Sometimes I feel sympathy for her plight, then I feel sorry for the ex because she is turning the knife on him and his new family in a frenzied, dangerous way. I can't make my mind up whose side I'm on.

(Actually, I thought she might even use the sharp knife on the worktop next to her phone to do some damage last night!)