The Fall

Saw the first Returned - there were an awful lot of adverts.

I really enjoyed (if that's the word!) The Fall, but like many of you I found the last part a real let-down. It's always the practicalities of things that spoil a good plot: as someone said, as a nurse you can't just pack up and go, and also there were the children to consider, schools, etc. - I spent so much time thinking this, it certainly spoiled the story line. I was appalled by the idea of a) a serial killer who could have lived next door b) the violence, but I wonder just how many murderers are men (well over 50%, I'm sure) and how many victims are women?
Loved the Gillian Anderson character, but admit I often admire women the complete opposite of myself!
I am now enjoying The Returned, too, it's quite unsettling!

Yes The Returned seems very promising

Just watched the last episode and how disappointing there was not a resolution after all that slog of watching over the weeks. Should have been a proper ending.

I read an interview with the writer who said he knew The Fall was disturbing but he wasn't trying to sensationalise. Well, you could have fooled me. But the unnecessarily graphic, sadistic violence was only part of the difficulty of watching.

How irritating I found nearly all of the characters, including GA. The wife and daughter of the murderer were particularly so. And what a slow pace.

Grrr! I'd better do a bit of yoga to try to get rid of some of the frustration.

I watched The Returned as well, and it thought it very good. Horrible bit where the girl was stabbed at the end, though. Sort of stuck in my mind.
I found it hard to keep up with The Fall, though watched the whole series. Like Bez, I found it difficult to make out certain scenes because they were so poorly lit. Gillian Anderson played a 'come hither' part throughout, didn't she! I'll watch the next series, but think that the end of this one was definitely a bit frayed.

Thanks GKNot. yes it was when the heavies clamped his car I realised I'd got the wrong woman.I did think it strange that the house was scruffy too!!I will look up the episode guides in future.

Mamie yes, I saw The Returned and thought it was excellent. Gripping, well acted, beautifully shot and what an intriguing plot. How refreshing to have such a quality French drama.

The cat went back to the farm. I missed The Returned as hadn't realised it had started; I'd heard really good reports about it and was keen to watch it. I'm not sure if my Ch4 catchup works.

Did anyone watch The Returned on Channel 4 Sunday night? It is an eight part French series with subtitles. I don't usually go for things about the supernatural, but I recorded it and was totally gripped by it. It is about a town where a group of teenagers have been killed on a school bus, but four years later they start to return as if nothing had happened.
Even the adverts between parts were French with subtitles!
I gave up on The Fall after two episodes; the violence against women was too much for me.

Did the family cat go with them or was it dumped?

When I realised there was going to be another series it stopped being so scary but I still expected a dramatic conclusion of some kind . I can understand his wife taking him back, given that she was pregnant etc[and also he played the 'you don't have time for me because of your work' card] but can't understand how they just upped and moved to Scotland; as a nurse she would have had to give some sort of notice at work. Also why didn't the police pick up on the fact that his dna matched that found on the bodies/surviving victim? And, even though the girl was underage, I would have thought his wife would have confronted her in some way [I'm sure I would have done]. Also the picture of the murderer was so like him why did no one at the police station see the similarity? I also didn't understand what had made him a killer and why he targetted professional women. All a bit confusing .

Many of the TV programmes now have "episode guides" if you google that plus the name of the show, or sometimes also on Wikipedia. I didn't find The Fall confusing, but husband watches a show called 'Justified' and I sort of watch it (because main actor is dishy) the storyline of which is very convoluted and sometimes confusing, but then I just read out the episode guide to him, and he is no longer confused and I am just as up to date as him .

Re The Fall - the final victim wasn't the woman from the counselling session, she did indeed go off to a refuge, which is why her husband's dodgy mates came and threatened the murderer (Peter) and clamped his car etc. The final victim was yet another random one who fitted the profile of his victims, that the murderer found on the internet. He got careless and reckless with the final one and was rumbled because her brother came home with her, but because she saw him upstairs, he had no option but to grab her etc. The unbelievable bit for me is how the wife took him back so readily, despite his "confession" about the affair with the under age babysitter.

Ella, yes! She did stand around a lot looking a bit gormless, didn't she? Glad I'd read this series was going to go out with a whimper rather than a bang beforehand - I was half-expecting to be let down.

BTW apparently the story was based on a true case from America ,according to The Times.

What a let down. I wouldn't have watched it had I known it would not be resolved in this series. I was very confused by the final victim- I thought it was the woman from the counselling session, but apparently she did go off to a refuge.??

Very disappointing - I wondered if I had misread that it was the last in the series. I missed the 2 previous episodes, but it didn't seem to matter as the whole thing was totally confusing.

Disappointingly depressing. I suppose I shall watch if there is another series, and there has to be really, but it should have finished last night. The whole thing was unbelievable, but quite gripping, and it is so silly to leave it so frayed at the edges. The more I think about it the more I seem to realise it was mostly about people standing staring.

It would have been so much better to have finished this case and come back with a new one.
Although, she (GA) didn't actually do much to solve it apart from standing around with her mouth open!
#quitepathetic

We were disappointed too with how it ended - but I suppose to have a second series they needed to keep characters.
We found some of the scenes so dark it was difficult to make out who was who - glad the wife and detective had blonde hair!

Totally unconvincing, messy and rather annoying way to finish (?) the series. Might not bother when it comes back

Well, what a let-down! I have trouble remembering what's happened from one week to the next - I'll be totally clueless by the time Series 2 starts.

Just read the thread on MN - very funny!!

Bluebell it kinda fell apart for me too, unconvincing ending.

Why drag it out into another series? All the shocking scenes and edge of the seat suspense will mean nothing.

- were we supposed to take that seriously?