The Cry

Farmor, thanks for that. It clarifies a lot of things. I was suspicious when he made her rehearse for the TV appeal by pausing for emotional effect. He’s cold and calculating. But I wonder where Noah is?

You're not alone in your opinion and choice hilda!

Ah thanks Farmore that helped me too I missed a few of those pointers and it’s getting clearer now

I thought it was good.

Agree that this episode was better. I realised there was some kind of twist at the end, and couldn't really figure out what was going on. Then I found this:
www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-10-07/the-cry-episode-2-recap-theories-questions-clues/
It doesn't give spoilers for next episodes but at least makes clearer. Sometimes I'm a bit slow at following these dramas, so this type of recap helps!

BellaU is that right about the bib? I must have missed it - thought she slipped it into her pocket when the police were taking everything..

Ummm you’re right there Bella oh the plot thickens

Good thinking Travels

BlueBelle, they were colluding together at the end though! Plus he knew she had taken the yellow bib just before Noah disappeared.

Madeline McCann re-enactment? What a twist at the end thoroughly enjoying it.

Oh er you’re clever that never entered my empty head but if that were the case I think maybe the husband was acting alone she surely can’t be making that distress up can she She a believable actress I think this is a good drama

BelladonnaI wonder if they have aranged for the baby to be taken so that the ex wife goes to prison accused of kidnapping and they can then have his daughter living with them back in England. The husband was starting custody proceedings for her.

Tonight’s episode was much better. However, the ending has left me very puzzled.

Well Hilda I don’t think two posts are ‘keep explaining’ neither did I think I said anything to dispute you being entitled to your own opinion, quite the reverse actually, so let’s leave it at that

Me too grannyticktock

Me too grannyticktock.

I don't think we'll hear much more of the crying now that the first episode has taken us past the abduction (if that's what it was). Yes, I found the crying distressing, but that was very much the point around which the whole story seems to be pivoting. I'm up for the next episode, I want to know what happens!

Bluebelle, I have read through many of these threads and people say they 'enjoy' watching it, its their choice of word not mine. I do not. Why you feel the need to keep explaining to me that's its a drama and that no one is actually suffering is beyond me. I repeat, its a style of drama I do not enjoy. And yes,I do not fully understand people who 'enjoy' watching such heartbreaking story lines. The fault if there is one, lies with me. I have no wish to introduce into my life pain and suffering even if its a drama. Once again I reiterate, its my opinion, and I feel I have a right to express it and not be criticised for doing so.

I understand what you are saying Hilda.
My life is good but busy and hectic. I talk to people, some with problems, 4 days a week.
I don’t want to watch something that’s not going to make me happy. Maybe I’m shallow but so be it.

Hilda we each have choices and youve made yours to not watch and of course that’s absolutely fine but you seem surprised that anyone could in your words ‘enjoy’ watching it, but no one is saying they are enjoying seeing a baby cry or a mum with post natal depression but they are enjoying the fact that some decent actors and actresses and a writer are covering difficult subjects I m sure no one ‘enjoys’ seeing a murder drama or an abduction but they enjoy a well written story about these nasty subjects Even Shakespeare wrote murders didn’t he
The other thing is the baby wasn’t crying because it was being hurt or harmed in the storyline it was just a screamer and I think it’s good that it opens up a subject that many of us may have experienced A new Mum and a constantly screaming baby

Once again, I know its drama. I am not decrying it, or saying it should not be broadcast. Am just saying I would not choose to watch it and can't quite get my head around people 'enjoying it'. I am not judging, commenting or criticising, just stating my opinion. Phew.

I enjoyed it, and think that the almost constant crying of the baby was purposeful, to make the audience feel just a bit of the distress that the young, unsupported Mother was feeling. The contrast between her calm, controlled pre-baby professional life as a primary school teacher and her feelings that she could not even manage one small baby was very well illustrated, and her husband was really not very supportive at all!

Looking back i think i had PND but myself and no one recognised it, not husband, parents, siblings, or worse still the GP and she was a woman.
When i look back i dont know how i managed to survive and it totally ruined my life at a time that should have been one of the happiest. It still brings tears to my eyes 40 year on it was so awful to live through. So if this program makes people stop and think that they may know someone suffering i say bring it on.

Hilda it's drama and shows tackling these stories, health elements and worst nightmares that highlights that they are real and need to be dealt with and help offered to those affected.

There maybe someone watching who thinks "oh, so and so is a bit like that" and realise they need a friend or someone to talk to.

I read a book years ago called The Little House which looks at a monther's mental breakdown (amongst other things) after the birth of her first child and the dramatised version of it made me realise that I had postnatal depression and it made me speak to my husband about it and get help.

Well BlueBelle, think I am intelligent to know what a drama should contain....its the choice of subject matter I do not enjoy. All too real depictions of any mother's worse nightmare are not something I would seek out. Neither do I like the modern trend of using graphic portrayals of crimes against women or children....perhaps its my training in child safeguarding and family support that makes me too sensitive. Or, more worryingly, are we as a society becoming desensitized? Who knows.
My dramas need to be more escapist, historical or fantasy or domestic dramas such BBC's recent 'The Split'.

I enjoyed it. Such a change from murders and 'unstable, damaged' detectives!! It was a challenging watch with the time shifts but I like having to 'think' sometimes. Jenna Coleman was excellent and I thought she was actually very patient as a mother. I remember punching the bed and yelling 'Shut Up!' to one of my DSs who screamed constantly.

I was recently on a plane with a crying baby and felt only compassion for its mother. How could people be so horrible to her?!

Never for one moment did I contemplate that the baby was deliberately made to cry for the drama. I'm looking forward to the next episodes too seacliff