The Drowning

Yes, I watched it. Don’t know what I think to it really. I agree about how easily she got the job in the school.

Think it will turn out a bit of a damp squib eventually.

I also did not recognise her- I am not sure if I have seen her since Strictly.

Interviews have rather changed methinks!

I will not be able to watch it tonight or tomorrow because I will be watching Marcella tonight and The Bay tomorrow. I have no means of watching it anywhere else.

At present the jury is out.

I thought the story was unbelievable and very drawn out. That said, I'm intrigued and want to know what is and has been going on. It's set to record.

I watched it It showed promised but I agree with the above comments she wouldn’t have got a job just like that and her whole ‘stalking’ was fairly unrealistic

It is quite unreal in so many ways, but will stick to it to see what happens.
When I have needed a DBS, the employers have requested it and then they received a copy and so did I. There would be no point to it if it could be forged.

Also you can not walk into any school like that in my experience, not since Dunblane and homeland terrorism.

What it is with batty women, she would get on well with Alice!

Gave it a go as usually quite enjoy a drama, but found it rather implausible.

I agree it is unrealistic, but it could be worse.
Is the boy's current father going to try to do away with her tonight?

Lillie

I agree it is unrealistic, but it could be worse.
Is the boy's current father going to try to do away with her tonight?

Well, there’s two more episodes and she’s the main character, so I doubt if she will be bumped off before Thursday.

That's true, but he is up to something!

“I’ll cook you something to eat, and put a wash on”.

Nothing like getting your feet under the table.

I’m going to stick my neck out.

I think he won’t be her son, and she’ll end up with Rupert Penry Jones, the creepy dad.

I've just watched it - as her husband is an adulterer, who else has he had a fling with? Would explain the resemblance.

Well the toothbrush should tell us !

I have enjoyed it so far but agree that it is a fairly unrealistic plot - especially the teaching bit.

I'm wondering if their son Tom was adopted by them. He looks more like the supposedly dead mother in the photograph with Rupert Penry Jones.

On the other hand, if it definitely is their son, surely the father would recognise him too?

Can't believe how old Rupert Penry Jones looks. I've just been watching reruns of Spooks where he is a real heart throb. Such a shock to see him as he is now - though I suppose it comes to us all.
Annoyed by the plot too - especially the school bit - totally unrealistic.
What I can't get my head round is the extended family. Why are her ex and his new wife so close with the rest of her family when she is the outsider? Strange.

Rupert is still beautiful but has committed the sin of getting older

Were Jodie and the husband split up before the little boy went missing? Must have been if the new girlfriend was at the lake with them all. Also seems odd that no one was keeping an eye on Tom, there seemed to be plenty of people there. The way she said run off and play, with being so near water you think someone would have been with him.

After watching last night it seems Jodie and her husband were still together, but he had started the affair with girlfriend, who was a ‘good’ friend of Jodie.

That's often a problem Calendargirl if there are a lot of people around everyone thinks someone else is looking after the child. There seemed to be a suggestion the father was too interested in his fling which started before the split. Jodie also was held to be responsible for not watching Tom. I agree the school thing is totally unrealistic, I found it interesting enough to keep watching though.

How did she know it was the boy's toothbrush unless she felt it for wetness? If she did so her own DNA would be on it as well as the boy's.

Aha, so maybe the real dad told his mistress Jodie's friend at the time that he couldn't leave Jodie because he would lose Tom. Did the friend somehow engineer the disappearance of Tom to get her man?

What is with the grumpy grannie? Is it to do with Jodie's father?

Alexa I think she took it as his toothbrush as it was smaller and blue although I m sure a 14 year old would really have the same as his father not a kids one but hey ho it is not real life

Definitely not RL! The school would check DBS on-line.
Also alarm bells ringing for putting up notices when they haven't been cleared with anyone. The woman at the interview is suspicious, but who is she? Senior teacher, school admin / secretarial? None of that rings true.
However, I'm afraid that I do find the 'everyone thinks someone else is looking after the child' only too plausible.

It’s getting dafter by the minute!

I think it will be one of those when I wonder why I’ve wasted four hours of my life watching,it.

I can't help but watch it, but am sure Daniel is her ex husband's son.