The Drowning

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

Oh, she would, LullyDully. I’m starting to think I must be batty myself for wasting time on both of them!

The friend who she is in business with, the gardener, I’m sure she was in another (equally daft) drama starring Sheridan Smith. It was a very similar role, she was taken advantage of and lost money to the so-called best friend and work colleague, they were cleaners.

She needs to hold out for less dogsbody roles.

I agree such tosh. You have to watch to see how much more ridiculous things get. Her admonishing the people smugglers/ passport forgers was hilarious. She'd probably have finished up in a river.

I can see that happening Calendargirl!

Yes, Kate1949 I saw that Tim Dynevor had written it. Thought he must be some relation to Sally from Corrie.

If he gets his teeth stuck into writing Corrie episodes, we will be in for some even sillier storylines than what there is on at the moment.

I agree the brother and the grandma have previous. There was that strange conversation they had on the sofa. Something about how the son had only get where was because of what they did? And how they owed Jodie? They always seem to be hanging around with Jodie's ex and his new family too.
And why did the current not real father phone up someone to get him a criminal lawyer?
Im wasting too much time on this one.

It's quite ridiculous but now I have to know what happens. Apparently it's written by Tim Dynevor who is Sally from Coronation Street's husband. Maybe he's been watching too many soaps!

Definitely codswallop but have to see why I wasted 4 hours and why she is so driven.

Seems to me the female senior member of staff is the only sensible person around. She would be needed with such a waste of space Head. Fancy he is principal of such a huge secondary school, that's a mystery in itself.

Yes, the mother and brother seem in cahoots about something. And she hated her dad.
Hadn’t thought about the brother fiddling the DNA.

All codswallop of course, but will stick with it till the bitter end.

Could go any way. Her ex, his wife, her brother, Daniel's father, and what about his wife - is she buried under one of his developments? Perhaps the mysterious grandfather (the one whose funeral they've just been to) had something to do with it.
Can't wait for the denouement even though I agree the whole story is incredible.

Anyone else wondering if the brother organised the DNA in her favour with that last phone call?

Oh, and still one episode to go!

Here was me thinking the brother was dodgy, and somehow involved in the original disappearance.

It’s a ridiculous load of tosh, but I’m still going to watch the last episode!

I take it back!

Brilliant summary, Calendargirl.

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

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.

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.

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

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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