Help - Covid drama

We enjoyed watching Help. I imagine in years to come it will be interesting for younger people to watch it and see what happened. The acting was brilliant.

I agree. The Virtues was fantastic.

I enjoyed it and was close to tears at a couple of points. I agree the ending was a bit odd but they had to have a conclusion I suppose.
Excellent acting from all involved.
The statistics at the end were sobering.

It brought me to tears but then I have worked in a care home since the beginning of this pandemic and we lost eight people, we actually had a memorial service today, it was very sad…

Spoiler alert!

I thought it was really good but there have been more than a few dramas and films centered around helping a resident escape from a care home. At that point I nearly switched off as it lost its credibility for me.

Brilliant acting though.

It illustrates exactly how valued (or not) certain sections of society are - by our government (so called).

Clear those hospital beds - and hope nobody notices who's expendable. The rush to issue DNRs was disgraceful.

They managed to find those ventilators - and open those Nightingale 'hospitals' though. They were planned to accommodate the dying bed blockers and the unconscious on ventilation - but little used.

After feeling quite raw from watching Help I had a phone call from a friend today to say that her father has just died from covid in hospital. Without going into details it’s been incredibly traumatic for her. Really brings it home especially when you hear the daily number of deaths.

I wondered whether the ending was based on those relatives that tried to take their loved ones from care homes without the proper permission?

They do medicate young people with MH or LD in residential care FAR too much, so from that pint of view is pretty realistic

I'm sorry about your friends Father Maybe.

It’s terribly sad. I’ve chatted with my friend on the phone throughout the pandemic. She’s no idea how her father caught it and can only assume that someone visited him and didn’t wear a mask. He just kept asking to go home.

Just caught up with this and I thought it was great. travelsafar the man got out into the car park because he learned the code. The consequences of his escaping were shown later. There are heaps of care vacancies just now so I think she would have got the job. Great acting from Jodie Comer and Steve Graham. I thought he showed the changes in mood so well and sometimes his face looked so blank, as if he had no memories.