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Armynanny Thu 30-Sept-21 10:57:43

Watched the first episode of this last night and really struggled with hearing the dialogue. Am I the only one who had to keep turning the sound up and down? Don’t want to give up on the programme but struggled.

lemongrove Fri 22-Oct-21 19:35:26

Ailidh

Just catching up to the final part now, Thursday morning. I kept hoping it would improve. It didn't. The premise was OK but I've rarely seen worse acting. Or dialogue. Or script writing.

Yup!
Has anyone noticed the similarity between Anna Maxwell Martin and Nichola Walker? If you close your eyes they are dead ringers.The same voice and same delivery, half spoken sentences that trail off and many murmers of ‘sorry, sorry’.
More holes than a sieve in the plot.
Even the set ( was it a real place?!) was unbelivable.The interiors were out of a magazine ( as was the office of the headmistress) and nobody appeared to have a job apart from her.
How could they possibly afford the huge house on the river ( at the end) she owned or part owned a cafe ( though didn’t work in it) and her partner didn’t have a job.Neither did David who lived next door (BIL) and what part did the only cheerful and normal man play in the whole scheme of things ( the also unemployed brother of the partner of Maxwell Martin.)
Why did the headmistress move the body of the boy....no need. All she had to do was steal the phone.
The whole thing was bizarre and a waste of viewing time.

Namsnanny Wed 27-Oct-21 14:06:36

Just for the record, I dont mean I'd like to see a sequel. Just that was the only reason I could think of to write it in that way!smile