Marriage.

BlueBelle

Well I ve caught up with it on my iplayer and I m with you Kate I throughly enjoyed it
It’s not supposed to be a fast moving drama it’s slow on purpose and for a reason and will come to light as it goes along
I think they are both playing their parts brilliantly
It’s been written in a different way to the dramas we usually watch

Beechnut why not talk about what ever puzzled you, that’s what this thread is for, anyone who isn’t watching it or not caught up yet shouldn’t be reading this thread should they ?

I thought it was good too, but puzzled by the ending . I watched all four episodes on bbc iPlayer.
Dont know why people are saying it wasn’t funny, it wasn’t meant to be ! Or complaining that Sean B wasn’t attractive enough in it. Good scting all round I thought.

Well I ve caught up with it on my iplayer and I m with you Kate I throughly enjoyed it
It’s not supposed to be a fast moving drama it’s slow on purpose and for a reason and will come to light as it goes along
I think they are both playing their parts brilliantly
It’s been written in a different way to the dramas we usually watch

Beechnut why not talk about what ever puzzled you, that’s what this thread is for, anyone who isn’t watching it or not caught up yet shouldn’t be reading this thread should they ?

It is so like Mum which I loved so much with unusual and awkward characters in a family. Only giving out small snippets of the family situation which made it interesting.
It's slow deliberately but it's also addictive and like a good book you have to get to know the characters. Its not a regular soap that's shallow and predictable. It's a slow burn drama with complex relationships.

Well I thought it was great.

Didn't like Mum, this was worse though, I think it's the worst programme I have ever watched,, turned me off Sean Bean, I had to keep watching as thought it must buck up and ice watched everything with Sean I'm, not a big fan of Nicola I think she always looks miserable but she can't help it.

Husband went to watch other Tv within 10 mins! I carried on viewing. Not great, banal conversation, lots of unsaid pent up emotions, quite slow but intriguing. Will watch more to see what happens next.
Ps Sean Bean is so dull / old in this! Guess that is the downtrodden character/ man lacking self esteem.

I totally missed Him and Her: not sure why..

I loved watching ‘Mum’ and also Him and Her that was written by SG. That was all humdrum boring conversations and lots of silences but it was also very funny. Marriage definitely isn’t funny and makes for quite uncomfortable viewing somehow but I might jump to the last episode having read a review on the whole thing.

I can’t believe how long it took her to make a couple of sandwiches! ?

Another lot of twaddle and why does she need to swear so much.

I thought Mum was beautifully written and acted. I liked it's quirkiness.
Marriage has yet to grab me...but I'll keep watching and hoping.

I don’t think I like it, it’s embarrassing.
But I feel compelled to keep watching

I liked Mum, but Marriage did not seem to be about anything in particular. Nothing much happened I wondered if it was meant as slow TV a sort of relaxing meditation.

Beechnut

I found one part in the last episode kind of odd. I won’t say what it was so as to not spoil it for those who carry on watching. Maybe it’s me but I look forward to someone explaining that part.

Probably the same bit as me, Beechnut.

Was it relevant anyway?

I’m watching the first episode, the sound is terrible I keep turning it up and down.
Not sure what to make of it yet,
I like Nicola Walker, but she’s a bit irritating in this

As a poster said earlier, there was one part I didn't understand at all.

A slow burn? I think I'm getting it and Sean Bean is much better than I thought he'd be.

We had to do that with the first episode Callistemon

Just watching the first episode.
I've had to put on subtitles ?

I found one part in the last episode kind of odd. I won’t say what it was so as to not spoil it for those who carry on watching. Maybe it’s me but I look forward to someone explaining that part.

Thanks Nanamary, that's decided me. Shan't bother to watch the rest.

Just watched all 4 episodes and it was bland ...very dissapointing but I love the 2 main actors.
Thank goodness I'm single

Yes, 30+ 25 years! but because I was hanging on to DH ?

MayBee70

Do couples that have been married for thirty years still hold hands? Or is it just me that doesn’t ( or didn’t: but maybe that’s why my marriage ended after thirty years! They’re not a fun couple to be with are they?

50 years and still hold hands sometimes - mostly on holiday!

Do couples that have been married for thirty years still hold hands? Or is it just me that doesn’t ( or didn’t: but maybe that’s why my marriage ended after thirty years! They’re not a fun couple to be with are they?

Kim19

Beechnut, did you think it improved as it went on?

No,I don’t think it did Kim.