Anyone started Maryland ?

Sparklefizz

Susynan

Were I ever to have a second life, I’d go for a lover who didn’t need his shirts ironed and folded in my chest of drawers

Me too !

Perhaps he did it himself.

Sago

I can tell you all fact is stranger than fiction.

My husband was reunited with his birth mother, I could write 3 seasons of drama all of it true but most of it unbelievable!

My brother in law lived a double life for years. It was only a family emergency one weekend that brought it to light.

agree!

I have watched and enjoyed the programme as it is a breath of fresh air compared to the 'beautiful young girl is murdered - who 'dun' it' programmes of which there are many.

Sago

Sparklefizz

Susynan

Were I ever to have a second life, I’d go for a lover who didn’t need his shirts ironed and folded in my chest of drawers

Me too !

Perhaps he did it himself.

That’s very true. Although I think I’d still prefer a lover who didn’t have ironed and folded shirts, whoever had done the laundry. I’m thinking T shirts, sweatshirts, etc - well actually, I’m thinking bare chest

And why wouldn’t she share it with her family about trying to find her birth mother, after her adopted mother died?

Why the big secret?

Will watch the final episode tonight, but suspect like so many other dramas, it will prove a hugely damp squib.

I have watched it all now. What a damp squib. The interesting story of what the mother did in her secret life was skimmed over in favour of watching the two sisters scrapping. Cathy's ham acting annoyed me and I wanted to learn more about the interesting fancy man but he hardly appeared. If I was married to that dour husband I would sneak away to an island as well. Good on you Mary.

I'm enjoying it. It's a bit different. Suranne Jones is always worth watching.

I believe Suranne Jones wrote the story.

Parsley3

I have watched it all now. What a damp squib. The interesting story of what the mother did in her secret life was skimmed over in favour of watching the two sisters scrapping. Cathy's ham acting annoyed me and I wanted to learn more about the interesting fancy man but he hardly appeared. If I was married to that dour husband I would sneak away to an island as well. Good on you Mary.

I’ve just watched the first two, but not sure I can be bothered with the third. I suspect it will be a ‘damp squib’. Overall the storyline could have been interesting, but somehow wasn’t explored well. I thought there was quite a bit of mis-casting. Stockard Channing?! - why?

I am now in two minds about watching it. I really wasn't into gentleman Jack and gave up on that, but because I spent summers in the Isle of Man in my teens and looked forward to seeing it again, I was looking forward to it. Finding out it wasn't actually filmed there has completely spoiled it for me.

Early on in episode 3 tonight, Becca’s dopey husband says“This is all crackers!”.

That just about sums it up, I’m afraid.

Somebody beat me to it but it WAS a damp squib!! Absolutely dire last episode. We learnt nothing more about the marriage, the taxi driver stuff was totally predictable, the husband didn’t make any revelations ….. why was he even in it?

If Suranne Jones did write this, she should stick to acting. Total waste of three hours.

Yup! 'damp squib' just about sums it up! What are the odds on a sequel where the sister and the taxi driver move into the house and friction in the family starts?

I hope somebody paid for those two wasted meals. 😂

Do you know, we watched it until the very last advert break, when we admitted we we're both bored, so I don't know what happened at the end and frankly, I was past caring
I enjoyed the interaction between the sisters, but it became more and more implausible

The final episode tonight was a disappointment.

merlotgran

I hope somebody paid for those two wasted meals. 😂

Perhaps they took the ‘very well done steak’ home for the (missing) cat?

My thoughts too silverlining48.

Yes got to agree with most of you after what I thought a promising start it fizzled along and ended in nothing much
That poor american woman’s face looks as if it’s been butcher a few times and she wasn’t much of an actor Hugh s ( Jim) part was insignificant and he’s a good actor
Yes another one to tuck away as a non starter

And I want to know about Maureen, the mother 's "alibi" as to where she was all of the time! No one seemed to want to talk to her.

Fascinated by what a tiny mouth Becca's husband had! Not much there to kiss really, but she certainly did!

aware of all that but unless she'd been left a substantial amount of money my point was how did she afford the running costs and travel..
That’s what I kept thinking. Unless she inherited a lot of money as well as the house, how could she afford to run it and keep going back and forth?

Having a parallel life must be quite good though -specially if you can keep it going without hurting anyone. It would be like having your own little dreamworld .

Chocolatelovinggran

And I want to know about Maureen, the mother 's "alibi" as to where she was all of the time! No one seemed to want to talk to her.

Ah yes, it was never explained why Maureen covered for Mary all those years. Who is Maureen? There is a good story hiding in this somewhere.

Just checked Stockard channing, Stockard is one of her surnames. Her proper name is Susan and she is 79.
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