The Cuckoo.

I thought I would give it a go, I do have an "off" button which I use frequently.

I remember Jill in Strictly!

Well, in the first 15 minutes, left a stranger alone upstairs and accepting £3000 in cash from her to pay a bill!

Would you be offering that much cash straightaway?

And by the second break, telling her life story to the new lodger, hasn’t known her 24 hours, plus drinking with her and going home drunk.

Bit unlikely.

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And she’s wearing her boots upstairs! 😂

I wanted this to be good, but.... she moves in straight away, no luggage?
Has £3000 cash on her??
Cooks breakfast for the family on the first morning - did she provide the food or just use the family's? Talk about taking a liberty!

Umm I watched and not sure it all seems so unlikely and so far fetched

I think it's the child she come for. Alice is adopted and I heard Sian at the end say she wanted her baby back.

Yes that’s right Moon but its still a bit bonkers though

Yep, well dodgy and highly unlikely. She even sat watching TV with them all. I wouldn’t have that!

I think we need some new actors coming through. As someone else said JH has been on or is coming on so many TV progs that it gets confusing which prog you are watching.

was looking forward to this but gave up after 29 mins. disappointed.

Who needs a lodger like that? Highly unlikely story, I thought.

Very unlikely story, but watchable (although I did fall asleep in the middle for about 15 minutes.)

I shall try and stick with it, although it's a typical Ch5 drama full of plot holes (aren't they always). I really don't want her to turn on them with the kitchen knives during the night though.

If you want some decent drama (great stories, actors and scripts) turn to 'Clocking Off' on the BBC. I started a thread on this because it's so brilliant.

It did seem a bit far fetched that while he was in his office she could see everything that was going on. Even a mirror placed so she could see him using his safe. What's the betting that she could even see the combination he was using.

I gave up half way through. All too silly and I kept expecting Jill Halfpenny to start dancing as all I could remember was the jive she did.

The usual claptrap…..but will watch again tonight, I like Claire Goose.

Yes it was far fetched but think I will continue to watch, at least I can keep track of the characters.

We had reception problems so I watched it on and off. I think I’ve got the gist of it. Will continue tonight.

The £3000 was her ‘deposit’. For what? Her first month’s lodge money? I would be expecting a mini suite for that amount, including a kitchenette and my own telly.

And if I were a genuine person looking to rent a room, it would certainly put me off if I thought my prospective landlord/ landlady owed money to tradespeople, and had their wives coming round to chase up monies that had been owing for a while.

Yes, I know, it’s only a story!

(And does she always sleep in her clothes?)

What a load of tripe!

You can't fault the actors, they are doing a stirling job. It's the plots which are always lacking in these Ch5 dramas because they are never realistic and have too many holes. Still, as long as there are no serial killers or grisly murders I'm not complaining.

Annoying load of rubbish. I don't like Gill Halfpenny anyway- she just plays herself. Claire Goose is a much better actress but there is nothing much else on and at that time of night im ready for bed anyway.

I watched it for 20 minutes, thought it was rather daft.

oh dear
Channel 5 The Cuckoo under fire after divisive debut as fans threaten to turn off 'dull' and 'predictable' drama

The broadcaster left some viewers disappointed once again with its latest drama series offering

not just gransnet viewers then.