The Cuckoo.

BigBertha1

I think the daughter is awful if she were mine I might be glad if someone took her off my hands. (Joking really)

Yes, the daughter is not very loveable. Very mardy looking, and the parents seem to bend over backwards to appease her.

No experience of adoptions, but not bringing her up to know she was adopted appears to have been a big mistake.

Still watching it 😂😂 think the title is very apt- apart from the cuckoo in the nest thing - because they all seem to be cuckoo anyway - apart from the daughter perhaps - load of rubbish really but there’s a dearth of good television at the moment.

I'm having another look at it as it's got a bit more interesting.

Is she actually the mother?

I'm beginning to think she might not be the mother at all.

She thinks she's the mother.
The stepmother said the birth mother was dead
The aunt repeatedly implied the cuckoo couldn't be the mother.
I watched all 3 episodes tonight, gloriously ad-free which was the saving grace.
I'm sure these dramas are meant to be comedies.

It will probably turn out that her baby died, as she hasn’t explained why she had her adopted, or has she?

Surprised she hasn’t bumped Auntie off.

How was she supposed to have traced the family?

There isn’t one pleasant character amongst them.

When they were interviewing the husband at the police station, I thought they had brought in some of Alice’s classmates to speak to.

The interviewing policewoman looked about 12!

Yes, reckon most of us have sussed the plot. Mentally ill woman loses baby and believes someone else has her. Suppose her aunt will tell it all at some stage. Alice will work it out and her mum will be saved. The whole thing is mad, not just the woman in need of psychiatric help. Still watching it as it some kind of entertainment.

I’m still watching…..only because there is nothing else on! 😩

Alice seems to be a psycho too, leaving her mum locked in a cupboard without a second thought. She is very much like Sian, even the weird paintings. They both need a psychiatrist.

I'm still watching, for heaven knows what reason. They're all bonkers aren't they.

Nitty natter your comment about her wearing the boots upstairs is so funny, just the sort of thing I would notice. I haven't seen The Cuckoo yet as we are on a short break in Italy which is warm & lovely.

I'm hoping there's a twist, it's all too predictable.

It all feels a bit dated. Back in the day it would have been edge of the seat stuff.

What an absolute load of codswallop!

Alice didn’t seem as if she could run, she had the most peculiar way of moving.

I enjoyed the fCuckoo
It never ceases to amaze me that people watch dramas on the TV then grumble away through the whole series. Why watch if it’s that bad. If everything was true to life it could be quite boring
If it’s crime fiction the clue is in the title.
Not docudrama
I have not heard anyone claim Harry Potter lacks reality or is far fetched.
Or that science fiction could not possibly be true
It’s a story enjoy or change channels

So, you’re being chased by a psychopath who thinks she’s your mother and despite plenty of places to hide you go and stand on the edge of a cliff! 😂

Gwyllt

I enjoyed the fCuckoo
It never ceases to amaze me that people watch dramas on the TV then grumble away through the whole series. Why watch if it’s that bad. If everything was true to life it could be quite boring
If it’s crime fiction the clue is in the title.
Not docudrama
I have not heard anyone claim Harry Potter lacks reality or is far fetched.
Or that science fiction could not possibly be true
It’s a story enjoy or change channels

Yes Miss!

When Sian came round the side of the caravan and grabbed Alice ……I actually screamed and nearly jumped off the sofa. My husband could not stop laughing and my son came downstairs to see what was going on! 🤣

We watch to find out what happened but it was so poorly written, and the dialogue so predictable.It was melodrama, not drama, and with actresses like Clare Goose and Jill Halfpenny one expects something better.

Of course, the deranged woman topples backwards off a cliff into crashing waves, yet lives to strike again (oh no, surely not another series…)

Part of, in fact the only, pleasure in watching such rubbish, is in laughing at it.

merlotgran

So, you’re being chased by a psychopath who thinks she’s your mother and despite plenty of places to hide you go and stand on the edge of a cliff! 😂

My thoughts exactly!

I agree that those who don't like it should just switch off and stop with the nasty comments. I switched off Coma, After the Flood and Finders Keepers pretty swiftly. I didn't sit all the way through them and keep posting about how awful they were.

This one I watched to the end, and although the plot has more holes than a Swiss cheese I have no complaints. It is what it is. I enjoy unpicking the holes and appreciate that the actors played their parts well.

Primrose53

When Sian came round the side of the caravan and grabbed Alice ……I actually screamed and nearly jumped off the sofa. My husband could not stop laughing and my son came downstairs to see what was going on! 🤣

Miss Marple that I am, I guessed naughty Sian would have double-backed and grabbed dopey Alice. So it didn’t make me jump.

If we switched off everything that is rubbish, there would be very little to watch.

Plus if you stick with it, it might, just might, improve. 🤞

And half the pleasure of GN is sharing our thoughts on daft tv programmes.

So unrealistic! I couldn't watch the second episode and gave up. I was so disappointed