Grace

Nicely tied up last night and ready for the new series.

Terrible episode,but how do you get around this storyline, left to imagination I suppose, which let's face it most of it was, even so went out to make a drink at times,. I do wish that awful Assistant Chief would get his comeuppance, horrid man. As for John Sim wooden, down to directors play on it, his sidekick seems a bit naive to be a DI, getting reeled in by that reporter?. We shall see .

You enjoyed it Jaxjacky wow enjoy is a strange word when watching people being tortured

It’s pretend easybee, so no, not us, but I respect others might not like it.

For a drama starting at 8pm I’m quite surprised at how nasty it is. Perhaps nastiness doesn’t affect whether it’s shown before or after the watershed. In fact, is there still a 9pm watershed?

No wonder Simm is wooden (bored)

Bored or not, it pays the bills though.

John Simm and the guy who plays Norman are too good for this kind of stuff. No wonder Simm is wooden (bored!) and Norman too sensible for the usual ghastly ingredients of Jame's works.

NanKate

Thank you gulligranny and Marydoll for your kind support.

I apologised but clearly some folks are not prepared to accept that genuine apology.

I didn't think it was nasty either.. I just didn't agree with you.. we all see people differently thank goodness..

Thank you gulligranny and Marydoll for your kind support.

I apologised but clearly some folks are not prepared to accept that genuine apology.

NanKate, you do not need to apologise, you were clearly not being nasty but simply stating your view. The only person who might be offended by your remarks is the actress herself, so don't concern yourself. - DH and I had the same conversation!
Like we've also had a conversation about the rather small eyes of the actor playing the Assistant Chief Constable ...

You didn't find it taxing watching two people strapped into wooden boxes and periodically branded with a red-hot branding iron?

We enjoyed it and will continue watching, it’s not taxing and I think it’s covering the books pretty well.

Not a good episode last night, quite unbelievable I thought. I did like the way they are exploring the Sandy storyline though.

Yes, John Simm does appear ‘wooden’.

And the way both he and his sidekick arrive at a crime scene, exit the car in their sharp suits with their dark glasses on, are they trying to look like US secret agents?

Sarnia

NanKate

I’m enjoying it especially as my DS lives near Brighton so I recognise many of the places.

Now I’ll get a lot of flak for this. I wish the police woman with the short hair would grow it to cover her ears. 👂👂

Shock horror! Laura Elphinstone is clearly happy in her own skin. Good for her when she works in an industry heavily influenced by looks and cosmetic procedures. Nasty remarks are best left unsaid.

For you Kate.

Sarnia, I don't think NanKate intended to be nasty.

I watched part of last night's episode and found it deeply unpleasant.

I stopped watching last night after about 15 minutes too GG13 I thought it was horrible and I didn’t relate to the characters seemed very unrealistic, branding her and only got a scream.
I like whodunits but no, didmt want to continue with that

I have watched it, never read the books. I find series very grim and find John Simm very wooden, not endeared to any of the characters so I don't know why I continue watching. I like seeing Brighton though.

I stopped watching after 15 minutes, as an asthmatic with phobias of small places, the dark and being restrained it was not for me.

I thought the girl who had been abducted, then imprisoned in a container, plus being an asthmatic, did really well when she finally managed to escape.

Despite being enclosed for I assume days, she was able to climb out and run off fairly easily, not suffering from cramped legs or anything.

And no signs of having no opportunity to use a loo- her clothes looked quite clean and dry.

And would anyone have survived that roof fall?

I’ve got a rule, if I’ve read the book I don’t bother watching the film, I’ve already got images of the story and the film will be quite different with added and missed parts

Quokka

Boring.

I agree, we got to the end of Grace last night and don't feel it's very well written, some loose ends were left flapping and then tied up in 15 seconds near the end of the series without much explanation.
The actor playing Norman Potting was better than most of the others, but some scenes verged on comedy rather than drama. A few characters got little more than a mention so why have them there? Scenes like the burning doll in the pram didn't seem to add to the plot.
Also we found the episodes rather long, if they cut out some of the extraneous, waffley, red-herring storylines the whole thing would be easier to follow and much shorter.

I have read all the Roy Grace books and enjoyed every one. I watched a couple of episodes on TV but didn’t enjoy them because the cast just don’t gel with the characters in the books.

Couldn't agree more. Not my idea of Inspector Grace either, he needs to be more dynamic, charismatic & also taller.