Channel 4 tonight 9pm NZ drama that sounds right up my street!

Allira

I've just checked and it's six episodes.
Now, if it was three or even four, I might persevere with it, but it's one of those dramas that leaves you feeling anxious and quite depressed.

I need something quirky and uplifting, not dismal.

If you've got Netflix watch "Joy" about the invention of IVF and the women who desperately wanted a baby. It's a dramatisation with a great cast.

Allira

BlueBelle

I haven’t t liked it so far. Don’t like her one bit I’ll carry on
I ve been wrong before but so far not into it at all

Well, I'm exhausted just watching her.

She reminds me of someone I knew, can't quite remember who 🤔

I find her very unappealing too.. very abrasive and I wish she'd brush her hair..

However her sex talk was genius.. I hope we have real life teachers over here that replicate it..

It was the name of the GS that alerted me to the fact he was a boy- ‘Walt’ or ‘Walty’.

Having said that, could well be either now, the way names are used.

Will give it a go, thanks.

I've just checked and it's six episodes.
Now, if it was three or even four, I might persevere with it, but it's one of those dramas that leaves you feeling anxious and quite depressed.

I need something quirky and uplifting, not dismal.

Ah.

I don't think she was turning a blind eye .... I think all those previous red flags fell into place, Calendargirl when she thought back on them.

The red flags fell into place for me regarding my ex husband once I knew for sure he was having an affair ... all that "being called into work", "forgetting" to fill up with petrol and popping out for it, etc etc It all made sense.

The 3 year old with long hair past their shoulder blades confused me. Boy or girl? At least the pronoun ‘boy’ was used not ‘them/they’ so my confusion was short lived!

I haven’t binge watched it, so no idea of the outcome.

It seems that even before this incident, she picked up on lots of ‘red flags’ re her husband’s behaviour around young boys.

Did she just turn a blind eye, and it all came to a head at this party?

Is she now concerned for the safety of the grandson with him?

What do all their colleagues and friends make of it all?

Divided loyalties, it appears.

I think so Calendargirl. She’s a ‘no topic off limits’ woman. Confident. Outspoken. And (I think) just plain wrong. I think something else is lurking beneath the waters here.

Yes, I wondered that too Calendargirl

Why do we see her modelling in the nude for art classes?

What has that got to do with anything?

Is it to show what a liberal and free thinking spirit she is?

J52

Allira

BlueBelle

I haven’t t liked it so far. Don’t like her one bit I’ll carry on
I ve been wrong before but so far not into it at all

Well, I'm exhausted just watching her.

She reminds me of someone I knew, can't quite remember who 🤔

Dreadful, acting and script. I predict she’ll be proved wrong in the end.
Glad I didn’t teach in NZ if this is the standard,

It is fiction.

I don’t like her either.

In fact, don’t take to any of the characters.

Find the whole thing rather creepy actually.

I’m loving it.
The tension is building nicely. I’m also really enjoying seeing Wellington. It’s very hilly! The houses look so different to ours in the UK. A lot of dark wood inside. Like a step back 30 years. No contemporary greys here! And the coastline, the beach, the birds and the dolphins are delightful.

Allira

BlueBelle

I haven’t t liked it so far. Don’t like her one bit I’ll carry on
I ve been wrong before but so far not into it at all

Well, I'm exhausted just watching her.

She reminds me of someone I knew, can't quite remember who 🤔

Dreadful, acting and script. I predict she’ll be proved wrong in the end.
Glad I didn’t teach in NZ if this is the standard,

I struggled through Episode 1, I quite liked her as a character but everything else left me a bit cold.

But on the strength of all the positives on here I'll keep going - something to watch while we all batten down the hatches over the weekend!

BlueBelle

I haven’t t liked it so far. Don’t like her one bit I’ll carry on
I ve been wrong before but so far not into it at all

Well, I'm exhausted just watching her.

She reminds me of someone I knew, can't quite remember who 🤔

I haven’t t liked it so far. Don’t like her one bit I’ll carry on
I ve been wrong before but so far not into it at all

I binge watched this drama.
Keeps you guessing to the end.
Excellent viewing.

😊😊

Sorry - I’ve just spotted the title! Silly me!

What channel is this on, please?

It’s really good drama isn’t it?

The Spinoff reviewer Duncan Greive called the show "queasy, morally complex and NZ's best TV drama in years... a dark, tense and highly provocative drama which will rattle uneasily around your mind for days".

The Guardian reviewer Luke Buckmaster called it "one of the greatest performances in any TV show in years".

Kylie Northover of The Sydney Morning Herald gave the series five stars, calling it "what might be the best New Zealand drama ever produced".

I loved Top of the Lake