Tonight 6 part drama ITV 9pm “Out There”.

Thank you flapper girl now I get it....I think! It was all a bit far fetched but still quite gripping. When Turuk said, "that's not Danny, it's someone else in Danny's clothes". How could that be when Danny was drenched in blood!
I like Martin Clunes, thought his Welsh Border accent pretty authentic. But as in the Doc Martin series, his role a bit over calculated and over acted, even though Doc M was a comedy/'drama'.
IMO he should break free from his cosy family tie and find another producer.

Is it called Out There because it's outlandish?

The next series will probably be entitled ‘Still Out There’.

Will it all end up a bit like Ozarks?

I’m glad I’m not the only one who searched around for another episode because I couldn’t believe that was IT.

It was Bunny. He was a small time dealer. Jane Crowther, the woman police officer, warned him that times were changing, the big boys were taking over and he'd probably be killed.

I couldn't believe it ended where it did though. I thought I'd missed an episode. Can only assume they're setting it up for series 2.

I thought almost everything was left unresolved.

specki4eyes

Just rewatched the last few minutes of final episode, I’d forgotten how it ended.

Well, I thought that body was the other local drug dealer, the one who was in opposition to Rhys, Sadie’s brother.

The scruffy little chap from the estate where they lived, can’t remember his name, Benny?

specki4eyes

So if it was the guy that Johnny stabbed, whose body was it that the bigshot detective found? The body lying on the lay by was the very last shot before the final credits went up. I'm thick...I had also had to switch on sub titles to discern the dialogue.
It was gripping..I was terrified for Johnny, he reminded me of my own sweet and gentle grandson who is also a trusting soul.

That body was another thug whose name also began with K.(The one with the big shot detective)

He worked for the head honcho drug dealer, the one going into business with Nathan. Can’t just remember what he did wrong, but he had to be exterminated.

Not sure about the lay by, will have to rewatch that bit again!

So if it was the guy that Johnny stabbed, whose body was it that the bigshot detective found? The body lying on the lay by was the very last shot before the final credits went up. I'm thick...I had also had to switch on sub titles to discern the dialogue.
It was gripping..I was terrified for Johnny, he reminded me of my own sweet and gentle grandson who is also a trusting soul.

Allira

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bathsalts

Apart form the fact that " Sadie" is probably about 24, I quite enjoyed this!

I looked her up because I thought the same - she’s 30! Surely they could have cast a younger actor.

And Rhys is 34!!

To be fair, they both have a hard life!

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bathsalts

Apart form the fact that " Sadie" is probably about 24, I quite enjoyed this!

I looked her up because I thought the same - she’s 30! Surely they could have cast a younger actor.

And Rhys is 34!!

Oh dear! Sort of faintly embarassing somehow to playing that part.

bathsalts

Apart form the fact that " Sadie" is probably about 24, I quite enjoyed this!

I looked her up because I thought the same - she’s 30! Surely they could have cast a younger actor.

It was clear as mud to me as well.
Perhaps because I got bored and was trying to work out a crochet pattern at the same time.

specki4eyes

Could someone explain the ending of this gripping drama please. Why did Caleb go down into the mine with the two thugs? Who did they carry out and why? And why was a body left in the middle of a lay by, moreover, who was that body?

The body they removed from the mine was Kenny, the drug dealer who Johnny killed, then Nathan and Caleb dropped him down the mine shaft.

Not sure about a body in a lay by? Do you mean the woman from the nail bar who they made Nathan bury with a digger on his farm?

I stand corrected if I have got the wrong end of the stick about all this, please rectify if so.

Could someone explain the ending of this gripping drama please. Why did Caleb go down into the mine with the two thugs? Who did they carry out and why? And why was a body left in the middle of a lay by, moreover, who was that body?

I think I know which town Luckygirl3 means, and it's not unusual in small towns. It's like two levels of existence, a tale of two towns.
Drugs somehow find their way into schools too.

I'm not sure about this series as it seems to have left reality behind. It could have got the message across better without entering the realm of fantasy.

Luckygirl3

I know a bit about county lines - I was a photographer and former social worker and was employed to curate a photography project around drug addiction in a local market town. It was truly horrifying. It is all there under the surface and mostly we are not aware of it. Young lives destroyed. It is horrifying. This is a beautiful riverside tourist town - the underbelly is very different. These young people get sucked in unwittingly.

Oof.

County lines, WW1 and Vietnam are red lines for me. If a film/tv drama is about any of those things I don a hard hat or don’t watch. Much too difficult. Actually working in that field must have been incredibly stressful. Kudos.

Apart form the fact that " Sadie" is probably about 24, I quite enjoyed this!

I’m still watching this, week by week, not binging.

It has improved, though still very far fetched.

Last episode tonight, how many more bodies will Nathan be burying?

LauraNorderr

This life is so far removed from my own very fortunate circumstance but I am aware of it being close to reality for many.
It terrifies me for the future of my grandchildren and their children.
It is so easy for vulnerable and innocent youngsters to be dragged in to this underworld of drugs and gangsters and so difficult to get out of it.
The programme is far fetched and the bloody hotel room scene ridiculous but much of it is based on truth.
Parents need to be vigilant and not afraid to confront their sons and daughters. Honest discussion and encouraging truth based on unconditional love.
We should be afraid. This is an ever growing problem.

It is very worrying indeed for those of us with grandchildren; As Luckygirl has said, it is there under the surface in even the seemingly loveliest of country towns, let alone the cities.

Much of this is based on truth but it's actually a pity it has been made far-fetched in this drama.

Parents need to be vigilant and not afraid to confront their sons and daughters. Honest discussion and encouraging truth based on unconditional love.
I think most teenagers will be very aware of this but parents should be able to discuss this with them. Do community police officers go into schools to talk to pupils about these dangers? How and why are certain children targeted by these dealers, I wonder?

I know a bit about county lines - I was a photographer and former social worker and was employed to curate a photography project around drug addiction in a local market town. It was truly horrifying. It is all there under the surface and mostly we are not aware of it. Young lives destroyed. It is horrifying. This is a beautiful riverside tourist town - the underbelly is very different. These young people get sucked in unwittingly.

Poppyred

County lines goes on everywhere, just that us normal law abiding people don’t see it. So not that far fetched……

Sadly, it’s not the county lines aspect that comes across as far fetched, more the body disposal carried out by Nathan and his brother.

Surely most law abiding people would call the police?

How on earth do they think Johnny will move on from this, to say nothing of having to rely on the discretion of others, i.e. Sadie, Rhys, Caleb’s GF….?

This life is so far removed from my own very fortunate circumstance but I am aware of it being close to reality for many.
It terrifies me for the future of my grandchildren and their children.
It is so easy for vulnerable and innocent youngsters to be dragged in to this underworld of drugs and gangsters and so difficult to get out of it.
The programme is far fetched and the bloody hotel room scene ridiculous but much of it is based on truth.
Parents need to be vigilant and not afraid to confront their sons and daughters. Honest discussion and encouraging truth based on unconditional love.
We should be afraid. This is an ever growing problem.