Tv drama Falling 1st episode

Don't fancy it after reading reviews. The Guardian gives it 2 stars.

I’ve watched the first three episodes,

TBH, I found the Keeley Hawes character extremely irritating.

She seemed determined to ‘tempt’ the priest, even though he was trying not to get involved with her.

And I don’t think after many years of being cloistered away as a nun, she would be quite so willing to strip down to a swimsuit when on her trip to the seaside.

Her new landlady is being very generous, letting her live there rent free I assume, feeding her, lending her money for a stylish wardrobe….

I think she’s a bit of a floozy.

I watched it all and, as is often the case with me, I don't know why I continued watching when a drama was so obviously not working.

I thought both main actors were miscast and unconvincing in their roles. Although I usually like Keeley Hawes - she was very good in Line of Duty and The Durrells (two very different roles) - I didn't like her portrayal of the nun. I couldn't understand why the priest would have fallen for her - her prissy voice and apparent self-centredness.

I didn't realise it was based on a true story and feel that this drama didn't do it justice.

I don’t know whether to start Falling. I watched the last episode of Half Man last night but (darn it) have to watch it again as I fell asleep. It’s a real case of I’ve started so I’ll finish but it’s been a miserable telly watching experience. Maybe I could be employed to finish the series that other people don’t want to…a sort of tv series sin eater? Maybe if Falling had used the dishy priest ( sigh) from Fleabag we would have all remained glued to it?

There was nothing wrong with the priest in ‘Falling’ MayBee, I found him very attractive.

It was Keeley Hawes who was the problem, she was so irritating!

I’ve watched 2 episodes. Almost abandoned it after the first episode but stuck with it for 2. I won’t be bothering with a third.

I found it rather unconvincing. I spent 20 years of my nursing career working alongside an order of nuns . Nothing about Sister Anna rang true. The way she conducted herself, how she spoke bore no resemblance to the nuns I knew very well.

When asked by the priest if he could see her cabbages she replied “only if you get me very drunk”. 🙄

She mentioned she was part of an enclosed order. Yet she was wandering about in the community distributing veg boxes. Enclosed nuns live in seclusion from the outside world in prayer and silent contemplation. After 20 years of living in an enclosed order she wouldn’t have had the knowledge to just wander out and know where to hop on a bus and she wouldn’t have had any money for the bus fare.

How convenient that she had a full head of long healthy hair ready to be cut into a fashionable style. The nuns I worked alongside all had DIY short hair cuts to facilitate their cap and veil.

Oh dear, I sound rather grumpy and cynical. Maybe I should have followed my gut instinct and given up after episode one .

I understand that Paapa Essiedu learnt British sign language for his part so that he could interact with Sophie Leigh Stone a profoundly deaf actress who played his Sister Susan in the series. Well done to them both for their amazing acting skills. Keeley Hawes for me came across as to worldly for A Nun from an enclosed order. Nonetheless I still enjoyed watching Falling.