Us - New Sunday night BBC 1 drama.

It's not often I put my knitting / puzzle book / iPad down and just watch tv. I did for Us. I think that must mean I enjoyed it. I wondered what she did when she got her freedom.

Not sure why they split up really!!!

MayBee70 I did wonder about that as well.

I liked the book better.

Best bits were seeing those beautiful foreign cities.
Did think his "heart trouble" following the jellyfish stings was not written by anyone with cardiac experience.
And written by a man, as another woman falls into his arms immediately.

But what happened to the dog?

I thought the ending was a bit far fetched-how could they both move before the house was sold?. But it was OK. I was glad he got the woman from Venice as well.

ihadn't realised she was that old. I know she looked years older than DD who has a 14 year old son. I was glad that he ended up with his nice lady from Venice, she seemed to suit him much better.

Tom Hollander looks relatively ageless - you could take him for 45 They should have cast an actress who was, or at least looked to be in her early to mid forties.

I suppose that they couldn't cast someone who looked a lot younger than Tom Hollander and he had to be in it as he was involved in the making of it.

It was very poor casting to have a 59 year old actress, who looks more like 69, play the part of the mother of a 17 year old born when she was supposed to be in her twenties.

One of the best bbc series for some time loved it

I’ve just rewatched it properly. A lot of it was daft and didn’t make sense but a lot of it was exactly what happened when my marriage fell apart. It’s actually left me feeling a bit numb and incredibly sad. We even did a grand tour with the kids just before my daughter went to uni. As I said to everyone when we eventually split up ‘they all just grew up and left home including my husband’.

Husband is an idiot, wife needs to get a grip. Son I feel sorry for with such idiot parents.

Not keen on Tom Hollander really. Found the family all irritating especially her, she is just miserable and always putting her husband down, he should cut and run. Love seeing all those lovely places they visited though, made me feel so nostalgic for foreign shores.

I am really enjoying this series, for the first time in ages I really want to see the next episode. (Many have said that since lockdown that they cannot concentrate on reading. I identify with that in spades and bizarrely find the same with TV).
Having just watched the second part I am firmly on team husband’s side. Good old Douglas, yes, he may be boring and predictable but he is also loving and loyal. He wants the best for his much loved son, just cannot understand him as he has inherited his wife’s artistic talent and has no love of scientific detail.
Although I read the book I cannot remember the ending so whatever happens will be a surprise to me. Also loving the scenery and yearning for and end to COVID restrictions so we can travel through Europe by train. Tom Hollander isn’t bad either.

I’ve just watched the whole lot and, due to my nodding off will have to rewatch it. It did actually grow on me and has made me do a lot of soul searching about my first marriage. We did love each other (still do) but, in retrospect our interests changed as we got older and we’re now with partners that share our interests. Quite a few things annoyed me though eg the wife constantly leaving and rejoining her husband and being able to get the dog into boarding kennels at short notice. And what happened to the dog at the end?

After watching the first 2 episodes DH said he wasn’t watching anymore.
Douglas to my mind was OTT.
I watched the last 2 episodes and I’m glad I did, it improved and Douglas ‘calmed down’ .

I was so pleased with the way it ended.

The scenery was amazing!

Started watching it last night but, as usual, nodded off so need to rewatch it. I was in an unhappy marriage: we took the teenage children on a grand tour of Europe:: my ex is a bit borderline asbergers (sp) etc etc. so I feel I should relate to the series but, thus far it isn’t working for me. And why does his wife look so haggard?

US didn’t do it for me. I may watch in when they go to Venice just to see location. Singapore Grip tv production I’m not sure about really but the book is excellent.

I'm with poor Douglas all the way. The bit where he was crying at the dump was heart breaking. He's trying so hard!
I would be extremely embarrassed if a guest of mine behaved the way Cat did at the breakfast buffet and doubt if I could stifle my urge to tell her where to go.

I'll give it another episode. A bit disappointed that some of it is a bit of a stretch: surely the almost dolly bird, Connie, couldn't have morphed into someone's Nan in just 20 years? To me, she just looked too old - not just as Albie's Mum but also Douglas' Wife. Hopefully we'll see more clearly what her problem is as the story progresses, rather than a certain vague whiney-ness and a habit of encouraging a joint attack on Albie's Dad at any opportunity. Location shots enjoyable, non-stop background music and noise not so much.

Maggie
Still don't like the wife any more this week. Apart from the breakfast incident where he should have supported his son he's trying so hard to please her. What 17 year old and girlfriend wants his mum with him on an evening out. I haven't read the book so I'm curious as to what will happen.

On balance I’m team husband. Yes, he’s predictable, but he’s caring and means well, and if it wasn’t for him spending ruddy hours on Tripadvisor (yes, I’ve been there ) I doubt Mrs Spontaneous would ever even get a holiday. And all he gets from her are supercilious smirks.

On the other hand.....she was dead right about the breakfast incident - Douglas was a complete embarrassment there. And the university discussion, oh dear. I can’t understand anyone who can afford to not encouraging their children to go forth and do what they love.

Pittcity Maybe, but in the back flips she seemed to be having a pretty good try at partying, even though he never enjoyed it. Perhaps she just feels she's getting old. If that's the case she's on a loser for a start-nothing worse than an older person partying with a younger crowd and pretending they can keep up. (I'll wait for the brickbats that will attract )