This drama had such potential, but unfortunately it did not deliver. I'm always impressed when the BBC tackles such sensitive issues, and in the first hour I believed the story was being told realistically and with fantastic emotional performances from the leads. After this point of the 90 minutes, however, I spent the last half hour irritated by Fiona's reactions to everything her husband did, and anxiously waiting for the turning point when she would actually DO something remotely 'normal'. She was supposedly trying only to protect her children throughout, yet she failed to do that simply by granting unsupervised access, even after researching child pornography and coming face to face with the reality of it. Simon even admitted that he had looked at 'vile' and 'violent' pictures. This fictional drama, was apparently based on many true stories, but I find it very difficult to believe that the majority of women would be so naive and weak if this happened to them. Unfortunately, waiting for the turning point - and it never arriving, completely spoilt this for me, and the ending just made me angry. Why would she let him get away with it? I'm left dumbfounded.
Review of Fiona's Story
