I'm sad to see that the rating so far is not higher. I do not agree with some of the reviews in here saying it has a simplistic portrayal of men and women (being all bad/good.)
This is a major spoiler but to get to the heart of it: Rob (especially because of the ep. Showing his point of view) was portrayed in a nuanced way and I really felt a lot of sympathy for him. I understood why he cheated but the main lesson, as I see it, was that he (and her father) tried to kill their spouse. That is a very extreme thing to do and therefore not something you can recover from as a couple (or in any kind of relation.) I think they show the effect of such an action really well (also how it had affected her as a child witnessing that, ex hurting herself afterwards.) And it should make the audience wonder why.. why did he feel entitled to do that?
But of course there is a lot more to the show than that, so it would be a shame reducing it to that.. the tension, build up, drama etc worked really well overall. And I liked getting some new insights into head trauma, dementia, menopause, grieving a child and couples at this stage in life. There are several nice men in the show, not-so-nice women, and the main characters being both bad and good at different times (like real human beings.) It's up there with some of the really good British dramas so I hope people will give it a shot despite the rating.
This is a major spoiler but to get to the heart of it: Rob (especially because of the ep. Showing his point of view) was portrayed in a nuanced way and I really felt a lot of sympathy for him. I understood why he cheated but the main lesson, as I see it, was that he (and her father) tried to kill their spouse. That is a very extreme thing to do and therefore not something you can recover from as a couple (or in any kind of relation.) I think they show the effect of such an action really well (also how it had affected her as a child witnessing that, ex hurting herself afterwards.) And it should make the audience wonder why.. why did he feel entitled to do that?
But of course there is a lot more to the show than that, so it would be a shame reducing it to that.. the tension, build up, drama etc worked really well overall. And I liked getting some new insights into head trauma, dementia, menopause, grieving a child and couples at this stage in life. There are several nice men in the show, not-so-nice women, and the main characters being both bad and good at different times (like real human beings.) It's up there with some of the really good British dramas so I hope people will give it a shot despite the rating.
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