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Posted by: Rabbit Froot 26th October 2014, 05:45 PM

It stars James Nesbitt and will be shown on Tuesdays, 9PM.

Could it be the new Broadchurch? Looks excellent anyway and it's the BBC making it so it should be good. They've produced so much good drama lately!

Posted by: jase. 27th October 2014, 10:08 PM

Very excited! Will be watching tomorrow night.

Posted by: Heezus Froot 27th October 2014, 10:40 PM

What a generic name. I'll probably watch it though.

Posted by: Common Sense 29th October 2014, 06:00 PM

Not bad. The father/son conversation suggested that they've done something to upset someone and he's been taken for revenge.

Posted by: mr_aly 29th October 2014, 11:00 PM

I enjoyed it, I really don't know how they can stretch this out over the course of 8 episodes and keep it interesting but I guess we'll see.

Posted by: Cremey_SZN 29th October 2014, 11:12 PM

Loved this!

Posted by: Rabbit Froot 17th November 2014, 10:43 PM

I finally caught up, best new drama since 'Happy Valley' for me!

The last few moments of episode 3 really, really haunted me and I eventually had to look away. Very impactful.

Posted by: 🌚🌚🌚 19th November 2014, 04:38 AM

end of every episode so far has given me goosebumps esp the first one holy shit

Posted by: Cremey 25th November 2014, 10:33 PM

This is just getting better and better. Loved the twist at the end.. I was thinking 'oh, well showing us both characters eight years on ruins the suspense a bit when we know they're both alive!' and then BAM. Looking back, maybe the whole setting on the boat seemed a bit too perfect to be true – definitely caught me out though.

Posted by: Suedehead2 26th November 2014, 06:52 PM

Well, that plot twist was certainly different!

Posted by: jase. 27th November 2014, 11:07 PM

4 episodes in. The first 2 were great, episodes 3 and 4 reeeeeally dragged

Posted by: Rabbit Froot 28th November 2014, 12:05 AM

but the endings!!!!

Posted by: truly talented 28th November 2014, 11:09 AM

Great 5th episode. It's quite complex but has me intrigued.

Posted by: Rooney 15th December 2014, 11:52 PM

Finally up to date on this - I'm really liking it. I think it's as good as Broadchurch but the actual mystery in Broadchurch was much better.

I knew the hotel was connected to the abduction right from the very first episode!

Posted by: jase. 16th December 2014, 09:57 PM

What happened then?

Posted by: Connor. 16th December 2014, 10:06 PM

Well, that was one of the most pointless eight weeks of television and an awful ending. So disappointed!

Posted by: jase. 16th December 2014, 10:08 PM

The season 2 announcement was apparently a total Broadchurch style announcement rip-off

Posted by: Rooney 16th December 2014, 10:17 PM

If they want viewers to watch then they needed to have a definitive ending - see Broadchurch. No way viewing figures will be anything as high.

Really annoyed, the writers trying to be clever, and leaving it up for us to interpret. That's not what I want. I'm still none the wiser as to what happened - he could be dead, or alive.

Posted by: Jayeux Noël 16th December 2014, 10:52 PM

Oh I really dislike "leave it to the viewers to interpret" endings. I really wanted a very conclusive ending, especially after 8 weeks of this. Quite disappointing.

Posted by: Suedehead2 16th December 2014, 11:43 PM

FWIW, my interpretation is Olly is dead and the face on the frosted window was drawn by Tony. Presumably he had done the same thing in various other Russian towns and cities.

I don't think there is anything wrong with leaving it open for people to reach a different conclusion.

Posted by: Rooney 17th December 2014, 12:04 AM

Yes that's what I thought too. But then there's the fact we were only ever told the Mayor's story. And why of course did Tony end up in Russia? It seems utterly random. The boy looked like Olly, and he seemed to recognise the drawings. But endings like this just annoy viewers. I would have rather been explicitly told that he had been murdered by the Romanian man, rather than hinting that perhaps he survived afterall.

Posted by: jase. 17th December 2014, 12:25 AM

Yeah if you're investing 8 hours of your life in a tv show, surely you'd expect a definitive ending

Posted by: Jayeux Noël 17th December 2014, 05:13 PM

I read a comment that the uncertain ending without a feeling of closure for the viewer, is meant to reflect how Tony would feel as a parent, not believing his son to be dead but never finding him... he'd never have closure.

Although it was still quite a confusing ending even if that was the intention. Was that boy really Olly? It looked so much like it would be him. Why was Tony in Russia in the first place, what had convinced to go there in a bid to find him? Hmm!

Posted by: Reindeer Froot 18th December 2014, 03:21 PM

Yes, a bit of an underwhelming ending which is ironic considering the quality of each episode's ending!

I guess the whole thing was never a 'whodunnit' in the same way that Broadchurch was and it was more about the lives of everyone involved. Yet it still was underwhelming to see the result of what actually happened to Olly. I do believe that was the actual ending and the bit in Russia was more about Tony still not being able to move on and clinging onto any of the smallest possibilities that Olly is still there. Travelling to Russia shows his determination too. It's more that he feels to blame because he had responsibility for Olly at that time and he could have stopped him from running off.

I'd like to believe that anyway because surely at 5 you would still remember your father and, even if you were confused, you would shout out to stop the police taking him away?

Posted by: Suedehead2 18th December 2014, 05:36 PM

I suspect a a 13-year-old who hasn't seen his father for eight years would be unlikely to remember him. It is even less likely that he would remember a picture he drew eight years ago.

The general summary of the ending, though, is a good one. I think that is what the writers were trying to portray.