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Posted by: Froot. 9th September 2015, 04:09 PM

BBC One is airing a new five part drama tonight, starring Suranne Jones as Doctor Jenny Foster who suspects her husband has had an affair and goes to extreme lengths to find the truth, throwing herself, her family and her patients in danger. As she carries out her investigation, her personality begins to change in numerous different ways.



It looks very intriguing and I hope to check it out!

Posted by: Common Sense 10th September 2015, 08:10 AM

I really enjoyed this and can't wait for episode 2. Don't think he'll be having an affair but it'll be something else.

Posted by: liamk97 17th September 2015, 12:34 PM

Saw last night's episode and it's really intriguing! Soaps could definitely learn a thing or two from this about how to make affair storylines interesting.

I see it's Karen from Corrie in the main role - she seems thinner, her voice is different and a few more wrinkles since I last saw her but still recognisably her.

Posted by: Common Sense 17th September 2015, 03:41 PM

Yes she's certainly lost weight. Very intruiging drama with, I think, plenty more twists and turns still to come.

Posted by: Martyn 17th September 2015, 04:52 PM

From the trailer it seems she finds a blonde hair on her own scarf, so assumes her husband is having an affair.

Posted by: James1987 17th September 2015, 09:15 PM

Loving this at the moment, I wasn't sure when it first started if this was going to be one of those Sunday night kind of dramas but I'm hooked...can't wait to see where this goes and what other twists there'll be!

Suranne Jones is fantastic in this but I'm slightly biased as I love Scott & Bailey too

Posted by: Froot. 22nd September 2015, 04:29 PM

It is superb acting from Surrane Jones, I really like how often her character changes and the scene where she told him that she knows was excellent.

I'm really intrigued into where this will go now with a few episodes still to go. It's interesting that we're seeing it all from her perspective too and so we don't know what really happened when he was on the phone hearing about the baby, there has to be more to it than just the affair.

Posted by: Froot. 26th September 2015, 11:56 AM

I feel (for the most part) it would have ended with the last episode in a standard drama, with him apparently breaking up with the girl and the wife being happy and comfortable with the current situation, especially after she basically cheated on him too. So very interesting to see where this goes now, especially with the money situation!

Posted by: Froot. 8th October 2015, 10:29 PM

An EXCELLENT final episode, a perfect hour of drama which had me gripped throughout. Perfect writing and excellent performances from all involved. Surrane Jones has been particularly fantastic throughout the series.

It was so tense to see her go slightly psychotic and to have that doubt that she might have actually killed her child.

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 8th October 2015, 10:35 PM

Been a bit disappointed with it on the whole but what a fantastic final episode! So thrilling and tense!

Posted by: James1987 9th October 2015, 09:21 AM

QUOTE(Froot. @ Oct 8 2015, 11:29 PM)

An EXCELLENT final episode, a perfect hour of drama which had me gripped throughout. Perfect writing and excellent performances from all involved. Surrane Jones has been particularly fantastic throughout the series.

It was so tense to see her go slightly psychotic and to have that doubt that she might have actually killed her child.

Posted by: liamk97 9th October 2015, 12:45 PM

I've loved the whole series so was kinda worried the ending would be a let down but it was in fact more gripping than I could imagine! I loved the way she finally made him see how he made her feel; that was extremely satisfying if not terrifying when we weren't too sure her kid was alive or not! I'm so ready to see Suranne in a lot more dramas, as I'm sure a lot will be wanting to book her after this series has been so well received.

Posted by: Kath 11th October 2015, 09:12 PM

I enjoyed it (and Suranne Jones was excellent) but I found the final episode a bit of a damp squib! I'm not sure I found Suranne's character entirely worthy of being liked. I don't like the way she brought her son into the argument! Also - the dinner party - was there any reason to bring that family's son into the conflict? She seemed a bit of a drama queen who put the importance of her relationship with her partner before the importance of her relationship with her child! No mother would do that - unless they were a bit deranged!

Posted by: Froot. 11th October 2015, 09:22 PM

I thnk not entirely warming/agreeing with Surrane Jones' actions was a main part of the drama! I remember seeing an interview with Surrane before the show started where she said the audience are meant to question whether she is actually a good person or something along those lines.

I like that aspect of it as not everyone would react to the situation in a perfect way!

Posted by: jase. 15th October 2015, 10:44 PM

Excellent doesn't begin to cover it. One of the best BBC dramas in recent years.

Posted by: Sarah 23rd October 2015, 11:10 PM

Brilliant, one of the best dramas I have seen on tv in a while

Posted by: liamk97 3rd November 2015, 01:34 PM

Been reviewed for a second series. I really wish it hadn't because this worked so well as one series; I really don't know where they can go from here without the quality taking a sharp U-turn.

Posted by: Scherz 3rd November 2015, 01:44 PM

Well, we didn't really know where the first series was going to go, did we?
There's loads of stuff they could explore.. Finding Gemma a new partner, how her and her son adapt to his fathers newborn baby..
It could also follow her ex-husband and his bitchy little girlfriend and, my god, I hope they split them up and leave him with nothing.

Posted by: Froot. 3rd November 2015, 10:57 PM

Yeh, I was a bit annoyed that they'd announced a second series because, even though it was an excellent drama and I thoroughly enjoyed it, I wasn't crying out for another series as I didn't think it was necessary. The story was perfectly told in the 5 episodes and it can get annoying when a series is renewed purely because of the ratings rather than there being a need for it in the story.

However, after seeing your post Scherz, it COULD have the potential to be great as well. I guess we'll have to see. Might be in a better position to judge after the second series of Happy Valley airs.

Posted by: burbe 3rd November 2015, 11:00 PM

I'm not happy they've ordered a second series. I just think it's going to ruin the impact of the first series. It was best left alone.

Posted by: mr_pmt 11th March 2016, 12:48 PM

I just watched this over the past couple of evenings, it's AMAZING. I like the way it shows how the situation has affected her psychologically and how she spirals out of control. That dinner table scene in the final episode was intense to say the least.

I'm coming around to thinking Suranne Jones is really one of the best actresses the UK has, she's been exceptional in everything and she's got real versatility.