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Post by d'James on Sept 5, 2017 21:01:56 GMT
Did anyone just watch that?!! Wow. Amazing stuff. I can't really compute it all just now. What are your thoughts??
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Post by theatreian on Sept 5, 2017 21:13:00 GMT
Yes was much better than expected. Really grabbed your attention and definitely got you hooked as to her next move!
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Post by Rory on Sept 6, 2017 5:28:19 GMT
It was classy - Suranne and Bertie played a blinder. Totally gripping.
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Post by wickedgrin on Sept 7, 2017 3:12:27 GMT
Excellent drama. Brilliant script and acting.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2017 7:32:49 GMT
Superb first episode of the second series. Hard to believe that Bertie Carvel was the lead in Parade at the Donmar ten years or so back. And then Miss Trunchbull! Varied career...
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Post by theatremadness on Sept 9, 2017 10:22:59 GMT
Hugely enjoyable. Great acting but I found the script a little clunky at times. Loved the music!!
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Post by stefy69 on Sept 11, 2017 5:51:15 GMT
Yes, as I've said elsewhere on another thread good trashy TV and Suranne Jones, wow !
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Post by Backdrifter on Sept 11, 2017 7:28:33 GMT
I'm not going to bother with the rest of it. I enjoyed series 1 but I now feel like they're needlessly stretching it out.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2017 13:29:38 GMT
I wonder if we'll get to see Bertie's bum again in this series? It was the highlight of the last one.
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Post by d'James on Sept 11, 2017 13:51:14 GMT
I wonder if we'll get to see Bertie's bum again in this series? It was the highlight of the last one. You'd think I would remember that. Hmmm. |
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Post by theatreian on Sept 11, 2017 14:52:25 GMT
Yes I must admit I don't remember it either. Will need to keep my eyes open tomorrow night!
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Post by stefy69 on Sept 12, 2017 6:14:21 GMT
Wonder how the start of this has effected sales of seats for Ink and Frozen ?
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Post by theatreian on Sept 12, 2017 21:12:52 GMT
Well after a promising start last week, have to say was disappointed with episode 2. Just does not ring true and the characters are distinctly unlikeable. However I will still be watching next week to see what happens!!
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Post by adrianics on Sept 13, 2017 8:07:32 GMT
This show reminds me a lot of Jane the Virgin for its dedication to melodrama, except with very little out-and-out humour. I agree that Surrane Jones and Bertie Foster are absolutely crushing it, they're dragging some pretty ropey material ever onwards and upwards.
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Post by theatremadness on Sept 14, 2017 12:11:47 GMT
Hmmm. Episode 2 didn't improve things much for me. The script is getting even worse - the scene with the first estate agent where they just exchanged questions at each other was like something out of a challenge from 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' and the quick-fire responses in the 'dinner' scene with Gemma and her work colleague felt like there was no thought or reason behind any of it, literally like they were reciting lines at a table read. And the situations - even for someone who appears as unhinged as Gemma, her constant over-sharing, especially to her son's young teenager friend, asking if he has wine and then that 'conversation' they had; it was annoyingly unbelievable and unrealistic. Also, I'm not a huge fan of the acting styles in this, either - Suranne Jones is really starting to grate. Bertie Carvel is, for me, the only one who's pretty watchable. Ah well. Can't win 'em all!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2017 12:20:18 GMT
Bertie Carvel is, for me, the only one who's pretty watchable. He is indeed. If only you didn't hate him so much that you just want to punch him in the face every time you see him. I think I still would though. Perhaps in the car park behind the pub after a glass or two of Shiraz but I still would. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2017 12:22:09 GMT
Oh and I do love how Suranne Jones is completely embracing the melodrama in her performance.
If Bette Davis were alive today and making TV, she'd be Gemma Foster.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 14, 2017 19:50:57 GMT
Bertie Carvel is, for me, the only one who's pretty watchable. He is indeed. If only you didn't hate him so much that you just want to punch him in the face every time you see him. I think I still would though. Perhaps in the car park behind the pub after a glass or two of Shiraz but I still would. I can't imagine that would be especially difficult. |
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Post by Backdrifter on Sept 15, 2017 8:07:05 GMT
Hmmm. Episode 2 didn't improve things much for me. The script is getting even worse - the scene with the first estate agent where they just exchanged questions at each other was like something out of a challenge from 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' and the quick-fire responses in the 'dinner' scene with Gemma and her work colleague felt like there was no thought or reason behind any of it, literally like they were reciting lines at a table read. And the situations - even for someone who appears as unhinged as Gemma, her constant over-sharing, especially to her son's young teenager friend, asking if he has wine and then that 'conversation' they had; it was annoyingly unbelievable and unrealistic. Also, I'm not a huge fan of the acting styles in this, either - Suranne Jones is really starting to grate. Bertie Carvel is, for me, the only one who's pretty watchable. Ah well. Can't win 'em all! See? As I said above, this is one they should have just left alone. I often think back to State of Play as a great example of how to do that; have a brilliant drama series, it ends, and that's it, you don't need anything else. But there's a greater tendency to want to drag things out because they've been well-received, regardless of how viable that will be. I know this is only 2 episodes in, but I felt strongly after the first episode it was a mistake to have stretched it to a second series. I suppose that at least it didn't stoop to my first thought on hearing the 2nd series had been commissioned, that she'd find a red hair as well and it'd all start back up again. |
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Post by wickedgrin on Sept 15, 2017 21:52:31 GMT
Yes it should have been left at one series. That dinner party scene at the end cannot be surpassed.
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Post by d'James on Sept 19, 2017 21:15:36 GMT
Interesting ending tonight. We did see rather a lot of Bertie tonight.
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Post by crowblack on Sept 19, 2017 21:29:00 GMT
Everyone's horrible and I am finding it hard to care.
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Post by wickedgrin on Sept 19, 2017 22:33:07 GMT
So... it could have ended tonight really....but 2 more episodes to go! It really should have been left at one series. This whole second series clearly does not know where it is going. Excellent performances but even they are struggling to save this.
I really don't care what happens...they will probably end up back together!!!!!
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Post by adrianics on Sept 20, 2017 6:34:29 GMT
Yeah I got a very stark "we're making this up as we go along" vibe from this weeks'.
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Post by tonyloco on Sept 20, 2017 8:14:20 GMT
Thanks crowblack, wickedgrin and adrianics for your views on the latest episode of 'Dr Foster'. I was already fed up with the previous episode and so forwent watching last night. I seems I made the right decision.
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