[Closed] Doctor Foster....

Nuts. Completely unhinged. Brilliant.

And WHY DID SHE GO INTO THE HOUSE!?

I just watched it too. Sweet baby Jebus, what a load of tosh. I'd have left if I was the son too. And the father in law should have just put out a contract on her.

I thought the vibrator was one of those things for getting hard skin off your feet, That's Mrs THMs story anyway...

Why was the door left open?
Dad's been tapping the kid up to move in for a while.
A lady pleaser?

I said this on another thread yesterday. The lead - she cannot act to save her life. Completely unwatchable.

Glad it's back, liked the first episode and keen to see where it's going.

I think if you've not seen the first series you'll wonder why she's quite the way she is.

All the music is [b]VERY VERY LOUD[/b] and all the dialogue is *whispers*.

Not sure about this yet. Seemed to be an episode for setting up the plots for the series. Have to agree about the dialogue & music but it seems to be a BBC trait these days despite all the complaints on social media. And why is it that HD channel sound is much quieter than the regular channel, drives me nuts keep turning the volume up & down or is it just my TV?

I am not usually a fan of TV dramas but for some reason, I found the first series strangely captivating. I'll see how this goes.

reluctantwrinkly - Member
And why is it that HD channel sound is much quieter than the regular channel, drives me nuts keep turning the volume up & down or is it just my TV?

Light is denser than sound, and because it's HD there's more light and therefore less room for the sound.

I saw the trailer for the first series and thought it looked like a load of old tosh. Then Mrs Binners convinced me to watch it as she was re-watching it before the second series

I was right. It is indeed a load of old tosh! But a totally preposterous, ridiculously entertaining and enjoyable load of old tosh! I absolutely loved it! 😀

I also loved this review by Lucy Mangham in the Guardian yesterday. Absolutely nails it!

[url= https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/sep/06/doctor-foster-review-suranne-jones-brian-cox-the-21st-century-face-for-space ]The gleefully mad melodrama is back[/url]

Watched it with my wife, got in trouble for shouting at teh Telly: "it's been 2 years, get over it!"

I also got in to trouble for pointing out that Nitric acid doesn't dissolve gold.

everyone in it are thoroughly dislikeable, which i suppose is it's appeal.

And she's hot as ****, in a psychotic kinda way!

it's been 2 years, get over it!

everyone in it is thoroughly dislikeable

WTF was she doing with a big bottle of nitric acid anyway? She's a doctor, not an industrial chemist making rocket fuel or explosives - or is that the bit of the plot I've missed?

Teethgrinder-ta for that- obvious really. What if I open the curtains to let some light out, will that work?

Surely she should be called Louise though?

WTF was she doing with a big bottle of nitric acid anyway? She's a doctor, not an industrial chemist making rocket fuel or explosives - or is that the bit of the plot I've missed?

This. It also came out of a pharmacy bag IIRC, and somehow I doubt Boots would dispense nitric acid off an FP10.

Last series, there was a heck of a lot of stuff which, IRL, would've ended with Dr Foster's suspension from the GMC register.

I thought she had two bottles - nitric acid and hydrochloric acid? Which apparently can dissolve gold when mixed. Whether or not you can get both of these in a Pharmacy or not though I've no idea.

My wife watches this, it's utter trash which is probably why she likes it.

I'm pretty sure the availability or not of acids at a pharmacist isn't atop the writers priority list.

Indeed, mixed together (though I can't remember what concentrations), you get what's alchemists called Aqua Regia, which could dissolve platinum and gold. Don't think you could see what was written on the brown bottle - but I assumed HCl as well.

As NoBeer says, if we're going to start getting fussy over whether a doctor can get hold of concentrated nitric or hydrochloric acid as a plot hole, we'd watch nothing at all.

And she's hot as ****, in a psychotic kinda way!

I should introduce you to my ex...

I should introduce you to my ex...

I'm sure she's saying the same thing to someone else right about now....

I thought she was was a complete Louise who seriously needs to start getting over it and sort er life out. That teacher she went on a date with should run for the hills. I also thought her husband seemed to have landed on his feet, fair play to him.

My wife thought she was a victim we should feel sorry for who was perfectly justified in acting the way she did, her husband is a bastard and her behaviour was perfectly understandable.

Funny how two people can view things so differently

Not seen it. Obvious but... is this set in Gloucester? 😛

Proper melodrama. Well shot and put together.

Watchable, but didn't need a second season like a lot of these things.

I thought it was something to do with the Doctor Foster went to Gloucester in a shower of rain.... 😳

The thing with the acid - even if we accept that she could get hold of the ingredients, why did she need so bloody much of it? Unless of course she's planning on dissolving the husband.

I don't even know why I'm asking really, as I'm not watching it again, (see my post above)

I think if you've not seen the first series you'll wonder why she's quite the way she is.

I saw part of an episode of the first season as my wife was watching it.

That still doesn't explain her total inability to act or the fact she only has two expressions - anger and complete imbecility. Honestly, I'm not sure how she is managing to make money as a professional...

Do you think she can't act jamj? Only you haven't mentioned it much... 🙂

I know DD. It's like I can't get over things I find annoying. 😉

Some of my team wouldn't bloody stop going on about it last series and that are now on about it again...

I think she's not a bad actress at all.

Oooooh.....

A woman scorned and all that.

What you think he told the boy? Conniving lady though ain't she....

everyone in it are thoroughly dislikeable,

This. If everyone died in a car crash, who would care?

I'm with jamj , she can't act and the first series was way better .

Will she get away with death by careless driving? Suspended sentence, light fine, couple of points on the license seems to be the norm for killing a cyclist, so probably similar for a pedestrian................

PSA last one coming up shortly.....

Train running slowly - going to be tight!

No spoilers but disappointing......

Yep, disappointing. Did we find out what Simon said to Tom in the previous episode? If we did, I missed it.

I don't find any of the characters at all sympathetic.

For that reason . . I'm out.

Yes we found out. That was the post natal depression chat.....

Ta.

It's another one of those TV dramas where none of the characters seems to display any normal human characteristics, therefore making it impossible to care about them. Let alone to be enlightened in any way on the "human condition", which is the essence of all drama.
(Doc Martin excepted of course)

Had hoped for better

Did like the evening standard cartoon rip off with TM in car and Bojo in the road though!

the wife & I just started watching the first series. blimey!! doesnt half make you squirm!! even with a clear conscious! imagine trying to sit through this with your mrs if you'd ever been up to no good...!

Talk of a third series where we will probably find out that Tom has been living in the loft for the last 30 years ....

We found ourselves laughing at the bits that were supposed to be the most emotionally charged - they were just too absurdly ott.

That cringe worthy speech at the end.

I was hoping the other wife was going to have a big part to play in the last episode (she suddenly looked interesting in the penultimate one) but as above, very disappointed in the last episode – it's just been set up for the next series trying to find the son again rather than finish this story.

A massive let down. In the first episode when you saw his mahoosive house, complete with swimming pool, Mrs Binners remarked "they wouldn't be showing you that unless he's going to be found floating face-down in it in the final episode"

I is disappoint! 🙁

Why does every programme that starts off well (first series was good) then feel the need to milk the law of diminishing returns by leaving it open for another series instead of resolving it in any kind of meaningful way

Is there much of an appetite for '2 people who hate each other have a competition to see who can look the most mentally tortured while looking for their missing son'?

Even the son (especially the son?) was a royal PITA. The only high point was the new wife's excellent side-boobage at the wedding.

especially the son?

That cringe worthy speech at the end.

...really kinda wrapped it up on a bum note.

Far too much suspension of disbelief required to appreciate the lead characters actions.

About episode 2 I figured the son would top himself at the end, probably in that massive swimming pool. Mind you that would have removed series 3 from the funding queue, so with hindsight running away was quite predictable.

Bertie Carvel did a good job with the script he had, as did son and new wife was good in episode 4. Didn't go a bundle on Suzanne Jones leering/scowling method.

Very disappointed.

A hy(undai) speed Simon / vehicle interface would have been good but the final episode would have been two minutes long. A bad thing....?

Suranne Jones appeared to have trapped wind for five whole episodes.

Liar (ITV drama) on the other hand is in a different class.

I thought Ep5 was pretty good considering the craziness of Ep1-4. Tension in the first half and nobody dying in the second half - breakfast scene was a great mixture of anxiety, mood and black humour. Parminster looks ace for a short break.

Its been set up for 3rd series methinks.

Enjoyed 9:45 of it (didn't see first time round) but that ending was limp. Could have been any combination of deaths but instead the whiny kid runs off? Good riddance. Can't see anyone wasting too much time looking for him.

More depressing crap.

Why does the BBC and ITV keep churning out dramas and soaps about death, sickness, rape and infidelity?

Why does the BBC and ITV keep churning out dramas and soaps about death, sickness, rape and infidelity?

Liked it how he was kicking the crap out of the drivers door. Then miraculously she's driving it around minus dents.

Why does the BBC and ITV keep churning out dramas and soaps about death, sickness, rape and infidelity?

In this weeks exciting new drama Doctor Foster bakes a lemon drizzle cake and has a neighbour round for a chat and a nice cup of tea. Tune in next week to see her pruning the roses while her husband watches a documentary about sharks 😀

If you're going to post the upcoming plot of the archers you could at least put "spoiler" at the top.

In this weeks exciting new drama Doctor Foster bakes a lemon drizzle cake and has a neighbour round for a chat and a nice cup of tea. Tune in next week to see her pruning the roses while her husband watches a documentary about sharks

Tune in next week to see her pruning the roses

That's a euphemism, yeah?

Liked it how he was kicking the crap out of the drivers door. Then miraculously she's driving it around minus dents.

They clearly had a 'dent man'. Don't you?

Thought she would be too busy drinking white wine and plotting revenge to get the door fixed.

Right I’m off to write a TV drama about mtbrs who dont actually ride. It’ll be a hit, wait and see.

He was a little shite wasn't he? He also looked like a young Kevin Bacon.

I thought it was OK, worth watching.