Catastrophe channel 4, where's the baby?

[dingledangles]

I could have sworn there was a baby girl, where has she disappeared to???

In the back of the pushchair.

Oh 😂 has she actually been seen in this series?? The children haven't been in it as much as they were before!

Sat here thinking the same thing- watching on catch up.
Also, how do they manage to go out so much honestly, not jealous at all whilst I try remember the last time I made plans the morning of

She was in a bouncer chair on the floor when the sister when psycho on the phone last week

Oh, I know! Their children are so quiet, there are so many conversations without interruptions, what even is that????

@Lululemonade think I'm watching that one now, is it the one where Sharon starts running?

@dingledangles ooooh no running in it. I think it was the one on last week, I watched it tonight on catch up and we are never up to date. It was the one where Rob’s sister had become a Quaker and he went along to a meeting. Then at the end the sister got a call from her stbxh and went psycho and the baby just sat there smiling-I hadn’t realised she was still meant to be so small so I was surprised to see her there

They both just bounce out of the house to go to work in the mornings with no children and no mention of them - do they just leave them at home? Reminds me of baby Emma in Friends who was never with her parents. I am aware it's just TV!

Yes, DH and I keep commenting on that - where are their children?! They keep just popping out together, the two of them, with not much in the way of preparation (the most recent one they do get a babysitter - but really, who gets a babysitter just to go running together?!). At one point the baby is shown in a bouncer, suggesting she's still pretty tiny, but apparently has no impact on her parents' lives at all?!

It somehow seems worse than in Friends etc but this is ostensibly a comedy about keeping a marriage going through kids etc - well, it's a lot easier if your kids magically and conveniently disappear constantly!

I did have the quite depressing thought as the - generally very happy! - mother of quite a young baby watching The Letdown (most realistic TV depiction of early parenthood I've ever seen but they still go out without the baby unrealistically often) that you would never get a completely realistic depiction of having a small baby on TV because it's just too tedious - you don't go anywhere, do anything, or even talk about that much except the baby!

I was wondering exactly the same thing! I'm really enjoying this series, sad it's the last one.

Rob Delaney wrote this series after his toddler son died, I can imagine he might have wanted to focus more of the relationship stuff than having child actors on set.

He did a very brutally honest interview with Russell Howard about it all.

They have the weirdest double buggy thing and the baby is on the sort of ground floor level of that in a lot of the outdoor scenes.

@WhirlwindHugs I saw that last night when trying to google, horrendous :-( they've had another haven't they? But it would be weird to not even mention the children? I haven't registered any mention of the little girl! Or even crying in the background etc

@LisaSimpsonsbff what is letdown? I'm not sure if I've watched it or not, is it on sky?

@dayswithaY I know it's just tv but it still really bothers me 😂

@Lululemonade I think I must have seen her on there, but maybe didn't register as it's not long?

The Letdown is an Australian comedy. It's on Netflix and everyone I know who watched it loved it - but if you watch it with a newborn (as I stupidly did) it's all a bit close to home!

I find it strange about the children as well, particularly the baby girl. She's never part of the scenes. As pp have said, it's about a relationship, but they don't act like parents much of the time!

@LisaSimpsonsbff ahh I don't have Netflix 😔