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Blondeshavemorefun · 02/03/2013 12:28

a new 5 part thriller sun to thur 9pm about a missing person

Hattie the may queen goes missing - everyone suspects everyone

like thrillers :)

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Sugarice · 08/03/2013 08:09

What a crock of shite that was! Angry

I like to see a baddie get his comeuppance, be it being hauled off to the Nick or being chucked off a cliff.

What a detestable bunch they all were and as for Fiona, well words fail me !

BBC, must do better.

diddl · 08/03/2013 08:33

"Dont get why you are all lusting after Linnus! Everett was the sexy one."

Amen to that!

I like Peter Firth as well tbh.

mrsjay · 08/03/2013 08:47

I like Peter Firth as well tbh.

I always used to think peter Firth was colin baker until colin baker was on im a celeb Blush

ANNNYWAAAAAAAAY what a load of rubbish the ending was cant believe fiona would set Everett up like that for her 'perfect family' how wet is she what did he do to her in 1991 just what did Confused where is seth is he dead
so hattie is going to haunt them forever is that better than jail probably when you think about it but what a really pants ending I was a bit shocked at the reveal but after that it just went down hill,

mrsjay · 08/03/2013 08:50

Loved the whole witchcraft thing though and hattie coming back and swapping stones etc and Malcom being dog shit culdnt happen to a nicer man Grin

limitedperiodonly · 08/03/2013 09:09

I liked it and I think northernlurker is right. If you believe there are witches but that most people don't believe in them the whole thing makes sense.

The main thing I can't reconcile is Aiden Gillen's complete change of heart, it would have been better if he'd have been a git to outsiders but got on fairly well with his son apart from some dad/son teenage angst which would have explained the friction and given an excuse for the son to betray him which apart from the charm would have made everyone in town believe he'd done it.

They should have given him a job too. Even if he was a drug dealer, in fact, that probably would have been quite a good one to give him. It wasn't sensible that he'd been unemployed for 14 years and his son didn't realise.

But there were very 'earthbound' things in it like the police being quite crap, the searchers trampling all over the crime scene and causing more trouble than they're worth, the uneasy relationship with Steve and his BIL and son, the vigilantism and mawkishness, people wanting Malcolm and his wife to get their comeuppance because they were rich...

I didn't know about that Crimewatch story someone mentioned where they had an appeal and everyone started shopping everyone else. But it's very realistic.

People do gossip, they're easily led, they want to settle scores and they are oddballs in every town either really dodgy or harmless that can get the blame.

I think Aiden Gillen raped WPc Walliams 20 years before. But I think that he not only didn't think it was rape, he didn't even remember it. I can see how she'd want revenge.

I think it's believable that she'd want to stay with her husband and cover up for him. It's horrible, but people do.

It also didn't matter that you didn't see Seth's body. You saw Hattie's dad attack him, you heard him scream and you saw the blood. He's dead.

Isn't part of the Green Man myth that an innocent gets sacrificed. Don't really know but I'm dimly aware of it.

limitedperiodonly · 08/03/2013 09:18

And I liked it being open ended. Hattie is going to have her revenge on the policeman and his wife. They'll just have to wait.

And Aiden Gillen is lucky that his dead witch wife is looking out for him because otherwise he would have got framed. I find it depressingly realistic that sometimes the police nick the obvious person and then stop bothering to look.

Oh the other thing I found unrealistic was three squad cars tearing round the countryside to arrest Aiden Gillen. But then most arrests are quite boring so I can forgive them making it exciting.

nipersvest · 08/03/2013 09:27

on reflection i think the 'baddie' does get his comeuppance. the ghost of hattie will never leave them alone, she'll always be there pointing. as a viewer maybe we're meant to imagine the rest, they'll not be able to live with that, it'll consume them and they will have to come clean in the end.

mrsjay · 08/03/2013 09:29

on reflection i think the 'baddie' does get his comeuppance. the ghost of hattie will never leave them alone, she'll always be there pointing. as a viewer maybe we're meant to imagine the rest, they'll not be able to live with that, it'll consume them and they will have to come clean in the end.

yes you are right she said she would come back for him and she did maybe it wasn't such a bad ending after all but I so wanted him to get 'done for it' I can imagine Everet would have got off with lack of evidence seeing as the charm is now a stone

NotADragonOfSoup · 08/03/2013 09:30

I imagine the squad cars screeching to arrest him was to act as a counterpoint to Fiona & murdered drinking wine. I was waiting for them to arrive at their house and cart him away.

mrsjay · 08/03/2013 09:33

yes that is what I though was going to happen i was open mouthed at it like noooooo get him you are at the wrong house ( i may or maynot have been shouting that at the tellyBlush )

limitedperiodonly · 08/03/2013 09:37

Oh yeah. They had to have some way of making you think they were coming for the policeman when they were really coming for Everett.

NotADragonOfSoup · 08/03/2013 09:39

I hadn't twigged that Fiona had hidden the charm at Everett's house. I did wonder why the camera had focussed on her bag on the chair but I thought Everett was going to steal it/knock it ff the chair or something

diddl · 08/03/2013 09:40

"on reflection i think the 'baddie' does get his comeuppance. the ghost of hattie will never leave them alone,"

I doubt he'll be able to have sex again at the very least!!

MirrorballMoon · 08/03/2013 09:43

I really enjoyed it but would have enjoyed it much less without this thread! Lots has been pointed out on here that I probably would have missed, being somewhat of a dimwit with these things Grin Although, that's half the fun of it, I suppose - picking up/not picking up on clues and then things slotting into place eventually.
Have always loved Aiden Gillen, since Queer As Folk. Must revisit that, I think...

mrsjay · 08/03/2013 09:45

I doubt he'll be able to have sex again at the very least!!

meh bad things happen to bad people Grin

Lucyellensmum95 · 08/03/2013 09:46

disappointed - i KNEW it was that vile policeman, controlling violent twunt.

So yeah, i'd still do the irishman (cant remember his name)

I also don't like that justice wasn't done - he will do it again, well he wont, because its not real but ........

mrsjay · 08/03/2013 09:46

I liked Gails friend was a friend after all and not a superfical rotary club wife ( like the other ones who ran away)

Lucyellensmum95 · 08/03/2013 09:52

It sort of reminds me of the film "hot fuzz" actually

Bellini12 · 08/03/2013 09:57

Loved the bit where Gail's friends came over & she made no bones about the fact her husband was a pervert & they made their excuses & left. She appeared a stronger woman & ready to start the next chapter of her life.

ProfYaffle · 08/03/2013 10:04

lucyellen me too! I was convinced they were all in on it at the start and it would be some sort of Hot Fuzz style conspiracy!

RooneyMara · 08/03/2013 10:20

I knew it was him, or at the very least, he was acting like a complete weirdo and Gawd knows what she sees in him. I feel sorry for their children with two strange parents.

Everett's toy cars story made no sense - I reckon that was a fabrication - Linus just fell for it in a kind of Stockholm syndrome, couldn't-bear-the-alternative kind of way.

Stones still make no sense, Caitlin pointing at blokey like she knew it was him - how would she know? He'll probably commit suicide, possibly killing his wife and children at the same time.

Anythin with witchcraft kind of element leaves me a bit cold but I thought the murder scene was quite good.

Still want to know how she got into the tree though. And I cannot like Linus knowing what he did with Malcolm.

mrsjay · 08/03/2013 10:23

I think seth put her up the tree for her to be reborn or whatever it is that happened, so does witchcraft and woo happen in rural england alot then Grin

valiumredhead · 08/03/2013 10:50

I loved it BUT what did Linus' dad do to piss Fiona off so much twenty years ago, or was it just to illustrate he was such a shit that he couldn't even remember being nasty to her?

Wrt a copper believing the curse - he tried it on with Hattie many times, so she 'cursed' him and then he became impotent with Fiona, he wasn't planning on killing her he just wanted her to remove the curse and when she explained it was all in his head he exploded.

Wrt the hair turning to stone - I thought it was Linus' mum that did that as when his dad was being arrested she was seen in the reflection of the window.

Gail was the star of the whole thing imo -fantastic!

RooneyMara · 08/03/2013 10:54

See I was trying to figure a way of getting my head round Fiona protecting him - that it just 'happened' as a form of madness to an otherwise decent bloke? iyswim

But then she said 'you tried it on with me' and I can't get past that - he's clearle a disturbed chap and capable of doing it again and again.

LittleAbruzzenBear · 08/03/2013 11:11

I thought Gail was brilliant with the Rotary women and feeding Malcolm's ashes to the dog was funny. I think she had the weight off her shoulders at last and good for her not going through a charade of a funeral. I agree that was a good moment when the only lady from the Rotary who remained offered Gail the house in Cornwall.

Was slightly annoyed at the ending, but at the same time I liked the supernatural, slightly pagan feel and the fright on that bitch Fiona's face and her evil husband. Even if Everett did attack her.....your husband is a freaking murderer you silly bint! Would you want that round your children? I think she is possibly not quite right either, like her husband.