The Fall, Series 2

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Series 2 of The Fall begins on Thursday 13 November, 9pm on BBC2.

Here's the trailer. youtube

Hmm, loved the first series , very disappointed with last night's! Too far fetched and unbelievable. That's an hour of my week returned to me!

Can I watch this on my own in the daylight???

I'm still creeped out by last series!

I've just watched it in day light. Really enjoyed it. I wonder if his family from his childhood will come into it?

Whoops posted on other thread...so to post again...I found the bit with the barbies seriously creepy and again question this serious violence against real women...it is compelling because GAs utter determination to sort this almost feels like she is getting turned on by his power if that makes sense.

Was the woman on the train so oblivious and naive? Would you really give a look alike stranger your personal details???

I didn't dare go to the loo last night but found it very disturbing that a young girl would chat to a random stranger on the loo!!

gA is really gorgeous and looked fab in uniform but do detectives really wear such glam heels???

Like everyone else am going to keep watching!

Well my sister stopped watching because she couldn't stand GA parading about " like Madonna"

We do see Gillian Anderson's bra at least once every episode. It's the law.

And what's wrong with her bra?

Does it say something bad about my mental state that I watched the 1st series (5 episodes) over 2 evenings once my DC were asleep and my DH was out?

Loved last night's start to 2nd series. Brilliant show!

I found it hard to suspend disbelief with the kid being so calm about a stranger in the house, most kids I've known would be hysterical or go into silent terror mode but clearly terrified.

My theory might be a bit out there but I wondered if the scene in the train was in his imagination and maybe his first kill. It just had a really weird vibe around it. I wondered him filling in the beard on the e-fit amd asking if it matched was because she would know being that she was already dead.
And why he was so confused about the hair.
Maybe a glimps that he's starting to mentally unravel.

littleoinkpear I'm a daylight only watcher too. I'm hoping my DH doesn't have to o away on business soon I might have to go stay with my mummy.

PINK not oink.

Finally seen it. Cor he's horrible isn't he? Why doesn't the teenage babysitter report him if she knows it's him?

Gillian Anderson is goooooood in this. Really good. When she was surrounded by those guys I was thinking Shiiiit get out of there now! She was as cool as a cucumber.

I wanted to scream at the woman on the train. How stupid is she? How arrogant is he? Drawing on the efit and asking if it looked like him?

Why didn't his wife change the locks? First thing you do surely?

Even though he is not a big bloke as in height/build he conveys that he has serious strength.

Why did the killers wife return to Belfast ?
Why were those men menacing GA?
Why didn't the other policeman go to her aid?
Yes I felt you had to suspend disbelief.
There is another thread on Mumsnet on The Fall that I started a week or so ago.

It was on so long ago I'd forgotten some key info so very helpful posts with reminders!

Bit of trivia - John Lynch played Lady Dedlock's (Gillain Andeson's) former lover Nemo in Bleak House!

Sally-Anne his wife returned there as the children go to school and she has a job there.

The gang didn't like the police. Their friend the wife beater was locked up not long ago.

I think the John Lynch character knew Stella could handle herself.

I enjoyed it
but am totally creeped out and checked all doors and windows are locked and no one is hiding

Just watched this

God, it's soooooo sloooooooow

And if I have to stomach another lingering panorama of Gillian's boobs in a silk blouse, Gillian's lips, Gillian's hair I will scream....

Was on other thread but this one is busier

I hadn't even heard of the fall till saw s2 advertised in my tv mag. Luckily watched s1 on demand over the past few nights

WAs fab!!! Not sure how missed it first time round

Rose was an ex gf and hence she and him
Peter and ga said that to Spector. Therefore he must know it was her to told ga

Really not sure why wife stayed with him? Coz she was preg? Came back after a 'holiday' as kids back at school

Wasn't sure of the sagnifience (sp) of his daughter saying she had lost her necklace in s1

Surely they would show photofit to the victim in hospital and she will say he had a beard and wow it will look just like Spector

Need to now watch episode 1 of s 2 and will be back :)

Like some of the other posters, I found it hard to remember all the plot points and sat there thinking who's that (so many dark haired women) and how do they fit into the story? But it all came back slowly, although I still can't quite remember the Olsen storyline.

I don't know, I thought that the train conversation was pretty realistic. I think he comes across as quite charming, when he wants to - possibly being a counsellor helps. Hadn't he shown the Barbies to her already by then? That would have helped. And she would expect him to look at the pic, not the details. It's only because we know what he is like that it can come across as creepy.

I think he went after Rose because the photo fit was from several years ago and it's only Rose who could have given the information. Which ever poster said did the newspapers given Rose's name out? Well, no, because not even her husband knew about it - it was between Rose and the police but the info was given formally.

My post is getting really long but 2 more thoughts. It's very claustrophobic isn't it? And am I the only one that thinks GA sounds a bit Thatcheresque from time to time? Bit off putting.

Rose spoke to ga about that happened at uni years ago and then ga said to Spector his name was peter. Hence he will know it was rose who blabbed

Ga slept with Olsen s1 e1 and then he was killed think in e2 and found out he was in some gay /ped ring? And his partner then shot his self in the police station in e4

I must have let my imagination run away with itself...I thought that when he got off the train he went and googled that blonde girl (got her details when she showed him her licence) and in the photos ge recognised Rose and then he searched Rose and found out where she lived etc. I presumed girl on train is related to Rose. But since nobody else has mentioned it I clearly made it all up!! I even explained it to my dh!

Anyway, loved the start of this new series and cant wait to watch the next installment.

Just caught up with new episode, hadn't re-watched S1 though and it was at least 18mths ago so like pp I was slightly hazy on all the brunettes. I remember watching s1 holding my breath and being seriously tense at times. I didn't find this so stressful because I had to keep questioning what was happening. On the train, blonde girl would surely have ignored/been totally creeped out by weirdo paper stealing guy and possibly alarmed by all he serial killer references? When Paul went back to Belfast and collected his boots and the locks of hair were we supposed to think the wife and daughter were asleep or was it during the daytime when they were out? Also surely either rose or her husband would have overheard the conversation in the toilet with the little girl - especially since she had just woken her mum up. They must have much quieter floorboards then our house.
But yeah GA looked amazing. Is she guna make a move on the younger police lady?

Blondes the daughter's necklace - he took that from Sarah Kay's house after he killed her, and gave it to the daughter. He's always been bizarrely cocky and reckless (I think the train conversation in S2E1 fits with that). Plus it was an odd gift, heavy and dated, not what you'd expect a little girl to have. Sally's mother commented on it.

Cadbury I didn't think the police would give a name, but perhaps say they were being helped by someone who had had X experience, something like that. Or others may be right, it may be that she was the only one he used the name Peter with, or the efit pointed to her (was that released before his failed attack on the last victim? because he knows that she lived) or a combination.

I did feel a difference between this episode and the last series, it was far less tightly drawn, and I found lots of it hard to believe, especially the scene with the babysitter. It did feel a little in the realm of the absurd.

But I wonder if that's supposed to reflect how much his wheels are coming off. In the first series he was painted as a personable guy who likes to kill women. Now he's so menacing, and volatile.... just a total maniac.

I'm so interested to know how she catches him - she will, surely.

I havnt seen s2 yet so maybe you are right about the train etc

I noted in the newspaper article linked above from last year that the writer said that in this series not all the victims would be female...