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Anyone watching , so far quite tense especially the music

Who is Greg, the guy in the hospice?

I'm getting restless watching this tonight. It's moving too slowly for me.

Had to get tea.

Who was the older man in the warehouse at the end?Also the guy in the hospice.

Was a bit slower tonight and left me feeling frustrated. Who's the guy in the hospice? What's the connection with builder bloke and Vincent? What does journalist know they did? Hope they don't drag it out too much.

Older man put up reward money. Hospice guy was beaten up by Jimmy Nesbitt but her dad is involved as well somehow.

Well, we know the parents weren't in on it so the journalist bit is just to create drama, to show how the parents are always suspects and some people won't let it drop. Even here on Mumsnet people still believe the McCanns have something to hide.

The older man in the scaffolded building is the one who offered to help the parents financially. He has been running a paedophile ring presumably, with Vincent involved.

Why/ when was he beaten up by JN and why?

Sounds like a paedophile ring to me, or a child selling ring. Covering up his tracks by putting up the information money.

Kept wanting JN to call him Rebus though.

I thought the hospice guy was her dad? (I'm not wearing my contacts though so I am half blind )

Yes to seeing the McCanns similarities, especially her clothing & physique. Made me a bit uncomfortable actually, why feel the need to link it to such a traumatic real life event, surely if it's a good enough drama it should be able to stand alone on the merit of it's writing/acting rather then try and capitalise on the McCanns story. Very insensitive I think and it's put me off watching it a bit.

The hospice guy (Greg?) -we only saw him at the hospice and having been beaten up. Is that right? He hasn't appeared yet apart from those too bits?

I am feeling quite uncomfortable about the McCann linking/parallel. It really feels like the BBC shouldn't have made it like that and so makes me not want to watch because it feels wrong. Sadly, I am hooked now and have to keep watching.

Sadly, there cannot be a happy ending. I wish I have realised that before I started watching it.

As an aside- we went to a local fireworks night at the weekend. I was very very paranoid about loosing my boys in the dark (so was clinging onto both their hands very tightly).

I thinks it's blimming good telly.

Cross posted with McButtonWillow there.

Finding this second episode a snorefest compared to last week's. I keep thinking how much better a Danish version of it could have been...

Finding the mother's character a bit cold and grating...although it could be a reaction to Frances O'Connor's abuse of Botox.

Yes Quill we haven't seen much of hospice guy. Think he fancies the Mum. Some great characters, love the detective. Not the Lock Stock Liason officer. I do not see this wedding taking place. Also the journo is a great actor, very snide.

Didn't the lady with the drawing in the basement say that she was staying away from home at the time the boy went missing because she was having building work undertaken?

I'm thinking the reward money man was the building contractor working there and kept the boy there.

Don't like the path it seems to be going down.

Didn't think it was great tonight to be honest. The jumping about between years seemed a bit more confusing, and the scene with Vincent working in the chicken shop just seemed really random.

As others have said, too similar to the mcanns, scene in the church reminded me of them plus other stuff.

Not nearly as good as last week.

bit slow, and i too thought of the McCanns with the church scene.
the journalist doesnt appear to have aged at all.
the ending with Kenn Stott was quite exciting.

I lost my son DS1 in France too, aged 3 years for about 20 minutes. We were in Dale and he wandered off. I was 7 months pregnant at the time. I have never been so scared. Oh god it was awful I just remember losing it and shouting "Help me, my son has gone, I am pregnant". DS2 has severe autism and I still wonder if the stress of that changed his brain chemistry

Well I thought it was really good tonight.

More twists along the way, how is the hospice man involved, why was he beaten up and the connection between Vincent and the builder guy.

AramintaDeWinter - I think the CEO of the cancer charity may be involved in the same ring as Ken Stott's character and thus the alibi. This might be slightly out there but I was wondering if the parents had adopted Olly from abroad (her Dad, a judge, referred to what they did years ago and that people may come after them, the journalist also said to Emily that he knew what she and Tony did).

I'd say it's somewhat similar to several real-life cases (which, come on, it's going to be unless they had him be kidnapped by aliens or something) rather than actually being based on the McCanns.

Glad it's not only me who thought this was boring last night

8hrs is too long. Prob needs to be 4 but too late now

Yes, it was always going to make people think of the McCanns, but if I was in charge I would go out of my way to get rid of obvious parallels. I wouldn't have the mother looking identical to Kate for a start (and Nesbit and her on the TV appeal looked exactly like the McCanns too). The fox/cuddle cat is another parellel that shouldn't be there.

The other parts of the plot that parellel can be excused, but put together it does appear they got their inspiration from RL: foreign country, yr before MM, child about the same age (4 vs 5) person picked up and questioned and released with alibi, the Catholic church, parents becoming suspects, affect on local area etc.

It seems wrong to have made it so close to RL. Especially as that will lead people to then reflect the other events and storyline of the drama back into RL. It works both ways...