Doctor Foster

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Anyone watching this, I like Suranne Jones so I'm hoping it's good, but she is one paranoid woman, maybe she has good reasons, we'll wait and see

I feel sorry for Tom. She barely notices him!

I am a late-comer to Dr Foster. I heard it mentioned on an ITV morning show so, during a night of insomnia, I caught up with episodes 1-3 and was gripped. I have just watched episode 4 so I am up to date now.

Gemma needs a MN account and should be posting in AIBU or Relationships.

I'll have read about the comments from episode 4 and hopefully join in.

Speaking of Tom. He called his mother a 'Mad bitch'. Strange thing for such a young boy to say?

Reckon he has overheard it said about Dr F previously?

Yes I wondered if she'd pick him up on that. Seemed a bit out of character.

Tom probably got it from reading the stuff on the GP site but I was surprised she didn't pick him up on it although she did make the comment about him pulling the same face as his dad.

All these people who were happy to cover up for him, why wouldn't they now tell him that she knows? Ros. The secretary? Ros less so maybe, but why wouldn't the secretary now just tell him? She owes Gemma nothing.

Becky felt a bit guilty for being complicit in the affair. And gamma reminded her of that - said you owe me and appealed to her as a woman - maybe her ex also cheated?

On the holiday were;
Kate & Simon
Simon & Gemma's next door neighbours (the accountant who Gemma shagged)
Simon's secretary

OK, I agree I think that Suzy is white stone (shagging her too now or in the past), hoping Kate isn't his daughter as ew... But it would make a cracking twist!

Neil stuke will surely lamp Simon one once he knows?!

I'm guessing we're gonna get a flashforward.

Can't wait. Posting now as just watched on iPlayer. Can I just say I've enjoyed sharing the experience of watching 'with' you all. I'm a single mum and MN keeps me sane (ish ) and the TV threads are akin to watching at home with another adult and make me feel a little less lonely than I sometimes do.

It is infidelity and complicity of a higher order IMO - where friends and neighbours covered up

Simon (husband) and Kate Parks (OW) have an long-term affair - leading to a pregnancy that is terminated - but, more importantly, covered up and condoned by:

1. Neil (Accountant/opposite neighbour/shagged Gemma) and Anna (his wife)
2. Ros Mahendra (Gemma's colleague/partner in the GP practice - friend)
3. Becky Hughes (Simon's secretary)

The holiday was in France - Kate's Parents' holiday home (parents don't know). La Pierre Blanche is the name of the holiday home - and Gemma now has photographic evidence of the affair and the complicity.

Speaking of Tom. He called his mother a 'Mad bitch'. Strange thing for such a young boy to say?

Tom is a troubled child. He doesn't know which parent to please - and even when they attend his rugby games, order pizza, take him out: they are too busy watching their own backs. They drop him like a hot brick when their own emotional needs kick in. He knows that there is something wrong between his parents but he doesn't know what. To put it bluntly, Tom is emotionally damaged by is parents.

I wouldn't trust Ros as far as I could throw her. She is no friend to Gemma because she knew about the affair and kept it secret. Even when she agreed to keep Simon engaged (and to confess), it was very half-hearted. She can't even keep patient confidentiality - she blabbed about Kate's termination.

Does anyone else not really like this programme but are so far in they need to know the end? That's me that is...

No I managed to give up halfway through 2nd episode.

Hackedabove I agree with you.
It's all a bit daft isn't it?
I'd expect my GP to be less tortured and conniving.
It's a 'suspend your disbelief' series.
How come nobody has told the husband she knows? His mother? His secretary?
Disappointed as I think Suranne is a great actress and I don't understand what she is doing in this s**t series.

I thought Mary was the last person you would want to be around when your world was falling apart! Talk about harsh and lacking in empathy. Yes its only a programme but my heart would go out to anyone suffering that emotional devastation.

PS. I think as a GP Harold Shipman could be described as conniving at least! Truth is often stranger than fiction. I Dont think it seems bonkers at all but am pretty bonkers myself!

I found the scene at the GP practice unbelievable. If Gemma is the senior partner then she will employ the admin bloke and he won't be telling her what to do. A complaint coming in about her would be dealt with by the doctor complained about and if going to the gmc her defence body. Gemma would have been told by the gmc the case was being dealt with by them not her partner. The patient complaining can't be anonymous as the doctor has the right to defend herself. An admin employee wouldn't put his employer on gardening leave. The writer knows nothing about the world of GP partnerships. If Gemma was a salaried employee it would be more believable

With each episode I rate Suranne Jones less and less. All that gurning and breathless talking. Much prefer someone like Olivia Coleman.

I'm still wondering what these characters are about:
The hypochondriac patient
The doctor who Ros flirts with
The divorce lawyer with the brain tumour

I find the idea that Simon's assistant helping Gemma behind his back completely ridiculous. Why would she goo on holiday with them too? It's silly.

We weirdly had to watch it with sub titles. Some issue with our TV when we watch on lag.
It was hilarious with titling her actions: she sighs; she pants; she puffs. We started adding our own - she gurns; she pontificates; she overreacts......

Haven't watched the last couple of episodes but as so often with TV and MN am still enjoying the MN threads!

Yeah, the girl is forging for white stone (and her dad doesn't know)

I think they're going to kill Dr Foster next week round the dinner table.

All of them kill her because they have too much financially to lose.

I think Suranne Jones' acting is great. She is coming across very convincingly to me as a woman losing control of her life and on the verge of a breakdown - but at the crisis point when she was just about to drown herself she pulls herself together and decides not to be a victim anymore. Her despair turns to anger and she is now on the path to revenge. I think with all the crap happening in her life - past and present- her acting mirrors all the emotions she is going through: hurt, sense of loss, despair, disbelief, anger.

I think the acting is ok-ish. It's the plot and the characters that are ridiculous and let this down. But I'm still enjoying it.

As well as them killing her I think Ros will be the one to cover it up

I think one of the themes of this is how little small towns have changed, how far people will go to protect themselves and how much outsiders like Gemma are not really accepted deep down.

Last scene will be the town and its inhabitants moving on from her death