I just caught up with the off-the-grid older woman (whose name escapes me) in Wales last night. It did feel the most problematic of the three I've seen so far (I don't know how many have been broadcast - I've seen the Rum family and the Yorkshire shepherd (a bit puzzled by the -ess?) with eight children episodes.
I suspect it was in part less unproblematic because the others featured very united couples who were equally committed, with children still young enough to find the lives chosen for them interesting and fun - or, with both parents together, no real alternative to mucking in? Whereas you saw the fracture of a family as a consequence of her decision, and what she didn't say, or her daughter either, suggested a whole unspoken sadness, even if she is in regular contact with her adult children. It was kind of touching, actually, given her distrust of technology, that she had a phone just to talk to them.
But I thought the biggest difference was that, at least initially, Ben didn't warm to her. I think he found her odd and intimidating, and he was also freaked out by the unseen other residents of the wood, who clearly didn't want to talk (reasonably enough). It all felt a bit more strained, and he was ill at ease, and she seemed guarded. And slightly fey, I must admit, though I'm totally sympathetic to a lot of her ideals and that motherhood doesn't mean you switch off your own needs. It may be that she's simply unused to social chit chat now, but it was hard for me to imagine her functioning in the world as a behaviour therapist, or as a parent of small children.
Maybe I was also a bit uneasy at the slightly 'head of cult' thing that seemed to show its head at the big tent/chanting circle...?
Are there more that I've missed?