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In The Club - Series Two coming soon!

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PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 21/04/2016 14:41

I've just seen the new .

Hang on to your hats for a another round of pregnancy/childbirth bingo and the continuing adventures of the most drama-filled antenatal group and understaffed maternity unit in the country!

Previous thread here to remind yourselves of last series/loose ends and see if any of Bertie's predictions come true!

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BertieBotts · 08/06/2016 14:18

No. She said her DD didn't want to sign them and then they were distracted by the name ceremony and it was never mentioned again.

Confused

Terrible writing! I mean leave it as a cliffhanger or round it off. Either way. That kind of non ending is bizarre.

NeedACleverNN · 08/06/2016 15:09

I reckon it's nan who doesn't want her daughter to give up the rights to Sebastian not the actual mum herself

SheHasAWildHeart · 08/06/2016 15:11

At times I felt like this show was a spoof/parody but it wasn't funny, or clever.

Chippednailvarnishing · 08/06/2016 17:35

I think in series three we'll see Ray lovingly nurse Simon's dad back to health.
The killer midwife will strangle Sweetheart with Katie's baby's umbilical cord after her bad acting causes her to.

*Disclaimer I haven't got around to watching the last episode yet.

scarlets · 08/06/2016 20:55

This won't get recommissioned surely.

CrazyDuchess · 08/06/2016 21:18

I hope not scarlets - the first season was brilliant, Lord knows what they were thinking with this one!

I really hope that Dr Foster doesn't end up like this, will be super pissed!

AndYourBirdCanSing · 08/06/2016 21:22

Have they said when doctor foster is back on? I'm looking forward to that!

CrazyDuchess · 08/06/2016 21:27

So am I- no I am not sure.... but I wonder what more can they do, I mean season 1 was rather stand alone if you get what I mean...

Alisvolatpropiis · 08/06/2016 21:41

Mellor has apparently said if there is a series 3 it won't be next year and it will be based just before the children start school.

So when we get to see them again Roanna will be some years in to living with her ex husband Ray who is now her current partner, Sonny the child she had by ex lover Simon, ex lover Simon himself as he had another child by her daughter Katie, both of whom also live with them. Simon's paraplegic father is cared for by them all in turn due to Roanna's guilty conscience. Simon's mother meanwhile has run off with Roanna's son Kyle, in revenge for Roanna ruining her marriage and happy life.

AndYourBirdCanSing · 08/06/2016 21:53

Yes I did wonder what they would be doing with Doctor Foster. Really hope they manage to put something good together!

BertieBotts · 08/06/2016 22:01

I have to say I'm really disappointed they went away from the original premise. I know they probably decided it would be dullsville for people without children but I reckon they could have put some funny bits in and drama without basically making it a soap.

I don't think there were any storylines about the babies this season except for Kim's PFBness which just seemed to annoy everybody Confused

southeastdweller · 08/06/2016 22:07

Suzanne Jones said in a recent interview that the new series of Doctor Foster doesn't start filming until September so we won't see it until the end of the year, or more likely early 2017.

CrazyDuchess · 08/06/2016 22:09

To be fair I prefer it when they take their time and give us a really good story - just like Sherlock just please don't ask me about that new years debacle

Chippednailvarnishing · 08/06/2016 22:12

I know someone like kim Grin

Cherrypie32 · 08/06/2016 22:14

Just watched last episode:
Jas - what a bitch to Dev all the time. I know he was a bit crap in the birthing room but she's been vile all series. Oh, and at what point did they know they were having twin boys?
Rowana - what are the timescales here? If Katie is up the duff with Simons child (potentially) she's having morning sickness about 4 days after sleeping with him surely??
Rosie - has presumably sat in that flat with the same bags of takeaway rubbish on the table for weeks without visitors, not even her own family.
Diane - is going to open a nursery?? What with buttons.
Kim - do her friends mind their lives being written about so openly (using their real names), but at least their lives are more interesting than her smug drivel.
Surrogate storyline - total damp squib. By the time they make another series no-one will care, they should have wrapped that one up.
What a load of totally watchable crap!!!

BertieBotts · 08/06/2016 22:19

I mean, okay, so with 9-12 month olds you could have:

  • Return to work. HUGE one. Different childcare options, settling in, dealing with abscence from workplace, kid who gets every bug going, etc.
  • Choosing next stage car seat (it really bugged me that they were all still using the car seats on the buggy, who does that at that age?) Maybe this would be hard to do without advertising brands though.
  • A child who is climbing everything in sight leading to hilarious/terrifying shenanigans
  • A child who eats everything in sight - possibly with a hospital trip thrown in. And another child who eats nothing and whose parents are despairing.
  • First words and/or angst over whether they say Mum or Dad first
  • Starting to walk in varying degrees - one who isn't even crawling and one who runs off everywhere.
  • Effect on relationships - I guess they did put this in a bit with Kim's lack of sex drive but then it turned out to be guilt about cheating. They could have had some stuff about the difference between a SAHM and dad who is still working and misunderstanding which then works out and is all fluffy.
  • Someone angsting because their child is being gender stereotyped and the others being Confused
  • Sibling issues (?) Did only one family have older kids?
  • Playgroup drama
  • Some kind of illness panic
  • Some TTC stuff maybe

I guess none of that is "SHOCK FIL CAR CRASH!!" or "Surrogacy!!" or "LIFT BIRTH!!1!" but Confused

BertieBotts · 08/06/2016 22:22

I mean if they wanted to put in surrogacy why not just have one of the previous mums be like "I loved pregnancy and birth sooooooooo much I've decided to be a surrogate!" I suppose they would have needed a longer time scale though.

NatNad · 08/06/2016 22:40

So many questions. To be a practising midwife isn't it essential to have a driving licence, how would she of been a midwife without having her own method of transport? The naming ceremony being held without any notice at the hospital would be against health and safety? And for other reasons not lallowed . The series was so far fetched. Why would nursery text the mum? Is that the done thing now? The gay lads wouldn't of stuck around for the name ceremony for people they never met before! They would make excuses and go home! The series isn't coming across how It thinks it is in my opinion. The characters are meant to be protrayed as friendly caring and it's coming across ridiculous and unrealistic in so many ways . I found every character annoying and unrealistic.

bluebloom · 08/06/2016 22:42

Predictions for series 3:

Kim's blog is wildly successful & becomes her full time job (who wouldn't want to read someone moaning about the cost of buggies?). They have another baby which potty teaches itself to read by 6 months. Kim then disappears up her own arse in a cloud of PFB-ness.

Rosie & Jude have three more babies before the age of 18. Nobody tells them about condoms. One baby is delivered in a bus shelter, one in a pub toilet, one outside the exam room where Jude does his A-levels. They get magically presented with a council flat because it's just that simple.

Roanna & her daughter are both pregnant, both babies are Simon's. Simon's dad dies & the mum kidnaps baby Sonny. Everyone continues ignoring Roanna when she says she hit him with the car on purpose. Everyone plays golf.

Dev & Jasmine continue having a horrible horrible relationship & stay together for no discernible reason. Their mums live with them forever & Jasmin posts 100 threads on AIBU about her awful MIL. She keeps wearing lots of pink swishy scarves.

Diane opens a nursery which is v easy to do, particularly if you once has your childminding license suspended. Rick makes an absolute killing delivering pizza & pays the mortgage comfortably. Their daughter raises the other babies & also runs the nursery, which nobody acknowledges.

Vicky develops a cocaine habit but gives it up with no problem at all, just like her drinking. She murders a patient but then her pals turn up at court & tell the judge she's a good midwife so it's all forgotten about. Her Hugh Grant boyfriend continues fannying around.

You can thank me later Kay Mellor.

BertieBotts · 08/06/2016 22:51

Ooh ooh I want to join!

Leopard-print mum steals the other baby and her and her daughter run off to Ibiza to find Louie's dad and open a beauty salon doing orange tans, inch long nails and eyelashes. The EU referendum nearly foils their plans.

Hmm that's all I've got for now Grin

bluebloom · 08/06/2016 22:52

Yes bertie and meanwhile the dad flaps around in his tartan dressing gown for too long to do anything about it.

gingerboy1912 · 09/06/2016 05:50

GrinGrin

Tigresswoods · 09/06/2016 06:17

Bluebloom I'd watch that!!!!

dottypotter · 11/06/2016 15:38

to those who run it down could you do better could you write it, its been very popular and I have enjoyed it. You must have done to to keep watching? I thank those who entertain us by writing books, plays, singing well etc because I couldn't do it.

Next time round shelly will get together with the man whose wife died in Childbirth. Shelly will take driving lessons with him.

SybilEngineer · 11/06/2016 15:47

dotty - I'm not a screenwriter so I don't have to be able to do better in order to have an opinion on it. However, I would have researched it better so there wouldn't be so many holes in the plots and daft storylines. Hermione Norris and Paul Nicholls saved it from being utter dross. Instead it was enjoyable dross.