Wanderlust

[covetingthepreciousthings]

Anyone looking forward to watching this tonight? 9pm on BBC1.
It's a co-production with Netflix, starring Toni Collette (Muriel's Wedding , The Sixth Sense).

Apparently it's the naughtiest drama to grace the BBC! They've said they are ready for a swarm of complaints..

I was cringing in the scenes with Marc, Joy, Alan and Claire. It seems so unrealistic (and a waste of opportunity for some juicy dramatic conflict) that they'd all get on so well. It's also too much of a stretch for me Claire that would go for Alan.

Well this is all a bit serious this week..

Sublime to the ridiculous - or the reverse! It's really boring now!

Fuck me this is tedious - who wants to watch a therapy session not me

35 minutes and counting...

Starting to think this is going to be the whole hour.

I am so bored by this episode that I can’t stop looking at Sophie Okonedo’s eyebrows...how uneven are they?! One of them is huuuuuge!

@AmIReadingThisCorrectly all I can see now !

Nc for obvious reasons I think.

"you would have to be very lucky in real life for that to happen of course." That's how it's playing out in this narrative in real life there are websites where you can find others of a similar mindset.

I would say it's far more common than people realise/admit.

I have to say that I believe it's written by someone without experience of the open marriage/swinging scene and who hasn't researched it or not very well.

Teachers please correct me if I'm wrong but would your boss, the head REALLY think it was any of their business to speak to you regarding your relationships? Even IF he was having an affair? Surely it's none of her damn business! It certainly doesn't need explained to the entire PTA (plus I'd have dropped the person who reported it who I think is also the guy who was wanking in school? Right in it!)

I'm enjoying it or I wouldn't still be watching but I'm a week behind as got interrupted last week.

But it needs to have been written by someone with actual experience of or who'd actually done proper research into the scene.

I've been involved in and off in the scene for a few years now, there are people from all walks of life in it, including teachers, solicitors, sahm's, of all ages and varying relationship set ups. I'm single so it's essentially a fwb arrangement for me. Which suits me perfectly for now.

Me too Ageinghippy, been single and around that scene, so the whole thing seems very odd to me.

Though, they're not being portrayed as being 'scene', nor even as that knowledgeable about internet sites etc, just as a couple who happened to meet people they could have sex with.

But, no, agree re the employer. None of their business.

And, yep, that ep was as dull as my own therapy sessions used to be! And unrealistic!

I found the beginning confusing. Couldn't work out whose all the different funerals were. I think directors forget that when you just watch 1 episode a week you need reminding of who everyone is. Wish they'd explained at the beginning whose funeral she was late for. I'm sure it was meant to be deep and insightful but it was slow and tedious and confusing.

So bored I couldn't concentrate. Is the shrink saying Toni Colette is still grieving for father/patient/anyone else so has turned to swinging?

Hubby was bored of their sex too though. Aren't middle aged couples allowed to get bored sexually? Why do we have to be traumatized to go against social sexual norms?

Her father told her not to act up so she turned off her emotions. And she was getting along like that just fine til the pesky therapist made her 'access' her emotions which made her realise she loves Alan. Or some shit.

Very similar to what my therapist tried to make be do but I basically told him that being unemotional as a survival tactic was actually very successful, thank you very much!

Was enjoying watching this but had to switch over last night, so long n boring!

Bored to death last night, too much talking and i must have missed something about funerals, was it the the last episode?
I think i missed the very first one, so didnt make much sense to me

Obviously in a minority ...thought last night's episode made sense of everything. I thought it was fantastic - acting was superb from both female leads. Sort of hope it was the last episode

Can someone just give me a run down of what last nights episode was about in simple terms? I'm a bit dim I've watched it but I've no idea.

Last night I watched the episode on an iPad. Kids in bed and there was me with the headphones on...(those sexual scenes are so unpredictable). I had to skip and skip and finished the whole episode in 10-15 min.
I have found the therapist is so boring and cold. Is that actress always like that or was she just portraying a successful therapist?

I still don't understand why there was so much exciting talk about this film. The couple at their age behave a bit desperate and embarrassing. I often cringed watching some bits. Also the school concert was a complete bollocks. It's like Inbetweeners.

Also the school concert was a complete bollocks. It's like Inbetweeners.

I always think when TV shows do 'people at a fancy dress party' they go well over the top with the costumes - mostly you get someone with a plastic axe stuck to their head, someone in a sheet/toga and me, dressed all in black, claiming to be a shadow.
Not half the BBC props department on display!

But, anyway, yes, it was daft and cringey.

The therapist was unrealistic, IME they really don't talk that much and certainly don't tell you what is causing your problem, you are supposed to work it out for yourself (and pay £60ph for the privilege).

The therapist was unrealistic, IME they really don't talk that much and certainly don't tell you what is causing your problem, you are supposed to work it out for yourself (and pay £60ph for the privilege).

Jesus! Better to talk on Mumsnet then.

I think next weeks is the last episode but could be wrong..

Second series anyone?

I doubt there will be second series. Judging by the episode from last night I can see that the ideas have already dried out. Also the ending looked like that was it.

Hi! Just putting my head round the perfectly restored Victorian door to add my opinion.
This week’s episode will definitely divide people. Personally, as someone who is no stranger to the therapist’s chair, I found it completely absorbing. I also have to add here that my Dp jumped in a similar fashion to the client. For that reason alone, I found it terribly cathartic. I lost it when Joy lost it too as it felt very, very real. I adore Sophie Okonedo anyway so I felt very ‘safe’ in her eminently capable hands. I think it was a sterling piece by two standout actors and although I was taken very much by surprise with this week’s content, I feel better for having watched it.
And how nice are the homes? I would be very happy if my house looked a tenth as lovely as Joy and Alan’s.
I will be sad when last week’s episode is over and I’d love a second series but I’m not sure that it’s necessary, iyswim. I think that as a series on its own it’s a perfectly formed creation. Having said that, of course, who knows what episode 6 will bring in terms of cliffhangers etc.