3 mins 17 secs into Keeping Faith S2 and this is why I can't watch telly! Possible spoilers

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How am I meant to buy into this 'normal' working mum character/empathise with her struggles when:

1. She's rushing all over the place about getting the DC to school but looks like she's spent 3 hours in hair/makeup/wardrobe.

1. She's wearing sky high blue stilettoes to work/a garden centre!

1. She lives in an open plan house with a lethal staircase, has no baby gates and a TODDLER.

1. She gives said toddler a just out of the pan, unopened boiled egg for his breakfast. Figure that one out kiddo!

1. Her DD (about 7) has done her own hair without being instructed and it's in perfect high plaits with nary a hair out of place. My DD, if left to sort her own hair out on a morning, would look like Hagrid and would likely have mice nesting in there.

1. She drives her £££ mercedes away from her £££ gorgeous house past the stunning coastal views on her way to work.

I know, I know it's not meant to be real life but boy does this show make it hard to relate to the main character!

Light-hearted before anyone calls me bitter! And Eve Myles is gorgeous.

(As a counterpoint, I recently watched The Virtues with Stephen Graham and was v pleasantly surprised at how realistic the families and family homes in it were portrayed, particularly his sister's. Just makes it easier to immerse yourself in the world when everything doesn't look like an IKEA ad! I know the two shows are nothing alike though).

I've not been watching this, but I do get what you mean with other shows I've seen. Everyone is portrayed as very middle class but have a job where the incomes wouldn't match the lifestyle, the characters are all slim and stylish, kids under 13 never misbehave. Anyone who is working class is portrayed as a uneducated, with no grace or style. I find it really irritating and wish there was more realism in TV. I think kids TV is the worst culprit. I hated growing up watching this embellished view of 'normal'.

She is a solicitor; she doesn't work in a garden centre. Still confusing though.

I watched the first series and thought the same, totally unrealistic, I don't think I'll bother with this one

I quite liked the first series but this one is a bit boring I think.

I agree jewel - I liked the first series (though I thought the ending was a bit 'meh' - but I couldn't get into this one. Her blouse got on my nerves,

I know she doesn't work in a garden centre 😂 Just referencing the fact that she stopped off at said garden centre en route to work to meet some sort of poundland Varys character before randomly stealing an apple. So quirky our Faith 😏

Am two eps in now and remain unconvinced.

Why is her friend who's shagging her father in law constantly in her kitchen handing out miniscule glasses wine to anyone that walks by?

What is going on with Arthur's ratty ponytail??

Why did they replace Angeline Ball as Gail Reardon with Baptiste from The Missing's wife and why is her Irish accent so atrocious?!

I tried to get through the first series but just couldn’t do it even though I was near the end.

It was mostly the background singing and hair tossing that I couldn’t hack

I was so irritated by them replacing Gail riordan that I couldn't focus on the actual episode.