“How would Tom be able to ensure that he was rescued and didn’t die? No-one would take that chance. It’s not him“ it maybe wasn’t intentional that he lived? Family annihilators however narcissistic do commit suicide too
He really is a nasty bastard. Reminds me of my dad with the way he was about Kate getting his mum a second serving. Not very obvious aggression but the undercurrent is there and neither woman dare challenge. Suspect his dad was same and his mum knows he’s turned out the same.
Like fuck he wouldn’t have fought back or tried to revive the kids
Absolutely no way Steve would be allowed to be involved in the interviewing like this - he’s too close to the suspect and with the detectives knowing that he knows Tom shagged his wife? Nope wouldn’t happen - there’s dramatic licence and there’s plain stupid!
“I'm pretty sure my DH would have hit the roof and we'd have been rowing about it for days.” With the kindest of intentions I think that’s probably because your dh is a decent kind man (yes I know that seems a counterintuitive answer) but with a certain type of man, who’s all about appearances to others outside the family home and is very controlling and CONTROLLED then in a public setting like this he would have APPEARED very reasonable, passive even...
...then once home shit would hit the fan!
I’ve witnessed exactly that with my parents - dad all reasonable about mums “mistakes” when other people especially adults around...then the SECOND the front door closes WHACK! “How fucking DARE you embarrass me like that! Don’t you ever shame me like that again in public!”
I’m sure you get the idea.
Men like this are desperately fearful of showing a chink in the armour or any hint of anything being wrong in case the whole house of cards collapses.
I thought midsummer beach birthday too and sunset can be coming on for 11pm up here and it can still be quite light come midnight too.
“Think it depends how much weight you put in the the words "fuck off"” also true, we Scots can be naturally pretty sweary, “bastard” and even “cunt” can be terms of deep affection.
Watching episode 3 now, “the mortgages, the debts” gambler? That would maybe explain a murder/suicide thing.
“Give him a plot involving mistaken identity or worse, twins and his head explodes.” My ex is the same! He’s too thick to follow twisty plots anyway - I had to explain the usual suspects to him I don’t know how many times and I’m still not sure he understood in the end! Add in similar looking characters and he was fucked!
“Some will be red herrings, some will be clues.” And some will just be continuity mistakes
“I don’t like it when he speaks to you like that” is unrealistic in my experience it’s more likely to be “why do you wind him up? Just don’t wind him up”
“That is what life is like in Scotland, according to the meedja!
I think it was shorthand for a lovely community rocked by a tragedy.” Basically yes, there was a cycling race/event at the heart of it. End of a route for a race?
“Men and their fucking egos” yep!!
“Would such a small town really have a proper police station and a prison?” Actually yes there’s one across the water from me in a small Scots town.
“I think the ending is going to be ambiguous & we won't know for sure who did it - we'll be left to make up our own minds.” I really hope not! I hate that “open ending” shite! It’s lazy!
The “I love you” and hug at the end? - his solicitors there, I think again that’s for show and the mother’s understandably terrified because she knows once they’re alone she’ll get grief and possibly her life is under threat?
A violent and chaotic ending proving it was Tom? With Steve able to heroically save the day and therefore rescue his career?