FINDING ALICE - starts SUNDAY 17th jan - 9pm itv - weekly pace NO SPOILERS PLEASE!

[Blondeshavemorefun]

Moving to a new house should have been a dream come true for Alice (keesley hawks) and Harry (Jason Merrells) and their daughter Charlotte

But turns into a nightmare when Alice finds Harry at the bottom of the stairs dead

And turns out harry has secrets ........

[title edited by MNHQ at poster's request]

[JaneJeffer]

I really don't think Alice is in a good place to have a baby!

[Blondeshavemorefun]

True @SoupDragon guess would burn hands

I do hope there will be a s2. But agree no place to
Have a baby

[purpleme12]

I think they'll be a series 2 after this

[purpleme12]

But why would you even have internal cameras anyway?!

[JaneJeffer]

Some people do. I find it weird.

[Chienloup]

Someone i knew had internal cctv. It was horrribly creepy - her husband used to watch her at home while he was at work and would ring if one of the cameras went down. He would watch what the nanny and housekeeper were doing too.

[Rubybluesy]

Thought it was terrible

[SoupDragon]

Internal cameras make sense from a burglary point of view (or a freak falling down the stairs accident!*) - they would be invaluable then. Or for looking in on a pet whilst you're at work. Other than that, yes - kind of creepy!

• why was there no CCTV from downstairs though?

[Frequentflier]

Bemused by many things in this series but mostly why Alice continued to be so besotted by Harry even after she discovered that he had so many secrets and left her in such a mess. Her common sense leaves so much to be desired.

[SoupDragon]

She did say at the graveside with his father that she loved him dearly but also hated him for leaving her in all this shit.

[Blondeshavemorefun]

@Frequentflier

Bemused by many things in this series but mostly why Alice continued to be so besotted by Harry even after she discovered that he had so many secrets and left her in such a mess. Her common sense leaves so much to be desired.

Coz after 20yrs of loving them you don’t just stop once they are dead

Even if left problem issues debt etx

[MaggieFS]

I've felt for weeks that it's a massive plot hole, that with all those CCTV cameras, not one managed to catch George's face before he got to the bottom of the stairs

[Frequentflier]

It's just her financial sense is so poor. She is so bossy and bolshy with everyone, but apparently did not have the sense to look at any of Harry's doings for 20 years, even when she earned virtually nothing herself and she wasn't married. I would have let the inlaws have the stupid killer house, taken my share of the proceeds, and bought a nice small house elsewhere and set up a fund for Charlotte.

[kindlyensure]

I dropped off this thread but I'm afraid I cheated and watched the whole series at once because I started to become intensely irritated by it so wanted to get it over with quickly - like ripping off a plaster. I didn't want to prolong the agony each week. So I couldn't come back here out of respect in case I let anything slip

Yes, so many questions. I too would have taken the money (or the offer from Tanvi) and started again. However, it was obvious that Alice loved 'All the Drama' (as Pammy from G&S would say).

And the bit at the end where she had a go at her daughter for bottling everything up and effectively blaming her for the choices she (Alice) had made. Honestly. That kid was the only sane character in the show.

I won't watch the second series. I hope they don't make the second series actually. They got lucky it was lockdown so there wasn't much choice. They won't get away with it again.

However I loved Havers as a boyband wannabe and think he and Joanna should have their own series. A bit like Terry and June perhaps (old skool).

[Blondeshavemorefun]

@MaggieFS

I've felt for weeks that it's a massive plot hole, that with all those CCTV cameras, not one managed to catch George's face before he got to the bottom of the stairs

The front door one would have

[SchadenfreudePersonified]

However I loved Havers as a boyband wannabe and think he and Joanna should have their own series. A bit like Terry and June perhaps (old skool).

They were the only two worth watching - especially with Dudley the dog . . .

[Blondeshavemorefun]

Nigel is a love

[SoupDragon]

And the bit at the end where she had a go at her daughter for bottling everything up and effectively blaming her for the choices she (Alice) had made. Honestly. That kid was the only sane character in the show.

I think that was good. The pair of them had been tiptoeing round stuff and bottling things up. Charlotte wasn't "sane" she had bottled everything up - the bit near the end where they were finally howling twas good and a long time coming.

She didn't want to sell the house because it was Harry's dream and a connection to him - to sell it would be like selling him I think. Same with the land.

And Tanvi was a con artist and a bitch, no way would I have taken anything from her! I loved it when she said "I'll take the land off your mads even though it will never get planning" and Alice casually dropped in at the end of the conversation that it now had planning permission. A nice "fuck you" moment I thought

[woodhill]

I was a bit confused about the kitchen, had he put it in room at front?

Alice was so controlling and annoying

[SoupDragon]

The kitchen was weird. He bought it to get an "in" to talk to her. I guess he then stored it in his garage, eventually dumping it on her driveway when she realised he'd been lying.

[JaneJeffer]

Graeme Hawley is so good at doing those creepy appears to be a nice man but is really a weirdo roles.

[SchadenfreudePersonified]

I found the whole thing so frustrating.

1. Tanvi is an obvious shyster - there has got to be a lot going on with her
   
   
2. George is a paranoid creep - getting access to everything on Alice's computer, watching everyone on the house cameras etc
   
   
3. The comment about "there's enough of my children out there" that Harry apparently made - implies he's one of these blokes who just get a kick from fathering dozens of kids via sperm banks - but aren't there regulations limiting the number of "donations" that can be made by one individual?
   
   It was the most frustrating programme I've watched for a long time. I know they may be planning another series, but surely the first one should have had a satisfying ending in its own right, with perhaps some small thing that turns out to be a big thing to carry over to the next series?

[MaggieFS]

Just had a quick read of some of the reviews and The Telegraph gives it an absolute pasting! 1/5 stars and "that's six hours of our lives we won't get back".

www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/finding-alice-ends-insulting-infuriating-final-episode/

It's a pretty accurate review, I'd say.

I don't think we'd bother watching it if they do a second series. It's a shame, it's got such a great cast.

[SchadenfreudePersonified]

Same here Maggie.

If there is a second series I will just read the comments on here!

(Or maybe watch but fast forward to the Havers/Lumley comedy duo. I particularly liked when Alice asked if her dad could lend her some money for food until probate cleared, and her mother (Joanna Lumley), standing in their palatial kitchen in their huge detached house snarled "We've only got your father's pension - we're living like students here!"

[Blondeshavemorefun]

I loved it. Know many didn’t

But have said often I can relate to a sudden death of husband and things she did in early days

Tho no way I would unbuild my kitchen and not get the whole £20k