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Did anyone watch this (Olivia Coleman)? What did you think?

Are we allowed to post spoilers? There was an inheritance angle I hadn't heard before.

Enjoyed it. Not your usual true crime drama and that's what I liked about it.

I listened to the podcast of this case today not realising that’s what it was. Might watch tonight.

I thought it was amazing, it gave a feeling of her interior state of mind and the acting of OC and DT was brilliant

We've just watched the first episode. I'm not entirely sure what I thought of it!!

@friedeggandsauce I nearly gave up after the first but it gets a lot better (or you fall in with the style of it)

@Guttedbuyer what's the podcast called please?

It’s series 6 episode 15 of They Walk Among Us

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We saw and loved the first episode. OC being OC as usual

I thought that - her usual toothy lispy way of talking ? Have read rave reviews but thought she was better in The Crown. Surely it's easier to play this kind of character ?

@Guttedbuyer

It’s series 6 episode 15 of They Walk Among Us

Thanks for that! I've heard of that series

Finished it. I thought it was excellent. OC & DT were brilliant. The scene with OC in the dock was really sad & emotional. I wonder was her solicitor like that, seemed so kind.

Must listen to the TWAU podcast episode thanks Guttedbuyer love that series.

I thought it was very strange with all the Western stuff - particularly the last episode. I thought by OC and DT were very good, couldn't stand the mouthy copper woman, thought her sidekick was a drip.

If it's true though that Susan Edwards' dad sexually abused her and that her parents emotionally and financially abused her I think her prison sentence was very harsh. If Chris Edwards shot them both and buried them in the garden, fine, 25 years seems fair, particularly as they didn't abuse him. I feel with regard with SE though that she's very unlikely to ever be a risk to anyone else. I mean, she didn't even kill her parents, after everything they did to her.

@zafferana I agree. There was more to the story than I previously knew. If the parents stole her inheritance from her granddad you can see how someone not totally stable might think 'well we'll steal off you then' and then it goes horribly wrong. Or just simply wanted revenge. But as her solicitor said 'not everything that happened was on you'.

I really enjoyed it, it was laugh out loud in parts but very different to the standard handling of true life crime.
I agree if events were portrayed with any accuracy then Susan seemed almost childlike and incredibly vulnerable as an adult.

I really enjoyed it. I liked that it wasn't the usual run of the mill format. I think mixing the fantasy world in was clever.
If he had just learnt French they would never been caught. Or is she got a job. They could have just lived out their lives quietly in France.

Nearly finished it - need to research the last episode as I got distracted wrapping. I'm very struck by it - the characterisation felt grim but real in a hopeless, "lives of quiet desperation" kind of way. Hard to explain. Excellent acting. I'd never heard of this case, so can't tell how much creative licence the programme makers took, but I imagine quite a bit.

Watched it all in one go the other night it was almost a black comedy really. Well written mainly but a bit strange.

They could have just lived out their lives quietly in France.

True but I think they panicked because the father had 'reached' 100 years old so sooner or later the pension thing was probably going to be investigated!

Very strange tonight! But gripping. Olivia C is always good, but she is wonderful in this.

Had heard very good things about this, but didn’t even manage to finish the first episode. I didn’t realise it was going to be so surreal and dream sequency, I never get on with stuff like that. I thought David Thewlis was very good, as usual, but just couldn’t get into it.

Really enjoyed it. Very different. Need to do some googling now!

Ive just seen the first episode and am enjoying it. OC always makes me forget shes OC after a couple of minutes. She is almost childlike. The film sequences are because the couple were obsessed with collecting hollywood memorabilia.