OUR HOUSE. ITV 9pm MON TO THUR. TV PACE. NO SPOILERS

[Blondeshavemorefun]

Ok new drama for next week starting Monday 7th

With martin compson from Lod, the nest, traces and Virgil

As newly weds, fi and bram brought and furnished their dream home

As time goes by the have 2 kids but end up getting a divorce

Fi has them weekdays and bram weekends

Fi arrives home from work to find a couple moving into her home, tho she had no idea it was for sale let alone sold

Tho not sure how a house cAn be sold if her name is on the mortgage

Twists and turns and lots of flashbacks as story is told in present and last

I think he was Toby when he was with Fi but had another name for the dodgy dealings? If my book had been illustrated I’d have worked it out quicker!

So they were the dodgy drivers who caused the crash, but someone else must have tipped them off to target the guy with the big house who's going through a divorce. So who else is in on it? Tuppence? Lady boss? Merle?

This is crap, but compulsive

I don’t know what the wee Scottish guy is thinking, tbh. He must need the money.

@kindlyensure

So they were the dodgy drivers who caused the crash, but someone else must have tipped them off to target the guy with the big house who's going through a divorce. So who else is in on it? Tuppence? Lady boss? Merle?

What guy getting divorced

Once you've all watched it you should read the book it's so much better.

Blondes, I mean Bram.

The car accident was a set-up by presumably lift-guy and little-voice.But lift-guy hadn't met Fi at that point (or commented 'nice house', which in retrospect we know he had already clocked her 'nice house's coz he was scamming Bram by then)

SO someone must have alerted the dodgy pair to the 'nice house' and the fact it might soon be on the market as part of a divorce settlement.

Boss-lady seems v interested in his marriage status. Does she really fancy him.or is she the 'fixer'?

I’ve read the book and have only just started the series. My first thought is that Tuppence Middleton is too young for the role.

@Ineedastyleicon

Once you've all watched it you should read the book it's so much better.

I'll keep an eye out for it in the library. Are her other books good?

Yes I've read most of her other books and liked them, she's a good writer.
I agree Fi should be older, they both should.

But why wouldn't you just say "Ok, go to the police" instead of giving them your £2 million house? How bad would that be, would he even get a jail sentence for dangerous driving and what proof do they have, anyway?

This is when these ITV dramas forget about common sense and get stupid.

Yes @dayswithaY they also drove away from the scene so it's their word against his.

'what proof do they have, anyway?'
Yes when she first said she knew it was him, rather than give her chapter and verse on what led to it why didn't he deny and see what evidence she had. The road was deserted, presuming they were in the car that was driving erratically you'd still want to see what footage she had before admitting it all.

Tuppence (what a name) is a terrible actress but it's all quite interesting. Think it's funny the cheating friend would bother babysitting when tuppence understandably loathes her.

Yes agree about the youthful looks. In The Holiday they were gathered to celebrate a 40th birthday when the cast looked nearer 50. Here, one friend mentions turning 45 when they all look closer to turning 40. Perhaps they should have switched casts.

Also they are doing that really annoying thing again of starting to tell someone something and then stopping. So Bram was going to fess to Fi about the accident but she's all like yeah yeah I know what you're going to say, don't need to hear it, just wash the sheets.

Just listen fgs!

Definitely a setup but as others said who tipped them off...the girl doing the blackmailing is Judy awful and I doubt Steve would just hook up with her randomly ....at least his wife going for a drink etc with Rupert PJ is more plausible!!

It’s a big leap too from some money to keep quiet as they supposedly saw the accident...to we want your house! They caused it as they were in the other car so just as guilty as Steve

Also, I saw a review in the Independent (which slated it btw) but referred to Martin LOD as a 'horny chipmunk' and now this is all I can see.

Merle might have tipped off Helium voice and that man that house will be up for sale soon ? Then a bit miffed that it wasn't !!
Or that woman who Bram works with, she seemed keen to sleep with him too.
Or someone linked to the car , someone has clearly died in that accident and he didn't report it ?

Eh, who's Steve? You mean Steve Arnott from LOD aka Bram in Our House?

As usual it keeps us guessing

Tuppence (what a name) is a terrible actress but it's all quite interesting. Think it's funny the cheating friend would bother babysitting when tuppence understandably loathes her.

And why is she dependent on neighbours for babysitting? Didn't she say the boys were aged 7 and 10 or something like that? It's not like they're newborns. Surely she'd have an actual babysitter she could call up, rather than the woman whose relationship with her husband destroyed her marriage?

@dayswithaY

But why wouldn't you just say "Ok, go to the police" instead of giving them your £2 million house? How bad would that be, would he even get a jail sentence for dangerous driving and what proof do they have, anyway?

This is when these ITV dramas forget about common sense and get stupid.

Exactly what I thought. Started watching episode 3 on the hub and stopped as it was annoying me so much. A combination of a totally unbelievable story line, bad acting, don’t care about any of the characters. Moany Myrtle helium woman was the last straw.

@dayswithaY

But why wouldn't you just say "Ok, go to the police" instead of giving them your £2 million house? How bad would that be, would he even get a jail sentence for dangerous driving and what proof do they have, anyway?

This is when these ITV dramas forget about common sense and get stupid.

Because it is based on a book, and that is what happened in the book, not that ITV have put together an implausible drama themselves.

@Knittingnanny2

How did he dispose of the car and how can he claim on the insurance? I must have missed that bit and can’t remember that bit in the book

He just parked it somewhere out of the way and claimed it had been stolen.

Assume he set fire to it as well

@Blondeshavemorefun

Assume he set fire to it as well

He didn't seem to set fire it to - it just showed him standing next to the car in some dark lay-by, hurling the keys away. He didn't in the book, although I know the series isn't 100% faithful.