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

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Blondeshavemorefun · 04/03/2022 19:59

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

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JustDanceAddict · 11/03/2022 06:30

It makes a lot more ‘sense’ in the book that’s for sure!
I thought the poisoning in the flat was terrible, both in book and TV but at least in the book she said she didn’t mean for him to drink the whole bottle practically- even she has a glass and passes out in the bathroom while he keels over. It’s not clear if she wanted him to die.
Just not a nice ending although again, less explicit in book, she doesn’t know about the money and police hadn’t come yet.

AllThatFancyPaintsAsFair · 11/03/2022 07:13

@Rosehugger

Fucking stupid ending, really sad for the boys. Dead dad and mum in prison, brilliant. Why couldn't they have just made it so that she gets the money and goes off into the sunset with the boys? Why have the bit where she killed Toby at all? Or at least make it a fight so it was clear self-defence.

And what happens to Wendy?

It's a dramatisation of a book, who do you mean by they and why woud they rewrite the plot?
ClariceQuiff · 11/03/2022 07:22

I think the spelling book was a symbol of Bram being, despite everything, a devoted father to the end - even though he was in the midst of all that drama and planning suicide, he knew the book was important to his son.

Ginger1982 · 11/03/2022 07:39

@AllThatFancyPaintsAsFair plenty of dramas based on books change things.

hockeygrass · 11/03/2022 08:06

The problem with this adaptation for TV is that the Mike/Toby reveal in the book is such a big twist that it overrides other details which seem larger in the TV version such as the spelling book/ photo etc. ie when you are reading the book you hope Toby will rescue the situation and then you realise all hope is lost.

butterpuffed · 11/03/2022 08:10

Fi must've slipped a hell of a lot of tablets into Mike's wine to kill him so quickly . Turned from a distraught mum into a killer ! How come Mike couldn't taste them !!

JustDanceAddict · 11/03/2022 08:27

@hockeygrass

The problem with this adaptation for TV is that the Mike/Toby reveal in the book is such a big twist that it overrides other details which seem larger in the TV version such as the spelling book/ photo etc. ie when you are reading the book you hope Toby will rescue the situation and then you realise all hope is lost.
Agree. In the book it was much more him being a ‘good dad’ - and the flat was filled with boxes of their stuff too. He found the book in there. And in book you didn’t know Toby was Mike until much later on - after the fight.
rosegoldwatcher · 11/03/2022 09:24

The ending didn't seem familiar to me, which makes me suspect that I gave up on the book part way through.

Wish I had also given up on the series! Utter shite.

What on earth has happened to the standard of TV drama writing?

kindlyensure · 11/03/2022 09:39

Yeah, I get the impression the plot worked better in the book. I like the idea of the reader thinking Toby is the one to save her and then that being the big reveal. It just didn't translate in the tv version.

Also that whole thing about her waiting for him in the flat and then drugging him was, quite frankly, bonkers... and why couldn't she tell the police she hadn't seen him before? Would have not made any difference if she'd said 'oh my god, yes, but he told me he was called Toby. What a scammer!'

Plus that plot hole about how they knew Bram had an asset/any money at all actually/ and therefore set up the car crash. The relationship between Mike and Wendy was just odd. Were they serial scammers? It was 'lucky' for them that the kid died in the crash coz Bram was motivated by guilt which was the only way he went through with their scheme I think.

It kind of felt like the characters were just joining the dots rather than taking us on a journey with them (unlike the bbc's 'Chloe' for e.g. which I keep banging on about, which wasn't perfect but got it right in being so character-led and making us feel invested in her).

The one thing this show did do well was the HUGE text messages. Thanks to the old fashioned burner phone maybe? This time I didn't have to rewind or peer at the screen.

But yeah, I didn't like this much at all. I think I even preferred The Holiday. At least there was an attempt to tie up the plot, even if it was so far-fetched.

A pp said I was 'over-thinking' the plot of Our House and they were right, it was completely linear. But I don't like a story that assumes the audience are thickos and will overlook the gaping plot holes in favour of - what? The House was too dark to be jaw-droppingly stunning, the acting was flat and the whole production it just didn't look particularly good. Which is probably why her wardrobe was so stand-out - it seemed like the only thing anyone had really thought about. Even if it was impractical.

kindlyensure · 11/03/2022 09:45

(But thanks for the thread, Blondes. The best bit was ranting here, so look forward to the next crappy drama to pull apart!)

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Blondeshavemorefun · 11/03/2022 09:48

I’ve done one already @kindlyensure. Starts Monday fir 4w

Called holding

here

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TheArtfulBlogger · 11/03/2022 10:21

Apart from the plentiful plot holes, I am left in awe that Bram could empty a large London semi on a busy street without Merle or any other neighbours noticing Hmm

ClariceQuiff · 11/03/2022 10:45

Plus that plot hole about how they knew Bram had an asset/any money at all actually/ and therefore set up the car crash. The relationship between Mike and Wendy was just odd. Were they serial scammers? It was 'lucky' for them that the kid died in the crash coz Bram was motivated by guilt which was the only way he went through with their scheme I think.

From the book, the impression I got was that they were chancers and trying initially for a 'modest' payout equal to the reward but when they realised Bram had the expensive house, at that point they got greedy.

The accident couldn't have been a set-up because they couldn't have known another car would come along, that Bram was on a driving ban and wouldn't stop etc. It happened; Mike and Wendy then tried to capitalise on it taking the opportunities as they arose.

JaneJeffer · 11/03/2022 11:21

Best thing about it was the tree in the front garden.

Rosehugger · 11/03/2022 11:40

I thought perhaps they were trying an insurance scam with the car initially, trying to get him to crash into them.

Rosehugger · 11/03/2022 11:45

Also that whole thing about her waiting for him in the flat and then drugging him was, quite frankly, bonkers...

Quite, I mean you would have just gone straight to the police at that point. This man has been scamming me, he has possibly stolen the proceeds of our house and threatened the lives of my children. That should get the plod interested. I bet they could find a few other things he'd done too while they were about it. I think Fi would definitely get a short custodial sentence just for that reason. There was no need to get Mike/Toby to come round and drug him.

Rosehugger · 11/03/2022 11:46

Does it say what happens to Wendy in the book?

ImJustMadAboutSaffron · 11/03/2022 11:47

@Rosehugger

Does it say what happens to Wendy in the book?
No.
Rosehugger · 11/03/2022 11:47

And as for re-writing the ending - it happens all the time.

ClariceQuiff · 11/03/2022 12:01

@Rosehugger

Also that whole thing about her waiting for him in the flat and then drugging him was, quite frankly, bonkers...

Quite, I mean you would have just gone straight to the police at that point. This man has been scamming me, he has possibly stolen the proceeds of our house and threatened the lives of my children. That should get the plod interested. I bet they could find a few other things he'd done too while they were about it. I think Fi would definitely get a short custodial sentence just for that reason. There was no need to get Mike/Toby to come round and drug him.

Just speculating but I wondered if she might get away with saying the wine had been drugged by Bram (to commit suicide but forwhatever reason he hadn't finished it at that time ) and when Mike dropped dead she panicked and that's why she lied.
TheChosenTwo · 11/03/2022 12:15

@TheArtfulBlogger in the book merle or other neighbours do question why he’s got removals people in and he explains it as he’s getting the house redecorated as a surprise while she’s away so to keep it quiet.

kindlyensure · 11/03/2022 12:25

Exactly re the kids! As soon as he threatened her in the car and said 'or I'll be back for your kids tonight' or some such, she should have grabbed those kids and gone straight to a police station. Not invited him over to her flat.

And what did she think would happen? The drugging him I mean. Could have turned out any number of ways. In fact when her mate turned up and seemed alarmed she'd given him all those pills she was all like, oh, was that not a good idea?!
She did seem particularly dense.

That's what I mean about the plot happening to the characters rather than the characters driving the plot.

JaneJeffer · 11/03/2022 13:02

[quote TheChosenTwo]@TheArtfulBlogger in the book merle or other neighbours do question why he’s got removals people in and he explains it as he’s getting the house redecorated as a surprise while she’s away so to keep it quiet.[/quote]
They'd be straight onto MN if that happened Grin

JaneJeffer · 11/03/2022 13:06

I think Fi would definitely get a short custodial sentence just for that reason.
Had she done anything to warrant prison prior to the murder?

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Blondeshavemorefun · 11/03/2022 13:50

[quote TheChosenTwo]@TheArtfulBlogger in the book merle or other neighbours do question why he’s got removals people in and he explains it as he’s getting the house redecorated as a surprise while she’s away so to keep it quiet.[/quote]
Plus was at night so dark

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