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Anyone finished The Split that wants to discuss WITH SPOILERS

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didldidi · 06/04/2022 19:17

Because I have some questions!

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ChardonnaysBeastlyCat · 27/04/2022 09:55

I thought Rose’s dresses were a bit too expensive, she was supposed to be broke, and £300 dresses were a bit much.

DameHelena · 27/04/2022 12:16

Tigresswoods · 27/04/2022 06:28

I'm sure there was some comments about Hannah & menopause. I assumed her & Nathan both late 40s.

Yes, didn't Nina say something bitchy about her being menopausal in a late episode? Not sure why she feels the need to be quite so horrible!

ToffeeNotCoffee · 27/04/2022 21:12

and bewildered that moody arse Hannah would have two love interests let alone one

This^

BruceAndNosh · 27/04/2022 22:15

Interesting that at the beginning of the series, Rose is very much the baby of the family but towards the end, she's the grown up. Telling Nina to go back to work etc.

Random musings...
Zander is much wealthier than Nina so surely he's the one Tyler should be trying to fleece.
Kate would get those flares caught in her bike chain before she reached the end of the mews
Where did Rose get that stethoscope from?
The entire camping plotline was a Mcguffin to enable Hannah and Nathan to spend the night together.
Where did Kate buy takeaway coffee before 6am?

VanGoghsDog · 28/04/2022 00:17

Tyler couldn't fleece Zander, they went on and on about how he had signed away any right to anything from him.

Plus, once they knew he was a bigamist he had to get away somehow.

I thought that about the coffee, but also - why??? Who turns up at someone's house with take away coffee fgs!?

The stethoscope I just assumed the donor service suggested taking one, maybe even provided it.

VaVaVoombangabang · 28/04/2022 03:36

Think I may be the only one who did not like the trench coat!

Apart from that I did enjoy the series, well sort of, but it was just too disjointed and silly in so many places and dear god Nathan was as wet as...I could of slapped him around the face with a wet fish.

DameHelena · 28/04/2022 08:56

BruceAndNosh · 27/04/2022 22:15

Interesting that at the beginning of the series, Rose is very much the baby of the family but towards the end, she's the grown up. Telling Nina to go back to work etc.

Random musings...
Zander is much wealthier than Nina so surely he's the one Tyler should be trying to fleece.
Kate would get those flares caught in her bike chain before she reached the end of the mews
Where did Rose get that stethoscope from?
The entire camping plotline was a Mcguffin to enable Hannah and Nathan to spend the night together.
Where did Kate buy takeaway coffee before 6am?

I agree. Is it too crass to say her loss and grief made her grow up somewhat?

I think the donor people gave Rose the stethoscope. I found that scene very moving. The emotions for both parties must be so conflicted and hard, but they were all trying their best.

Did Kate go to a greasy spoon for the coffee, maybe? The kind that opens at 5am and shuts at 3pm.

And yes, the camping thing was a massive shaggy dog of a plotline. Also, when Nathan asked Hannah where they were going and she said vaguely 'The countryside...?' made me laugh (I'm a townie, I'm with her) but then it turned out to be where they'd gone regularly as kids. Surely she'd remember what it was called?

I really liked Kate's boho little mews flat.

DFOD · 28/04/2022 09:11

ToffeeNotCoffee · 27/04/2022 21:12

and bewildered that moody arse Hannah would have two love interests let alone one

This^

Agree - totally joyless, grinding away workaholic who took zero interest or seemed to take any pleasure in any other areas of life - including her kids.

She just made life look dull and exhausting in expensive dreary dated corporate clothes .

motherofthelittlescreamingone · 28/04/2022 17:42

I like Hannah (unpopular opinion!) - she is generally loyal, dedicated, good sense of humour, very clever (reminds me of a partner at my firm, who met her husband at the same firm as a junior). Her portrayal rings true to me - most successful city lawyers dial down their expressiveness around work and struggle to have a life outside. Obvs, she was disloyal to Nathan - when Nathan cheated on her, her anger tipped the balance for her on cheating and then she behaved very badly.

I think that if you rewatch season 1 that it is clear that both she and Nathan are overworked and haven't really done much as a couple - they are plugged into an extended family that is somewhat smothering, are ground down by the responsibility of parenting 3 kids and have lost the romantic part of their marriage. Hannah in particular has spent decades dealing with family drama, dedicating herself to the family firm (under the impression that she will get to do it her way when her mother retires, only for her mum to renege on the offer and decide she can't bear to have Hannah in charge) and having kids ("like a grenade in our marriage") and is resentful of the burden of responsibility. Even without being a partner in a law firm, you only have to spend about 10 seconds on mumsnet to find a thread where resentment = sexless marriage. I think we can all see scenarios in which the marriage would have survived, but yes I think that Kate and the baby is absolutely the nail in the coffin - a fresh start putting the past behind them just isn't available any more and Hannah realises that. Watching Nathan being torn about his guilt about not being involved enough with his child even if he picked hannah would be unpalatable and oppressive. I'm not sure whether he loved Kate or not really, but I think he quite enjoyed how needy she was, along with her being younger.

I didn't like the characters' ending, but I appreciated it probably was for the best. I definitely didn't like the podcast monologue at the end though - it was far too much, overwritten.

motherofthelittlescreamingone · 28/04/2022 17:53

Ps being a lawyer in a high rolling firm is very well remunerated, but the pressures are not pretty - higher than average rate of affairs, marital breakdown, poor mental health etc. I've never wanted to be a partner in my firm - doesn't look like fun - Hannah is a bundle of laughs compared to some!

ToffeeNotCoffee · 28/04/2022 18:11

@DFOD

She just made life look dull and exhausting in expensive dreary dated corporate clothes

Agree.

What have her and Christie got in common apart from chewing each others' faces off ? Out of bed, one is reminded how reactive and two dimensional he really is.

They are each others' hackneyed old affair partners. Only really together now because Hannah's marriage is over.

Their permanent first date relationship is fake. Neither of them seem very grown up.

Why isn't Hannah cross that Christie only came to Britain on her mother's invitation to investigate Zander. The investigation is irrelevant, it's just that Christie didn't come of his own accord.

Hannah seems pleased that Christie wants her to go to New York with him. Are the children coming too ? No ? Who knew ?

HannahsCoat · 28/04/2022 19:33

I've just rewatched series 1 and 2, which I enjoyed, but had to suspend my disbelief A LOT in series 3! The whole podcast thing was truly awful, and Ruth was very irritating! And although it would have been nice for everyone to be happy at the end, life just doesn't pan out like that, which I think was probably the point.

There's one thing that I missed the answer to, or maybe it didn't even come to a conclusion? Rose took a DNA test to see if Prof Ronnie was her father - was there a result either way?

Quirkyme · 30/04/2022 23:33

Near the end of Season 2...

Can someone explain the significance of the fox in the episodes please?

mum2jakie · 01/05/2022 22:21

Quirkyme · 30/04/2022 23:33

Near the end of Season 2...

Can someone explain the significance of the fox in the episodes please?

The fox was a recurring motif throughout the second series - not sure what it is supposed to represent but it keeps coming back. Also makes a short reappearance in the third series when Hannah is kicking the shed!

Quirkyme · 01/05/2022 22:35

@mum2jakie

Hello, I'm on S3E3.

I noticed this in Season 2 but.. Hannah continues to be increasingly insufferable.

Quirkyme · 02/05/2022 00:36

AppleYumYum · 07/04/2022 10:17

I think Xander did not serve the divorce papers because it emerged Tyler was already married in the US and therefore had committed bigamy, so the marriage to Xander was null and void.

I binged watched and despite the flaws loved it. Nice escapism. I can't cope that she'd sell the house in 18 months, surely just buy him out!

I felt like Nathan was a reluctant participant in his new life, just being carried along. I think Kate is 40 and this is probably her only chance for a baby, I think he will always be looking back.

I have always been wanting her to get together with Christie and vicariously loved the affair but it irked me this series that he would think for a second she could just move to New York. Delusional and shows he does not respect or perhaps understand life with children. I was also hoping for a knock at the door at the end for her though.

I don't want it to be the last series!

Also that petrol blue silk shirt in Series 5, it made her eyes look amazing, ahh silk shirts, the new Gillian Anderson in The Fall.

Agree. Christie is actually selfish.

And it's only towards the end of S3 that I realised this.

Cheeseandlobster · 02/05/2022 11:05

What I want to know is, where are Nathan's family? He spends all his time with Hannahs family and even went to stay with Rose when he left the family home

DameHelena · 02/05/2022 12:51

Cheeseandlobster · 02/05/2022 11:05

What I want to know is, where are Nathan's family? He spends all his time with Hannahs family and even went to stay with Rose when he left the family home

I kept thinking this. I think there's one mention of his mother, but it's in the context of 'I remember when your mother did such-and-such', and I don't think we ever see any of them.

BrinksmansEntry · 03/05/2022 13:18

I didn't like Christy much, definitelynfpund him selfish. Until when he and Nathan were discussing Zander's case on the walkway and Christy said something along the lines of how Nathan got to have the family with Hannah. He got to have the kids. And now it was Christy's time.

Aside from the fact it was two grown men wanting a shot of a going woman as though they were toddlers fighting over a toy, I felt sorry for Christy. It sounded like he really did love Hannah and was desperately sad over the life he never got to have with her.

Then I got annoyed by him again, with his wild fantasy of them living life in NYC with nobody else around.

ToffeeNotCoffee · 03/05/2022 14:06

I'm not a big fan of Hannah's coat, either. To me, it just looks creased.

Christy slipped away un-noticed. He didn't try that hard to say goodbye to Hannah in person.

Why did Hannah sleep in the camper van outside where she lives ? She could have gone home and left Nathan in the camper van.

Has Kate got a side hustle working for a food delivery company ? How come she had three take away coffees and then copped the arsehole when she saw Nathan and Hannah had spent the night together ?

Nathan is a weak man.

So glad bratty Nina got her comeuppance.

Oh, what was the deal with putting all those fairy lights around the camper van then Ruth deciding she would marry whats his face after all ?

Very poignant the recently widowed was reading the memorial plaques for people who had sacrificed their lives to save someone else.

ToffeeNotCoffee · 03/05/2022 14:08

I didn't like Christy much, definitely find him selfish. Until when he and Nathan were discussing Zander's case on the walkway and Christy said something along the lines of how Nathan got to have the family with Hannah. He got to have the kids. And now it was Christy's time.

Sorry, to me, it was all a bit, 'c'mon mate, gimme your left overs, be fair.'

What a cringe !

They are all middle aged, that's what makes me chortle.

Quirkyme · 03/05/2022 23:40

So officially finished it.

I have to say I'm glad it's over haha. Hannah's mannerisms and character was starting to do my head in by season 3.

And that podcast..: we coulda really done without.

soberfabulous · 06/05/2022 12:05

just finished this and have so many thoughts and feelings!!

WHY OH WHY were hannah/nathan broken?! by his own admission the baby was a huge mistake. he didn't love kate and she knew it.

has everyone forgotten that nathan was a massive shit and was caught on that a filthy cheating website - had even deleted photos of his affair from his phone (i think he had a dirty weekend away)

the kids! how were they suddenly completely fine with their parents divorcing?! all hearts and flowers!!!

christie was a cad but i'd climb him like a tree.

ToffeeNotCoffee · 09/05/2022 22:40

Just finished watching it. It ended up being so bad it was good....ish.

bevelino · 09/05/2022 22:54

I was disappointed at how often Hannah cried, which was practically every episode. Also that silly stilted voice she uses to convey emotion was annoying after a while.