So disappointed with Motherland **Thread contains spoilers**

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I'm the biggest fan of Motherland normally but I feel so let down by the Xmas special! Have been looking forward to it all day but didn't laugh once. Yes it was very sad etc but not what I wanted from a Xmas special at all.

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i do not like the main actress there is simply nothing endearing about her

Same! Thought it was terribly done.

I loved it

I know, it was very depressing for Christmas Special, i love motherland but think they got this wrong

It was different but I still enjoyed it. Lucy Punch was fantastic. Comedy with sad moments is very very hard to get right. Off the top of my head, only The Royle Family & Only Fools ever got it right.

I loved it

It has got some really good reviews but it just wasn't good old Motherland to me!

Has anyone noticed Julia has the same body language as the grinch? Especially in her onesie!
Super disappointing, really sad but not really funny.
And Meg almost seemed a different person? It was like the actress had forgotten how to play the character but I wondered whether it was intentional, after the cancer storyline?

I really enjoyed it too. To the pp, Julia isn't supposed to be likeable!

Loved it!! But er.. I also love Afterlife etc

I too was looking forward to it but it was so sad 😞

Lucy Punch is brilliant , and hilarious.

I really liked it

I was a bit disappointed too! Especially after how great the last Xmas special was 😞

It was brilliant & I laughed out loud more than once.
Oliver Chris yet again an understated joy, and Lucy Punch stole the show.

Maybe they realised they couldn't outdo last year's Xmas special so went down a new route. And they are all brilliant actors- was just really hoping for a few laughs 😃

I actually really liked it! And I laughed loads.

It’s a shame there wasn’t more of Anne though. And disappointing not to see Sam Shepherd.

I sense this is gonna be a 50 50 split. Those who loved it and those who didn't!

I loved it. I think it’s hard do funny and sad at the same time. And Motherland has always done that well. Can understand why it was too much for some. But I loved it all the same. Especially Lucy Punch - the writers have gone from making us hate her to feel desperately sorry for her.

I love the friendship the main 3 characters have.

Not the laugh a minute we were all expecting but I thought it was brilliant all the same.

My only complaint is that I wanted more. 30 minutes not enough when we’ve had nothing for a year.

I kept waiting for Marion to wake. Didn't get the Lee/Liz story. Where's Sam!? Was all just abit sad.

This with (christmas) bells on.

It was very very sad but still laugh out loud in parts. Not many comedies can do this well.

I thought it was good. I certainly wasn't expecting that.

I was really disappointed. The only thing that made me laugh was the joke about zorbing and Marion being an old lady not a hamster in a ball. Three sad strands.. Amanda Liz and Julia. Too much misery.

I thought it was brilliant. Didn't submit to the usual Christmas saccharine stuff but reflected what life can really be about. Full of love and poignancy as well as sharp humour. AMM was amazing. I hate it when actors cry but still look beautiful. She looked genuinely like she was sobbing.