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THE REUNION - Fri 9&10pm ITV - tv pace. NO SPOILERS

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Blondeshavemorefun · 04/08/2023 21:15

Yah. Another drama to start fri next week - 2 episodes a week for 3w

The Reunion is an intense drama series that has everything, from the mysterious disappearance of a French student, to a gruesome murder and the destructive power of a decades-old obsession, all set against the stunning backdrop of the French Riviera.

The Reunion is a six-part series that will be shown in weekly double episodes on ITV1 from Friday August 4 at 9pm and 10pm. The drama has already been shown on ITVX from Thursday 12 January 2023

The Reunion tells the story of beguiling French student Vinca Rockwell who went missing one night in mysterious circumstances after discovering she was pregnant. Now, 25 years later, her three former friends reconnect at their school reunion in the French Riviera, including novelist Thomas Degalais (Ioan Gruffudd), who was obsessed with Vinca and returns to France determined to find out why she vanished.

But it transpires that the three friends remain bound together by some twisted secrets of that fateful night and, as the story unfolds, it’s revealed that Thomas and his friend Maxime are connected to a violent murder related to Vinca’s 1997 disappearance that could destroy everything.

"Thomas is still obsessed with Vinca, he can’t let her go," says Ioan Gruffudd. ‘The only way he can get some finality is by going back and when he gets this invitation he can’t help himself. He wants to come back and try to piece together what happened. It’s also revealed that there has also been a murder in the past, which Thomas and his friends were directly involved in!"

Ioan says: "Thomas left the South of France, where he studied at the International School in the early 1990s, in order to become a novelist. But, against his better judgement, he returns for this high-school reunion because he’s still obsessed with Vinca Rockwell, the girl he was in love with back then. She disappeared one night and he decides to come back to try and piece together that mystery. At the same time, it’s revealed that there has also been a murder in the past, which Thomas and his friends were directly involved in. So when he returns to the South of France, that catches up with him and the whole mystery starts to unravel."

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Piggywaspushed · 12/08/2023 21:31

Wait...what ? Rupert Graves and Dervla Kirwan are his parents????

Blondeshavemorefun · 12/08/2023 22:10

Piggywaspushed · 12/08/2023 21:31

Wait...what ? Rupert Graves and Dervla Kirwan are his parents????

That's why she is grey 😂

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Piggywaspushed · 12/08/2023 22:12

Ah, yes....of course....

JenniferBooth · 12/08/2023 23:17

Oh thats ridiculous

purpleme12 · 13/08/2023 00:30

Remember watching Dervla Kirwan in Ballykissangel! This brings me back!

Piggywaspushed · 13/08/2023 06:27

The age thing is confusing me as to how old they were meant to be when the 1997 events occurred. The casting is bonkers. The woman playing older Fanny (guffaw!) looks suitably young (in fact too young. DH was proper confused who she was!). Ioan Grufudd is 50ish!

They talk like pretentious college students,ride scooters, and cite lecturers but the institution is a lycee and an alumna is loudly pregnant (I mean could be over 45, I guess, but unlikely and didn't look it). Really the casting of Grufudd and then 51 year old Dervla as his mum is bizarre....

Guess the actors really wanted a trip to the south of France!!

Blondeshavemorefun · 13/08/2023 09:26

I did think pushing it preg at 43 - 17-18 at college and then 25yrs

Tho I was 43 but via ivf as Mother Nature wasn't being forth coming

Maybe police lady was the same

Reminds me a bit of I know what you did last summer 😂 with the reunion leaflets

Why didn't Thomas mum tell him she had a heart attack

With adverts - guess the vanishing act will come to itv Soon

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Piggywaspushed · 13/08/2023 10:56

Yes, agree they may be meant to be early 40s. Guess ITV productions have forgotten there are female actors available ( and male ones for that matter!) who can play parents of 45 year olds...

Ioan is pleasant to look at but he doesn't pass for 43. And Dervla and the glorious Rupert in no way look nudging 70!!

Blondeshavemorefun · 13/08/2023 14:01

Dervia is 51. Should she be flattered or unsuited she can pass for a 70yr 😂

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daffodilandtulip · 13/08/2023 20:15

Caught up. How they going to drag this out for six episodes?

martinisforeveryone · 13/08/2023 20:38

I lasted 32 minutes and that was really pushing it.

I only know Ioan from the sidebar of shame divorce woe stories, but I thought he looked a bit older than his real age. I put him about 53. The casting took us for absolute fools and the script is dire. In essence I gleaned that something happened years ago, there was a weird cover up, it's all going to be revealed because of a demolition and someone's out for revenge. All tried and tested and I just didn't care.

purpleme12 · 13/08/2023 20:55

Watching episode 1.

That was a violent death.

But what the fuck was that all about with the woman in the room that used to be Vinca's?!
That was just rather odd

purpleme12 · 13/08/2023 21:11

Finished episode 1. Don't know what the deal is with the sorority thing. Just comes across as silly

lazymum99 · 13/08/2023 21:28

Finished episode 1 tonight. It’s crap but has good scenery. I also hate it when they film a view somewhere and call it somewhere else. They were riding on their scooters at the beginning and it said Cap d’Antibes and showed a lovely view of Cap Ferrat. It is a very distinctive shape. Just flipping get a video of the right place

lazymum99 · 13/08/2023 21:29

The casting is ridiculous. I looked up their ages and him and his parents range from 51 to 60!!

purpleme12 · 13/08/2023 22:06

Blondeshavemorefun · 13/08/2023 09:26

I did think pushing it preg at 43 - 17-18 at college and then 25yrs

Tho I was 43 but via ivf as Mother Nature wasn't being forth coming

Maybe police lady was the same

Reminds me a bit of I know what you did last summer 😂 with the reunion leaflets

Why didn't Thomas mum tell him she had a heart attack

With adverts - guess the vanishing act will come to itv Soon

Oh my god I Know What You Did Last Summer! Brings me right back 😊 sleepovers when I was younger watching horror films 🤣

purpleme12 · 13/08/2023 22:07

Thomas is just really smarmy I think

Blondeshavemorefun · 13/08/2023 22:10

Guess the mystery's are

Who knows they killed him

Where has vinca gone

is it her sending the messages

Who does the £100k belong to

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Timeforachange67 · 14/08/2023 15:54

I just commented on another thread I’d assumed Dirvla Kirwin and her husband were Thomas’s brother and sister in law from their real ages
I obviously need to follow it more closely?

Blondeshavemorefun · 14/08/2023 17:13

Timeforachange67 · 14/08/2023 15:54

I just commented on another thread I’d assumed Dirvla Kirwin and her husband were Thomas’s brother and sister in law from their real ages
I obviously need to follow it more closely?

😂

Thomas asks his mum about her health

Plus you see flashbacks of her at school showing new girls (vanished now) about

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Timeforachange67 · 14/08/2023 17:23

Yes I’ve just watched episode 2 when he’s searching the bedroom and his dad comes in - how ridiculous not to cast older people as the parents!!

Blondeshavemorefun · 18/08/2023 08:14

E3 tonight. Don't think 2 so 4 must be next week ?

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butterpuffed · 18/08/2023 13:25

Just watched episode 1 , very muddly and so are the actors' ages . Undecided whether I'll stick with it .

butterpuffed · 18/08/2023 13:29

Just looked up their ages . Ioan is 49 . His parents had him very young , they were 2 and 11 . 😅

Piggywaspushed · 18/08/2023 14:10

Both illegal and dangerous!