ALICE AND JACK. WED AND THUR 9pm - ch 4 - tv pace. No spoilers

[Blondeshavemorefun]

I’m sure I did a thread for this but can’t find it

starts tonight. On wed and thur for 3w

Alice, played by Andrea Riseborough – yes, the Andrea Riseborough of Academy Award-nominated notoriety (https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/oscars/a43777187/oscars-changes-andrea-riseborough-controversy/) – meets Jack, played by Domhnall Gleeson, with all of his About Time (https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a509440/about-time-review-richard-curtiss-directorial-swansong/) romantic-lead kudos.

If you loved Gleeson in that Richard Curtis gem, you will probably fall for him in this, since he's playing much the same sort of bloke.

Jack is an awkward but adorable lab scientist who becomes utterly besotted with spiky female finance-bro (sis?) Alice, who resolves to keep him at a remove the length of several bargepoles.

After the pair spend the night together, Alice unceremoniously asks him to leave and never contact her again.

So far, so romantic. We then scoot forward a couple of years and find Jack has had a child with the rather warmer Lynn (Aisling Bea).

Then Alice calls and the wheels of ill-fated romance are set in motion

The six-parter has been ambitiously billed as a "love story for the ages". That might be a stretch, given that the mood of Alice & Jack is utterly at the mercy of melancholic Alice, helped along by an earnest strumming score which at times feels fittingly bittersweet and at others is reminiscent of hotel foyer music.

As the pair's offbeat and somewhat unlikely connection bubbles away across the years, the question of the piece becomes why is Alice so determined to push Jack away? When the answer comes, the melancholia only quadruples.

Thanks again for the headsup @Blondeshavemorefun
I've recorded it.

Not seen this yet , it was one of three on last night but I ended up watching Ambulance ! Will be playing catchup later .

Fell asleep it was so dull! Lots of slow pauses and staring. I won't be bothering again.

I'm intrigued to know what will happen so will carry in watching e2 as and when

I watched it and I don't like Alice at all. She's cold, rude, obtuse, sarcastic and just throws him the odd 'I like you' crumb.
Nasty old cow.

I have an irrational dislike of Andrea Riseborough so I think I’ll struggle with this. The only times I’ve seen her interviewed she’s been unbearably luvvie.

I’m sad I wasn’t tagged 😞

It took me a while to get into this. I hope there is a massive tragic twist to Alice’s character because she’s an absolute twunt. Run for the hills, Jack!

I’m loving Paul’s character. More please!

I thought it was awful. Pretentious, self-absorbed, with two deeply unlikeable main characters.

Is Paul the assistant in the current Dominic West Nationwide ads?

This and she thinks she gods gift

Would it be very wrong to speculate about the justification of Alice’s character? Something to do with the father or brother (if she has one)?

I daresay there'll be a backstory, but I CBA to find out; I bailed. As pp said, Alice is a charmless and unpleasant character, and I didn't feel the need for more of her.

Not sure why felt they had a real connection in the beginning tbh

Well, these two are both strange . Jack's insecure but in a normal way , Alice is too and hides it in not letting him get close, pushing him away and wanting to be in control . She's probably hiding something that's happened to her , she's not very likeable at all .

I think there's definitely an illness backstory, she doesn't look like a well woman.
Am glad is on tonight again, it may warm up some and gain some momentum.

Is Alice meant to be Irish?

I think Alice is meant to be Geordie and Andrea Riseborough (spelling?) comes from the North East so she can do an authentic soft Geordie accent which is quite hard to do.
I've now realised she was imitating Jack's accent when they first met, in a leg pull kind of way.....

Ah ok, that makes sense. I couldn’t work it out.

I’ve watched one episode. It’s harder going than I expected.

The backstory for Alice was very obvious to me in ep 1 from the little girl flashback.

I was just waiting for her to tell Jack

Really really annoyed he messed things with Lynn.

I'm pissed off with Alice - again.

Jack is hopeless. But beautiful. Beautifully hopeless.

Wow @LittleMonks11 , I totally missed that!
Must have either been sneaky subliminal or I fell asleep..
Will try to focus tonight!

Bunny boiler!

Ep 2 really pissed me off. The whole thing with Alice staying overnight, taking care of the baby, etc, it really got my back up. I'm not watching anymore; I can't stand the pair of them.

Regardless of the back story, they're both awful, selfish people. I can't imagine why we're supposed to give a toss about either of them.

I know this isn't about the Tele programme but the list of people tagged now is very long
I'm very curious as to if all those people comment on these threads! 😂

I've named changed now but still get a heads up from @Blondeshavemorefun .
Thank you as always.
I'm actually really enjoying this drama.
Must admit I'm on episode 4. Stick with it is my advice.

Interesting theory