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.

Well said 😅

It’s worth sticking it out.

I am amazed how quickly Lynn sorted out divorce proceedings

I think she still loves him as didn't want the cost be too much for him

Wasn't sure if Alice funded the house as well as the belongings

Alice def gas lights him making him feel bad like turning up on his first night with then stays I will go

I think deep down he's a nice guy

But again I don't see the attraction between them for the whole plot to work

@sagalooshoe @Artemis6 and @mikado1 agree. The shouting at him /and in baby's face was totally over the top

She said why the fuck did you do that

I would have been - right fuck off now. Never Speak to me like that

I hope they lip synced that shouty scene.
That poor baby doesn't know about 'acting' yet.

Sounded and looked liked
A real baby cry

I'm annoyed with the pair of them. Him for being oddly besotted with her after 2 one night stands despite her horrible attitude (do men like that?) and then for just marrying the first next girl who comes along (yes I know a fair few men are like that) but then to lie to her and get sucked back into the crazy after she stalkerishly turns up at his office without invitation after ignoring him....WTF? Does he have no mind of his own? Is his brain just waiting for someone to tell him what to do at every stage of his life and unable to think through consequences? Her staying over when he had his first night alone with his child and he has seen her personality at this point, he knows she is unstable. I'd be livid if I were her mum as she rightly is. I don't like her but am thinking MH and abuse issues (still don't like her but she at least has a reason for being "different" and unpredictable) but him? Nope. Why is such an apparently normal, clever man dancing about in this as if he has no choice? WHY IS PAUL HIS FRIEND?
I think we need a series about Paul and how he has become so wise yet is forced to hang out with someone with the emotional intelligence of an amoeba.

I've had to do a new list as did a list this evening and a few no names anymore so couldn't post as don't know who isn't under those names anymore

There's a thread I did asking those to add name to it if want to be on new list @purpleme12 @LadyEloise1 @lazymum99 @butterpuffed @the80sweregreat @daffodilandtulip @diddl @BoreOfWhabylon @Ellenanora7 @OneFrenchEgg

These are the ones I can think of top of my head

Don't be upset if I haven't R.E.M. your name but please do all add name to thread below If want to be on the list

Old list was over 59 names

www.mumsnet.com/talk/telly_addicts/5010804-telly-addict-name-list-i-usually-do

59 was a lot of people!

@Blondeshavemorefun please keep me on your list. There's so much I would miss if it wasn't for you

It was !!

Yes of course @BoreOfWhabylon

Maybe you should start your own section?

"Blondes Recommends"?

Keep me on the list too please @Blondeshavemorefun . I'd often miss what was on if I didn't hear from you .

E3 tonight

What anguish will Alice put on jack tonight !!

I'm also finding Alice utterly charmless, but I'm sort of hooked.

Is there a parallel with One Day? I find it hard to see either female lead as desirable - is this some kind of reverse from the days when we were supposed to buy the idea that beautiful young women would fall for scrawny old Woody Allen?

And what idiocy will he do in his bizarre desperation to keep her in his life? She's got the emotional depth of a pancake.

She must have a mink lined pussy 😂

I don't want you to have to add another person to your list blondes but a thread of your own that we could all watch and check for suggestions etc would be brilliant, as suggested by a pp. No pressure at all tho! Hoping this will get a bit better, settling down for later.

I'm thinking this may be an easier way tbh @mikado1

As list is long again

I don't mind copying it out each time but I have to edit it every time to add an @ to tag everyone - that is what takes time

Then if someone has changed their name the whole list won't work and I don't know who it is

Definitely easier. Up to people then to watch and follow. Thanks so much. I always miss terrestrial stuff which I actually often prefer to series online.

Ah, not on till ten tonight.....

Good idea about the TellyWatch thread @Blondeshavemorefun
Then people can start breakout discussion threads and post links on the main thread.

Tonight's episode is just starting?

So we haven't watched it yet as it's TV paced thread