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THE INHERITANCE - MON 4th sept - ch 5 at 9pm - TV PACE - NO SPOILERS

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Blondeshavemorefun · 28/08/2023 17:25

New 4 part drama. On weekly on ch 5 which means usually has to be tv pace

Gives evil cackle so no one can binge 😂😂😛😛

In The Inheritance, three siblings embark on a dangerous journey to discover whether their father was murdered.

Larry Lamb plays their dad Dennis who dies unexpectedly, and afterwards the grieving siblings learn they weren’t left the inheritance they'd all been banking on.

The revelation sees the family fall apart at the seams, exposing long-buried secrets, jealousies and lies and poses the question whether blood really is thicker than water.

The Inheritance follows siblings Daniel (Robert James-Collier), Sian (Gaynor Faye) and Chloe (Jemima Rooper) who are part of a seemingly close and loving family.

The trio are left reeling after the sudden death of their father, Dennis (Larry Lamb) and are later devastated to discover they have not been left their expected inheritance in his will.

This leads them to question whether he really did die in an accident, as they were told, or if he was murdered. Their investigation takes them down a dangerous path and sees secrets unravel, relationships ripped apart and lives lost.

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purpleme12 · 25/09/2023 23:06

TimeforaGandT · 25/09/2023 22:31

And how did Dan find out about the caravan? Did I miss something?

This was exactly my thoughts!

Ginger1982 · 25/09/2023 23:17

TimeforaGandT · 25/09/2023 22:31

And how did Dan find out about the caravan? Did I miss something?

I assumed Glen had been following Nathan and therefore told Dan.

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Blondeshavemorefun · 25/09/2023 23:21

TimeforaGandT · 25/09/2023 22:31

And how did Dan find out about the caravan? Did I miss something?

He asked glen

He said I know you have means /ways

And got the address off him

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purpleme12 · 25/09/2023 23:38

But how did Dan know Nathan was a bad un before he actually went to the caravan? And what he done? (At that point)

newnamethanks · 26/09/2023 00:15

I think this suffered from some savage editing to get it down to 4 episodes, it jumped about a bit but I wasn't paying enough attention to remember exactly when and where. Definitely some gaps. However, lousy ending notwithstanding, it wasn't bad.

SoosanCarter · 26/09/2023 04:53

I got the impression that Dan was concerned about Nathan, then realised there was something up.

JenniferAllisonPhillipaSue · 26/09/2023 06:55

So I'm glad I'm not the only confused person - I honestly thought I'd had a micro sleep and missed something between Dan talking to Glen about Nathan, and then turning up at the caravan.

Was James their natural son or somebody they adopted and why was he fostered out?

If Michael was their father's best friend, how come they didn't that James existed, he's not that different to them in age.

How would Dennis changing his will benefit James unless he always intended to kill his mother too?

As for why Sian didn't google the estate agents, well, none of them checked company's house for the two named companies in the first episode, did they? Despite having smartphones with them at all times. It's as though looking stuff up on the internet takes weeks not seconds. I wonder if the storyline was written before the era of smartphones?

Escapingtherealityoflife · 26/09/2023 07:27

Last episode was really disappointing. It got to 9:30 and I was wondering how they were going to wrap it all up in half an hour. Far too rushed. It would have been better to develop the James storyline and have 6 episodes.

confusedlots · 26/09/2023 07:40

I thought James was their actual son. But he must have been a difficult/troubled child, they couldn't cope and fostered him out, and he ended up in and out of jail.

I think he killed Dennis out of revenge. He felt like Dennis had broken up their family and maybe life would have been different for him if Dennis hadn't been on the scene.

It was only after he got close to Sian pretending to be the estate agent that he learned about all the money being left to his mum and things escalated from there.

That's my take on it anyway as I mulled it over in bed last night as I was definitely a bit confused too!

Teentrauma · 26/09/2023 08:02

Enjoyed it though rather rushed & confusing at the end. Yes, Glen told Dan about Nathan & the caravan having been stalking him. He volunteered the info in the hope it would get him into Sian's good books allowing him access to his son which is what he wanted most. Liked the red herrings with Glen & Pete having nothing to do with the murders despite both being shady characters!

Clawdy · 26/09/2023 08:27

We needed to know far more about James's back story, and why his parents had him adopted, which seems highly unlikely. It would have made a bit more sense if his mother had been a young teenager on her own, but they were a married couple.

JoyDivisionOvenGlovesx · 26/09/2023 08:37

My take:

James/Nathan was Susan & Michael’s biological son but had him adopted (“what sort of mother abandons her son” etc)

James became Dennis’ gardener to win his trust & (mainly) inheritance, then killed him to get the latter. Inferred he had a will that said this (& something burning that looked like a will). But he subsequently found out that Dennis had changed his will to Susan.

So he killed Susan.

He would have had a claim on Susan’s estate then, but the siblings found him out. And you can’t benefit from a criminal act.

purpleme12 · 26/09/2023 08:45

I also thought he killed him and befriended him to get his inheritance. I think that's what the programme was trying to say but at the same time there programme seemed to be saying Dennis did have a good relationship with Susan even though he kept it secret from his children. So then why wouldn't he leave it to Susan?

tennissquare · 26/09/2023 08:52

Escapingtherealityoflife · 26/09/2023 07:27

Last episode was really disappointing. It got to 9:30 and I was wondering how they were going to wrap it all up in half an hour. Far too rushed. It would have been better to develop the James storyline and have 6 episodes.

I agree, I wonder if it was originally 6 episodes and 1 got cut because the story line for the last 30 mins was extremely rushed.

ilovebrie8 · 26/09/2023 08:55

Well that was confusing!! How did Glen just happen to turn up at the house and free them all too.

why did Chloe’s husband want the restaurant?

54isanopendoor · 26/09/2023 10:55

cittigirl · 25/09/2023 22:22

A jumbled and disappointing final episode imho

Yes, a rushed finale to say the least.
I did wonder though, if the owner dies, & either leaves no will or it is lost/destroyed, & no one is still paying the house insurance, would it pay out if the house burns down? No plans of my own you understand, just wondered if they were all watching their inheritance burn in the final episode, or watching it knowing it will pay out & they can move on with their lives ???

cittigirl · 26/09/2023 11:16

In the 1st episode I wondered why Nathan was there...the children hadn't invited him to value and it wasn't clear that his mother had either but with the following episodes twists and turns it felt like it could be any of them.

duc748 · 26/09/2023 12:10

JoyDivisionOvenGlovesx · 26/09/2023 08:37

My take:

James/Nathan was Susan & Michael’s biological son but had him adopted (“what sort of mother abandons her son” etc)

James became Dennis’ gardener to win his trust & (mainly) inheritance, then killed him to get the latter. Inferred he had a will that said this (& something burning that looked like a will). But he subsequently found out that Dennis had changed his will to Susan.

So he killed Susan.

He would have had a claim on Susan’s estate then, but the siblings found him out. And you can’t benefit from a criminal act.

This is surely right. James was Michael and Susan's son; they said so. He hoped to ingratiate himself with Dennis. That went sour, so he killed him.

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Blondeshavemorefun · 26/09/2023 13:53

Why would a gardener think the house owner Dennis would leave him a house instead to his kids

I'm all for plots but even this seems a bit strange

Or did he befriend Dennis knowing he would change will to new wife (and not kids) and therefore when susan died he was names in her will so be his

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confusedlots · 26/09/2023 15:34

Blondeshavemorefun · 26/09/2023 13:53

Why would a gardener think the house owner Dennis would leave him a house instead to his kids

I'm all for plots but even this seems a bit strange

Or did he befriend Dennis knowing he would change will to new wife (and not kids) and therefore when susan died he was names in her will so be his

I don't think his original intentions were for the money. I think it was revenge as he felt Dennis had a part in ruining his family and for him being fostered out and having a difficult life, unlike the seemingly good childhood the 3 siblings had. Slowly killing him with the bio ethanol.

Then he tried to get close to Sian to see the impact on their family of what he did, and only then did he find out all the money had been left to Susan. And I think it escalated from there when he realised the potential for him to get to his hands on the money.

Dartmoorcheffy · 26/09/2023 16:14

Really disappointed with the last episode. It felt rushed and as if bits were missing.

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Blondeshavemorefun · 26/09/2023 16:20

Not Dennis's the dad fault that his best mate and wife out their son up into care

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AutumnSunlight · 26/09/2023 18:27

JoyDivisionOvenGlovesx · 26/09/2023 08:37

My take:

James/Nathan was Susan & Michael’s biological son but had him adopted (“what sort of mother abandons her son” etc)

James became Dennis’ gardener to win his trust & (mainly) inheritance, then killed him to get the latter. Inferred he had a will that said this (& something burning that looked like a will). But he subsequently found out that Dennis had changed his will to Susan.

So he killed Susan.

He would have had a claim on Susan’s estate then, but the siblings found him out. And you can’t benefit from a criminal act.

This basically covers it. (I think!) But I agree with everyone else that it felt rushed and crammed in at the end with a few plotholes. Quite annoying, and a disappointing end to a good series. When Sian told her ex 'this changes nothing' I thought that was shit. Why'd she says that? He saved their lives!

More holes than a block of Swiss cheese, and DEFO should have had one extra episode. I feel cheated and let down! (Drama Queen moi?!) But I invested 4 hours into this, and waited a month to bloody watch it all.

Annoying thing is, this kind of shit happens quite often with this kind of drama/thriller thing these days, and it really irks me. Wishy washy, ambiguous endings, plotholes, and more questions than answers.

I felt a bit like there were some unanswered questions on The Woman In The Wall too.

purpleme12 · 26/09/2023 18:33

But we know that there'd been domestic violence with him and Sian. And he wasn't allowed to see his son
And we can presume that he was violent with other people as well.
So no I wasn't surprised when she said 'this doesn't change anything'

daffodilandtulip · 26/09/2023 20:15

Blondeshavemorefun · 26/09/2023 16:20

Not Dennis's the dad fault that his best mate and wife out their son up into care

Unless they put him into care because of the affair? Maybe she had plans to leave him and didn't want to bring a child up in that mess?