Butterfly part 3

[ItsAllGoingToBeFine]

American doc emphasises he is not a pediatric endocrinologist - he helps children give birth to themselves.

Max : pink hoody / hairclips

Dad badgering his girl friend. It's going to family court.

Max absolutely troweled in far more make up than strictly necessary for a 12 year old.

Yes it does sound ''silence of the lambs''-y

I told a poet her poem sounded that way too the other day. She was describing a girl taking skin off a selkie or some sh*te. It's for lgbt kiddies, not out yet, the art is still being done for the book.

Girlfriend "she chose maxine over you". Obviously hits home.

Trying to find compromise. Why not go back to NHS clinic. Mum says Maxine must have blockers.

Mum says her and max will win.

Interim care order granted. Max to be removed from Mum

Sounds grim

I'm weirdly disappointed with Anna Friel for being involved in this shit. I loved her in Brookside.

Thanks for the commentary- I'm not able to watch it tonight but am reading the updates.

Max has a guardian. To safeguard his welfare.

The make up has been put in with a trowel.

Court decide on treatment. Max pouts Max accusingly "you said everything would be alright"

Max's look inspired by Zoella

Lily calls Max a selfish bitch

Parents being bitter and hurt to guardian

I love Alison Steadman, but the writing's so bad all the lines fall flat. I remember her saying something like 'but I thought you liked your job as a learning assistant' as a nice example of how not to write a script in the first episode.

Max shows guardian chest of old things "max is in here" guardian "really I thought you were always a girls" max

Mum says she knows best. Better than social services. Guardian asking good questions

Father still wants to follow NHS advice

"is your marriage irretrievably broken down?" Parents pause

They've tried to paint the father as the bad guy by throwing in that slap and his affair, but it hasn't worked as he's making a lot of reasonable points.

I know I shouldn't say this about a child but my goodness is he a petulant, spoilt manipulative little shit.

Lily still.not talking to mum
Mum talking to grandmother - reconciliation?

Now the mums traumatic childhood is coming up.

Guardian has spoken to grandmother

Mum wants to know what she told her

GM says that she said she never loved the mum, like the mum loves max

Hugs

Anorexic girl on drip.

Max wearing even more relationship.

Girl "your so strong"

Mum trying to make up with friend.