The Missing

Oh, I see, she was imagining it, thank you merlotgran. Yes it is confusing.

It was all in her anguished imagination, boggles. Scenes like that only add to the confusion though

I didn't understand the bit where the mother was near the pool and the little boy ran towards her and she said, Oh, I've been so worried ?? If that was her son then he can't be missing ?? Perhaps I've lost the plot.

Still trying to disentangle the plot from the peculiar lighting, camera shots, flash-backs, mumbled dialogue and other distractions, but I'm sure that there is a chilling story in there somewhere. There is usually a synopsis of these things on t'internet somewhere but I can't find it. Anybody else got any ideas?

I'm enjoying it but it seems to be treading water until the last minute twist.

Is it one of those dramas that would be better if it was halved in production to keep the momentum.

When I first saw Ken Stott lurking in that basement last week, my first thought was oh it is ok, Rebus will sort it out!

I watched this weeks on catch up last night. What is going on with the Stott character? It's compelling, especially as James Nesbitt is such a brilliant actor

We play our television through a radio. The radio has better sound quality than the tv. Son set it up. I wouldn't know how to.

I know what you mean. But you get used to them after a while. I think I see all the action!

Never thought of putting sub titles on Jingl, but to be honest, they annoy me, if you read the subtitles you miss some of the action, if you watch the action you miss the subtitles. Or at least I do, maybe my mind`s not as active as some!

Have you got sub-titles? I have those on. I've just watched the first episode of the first series of The Fall, with sub-titles, but I'm not sure I'll watch any more of it. (sh-sh-shake)

I`m enjoying The Missing, but would enjoy it more if I didn`t have to guess at some of what`s being said. The volume has been turned way up, but it`s not the actual volume that`s the problem, it`s sound quality, it`s very muffled a lot of the time, and it`s not just me, hubby and daughter find it the same.

In my post down/up there, I meant "unfold"! Not "enfold"!

This occurred to me as I was cycling into town earlier today.

I will not be watching 'The Fall' I hated the last series, and didn't bother to watch all of them. I thought it was way over the top. It did not scare me so much as make me wonder who thinks up these story lines, and what sort of minds they have.
I am enjoy 'The Missing'not bothered about it have any similarity with the McCann's sadness, as it is not supposed to be a factual programme, and the acting is very good.

I'll be watching it too, although I agree there were some particularly shocking scenes in the first series which I wasn't expecting.

Not too keen on Gillian Anderson, but the rest of the cast is terrific.

I'm looking forward to it although I will have a cushion available to hide behind and a dog to cuddle if things get too hairy.

DH will nonchalantly do the crossword and pretend he's not shitting himself scared stiff.

Is anyone going to watch the new series of The Fall? I may have to give it a miss; storylines like that don't usually bother me but that series totally freaked me out .

I think it's really good. James Nesbitt is terrific.

Oh I remember the bit you mean. Someone "came to the house again". That still has to enfold.

Is the Ken Stotte character the big bloke who has put money up? Do we know anything about him yet? Wasn't he in an underground car park sort of scene? Meeting someone? (might not have actually been a car park)

I watched it twice last night. I am going to have to have a run through of the previous episode. Again.

I take it back about James Nesbitt being past his best.

It's very good.

Still very gripping but all the flashing backwards and forwards is baffling

The scene where Jean Baptiste meets his wife/partner and she is very distressed.....what was all that about??

I think the father is beginning to get the heeby jeebies about the Ken Stott character - it might be exciting but I can't remember anybody's name

I am just catching up on Iplayer and think I will carry on watching. Yes there are similarities to the McCann case but any drama will affect someone somewhere that has had similar experiences. Yes , sometimes hard to watch but life isn't perfect for anyone.

It's good but uncomfortable viewing. At times I think I should not be watching it [as if it was real.]I find anything about a child hard to watch.

I watched it on catch up, again, and will continue to watch. I agree, James Nesbit and Stott are such good actors, plus they have good material to work with.

I don't feel it's too close to the Madeline McCann horror. I believe many mothers would have clutched a fluffy toy their child still took to bed, and gone to church to pray for someone to bring their child home, safely.

I wish my French was better, or that we had the odd subtitle, still there's always someone summarising in English isn't there.

To me, James Nesbitt is very good as the distraught father. And while having overwhelming feelings of sympathy towards the McCann's, I can separate fact from fiction and am indeed enjoying The Missing as a piece of fiction.