River

The psychiatrist asked him about being brought up by his grandmother, maybe British father and Swedish mother brought up (from age 10 was it?) by grandmother?

It is a bit to slow for me, the same with the other thriller The Darkness, lots of shots of the two main characters pondering, thinking. However when I watched Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell recently in the Hilary Mantel's play/book (the name evades me, it's my age you know) he was very slow and measured in his acting and I thought he was brilliant.

Good to have some programmes worthy of discussion instead of the usual old dross churned out.

P.S. Wolf Hall

Clever because it isn't just the main mystery but the detective is also a mystery. Give me this over Darkness any day.

He has a strong Swedish? Accent, so means he was not brought up here.Other Than that, he himself is a mystery.Perhaps a strong hint of Aspergers ?

Abbas are Swedish
LullyDully I should have made it more clear (I know they are Swedish ) that it is A-Ha who are Norwegian!!

I thin I've given up on this - so slow, and so many flashbacks.

R Q It was 5.00am on one my dodge the coughing fit sessions. to give DH a break! Sorry for being so obviously patronising.

LullyDully

05.24 am - so it was! Hope you are feeling better.

So we now know that he came to London to live with his mother when his grandmother in Sweden died. He was 14. That explains his accent anyway!

Good episode , and last one next week.

I have subtitles on BBC programmes [technophobe and don't know how to get rid of them]. Then, last night I also activated the voice over thingy for people with bad eyesight and thought it was part of the programme . Still enjoying it but; don't want him to start a relationship with the psychiatrist lady, though; hoped it I would be different enough to not need that sort of thing [his sidekick got over his injuries pretty quickly, didn't he ].

I love this series and will be sorry when it's over. I don't know why but I find him strangely attractive

I thought he was Icelandic ???? so just shows what I know.

So do I gilly . How does he 'act with his eyes'...one minute they're bleak and empty and the next they're so warm and kind?

I love River, I don't find it too slow. I like more cerebral thriller drama, not all action. Yes, he does have mild asperger's I would think. A lovely character, though. I could see what was coming last week - his poor boss!

I agree that he's strangely attractive!

As well as the partner recovering very quickly from his injuries (I actually thought he was going to be killed in that attack), River really can't go around beating up people he thinks is one of his manifestations - that young black guy he grabbed could have had him for assault...

I have subtitles on BBC programmes [technophobe and don't know how to get rid of them]. Then, last night I also activated the voice over thingy for people with bad eyesight and thought it was part of the programme confused.
Tegan I could do the subtitles but it took ages to realise that the audio thingy could be turned off (I thought it was part of some programmes).
However, I recorded WDYTYA with Frances de la Tour - really wanted to watch it but the picture was smaller than usual and I had a large figure doing sign language in the bottom right hand corner. I know she is essential and wonderful for hearing impaired but I found her very offputting.

River is the kind of man you think you could love and nurture and make it all better but who turns out to wreck your life.

Ana I did notice that Ira's black eye seemed to come and go - and I thought he had a broken arm but it mended very quickly!

Would someone mind telling me who your talking about? I like to google good looking men!

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more an enigmatic, brooding bundle of trouble than the standard good-looking heartthrob Envious!!

If you haven't watched it you'll never catch up now

I think I may have got a bit lost with the story. What has the police Inspector's husband actually done? I may have to start again. Without the dozing offs.

SPOILER! In the last episode it was suggested that he might have been accepting bribes to agree appeals by asylum seekers and immigrants refused leave to stay. But I have to admit, I thought he was seeing ghosts until the week before last!

Oh right. Thank you. Will watch it, and previous episode, again, with eyes open!

Yes I agree with you rosequartz I found myself wondering what it would take for him to shake off the dead people and decided that it might be the love of a good woman someone like me but then wondered if "she" wouldn't end up being terribly hurt as he is such a troubled soul.

Yes Lilygran that is exactly how I understood it too. He was arrested for accepting bribes from immigrants who's appeals had previously failed. He is also a cheating b*st*rd who seems to have had a few women on the go at once..... Mind you his wife (the police inspector Chrissie??) did try it on with River..... can't really blame her

Come on now jings you must try and keep up !

For me, at the moment, this is the best show on TV. I can't wait for next week to see how it all turns out. What a superb actor Stellan Starsgard is.