Unforgotten

It will probably be a different case entirely.

The question is, there will be another series, but it won't be about the same crimes or people, or will it?

But he was being slyly and deliberately cruel to his mother, putting that glass of water out of her reach. That's not lashing out in anger.

Out of group curiosity how did we expect the blond son to behave? Shocked and unbelieving but supportive? Its a bit like a parent smacking a kid who got lost, isn't it? An unexpected reaction but nevertheless a human one. Suddenly your mildly irritating elderly parents are revealed to have been involved in the concealed murders of two people, one actually buried in your childhood garden. Not really surprising that one son, maybe bearing resentments about things from his own young days and worried about the nightmare to come, vented his anger. I couldn't blame him tbh.

I meant son not don! Duh!

I didn't watch it until my sister said it was good so I watched five episodes on catch up yesterday (too late to get episode 1). It showed how the discovery of an old crime tore apart four families. I didn't get the don either.

Just finished watching it, I don't think Courtney's character was bad, he protected his wife by burying the bodies. She asked him for a date , she wanted children immediately, was she not so gentle when younger? Perhaps the son has anger for his mother , her crime caused the father to become involved and so ended up in prison . I enjoyed the series

I just thought the son was punishing his mother, moving her drink out of reach, because her mental condition prevented her from by tried and punished for her alleged crimes. (Still not convinced, though, that her husband, the wonderful Tom Courtney, was innocent.)
Gosh all that, River and now The London Spy (which seems to have remarkable similarities to the case, a few years ago of the M15(?) guy found in a suitcase.

He was mesmerising, wasn't he? Gemma Jones was wonderful as well as his wife.

I agree mollie I thought that must be the case ( that Mother had been unstable and maybe cruel) otherwise there seemed to be no justification for the son to behave like that, we can't have ALL missed something,surely?
Good, understated acting, a good plot/plots and credible dialogue that isn't mumbled, it can be done! Should be done more. Tom Courtney is a great actor and scene stealer.

I thought the son's anger was because if she had owned up all those years ago and reported the husband at the time then his family (the sons) wouldn't be upset and tainted by it all now. His parents were out of it (prison and hospital) but he, his wife and son would have to face the full glare of it - the battering on the door by press etc. At that point we didn't know she was accused but I wonder if he had other resentments, perhaps if she had been unstable and maybe cruel to them because of her priblems and not the nice but dithery mother we saw?

I took it to mean that the son had inherited his mother`s psychotic tendencies, but I still think that it was a strange twist, as I was convinced that her husband was the guilty one. It was nice for Jimmy`s mother to finally have a grave to visit and tend. Still looking forward to the next series.

I was very pleased it didn't turn out to be totally depressing - at least the woman hadn't drowned in the Thames and that storyline was a bit more hopeful.

I did quite enjoy it but I too was puzzled by the ending and the son's behaviour.

That website is The Guardian , I should of mentioned that..

There is a recap of each episode to be read google

'Unforgotten episode one recap', or whichever episode you want 1 to 6

I found it very helpful and did clarify a few things for me .

I don't think so, it'll probably be a new unsolved case.

Unless someone spotted something earlier in this series I suspect we'll never know the truth about this one (especially about the weird son).

I thought it was good, but they're doing a second series so maybe it will be about the court case, and we'll find out more about the evil son!

I've more or less given up on River, jings. I still sit in the living room when my DH watches it, and I sort of follow it with one ear and half an eye. It's not only confusing, but I'm afraid River himself just bloody irritates me, he's so darn weird. It's not just the 'seeing dead people' thing, it's everything about him. Creeps me out.
Don't be put off Unforgotten, despite this thread. It is worth watching.

Tom Courney's wife always looked a victim and of course it was her who started saying she knew what he - the husband - did. At times I found it confusing finding Nicola Walker being on two things and kept expecting River to appear!!. But I found the bit with the son odd and that they each went to see the same parent each time.

Oh God. I'm still trying to work River out. Just watched three episodes back to back. I don't think I've even started on this one. There is suddenly so much drama to watch!

I started to wonder if I'd missed an episode. Now I can't work out if the bruises that the mother had (a couple of episodes ago) were caused by her husband (Tom Courtney) or that son.

I felt let down too! The Tom Courtney character was really evil and I think he was the guilty one. The son seemed to take after the father - a chip off the old block. It was extremely compelling and very well acted but I agree that Trevor Eve was a bit too brooding and nasty - less would have been better.

We were just talking about that too, and thought we must have missed something. Hopefully someone will come on here and enlighten us.
I thought it was an unsatisfactory ending. Such a good serial, with some wonderful acting and a top quality cast, but I felt it was let down by the conclusion.

I'm not sure about that either - he seemd very threatening towards her.

That's it finished now, but can anyone tell me why the one son acted as he did towards his mother when she was in the care home, and just before she was admitted there? I must've missed something down the line.