The Drowning

No, but it's far too complicated and unbelievable to explain!

No he wasn't, the DNA test was forged. There were various last-minute twists, each more ludicrous than the last, and lots of unanswered questions and loose ends. It was quite daft by the end.

Thanks trisher and grannyticktock much appreciated

It was very silly wasn't it!

Oh dear, it was so bad! Jason swimming desperately after the boat made me laugh out loud as well. What the heck was he even doing it for? I thought the young actor playing Daniel was good though - he’s the son of the lead vocalist of Placebo, Brian Molko, whose posters used to adorn DD2’s bedroom walls back in the day.

Thank goodness I’ve got It’s a Sin to look forward to tomorrow.

Very, very silly - and lots of unnecessary drama added in (the gang master, etc) that was really nothing to do with the plot and went absolutely nowhere.

It could have been good - but it wasn't.

A bit random but does anyone know what the pottery was on the mum's shelves?

Biscuitmuncher

A bit random but does anyone know what the pottery was on the mum's shelves?

Oh, I didn’t notice any pottery.
I was too riveted by the story!

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4 hours I’ll never get back! I stuck with it hoping there be an interesting twist!
All too far fetched, the matriarch was too laid back. I also noticed the pottery, which goes to show how uninteresting the acting was.

Yes, the pottery was rather arty. Nice to have enough space to display it all.

On another matter, where did she get that awful coat from?

There were so many loose ends left untied. Such a good cast wasted.

I watched it and yes there were a few weak storylines but I was most confused at the Ex son in law being umosgst the family with his new wife and child.
I can appreciate it when there is a family gathering regarding shared children but this wasn't so.
Di anyone else think the same ?

Mary59nana

Yes, it was odd, but do you think it suited the brother Jason to have them ‘on side’ so to speak?

He would know that the ex and his new wife would want a line drawn under the unfortunate past, and if Jodie seemed mad and irrational, they would all be able to ‘gang up’ against her.

calendagirl
You are so right I never thought of it that way
Thank you for putting my mind at rest as I went of to bed last trying to work the relation of all to each other

Blimey you’re a observant lot I never saw any pottery I m too busy trying to follow the story line always miss the little bits and bobs

I noticed the pottery on the dresser too. I thought it was Emma Bridgewater at first, but it looked heavier and more rustic. It looked good because there was so much of it, (so expensive).

I had a thought, the title The drowning could have been Tom's drowning AND Jason's drowning, though I think it meant the boy's.

Surely the boy's father would have had baby and toddler photos which would have proved that he had not abducted him when he was four.?

The absurd coincidences and lack of common sense follow ups was just ridiculous.

I have never up until now, had any ambition to be a tv playwright but I am seriously beginning to think of it as a very late career move. I am sure that most of us Gransnetter could come up with a better plot.

I'm still wondering why Delia Smith was playing the matriarch?

I just wondered how the very posh matriarch managed to have 2 children with such working class accents!

No one ever appeared to do much actual work, (apart from the gardeners).

I started this but didn't finish.

So was he or was he not the son?

Or is the pottery more interesting?

trisher

I just wondered how the very posh matriarch managed to have 2 children with such working class accents!

Oh Trisher did you equate 'working class accents' with northern accents - do you think they are the same thing? Just asking!

RulaNula

No, he was not the son. The little boy really did drown while Jodie’s brother Jason was meant to be keeping an eye on him, so he covered it all up.

It was a damp squib ending, which is often the case, after a storyline full of holes and far fetched-ness.

Oh, and the brother also drowned at the end!

Call them Northern, working class what you will, they bore no relationship at all to the mother's accent. Now you do sometimes get slight differences but such huge ones never.

Thought it was a very poor plot. Unrealistic, especially the part in the school.
Lovely scenery where the drowning took place. Wonder where it was filmed?

It was filmed in Dublin. Second rubbish drama I've wasted my eyes and ears on!