Trigger Point.

I find Vicky McClure a bit ‘samey’ whatever role she’s in. Always that same look, way of speaking, intense.

Yes. And her cold eyes give me the creeps.

I am watching it, there’s nothing much good to watch now, but can’t understand how anyone trained would touch the light switch. As if.
I am fed up with all these depressing dramas, I want comedy, something light hearted. Find myself watching old shows, even those I know well. Where are all the good comedy writers. I don’t like all the swearing and sarcasm of the of new ones. Just not funny.Even the soaps are full of serial killers with women hopping into bed with every man that comes along, before seeing him off, nearly every character on third marriage. All the children get yelled at constantly, it’s mayhem.

Well, in the trailer for Sunday, ‘Wash’ is carrying a coffin and looking tearful. And she looks to be on her own in other scenes.

I find Vicky McClure a bit ‘samey’ whatever role she’s in. Always that same look, way of speaking, intense.

Will see how Sunday pans out.

Liz46

It's awful. OH (25 years in the forces) said she wouldn't have touched that light switch.

My little stepGS said " she shouldn't touch the switch if there's gas it'll blow her up!" .......he's 10!!

Jaxie

It’s hopelessly implausible. I switched off First Responder too as I found Martin Freeman’s character equally implausible.

I'm with you jaxie.both are non starters for me too

Bilge! There is no police group that deals with explosives?! The army bomb disposal units do all the sterling work of disarming /dismantling what those who shall be damned put together. Where do they get this rubbish?I forcedmhself to watch- until she went to switch a light on(!?!?really?!?!) Schoolgirl error even for anyone with half a brain! Cringeworthy.i strongly suspect that they're hoping to ride on the coat tails of line of duty which tbh was wearing extremely thin and tatty by the last series. Why do they ruins good series by not knowing when to stop? And for that reason "I'm oot!"

I’ve tried twice to watch Responder too. Turned it off the first night then tried again on catch up but I can’t get into it. I’ve been enjoying The Tourist on bbc and The guilted age (period drama) that started this week on sky Atlantic.

I think it’s pretty obvious that Adrian Lester is dead since we only saw his arm after the explosion. It’s not the most realistic programme but I’ll give it another chance and watch the next episode.

We enjoyed it. Obviously in the minority on here.

Give it chance, they're just setting the scene.

Rather slow and drawn out. Even I knew she should have known not to touch a light switch! All they do was drink water, or was it vodka!!!

It’s hopelessly implausible. I switched off First Responder too as I found Martin Freeman’s character equally implausible.

The light switch moment summed it up for me, whole thing seemed really unprofessional, wonder what real bomb disposal workers felt.

Calendargirl

I think we weren’t given a chance to realise what it was about, and who was who. Just seemed to be a mass of people in uniform, racing about in police vehicles and similar.

Towards the end, when that senior SIO or whatever he was went to Wash and asked her what had happened, I thought, “I bet they are an item”, which of course they were when he suddenly called her darling and held her hand.

The whole drama felt somewhat forced and contrived, not really drawing you in to the characters.

Exactly what I thought Calendargirl. You just knew the senior and Wash would be an item.
Adrian Lester excellent actor but the whole script was very stilted. Will watch another ep to see where its going

Yes have seen first episode waiting to see how it goes.
Has anyone been watching The Bay?

Perhaps someone on this thread can let s know if Adrian Lester survives - but without any spoilers please ?

I think hey should bring back Hustle.

The dramas now seem in-your-face, violent, basic, gritty but not that clever.

Coloured??? What century are we in?

We were equally underwhelmed with Trigger Point, but found the Responder much better without as much hype. Think the Scouse humour/attitude helped it along but did need to watch with subtitles

Agree with PETALPOP I only watched because of Adrian Lester
I won't be watching any more either.

Boring, and the 'banter ' between the two main characters was irritating.

I thought it was ok and will be watching it again next week. It's no Line of Duty, but compared to the rubbish dramas on BBC at the moment, it's fine.
I jumped and screamed at the final scene, my poor dog hadn't a clue what was going on. Thank goodness I didn't have a cuppa or I would of been repainting my ceiling.

I agree, there seems to be so much dismal, depressing drama on tv at the moment, as if real life isn’t depressing enough right now…
Sometimes, we need a bit of cheer to lift our spirits. At the moment, our tv is off a lot more than it is on, as all this doom and gloom drama is getting to be a bit too much and samey.

I only starting watching because Adrian Lester was in it so if he is gone so am I.

I don't know why such evil and violence is considered entertainment. Other posters disagree and think we should be shown how other people live - well I prefer factual documentaries to show me that.

I prefer a nice episode of Death in Paradise for escapism!

Even the scenery in the Tourist wasn't the best Australia has to offer

Callistemon21

It's all so dismal lately!

That awful programme with awful Maxine Peake and the lovely Rakhee Thakrar on BBC1 (Rules of the Game)
The Tourist was weird
Trigger Point
Now The Responder - equally awful

Need a second sitting room so I can watch rubbish tv in peace
Or to get away from the violent rubbish on all channels.

I agree Callistemon, everything has become so violent and loud.
As for Maxine Peake I find her difficult to watch after she agreed to play Myra Hindley. I didn’t watch the programme but dislike her for agreeing to give such an evil woman any publicity.