Missed Call - anyone watching?

I try to look through the obvious plot holes in these TV dramas and just accept that while I know that wouldn't happen in real life I must just go with the flow.

That process worked for me for the first 2 episodes, it got a bit tested in episode 3, but episodes 4 and 5 rather blew it out the water.

Virginie was a push over, every time Sally said "I'm coming with you" Virginie then said no, Sally said yes I am and off they trotted together. Stopping for wine now and then.

"Sorry I couldn't rescue you from your kidnapper sooner darling, but we were just testing out the new season's Chateau Neuf du Pape"

It was all so unbelievable at the end that it felt a bit silly.

I much prefer your ending Calendargirl!

Yes there was no explanation at all about the daughter’s apparent complete change of personality.

Channel 5 must have some sort of deal where they offer good actresses some guff that might appeal to a certain demographic.

JS is a fantastic actress who demeans herself with this.

I couldn't get past the cleaner with fluent English!

More holes than Swiss cheese but I did enjoy it and watched the whole thing over 2 nights.

Both good actresses Calandargirl I ll give it a go and hope it’s better than this totally unbelievable tosh

Was I the only one who uncharitably rather hoped that in the stand off between Virginie and Jerome, when he threatened her with a gun, then silly Sarah leapt out of the car brandishing a phone and yelling that she was recording it all, that Jerome would just turn and ‘Bang!’…..

And Sarah would be lying on the ground, thankfully putting us all out of our misery.

Was it ever explained why her lovely daughter became a hard drinking, drug taking, bar wrecking harridan the minute she left her mum’s side?

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There is another Channel 5 Drama coming up, ‘Number One Fan’, starring Jill Halfpenny and Sally Lindsay.

Need I say more?

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Poor acting and too much bad language.

I’ve given up on these Channel 5 dramas now. This latest daft one was the final straw !

We agreed, five hours of our lives we’ll never get back. Such a shame as the beginning was promising.

I agree Bluebell absolute rubbish. Terrible acting, silly plot, mis-casting. The mother really annoyed me .

BlueBelle

Well thank goodness that is over, biggest load of whatsit after a promising first episode

Totally agree, what happened to the students when the teacher was detained. All conveniently forgotten. Was everyone at the school in England not informed?
The end twist was a good one, but let down by the many ‘holes’ on the way.
If I’d had a child on the exchange and they’d phoned me with the details, I’d have flown out to take them home!

Well thank goodness that is over, biggest load of whatsit after a promising first episode

Chocolatelovinggran

My understanding of exchange visits for students is that it have them a chance to experience the culture, and practice their language.
How odd, then, to choose a place where everyone speaks excellent English.

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My understanding of exchange visits for students is that it have them a chance to experience the culture, and practice their language.
How odd, then, to choose a place where everyone speaks excellent English.

She seemed to spending a lot of time sitting at a table outside the hotel drinking wine.

Do you know what, I too thought that the mother's reaction and behaviour were completely unbelievable. Where's her distress and franticness? Surely you could hardly speak or stand up initially?

BlueBelle

Calandergirl I too think Joanna Scanlan was miscast surely the average mother would be unable to string two words together with fear and worry most would be in tears the whole time, not toddling off doing detective work with so little emotion.
When the ‘lover’ died it was almost ‘oh dear what a shame’
I think it has been totally unbelievable and weak
I thought it was going to be good when it started it had promise but downhill all the way, very disappointing .

The clips shown to advertise the program was enough for me.
As BlueBelle pointed out you would be beside yourself if your child was missing, not running around like a would be Miss Marple.

Calandergirl I too think Joanna Scanlan was miscast surely the average mother would be unable to string two words together with fear and worry most would be in tears the whole time, not toddling off doing detective work with so little emotion.
When the ‘lover’ died it was almost ‘oh dear what a shame’
I think it has been totally unbelievable and weak
I thought it was going to be good when it started it had promise but downhill all the way, very disappointing .

I’m with the rest of you, watching night by night, but the usual overwrought Channel 5 drama.

Joanna Scanlan was totally miscast as the mother, seemed unfazed most of the time about her missing daughter, waddling about getting in everyone’s way during the searches, sticking her nose into everything.

Rupert Graves also unlikely as her lover, don’t think plump little Sarah would have been a target for his wandering eye.

Started off well and will watch the last episode tonight but its got sillier. Joanne a good actor but I think her portrayal of a worried mother unconvincing, she’s rude, abrupt and wouldn't have her stay at my house. Good job she was in a convenient location in France only a couple of hours door to door, where almost no French is spoken

Totally agree. We started watching missed call on channel 5 last night. ( on the channel 5 catch up app) Not bad but our main thoughts were, isn’t it amazing that the entire village seems to speak English! The poor mum doesn’t have to even say bonjour. Even the local drug dealer speaks English! Amazing. No point in learning French when clearly everyone in France speaks English!
We are both languages teachers and we find it so frustrating that some Brits just don’t bother learning languages or ever trying the odd Bonjour or Hola.

I ve lost it I m afraid, i will watch the last episode tonight but it’s really gone off my interest now
It started well but downhill all the way everything about it is so unlikely, the boyfriend getting killed was a ridiculous scene then his wife just turns up out of nowhere. The mother wandering around playing detective, moving hotels to the police woman’s house …as if!
It’s all a bit Alice in Wonderland
Very disappointing

Lovely scenery but not a convincing storyline.
Poor portrayal of a mother who was supposed to be searching for her missing child.
I've watched it all but disappointed after the first episode.

JenniferEccles

It’s now getting sillier and sillier, in my opinion anyway.
These Channel 5 dramas always seem to follow a similar format in that they start off reasonably promising but then they tend to go downhill as the story unfolds.

Totally agree. It's certainly not putting the French police in a good light either. As if any of this would happen.

The mother is extremely unlikeable as well. I reached the point of not caring what happened to Katy by the second episode.

However I have stuck with it and shall see the end. I'm a sucker for punishment.

Some of the scenes reminds me of a Scooby Doo episode.

We both think it’s gone on for too long. It won’t stop us watching tomorrow though when it has to speed up to get to the end.