Deadwater Fell (Channel 4) [** Spoilers **]

JP Liz V1

David Tennant new four part drama starts on Channel 4 on Friday at 9pm, Anna Madeley, Matthew McNulty and Cush Jumbo co star

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCG1XDNh73E

Posy

Looking forward to this.

Basq

David Tennant can do very little wrong!

pixelburp

Took a moment before I recognised Cush Jumbo, aka Luca Quinn from the Good Wife / Fight.

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pixelburp wrote: »

Took a moment before I recognised Cush Jumbo, aka Luca Quinn from the Good Wife / Fight.

Oh I love her in the those. Have high hopes for this.

JP Liz V1

Basq wrote: »

David Tennant can do very little wrong!

He seems to be in everything now like Olivia Colman :P

gmisk

pixelburp wrote: »

Took a moment before I recognised Cush Jumbo, aka Luca Quinn from the Good Wife / Fight.

Love her!
Totally forget she is English her accent in the good fight is fantastic

JP Liz V1

gmisk wrote: »

Love her!
Totally forget she is English her accent in the good fight is fantastic

I saw her in Vera, had to double look hearing her speak in that accent

Mr.Nice Guy

Anyone give this a look? I recorded the first ep. Wondering was it any use.

gmisk

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Anyone give this a look? I recorded the first ep. Wondering was it any use.

I am on same boat...have it taped gonna give it a spin tonight

Raconteuse

Jeez, haunting stuff. Lots going on - intriguing.

Mr.Nice Guy

I thought it was good. Was pleased I taped it because there were a good few ad breaks. Set things up nicely for next week's episode.

gmisk

Pretty good first episode, a little predictable maybe...but we will see how it goes in next episode.

Basq

Enjoyed the first episode but the

affair with the friend's wife was all a bit out of nowhere!

gmisk

Basq wrote: »

Enjoyed the first episode but the

affair with the friend's wife was all a bit out of nowhere!

Really? I thought the total opposite it was seriously telegraphed

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gmisk wrote: »

Really? I thought the total opposite it was seriously telegraphed

Ya when she was holding his hand in the hospital, I kinda wondered

. Decent opening episode I thought.

JP Liz V1

Basq wrote: »

Enjoyed the first episode but the

affair with the friend's wife was all a bit out of nowhere!

I was surprised by that considering she is trying to conceive, wonder did their partners know

Credit Checker Moose

Good solid opener.

Mr.Nice Guy

I'm enjoying this so far. Liked the second episode.

Thinking atm that the culprit is:

The copper. He knew about the affair before his partner told him and in a drunken rage set the place on fire. Reckon the padlock on the door was to stop one of the kids from sleepwalking, which explains why the mother was out there that night and got the girl - padlock was used after that to stop a repeat occurrence. Think the copper told the junkie chap to change his story in order to frame Tom.

Mr. Guappa

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

I'm enjoying this so far. Liked the second episode.

Thinking atm that the culprit is:

The copper. He knew about the affair before his partner told him and in a drunken rage set the place on fire. Reckon the padlock on the door was to stop one of the kids from sleepwalking, which explains why the mother was out there that night and got the girl - padlock was used after that to stop a repeat occurrence. Think the copper told the junkie chap to change his story in order to frame Tom.

Liking it so far too. Didn't realise the teacher was Cush Jumbo until the credits of episode one.

Interesting theory: his kids woke scared of a "robber" that night - could have been him coming back in.

Mr.Nice Guy

Decent episode last night. Been pondering what it's all about ahead of the final episode. Some of the key questions would be:

Why did Kate buy the padlock, as seen on CCTV? Why was the little girl out in the forest? Did Steve learn about the affair the night Jess told him or did he find out earlier? Why did Steve ask the junkie chap to lie? We learned last night Tom is having financial difficulties - what effect, if any, did this have on the events of the night? Tom's mother seemed sympathetic to Kate's plight - is she involved?

Still thinking it's Steve the cop that's the culprit, although the episode last night did veer much more towards him, which usually means a swerve to someone else. Not convinced it's Tom even though he is a total arse.

Starting to think Tom or Kate may have had some dealings with the drug dealers; the former perhaps to pay off debts, or the latter as a way to deal with her depression.

NIMAN

Enjoyable show.
Reminds me a lot of Broadchurch, which also had DT in.

Slightly uneasy watching it last night as the news of the 3 kids being found dead in Dublin broke.

Mr.Nice Guy

Final episode tonight. Looking forward to some answers.

SATSUMA

Why was Tom cutting his cuticles until they bled in the final episode?

Cork Lass

I couldn’t understand that either.

Credit Checker Moose

I take it that Tom never intended to survive the fire?

Mr.Nice Guy

SATSUMA wrote: »

Why was Tom cutting his cuticles until they bled in the final episode?

I took it to mean that he was feeling pain inside despite the front he was putting on, much like the kid who was self-harming.

And Tom intended to die. He said earlier in the episode that he was supposed to die and the call to his mother was a goodbye of sorts.

Overall, thought it was a bit of an underwhelming end. The twist was that:

there was no twist.

Thought it was a very grim way to wrap up. They didn't even have Steve and his partner become pregnant, which I thought was an obvious uplifting conclusion. Everyone ended up miserable.

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Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Thought it was a very grim way to wrap up. They didn't even have Steve and his partner become pregnant, which I thought was an obvious uplifting conclusion. Everyone ended up miserable.

Yes it was a bit of a damp squib ending, I thought she would end up preggers not knowing if Steve or Tom was the father

David Tennant was very good in the role of Tom

Millicently

I really enjoyed it. Lots of twists and turns and interesting characters. I was happy with the ending, it makes a nice change to see something work out the way it most probably would in the real world instead of with some forced happy ending.

qwerty13

Millicently wrote: »

I really enjoyed it. Lots of twists and turns and interesting characters. I was happy with the ending, it makes a nice change to see something work out the way it most probably would in the real world instead of with some forced happy ending.

You’re probably right re the ending, but it just felt to me as though it faded out. Possibly I was expecting ‘the twist’, or some resolution. I did enjoy the earlier episodes. But I found my attention wandering in the concluding episode.

Millicently

qwerty13 wrote: »

You’re probably right re the ending, but it just felt to me as though it faded out. Possibly I was expecting ‘the twist’, or some resolution. I did enjoy the earlier episodes. But I found my attention wandering in the concluding episode.

I had recorded the first 3 episodes and was about to delete them as I wasn't sure I could be bothered to watch it since I had lots of other stuff recorded but I ended up binge watching the episodes back to back one evening and I don't usually like David Tenant in things.

NIMAN

Same as others, enjoyed 1,2,3 but felt underwhelmed by the ending.

Millicently

NIMAN wrote: »

Same as others, enjoyed 1,2,3 but felt underwhelmed by the ending.

I think the ending was more true to life. We're so used to happy endings when in reality they don't really happen.

Homelander

Just watched this. A good watch, but the last episode felt a bit flat for me. I mean I know what they were going for - this is real life and it is what it is, but it just didn't quite hit the mark for me or leave any sort of real impression.

I often find myself now comparing these mini-series to 'The Virtues' which was just so in a league of its own.

JP Liz V1

Deadwater Fell starts on RTE 1 on Wednesday the 31st of March at 9.35pm

corkie

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Deadwater Fell starts on RTE 1 on Wednesday the 31st of March at 9.35pm

That is tonight, clashing with other shows but at least +1 will be handy.

brian_t wrote: »

Deadwater Fell starts on RTE One on Wednesday 31st March at 9.35pm.


Blue Bloods series 11 starts on RTE Two on Wednesday 31st March at 9.30pm.


Grey's Anatomy series 17 starts on RTE Two on Wednesday 31st March at 10.25pm.