Smother

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Agent Coulson wrote: »

Smother From RTE & The BBC

https://deadline.com/2020/03/dervla-kirwan-cast-smother-rte-1202877457/

It starts on the 7th of March on RTE 1

JohnFalstaff

The trailer for this caught my eye alright. Decent cast and I'm always up for a whodunnit.

It looks a lot more stylish than some of the more recent RTE dramas too.

I'll be tuning in.

corkie

Smother




Seána Kerslake is an actress, known for The Hole in the Ground (2019), A Date for Mad Mary (2016) and Dollhouse (2012).




Niamh Walsh is an actress, known for The English Game (2020), Good Omens (2019) and Jamestown (2017)




Looks like will be watching on +1 as it clashes with Bloodlands on BBC.

JohnFalstaff

'Smother' is a claustrophobic whodunnit pitched as a homegrown blend of 'Big Little Lies' and Scandi Noir.

It stars Dervla Kirwan (The Stranger, White Dragon) as the matriarch of a wealthy family with many skeletons in many closets.

Kirwan plays Val Ahern - a devoted mother who is determined to protect her family and particularly her three daughters Jenny, Anna, and Grace, at any cost.

Jenny is a heavily pregnant single doctor, unsure of the choices she has made, played by Niamh Walsh (Good Omens, Jamestown).

Grace, played by Seána Kerslake (Can't Cope, Won’t Cope, The Hole in the Ground), is an angry but fragile young woman struggling with mental health issues.

Anna is a devoted stepmother to two teenage boys, whose birth mother has recently reappeared on the scene, played by Gemma-Leah Devereux (Judy, The Tudors).

When Val Ahern’s husband Denis, played by Stuart Graham (The Cure, Hunger), is found dead at a foot of a cliff close to their home the morning after a family party, Val begins to interrogate the events that unfolded the night before.

Val explores Denis’s relationships with his children, stepchildren, and his siblings in order to find out who might have been responsible for his brutal, shocking death.

The cast also includes Thomas Levin (Borgen), Hilary Rose (The Young Offenders) and Justine Mitchell (Cheat).

'Smother' begins on RTÉ One Sunday, March 7 at 9.30 pm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2FtvmYCl5A

fryup

filmed in my home county of Clare, will watch it for that alone see the local sights

freshpopcorn

Well it's on!

beertons

I'm in. Looks alright.

nsnoefc1878

The utter middle classness of this is already annoying me!

nsnoefc1878

Seana kerslake is stunning, best lips you'll ever see

Clareman

nsnoefc1878 wrote: »

The utter middle classness of this is already annoying me!

That's the utter wannabe upperclass in Clare :pac::pac::pac:

Clareman

Couldn't believe it was supposed to be a 50th party, they look way older than that

nsnoefc1878

Clareman wrote: »

That's the utter wannabe upperclass in Clare :pac::pac::pac:

It remind me of What Richard Did without the d4 accents.

nsnoefc1878

Clareman wrote: »

Couldn't believe it was supposed to be a 50th party, they look way older than that

Dervla kirwan looks like a well kept 50 here.

saabsaab

Clareman wrote: »

Couldn't believe it was supposed to be a 50th party, they look way older than that

Not really. Dervla Kirwan is 50 this year? And looks great too

bigroad

Even the Garda jeep is middle class.

Clareman

I guess the age of the children and yerman looked a lot older than 50

nsnoefc1878

Since when did the gardai get land rovers?

nsnoefc1878

nsnoefc1878 wrote: »

The utter middle classness of this is already annoying me!

I can remember a similar one-off drama from around 2007 where some D4 Socialite is raped by David O'Hara's character (O'Hara played the Irish lad in Braveheart. Very few ordinary people can relate to even the most terrible events occurring to these type of characters.

That said, I liked 'What Richard did'. Another gem by Lenny Abrahamson.

Clareman

It's great watching all these places I recognize, I think I was in 1 of the houses.

There's no D reg'd range rover squad in Clare

bigroad

nsnoefc1878 wrote: »

Since when did the gardai get land rovers?

It's only goes to the upper middle class people.

nsnoefc1878

bigroad wrote: »

It's only goes to the upper middle class people.

The rest of us make do with Hyundai's.

nsnoefc1878

Kinda apt they killed him off, he's the acting ability of a corpse.

siblers

That Gracie one is insufferable. No wonder your man has no interest in her

The Detective was in Normal People. Played the friend of Connell who

committed suicide

siblers

[Deleted User] wrote: »

The Detective was in Normal People. Played the friend of Conal who

committed suicide

Decent actor to be fair to him. A step up from most of the others on it

nsnoefc1878

Is that the bord bia lad handing out the rashers?!
Typecast or what!

SCOOP 64

Is that other fella the one that does ham advert?

bigroad

The house looks like it may have been a hotel guest house at one time.

siblers

SCOOP 64 wrote: »

Is that other fella the one that does ham advert?

Yeah. He's a dreadful actor

saabsaab

nsnoefc1878 wrote: »

Is that the bord bia lad handing out the rashers?!
Typecast or what!

Irish Lamb!

https://youtu.be/RsQeBA-ITa8

nsnoefc1878

siblers wrote: »

Yeah. He's a dreadful actor

You can trust that.

SCOOP 64

Unusual the small tower on the roof.

Clareman

bigroad wrote: »

The house looks like it may have been a hotel guest house at one time.

I think they are using a couple of different houses to make the 1 house, I think it's the side of the Black Oak Restaurant for some parts of it.

jackboy

bigroad wrote: »

The house looks like it may have been a hotel guest house at one time.

Moy house it is called.

nsnoefc1878

saabsaab wrote: »

Irish Lamb!

He's a bit ham fisted by the looks of it!

saabsaab

The 'party house' is (was) a restaurant between Lahinch and Miltown.

bigroad

Grace is going to hit the roof.

siblers

None of them seem to give a **** he died part from Grace

nsnoefc1878

This is a bit ****. Piss poor acting.

Clareman

Their setting up a nice whodunnit here in fairness

AllForIt

5 mins in and I'm done.

Terribly forced acting. Totally unnecessary facial expressions which usually indicates lack of any kind of gripping story.

It's of the ilk of some ITV drama long forgotten, best broadcast in the afternoon where one unemployed might be bothered to watch it for lack of anything to do.

bigroad

It wasn't the butler anyway.

nsnoefc1878

AllForIt wrote: »

5 mins in and I'm done.

Terribly forced acting. Totally unnecessary facial expressions which usually indicates lack of any kind of gripping story.

It's of the ilk of some ITV drama long forgotten, best broadcast in the afternoon where one unemployed might be bothered to watch it for lack of anything to do.

And you'd still need a few afternoon cans.

Max Headroom

What's with the americanirish accents on some of them..and the new buildings not being up to "code"....

saabsaab

God the Atlantic is very cold this time of year.

dublinman1990

That was some dramatic ending in the 1st episode.

Clareman

Not a bad whodunnit start in my opinion, the victim was a slimey character who a few people had reasons to kill him. Next week's preview kind of kills the cliffhanger finish they had setup this week though.

Clareman

saabsaab wrote: »

God the Atlantic is very cold this time of year.

It's actually a lovely time of year for some surfing, decent wet suit and you're good to go, once you're within 5k of course...........

nsnoefc1878

Poor fare. Don't think I'll be bothering with the next installment.

Clareman

dublinman1990 wrote: »

That was some dramatic ending in the 1st episode.

Mrs. Clareman was (almost) shouting at the TV "nooo, it'll take forever to shampoo and dry that hair after that salt water"

crossman47

nsnoefc1878 wrote: »

Poor fare. Don't think I'll be bothering with the next installment.

Why can't any of them speak properly? I lost so much of the dialogue it became ridiculous.