Keeping Faith

[ethandron]

I found this riveting and confusing in equal measures and am quite glad it finished last night. I’m also glad I stuck with it to the end but couldn’t tell you why.

[Mamyalynne]

I totally echo your feelings, breathed a sigh of relief at the end - what a waste of a series.

[Lie-in King]

ethandron & Mamya - you've summed it up perfectly as far as I'm concerned.

[albaqwerty]

I'm none the wiser for sticking with it either.

Did the writers miss a trick ?

[rockyracoon]

I thought it was fab. There'd better be a second series.

[albaqwerty]

I hope so too Rocky, quite perverse of me I know.
Hope in the second series that her in-laws have an almighty fight :-)))

[MargoTester]

https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/953215/Keeping-Faith-series-2-BBC-release-date-cast-plot-trailer-Eve-Myles-iPlayer
Glad it wasn't just me who was confused, I thought I'd missed something along the way. Looks like series 2 is on the way

[dannyk13]

Some reviews here:-
https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-08-24/keeping-faith-bbc-review-best-tv-drama-episode-1/

[rockyracoon]

Woohoo. Thanks Margo. Saves me a Google.

[MargoTester]

You're welcome Rocky. I quite thought I'd wasted 8 hours of my life, but perhaps things may become clear in series 2

[rockyracoon]

Lol. You did have to keep on the ball with it. A couple of times I found myself rewinding some scenes as I was a bit confused.

[MargoTester]

I reckon the person who invent the rewind/ pause function should get a medal. We use it all the time!

[bednobs]

I thought the mother in law was dead. She certainly looked it! And then her daughter said mum is going to die and i thought What The Funicular? I found it rather confusing in places. Was the husband a goodie or baddie? Did he sleep with Irish woman? Where did ginger man get120 k from?

[fbg40]

ethandron - likewise !!!
FBG40

[puzzled54]

I thought mother in law had taken something. How/why did Irish woman phone just at the right time to call off her police thugs? Especially as Steve wanted her killed?Presume husband has returned to set up another series

[aelmpvw]

i'd assumed that she was imagining her husband being there?

[Patsy33]

We were determined to watch till the end. Still going thru our heads what happened! Might watch last episode again....

[chrissa1]

I totally agree, ethandron. I was determined to watch the whole thing, but ended up just slightly less clueless than I was at the beginning.

[ethandron]

Ha ha, seems I’m not the only one to feel this way then, thought it was just me.
The main actress used to be in a series where she was a midwife and I really enjoyed it, kept expecting this to be something similar. The hair flicking and camera work drove me nuts, lots of posturing and facial contortions.

[10ClarionSt]

It wasn't wasted on me - I never watched it!

[Gill1941]

I agree with ethandron about the posturing and expressions. Lots of long drawn out scenes with dreary music. Won't be watching again.