When I dived into the series, I was expecting two things. Number one, amazing acting of David Tennant and number two being how would they show people coping a personal loss.
I am satisfied but actually more than satisfied, in fact in awe of David Tennant's capabilities through wide range of emotions. But, my second motive failed. It could be the fact that, there is a huge leap from Rita's death and the consequent scenes- a total 10 weeks, but for us, the viewers, it was just mere 10 seconds. We do not see the entire pain and what and how they all got together, to feel it is okay for Dave to move on.
As I said, I thought the show would be about coming to terms with a dead person's passing but it was my fault which I read later that it is about finding love at a time which society deems incorrect or when one should not fall in love.
I loved the acting, everyone's even the children's but the story picks up the wrong theme after the first episode, it is about finding the lost father or whether to tell her boyfriend that she might be in love with her dead best friend's partner. It felt, it went side track. We miss the reasons behind Ewan's real reason to get attention, Paul's search for God, little Evie seeing her dad in bed with someone else(for which I had to close my eyes- god that was so embarrassing- lock the damn door!) or the discussion of Tanya's pain about being thrown around as a baby-sitter(btw, her catharsis at end is well deserved). Alas, the show jumps to wrong ends, but still I will give 9 stars because it kept me hooked and I did want to finish it through. Just the pace of leaps threw me off guard. But the series really showed well the relationship between Lucy and her step-father, her dialogue- Stuart being her father but Dave being her dad was just moving!
Maybe it is in the final episode that he finally is okay with his partner's passing and scenes as such would have been what I would have needed more. What he is feeling, at least a scene in each episode to keep the continuity of the pain they are going through. Also, the new child concept should not have been brought through in the end, they should have just got together for us to know it was a happy ending.
My favourite scene was when Dave speeds through the city in hope he gets caught by the police, but when he does- he does not utter a single word to them- but cries at the side of the road.
I am satisfied but actually more than satisfied, in fact in awe of David Tennant's capabilities through wide range of emotions. But, my second motive failed. It could be the fact that, there is a huge leap from Rita's death and the consequent scenes- a total 10 weeks, but for us, the viewers, it was just mere 10 seconds. We do not see the entire pain and what and how they all got together, to feel it is okay for Dave to move on.
As I said, I thought the show would be about coming to terms with a dead person's passing but it was my fault which I read later that it is about finding love at a time which society deems incorrect or when one should not fall in love.
I loved the acting, everyone's even the children's but the story picks up the wrong theme after the first episode, it is about finding the lost father or whether to tell her boyfriend that she might be in love with her dead best friend's partner. It felt, it went side track. We miss the reasons behind Ewan's real reason to get attention, Paul's search for God, little Evie seeing her dad in bed with someone else(for which I had to close my eyes- god that was so embarrassing- lock the damn door!) or the discussion of Tanya's pain about being thrown around as a baby-sitter(btw, her catharsis at end is well deserved). Alas, the show jumps to wrong ends, but still I will give 9 stars because it kept me hooked and I did want to finish it through. Just the pace of leaps threw me off guard. But the series really showed well the relationship between Lucy and her step-father, her dialogue- Stuart being her father but Dave being her dad was just moving!
Maybe it is in the final episode that he finally is okay with his partner's passing and scenes as such would have been what I would have needed more. What he is feeling, at least a scene in each episode to keep the continuity of the pain they are going through. Also, the new child concept should not have been brought through in the end, they should have just got together for us to know it was a happy ending.
My favourite scene was when Dave speeds through the city in hope he gets caught by the police, but when he does- he does not utter a single word to them- but cries at the side of the road.