This wasn't truly as bad as all the reviews, but it had its flaws.
The stolen baby story was okay, but the 'dressed as a nurse and pretended to take it for a blood test' trope is so overdone. I'm sure they could have thought of a more original plot device if they'd put their minds to it.
Whilst the actions of the mother are all entirely understandable, it was Aggie that really seemed to draw the most sympathy, she really must have been broken by her experiences. Her character (and Carmichael) is what saved this.
My biggest gripe, and this is a big one - what happened to the other 3??! They put in that aerial shot of the graves as a big plot twist, then never explained what happened to them. Did she roll over one (as implied), did she fail to feed them? One death is possible, 3 is not.
Also, why could she not have any more babies? Did she lie about IVF and steal one to trick her husband, or did she actually have IVF and another baby died??
There's so many unanswered questions that they could have spent better time answering those, rather than dropping them in and just dragging out the marital bed hopping by the others.
Also, did anyone else notice her accent? She seemed to be doing an accent at first but by episode 3/4, she was supposed to be English, and lost the accent completely by the end.
The stolen baby story was okay, but the 'dressed as a nurse and pretended to take it for a blood test' trope is so overdone. I'm sure they could have thought of a more original plot device if they'd put their minds to it.
Whilst the actions of the mother are all entirely understandable, it was Aggie that really seemed to draw the most sympathy, she really must have been broken by her experiences. Her character (and Carmichael) is what saved this.
My biggest gripe, and this is a big one - what happened to the other 3??! They put in that aerial shot of the graves as a big plot twist, then never explained what happened to them. Did she roll over one (as implied), did she fail to feed them? One death is possible, 3 is not.
Also, why could she not have any more babies? Did she lie about IVF and steal one to trick her husband, or did she actually have IVF and another baby died??
There's so many unanswered questions that they could have spent better time answering those, rather than dropping them in and just dragging out the marital bed hopping by the others.
Also, did anyone else notice her accent? She seemed to be doing an accent at first but by episode 3/4, she was supposed to be English, and lost the accent completely by the end.