Broadchurch ITV/TV3 [** Spoilers **]

_Whimsical_

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I think they're deliberately throwing us a fake there to make us think he was somehow involved.

I dunno , I think he was pretty clearly agreeing that there more people were involved in something dodgy and that whatever that something was may have led to the murder. Why would he look shifty at the mention of it and keep quiet about it if he had nothing to hide himself?
That said I suppose they did toss out quite a few red herrings last season too.

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Although the Dad playing FIFA with Ellie's son is dodgy.... could he start thinking about revenge down the line?

I was wondering the very same, although they didn't include any shots of him staring into the middle distance with a murderous glint in his eye so I think we are just supposed to wonder and curse ourselves for being so cynical to have even thought that down the line.

Snoopy1

So glad TV3 showed this as , UTV gave it up.
My parents live in that area, and i've never heard any accents that bad.
The best friend of the dad is really driving me mad. Why does he appear everywhere, the church the courtroom, plus his accent drives me mad.
The dad is definitely lining up revenge with Millers son

_Whimsical_

Snoopy1 wrote: »

So glad TV3 showed this as , UTV gave it up.
My parents live in that area, and i've never heard any accents that bad.
The best friend of the dad is really driving me mad. Why does he appear everywhere, the church the courtroom, plus his accent drives me mad.

Seems twitter was a wash with complaints that people could not understand the accents in the other nights episode. I didn't have any problem myself. Are UTV not showing it in the UK ?

Snoopy1

I could understand them alright, just think its a dreadful accent.
I live in Ireland, and UPC have taken off ITV :mad:

ryanf1

ryanf1 wrote: »

Don't bother watching if you haven't seen series 1. Despicable out of UTV Ireland not showing it.

Not if they were in contract with TV3 to show it

ryanf1

ryanf1 wrote: »

Don't bother watching if you haven't seen series 1. Despicable out of UTV Ireland not showing it.

I didn't see series 1. Now I see it's available on Amazon. My broadband isn't great, - would you need a very speedy connection to buy the series? It's not expensive - costs about 12 euros - but I don't want to pay it if I might have difficulty downloading it.

_Whimsical_

inthehat wrote: »

I didn't see series 1. Now I see it's available on Amazon. My broadband isn't great, - would you need a very speedy connection to buy the series? It's not expensive - costs about 12 euros - but I don't want to pay it if I might have difficulty downloading it.

If it's on Amazon instant you'd be streaming it rather than downloading it. If you want to watch it on your tv you'd need to have the laptop hooked up to the tv or a chromecast. If you have a smart tv there might be an amazon instant app for it.

Do you have trouble with buffering while watching youtube or other streaming services? If not you should be fine with amazon.

mrsdewinter

!!! So mad I only just copped that S2 of Broadchurch has already started. Will it be repeated before next Mon? Is it available on TV3's catch-up service?

AnonoBoy

mrsdewinter wrote: »

!!! So mad I only just copped that S2 of Broadchurch has already started. Will it be repeated before next Mon? Is it available on TV3's catch-up service?

It's on the TV3 Player alright.

_Whimsical_

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

If it's on Amazon instant you'd be streaming it rather than downloading it. If you want to watch it on your tv you'd need to have the laptop hooked up to the tv or a chromecast. If you have a smart tv there might be an amazon instant app for it.

Do you have trouble with buffering while watching youtube or other streaming services? If not you should be fine with amazon.

No - I'm OK with youtube most of the time so it should work. Thanks for info .

K-9

ryanf1 wrote: »

Don't bother watching if you haven't seen series 1. Despicable out of UTV Ireland not showing it.

I'd assume TV3 bought the rights for any new series when the showed the first one.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Well that little plan went tits up fairly quickly... Poor Hardy - he can't catch a break.

I wonder where they disappeared to?

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Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Well that little plan went tits up fairly quickly... Poor Hardy - he can't catch a break.

I wonder where they disappeared to?

Don't worry, he'll pull out his sonic screwdriver and sort it all out.

Didn't realise s2 was on till tonight . Just saw s1 recently.

Inspector Dhar

Thoughts on Season 2?

El Diablo Blanco

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Well that little plan went tits up fairly quickly... Poor Hardy - he can't catch a break.

I wonder where they disappeared to?

He probably overreacted somewhat. They probably went for a catch-up down the pub, with a nice pint of bitter and a Soylent Green pie. There's Broadchurch's real not-so-secret secret: the locals all crave the taste of human flesh.

Great episode again, anyway. Surprised they've gone straight to the trial. Thought they would've built that up for another few weeks. Not complaining, though - some good drama from the courtroom scenes.

secman

Inspector Dhar wrote: »

Thoughts on Season 2?

Slow very slow, and backing music is very dour, struggling to hold my attention, a real pity as I did really enjoy series 1

Inspector Dhar

TV 3 showed all of the first series at about 1.00am between Christmas & the New Year. I recorded the whole thing & holed up for a full Sunday to to gorge on it. My plan was to series link Series 2 & do the same, but I find myself watching it episode by episode now. I wish I could not watch it till it's all over.

HeidiHeidi

Inspector Dhar wrote: »

TV 3 showed all of the first series at about 1.00am between Christmas & the New Year. I recorded the whole thing & holed up for a full Sunday to to gorge on it. My plan was to series link Series 2 & do the same, but I find myself watching it episode by episode now. I wish I could not watch it till it's all over.

Same as that, but I just can't resist when the next one comes around.

Claire (was that her name?) has already hinted at her (their) propensity for sex anywhere, so I presume they're in a bush somewhere nearby going at it like rabbits.

It's all a bit.... odd... this time. A bit all over the shop. Without the focus of the dead boy it doesn't have a definite story. And I'm still furiously trying to remember all the bits and pieces from Series 1 which are being referred to.

I didn't recognise Tom at all, for instance - why is he living in a caravan somewhere being visited by the other fella?

CountingClocks

Inspector Dhar wrote: »

TV 3 showed all of the first series at about 1.00am between Christmas & the New Year. I recorded the whole thing & holed up for a full Sunday to to gorge on it. My plan was to series link Series 2 & do the same, but I find myself watching it episode by episode now. I wish I could not watch it till it's all over.

Wish I'd done that, dying to watch it but I'd better get Season 1 from somewhere first and in the meantime record this season,

longshotvalue

This thing has gone from one of the best ever in season 1 , to one of the silliest in season 2. Its stilla good watch but soem of the plot is very silly.

And someone in the production team is a big fan of True Detective, they saw the end of one of the episodes with the music and the guy walking with the gas mask and thought if we try that every 10 minutes it'll be great, except they do it at the silliest times and there is no tension.

The court part was silly, as if anyone would be allowed to ask those personal questions without argument, and going back to her house for the meeting was just ridiculous ..

Still its a great watch, but getting a bit frustrating

sashafierce

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AnonoBoy

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I didn't recognise Tom at all, for instance - why is he living in a caravan somewhere being visited by the other fella?

He explains it in episode 1.

It's the dour blondey woman's caravan - she had given them the key but had just vanished I think is what he said.

He's not living there, they just use it as a place to meet.

Snoopy1

This season is starting to annoy me. How stupid to chose millers house for them to meet.
I'd never get tired of punching the best friend
Also I'd have the mother up for assulting a police officer.

HeidiHeidi

Snoopy1 wrote: »

This season is starting to annoy me. How stupid to chose millers house for them to meet.
I'd never get tired of punching the best friend
Also I'd have the mother up for assulting a police officer.

Ahd while we're picking holes in it, how come one D/I who is apparently invalided off work (or at least meant to be on light duties according to all the hints), and a D/S who has been transferred elsewhere either on compassionate grounds or to avoid conflicts of interest, are rampaging around the place conducting a completely offside investigation/case of their own?

And if the D/I isn't off work/on light duties, has he really NO other work to be doing apart from digging himself further into a hole he dug for himself in another part of the country entirely and then got fired off the case?

I know we have to allow for a bit of artistic licence, but really?

And yes, the court scenes were laughable.

But I LOVE Olivia Coleman, and will continue to watch it for her alone!

(Can't wait for Graham Norton this Friday )

squonk

I watched Gracepoint and transferred now seeing Gracepoint is to be no more.

It's so much duller than Gracepoint (Season 2 anyway). The music would mkae you slit your wrists. I'm not sure I'll stick with it. The fact that there's not a new case isn't that interesting. I'm not particularly interested in the old case really.

FunLover18

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

But I LOVE Olivia Coleman, and will continue to watch it for her alone!
)

Her near-breakdown at reentering the house was fantastic

Snoopy1

FunLover18 wrote: »

Her near-breakdown at reentering the house was fantastic

She's the main reason I watch it

mrsdewinter

On the one hand, I admire the fact that a lot of the laughably unprofessional stuff drama gets away with has far-reaching consequences - as powerful a scene as Ellie's reaction to Joe's unmasking was, I'm sure real-life cops everywhere must have been going, 'Nooooo!' when they saw it in S1, so it's great that we see the confession ruled inadmissible. But I wish things made sense in the world created within S1. So, the DI who was so buttoned down and cautious in the first series is now willing to use the home of the chief suspect in the Danny L case for this highly improbable meeting between key figures in the old case. Wut??

Harry Angstrom

And how on earth did they manage to leave the house so quickly? I doubt she left with him on her own volition (considering she was so scared of him), so surely there would have been some sort of struggle, or loud words exchanged at the very least?

small town girl

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

And how on earth did they manage to leave the house so quickly? I doubt she left with him on her own volition (considering she was so scared of him), so surely there would have been some sort of struggle, or loud words exchanged at the very least?

I don't think she is whiter than white herself, I think the story will evolve with some involvement by her in that original case. Also I'm suspicious that the elder of the two girls wasn't found. It hasn't grabbed me as much as Series 1 so far but I am enjoying it

K-9

mrsdewinter wrote: »

On the one hand, I admire the fact that a lot of the laughably unprofessional stuff drama gets away with has far-reaching consequences - as powerful a scene as Ellie's reaction to Joe's unmasking was, I'm sure real-life cops everywhere must have been going, 'Nooooo!' when they saw it in S1, so it's great that we see the confession ruled inadmissible. But I wish things made sense in the world created within S1. So, the DI who was so buttoned down and cautious in the first series is now willing to use the home of the chief suspect in the Danny L case for this highly improbable meeting between key figures in the old case. Wut??

Noticed that last week too, and it was built on this week. You can just see the prosecution case just getting chipped and chipped away, plus the pressure the legal counsel is under. Tbh the legal scenes are the best stuff in the new series yet. It's hard to know where the other stuff is going and why!

Harry Angstrom

People starting to pick holes in the plotlines....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2918494/Broadchurch-ratings-plunge-lowest-fans-complain-unrealistic-lawyers-new-mother-recovered-immediately-giving-birth.html

_Whimsical_

I found this weeks episode pretty weak, it was hard to know where it is going, it felt all over the place. Ellie having sex with a randomer in the middle of her husbands murder trial was wildly out of character for her too.

They didn't dwell on it but the barrister having someone drive aggressively behind her made me wonder if that's the start of us uncovering there's a wider interest in the community in not having Joe prosecuted. Maybe a pedophile ring or someone else involved who fears being implicated if the full truth of Joe's story comes out. It would tie in with Joe's conversation with the minister.

donalh087

My main problem is that victims in a criminal case do not get to select the prosecutor. The Crown Prosecution would take the case - not some woman who lives at the end of the beach.

Miguel_Sanchez

Unbelievable?

No way.

Sure people give birth at home and attend court the same day all the time!

Realtine

I dunno, it's not as good as the first series but it's still very watchable. IMO I think they should have just left out the whole trial from the second series, Joe confessed and we saw the scenes so move on, Claire totally annoys me something going on there alright, and I wonder if she's the guilty one... I dismissed the whole birth thing I mean whatever, at the end of the day it's just an edited TV show and not real life! Anyway I love David Tennant and Olivia Coleman so meh!

FunLover18

Definitely not as good as series 1. I don't remember last series always ending on such a dramatic note, the defence's accusation of a Hardy/Ellie affair is pretty ridiculous.

I found it odd that Mark seemed pretty nice towards Ellie given how he verbally attacked her when they were exhuming Danny.

Snoopy1

Oooh that's a good theory that Claire did it.

Alfred Borden

Much better episode tonight so far anyways.

HeidiHeidi

It's Terry Keane!

secman

Don't care who killed who at this stage...... A pity because I did enjoy series 1.

sashafierce

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mrsdewinter

Yeh, we can safely say that Claire is a rum un. I'm sorry, tho, I know Charlotte Rampling's character is supposed to be awesome but for a lawyer, she spends a lot of her time communicating extremely poorly with her junior counsel. Boxing metaphors? Jebus. I'm glad I'm not a UK taxpayer footing the bill for these riddles...

Snoopy1

sashafierce wrote: »

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I cant stand nigel, so I hope it was him

I think claire killed the girls and Lee cleaned up after her.

Still watching this but let's be honest not in the same ballpark as the first season in terms of it being compelling viewing.
It has gone from "very good" to "average to good".

seems like many people think that it has gone bad as a series as evidenced by the zero activity on the thread! last nights episode not much good either. the fragmented flashbacks in particular are a really lazy and cheap device.

FloatingVoter

I watched it last night. To be honest - half-watched, I was making a snack at the same time. A sure sign that you're losing interest in something. They really were not ready for a second season at all.
It reminds me of something in its seventh season where they start regurgitating old plotlines in the hope nobody remembers. Not good in a show that's only twelve months old.

FunLover18

its ridiculously bad at the this stage. the writing is so inconsistent and makes little sense. Hardy dragged Miller into his case and now he's saying "don't let this drag you down too". The defence goes to the vicar asking for character witness, the vicar says he sees no sign of redemption or remorse in Joe but they STILL persuade him to take the stand, I'm not a lawyer but that is clearly a terrible idea. I though they were going to use the the defense barrister's son to humanise her but instead they've used it to bring her villainy up to panto levels. So disappointing BUT I do want to know what happened to the girls and Olivia Coleman continues to be excellent.

glasso

glasso wrote: »

Still watching this but let's be honest not in the same ballpark as the first season in terms of it being compelling viewing.
It has gone from "very good" to "average to good".

downgraded from "average to good" to "bad to average".

K-9

glasso wrote: »

downgraded from "average to good" to "bad to average".

I do think it will improve now the obvious plot holes are out! There's too much going on for me but we've Olivia to entertain us and there's enough intrigue to keep me watching.