RED ROCK [News, Spoilers and Discussion]

Atlantic Dawn · 31-12-2015 1:46am

I'd rather see a new superintendent come on to the show to replace McKay than for one of the existing cast to be promoted to his old role, just think it will bring more variety to it having someone new.

Strazdas · 31-12-2015 1:50am

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

I'd rather see a new superintendent come on to the show to replace McKay than for one of the existing cast to be promoted to his old role, just think it will bring more variety to it having someone new.

There's only one man for the job : Brian McGonigle

syklops · 31-12-2015 1:54am

The Talking Bread wrote: »

everytime i give this programme a chance it just does my head in the whole "i'm a hennessy, hes a hennessy, shes a hennessy, hes a kiely, shes a kiely, im a kiely" waffle.... Its a decent acted programme, filmed well but i just cant stand this "family matriarch sh#te"!

In my primary school, there was me and a kid from Switzerland who werent related to everyone else in the class and most of the rest of the school.

There were 5 kielys, its now 4. There is 4 Hennesey's. Its hardly Roots is it?

Edit: and now there is one half Hennessey, half Kiely.

Atlantic Dawn · 31-12-2015 1:58am

Strazdas wrote: »

There's only one man for the job : Brian McGonigle

That would be some plot twist

Strazdas · 31-12-2015 2:03am

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

That would be some plot twist

It would be epic

The Talking Bread · 31-12-2015 2:06am

syklops wrote: »

In my primary school, there was me and a kid from Switzerland who werent related to everyone else in the class and most of the rest of the school.

There were 5 kielys, its now 4. There is 4 Hennesey's. Its hardly Roots is it?

sorry, what????

syklops · 31-12-2015 2:21am

The Talking Bread wrote: »

sorry, what????

You said:

everytime i give this programme a chance it just does my head in the whole "i'm a hennessy, hes a hennessy, shes a hennessy, hes a kiely, shes a kiely, im a kiely" waffle.... Its a decent acted programme, filmed well but i just cant stand this "family matriarch sh#te"!

I was pointing out there are 5 Kielys and 4 Henneseys. Its really not that difficult to keep track of, surely?

The Talking Bread · 31-12-2015 2:34am

syklops wrote: »

You said:

I was pointing out there are 5 Kielys and 4 Henneseys. Its really not that difficult to keep track of, surely?

i'm not on about the amount of them or the popularity of the name., i'm just saying the script is irritating in that both families act like they are the only two families in the town. Both seem utterly obsessed with one another.

syklops · 31-12-2015 3:40am

The Talking Bread wrote: »

i'm not on about the amount of them or the popularity of the name., i'm just saying the script is irritating in that both families act like they are the only two families in the town. Both seem utterly obsessed with one another.

Well you know why don't you?

The Talking Bread · 31-12-2015 4:27am

syklops wrote: »

Well you know why don't you?

thanks for the lesson. But I don't think you get my point! I am on about the construct of the dialogue wherein they refer to the other family name constantly. The Capulets and the Montagues this is not.

happyday · 31-12-2015 10:52am

Go Harvey Go wrote: »

The House of Love?
The Big Bow Wow?
The Dinner Party?
The English Class?
Even the All-Ireland Talent Show or the Republic of Telly?

The Great Irish Bake Off ... cringe!

syklops · 31-12-2015 2:30pm

The Talking Bread wrote: »

thanks for the lesson. But I don't think you get my point! I am on about the construct of the dialogue wherein they refer to the other family name constantly. The Capulets and the Montagues this is not.

Well you are entitled to your opinion. If you don't like it, don't watch it. You don't see me in the Fair City thread complaining about the construct of dialogue.

Atlantic Dawn · 31-12-2015 2:34pm

Deleted scene from tonights episode posted by Red Rock Twitter machine https://twitter.com/RedRockTV3...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU-l-RvF7QI&feature=youtu.be

Strazdas · 31-12-2015 3:22pm

Interview with Richard Flood :

http://www.irishmirror.ie/whats-on/film-and-tv/i-always-knew-would-die-7093723#rlabs=1%20rt$category%20p$1

He says that as he lives in Italy with his wife and son, the plan was only ever to do one year as McKay and then quit for good but that none of the cast were ever aware of this.

Midnight Sundance · 31-12-2015 4:53pm

Will paudge come clean now that Mckay is dead?

Strazdas · 31-12-2015 5:00pm

Midnight Sundance wrote: »

Will paudge come clean now that Mckay is dead?

I think I read something to the effect that he does do, yes (lying at this stage would make things a million times worse for himself)

The Talking Bread · 31-12-2015 5:14pm

Strazdas wrote: »

Interview with Richard Flood :

http://www.irishmirror.ie/whats-on/film-and-tv/i-always-knew-would-die-7093723#rlabs=1%20rt$category%20p$1

He says that as he lives in Italy with his wife and son, the plan was only ever to do one year as McKay and then quit for good but that none of the cast were ever aware of this.

Dick Flood......always unpredictable....you never know whether he is cumming or going!

syklops · 31-12-2015 5:37pm

Midnight Sundance wrote: »

Will paudge come clean now that Mckay is dead?

Hard one to call. He could let on to Nikki that he's been a double agent all this time. Or even that he was a spy sent in by McKay originally. Nikki warned McKay about keeping above board and she suspected she wasn't getting the full truth.

Strazdas · 31-12-2015 7:33pm

syklops wrote: »

Hard one to call. He could let on to Nikki that he's been a double agent all this time. Or even that he was a spy sent in by McKay originally. Nikki warned McKay about keeping above board and she suspected she wasn't getting the full truth.

Very risky to lie to investigators during a murder probe though. Paudge's involvement in an insurance fraud and being blackmailed by Beady are in the ha'penny place compared to what has just gone down. If all of this was uncovered and detectives realised he had lied to them and hindered the murder investigation just to save his own skin, he would be in massive trouble.

desbrook · 31-12-2015 8:09pm

Another head to head with FC tonight. Lets vote - who's watching which live ?

Posy · 31-12-2015 8:28pm

I don't watch anything live, but I'll be watching Red Rock at some stage tonight. I couldn't sit through an episode of Fair City because of how utterly, utterly terrible it is. :pac:

Last night's episode was great. I was shrieking "GET THE FECK AWAY FROM PAUDGE" when poor McKay was dying alone. So sad.

syklops · 31-12-2015 8:45pm

Its on tonight?!?

Freaking brilliant!

Speaking spoilers. I was dipping into this thread after the episode, and had not seen it yet and decided to watch it on the TV3 player. I go to the TV3 player and on the frontpage it says:

Expose: McKay dies in Red Rock

Shower of b*stards!

I wouldnt mind if it was a few days after the episode, but it was the same night.

Atlantic Dawn · 31-12-2015 8:58pm

banoffe2 wrote: »

Didn't get to see it did away anything we didn't already know?

Catchup episode on again tomorrow at 5pm on 3e.

Foggy Jew · 31-12-2015 9:40pm

Red Rock Rocks! Sublime TV.

prodsc · 31-12-2015 9:54pm

Well that was brilliant...well done ALL.

Kleenexarama here!!!

Mammy I'm done lying.

Atlantic Dawn · 31-12-2015 9:56pm

At least we know who did it, it's not a Who Shot JR gig. Now to get that fly out of my eye

vg88 · 31-12-2015 10:00pm

Looks like Brians back

jeoun · 31-12-2015 10:01pm

Excellent episode and looks like we are in for a thrilling 2016!!

Red Rock put all the other soaps to shame in 2015!

fr336 · 31-12-2015 10:02pm

moloner4 wrote: »

Looks like Brians back

Really?

vg88 · 31-12-2015 10:06pm

fr336 wrote: »

Really?

I can't post the link but in the trailer he's there

fr336 · 31-12-2015 10:08pm

moloner4 wrote: »

I can't post the link but in the trailer he's there

https://twitter.com/GarethPhilips/status/682667306204409858

Atlantic Dawn · 31-12-2015 10:31pm

moloner4 wrote: »

I can't post the link but in the trailer he's there

At 1.25 he's back alright, doesn't appear to be Garda uniform though...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFPwRiZC77w

prodsc · 31-12-2015 11:17pm

Court case perhaps!

wadacrack · 01-01-2016 12:11am

McGongiigal back for more action (pardon the pun)

Strazdas · 01-01-2016 3:48am

fr336 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/GarethPhilips/status/682667306204409858

Just when you thought the show couldn't get any better

SarahBM · 01-01-2016 2:59pm

Im in bits after the two episodes this week! 2016 is going to be better I think. I am still very sad about McKay leaving though.

Strazdas · 01-01-2016 3:16pm

SarahBM wrote: »

Im in bits after the two episodes this week! 2016 is going to be better I think. I am still very sad about McKay leaving though.

He does say that he was only ever going to do one year on the show though and then quit for good, so it's not as if they let him slip through their fingers or mistakenly axed him.

JillyQ · 01-01-2016 5:04pm

Wonder is something going to happen between Sharon and west life.

jimmyw · 01-01-2016 5:07pm

When mackay was meeting with his now "

killer

",in previous episodes he met with him once in a Mondeo car,presumably to be undercover,and other times in his Saab when he was killed.

I used to have one of those Saabs in the same colour as well. When I see it, I get jealous of him. I wonder if Claire might sell it to me now I wonder?

Yeah I am totally heartless:P

desbrook · 01-01-2016 6:51pm

jimmyw wrote: »

When mackay was meeting with his now "
killer
",in previous episodes he met with him once in a Mondeo car,presumably to be undercover,and other times in his Saab when he was killed.

I used to have one of those Saabs in the same colour as well. When I see it, I get jealous of him. I wonder if Claire might sell it to me now I wonder?

Yeah I am totally heartless:P

She's a solicitor so will be equally heartless

.red. · 01-01-2016 7:40pm

Who was the woman in the interview room with Rory? Was she a nobody thrown into the clip to show his darker side or did i just not recognise her?

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 02-01-2016 5:26pm

Just after catching up on this week now. So well done - absolutely brilliant. Got me right in the feels.

syklops · 02-01-2016 7:06pm

Red Rock just tweeted:

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Gwynplaine · 03-01-2016 3:05am

jimmyw wrote: »

When mackay was meeting with his now "
killer
",in previous episodes he met with him once in a Mondeo car,presumably to be undercover,and other times in his Saab when he was killed.

I used to have one of those Saabs in the same colour as well. When I see it, I get jealous of him. I wonder if Claire might sell it to me now I wonder?

Yeah I am totally heartless:P

I have same car.
Some great television lately. Red Rock really is very good. My favourite character is Paudge.

Atlantic Dawn · 03-01-2016 10:53pm

I see Cathy Belton (Patricia Hennessy) does the VO for At Your Service on RTÉ.

HeidiHeidi · 03-01-2016 11:37pm

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

I see Cathy Belton (Patricia Hennessy) does the VO for At Your Service on RTÉ.

And Rachel (who led poor Sgt. McGonigal astray) also features in Rebellion.

Bit dizzying the way the same smallish pool of actors keep appearing in Irish series!

leche solara · 04-01-2016 9:44pm

McKay is the first ever Garda Superintendent to be murdered in the history of the state. This should be huge news and draw massive attention from media, the Commissioner and Government. Would be on a par with Veronica Guerin murder. Will the script reflect this or will we just see a funeral with the main police characters and a few extras thrown in to make it look like there was a decent turnout. For realism it needs to be huge!

Strazdas · 04-01-2016 10:01pm

leche solara wrote: »

McKay is the first ever Garda Superintendent to be murdered in the history of the state. This should be huge news and draw massive attention from media, the Commissioner and Government. Would be on a par with Veronica Guerin murder. Will the script reflect this or will we just see a funeral with the main police characters and a few extras thrown in to make it look like there was a decent turnout. For realism it needs to be huge!

Yes, I was thinking that myself. Not sure how they can get around that, maybe just allude to the idea it's attracting huge press attention without showing it.

HeidiHeidi · 04-01-2016 10:04pm

Strazdas wrote: »

Yes, I was thinking that myself. Not sure how they can get around that, maybe just allude to the idea it's attracting huge press attention without showing it.

It's telly. And it's a soap.

If that was the only inaccuracy about the programme, it'd be in flipping Oscar-winning territory!

I've had to suspend my disbelief about a lot of it, because it makes for very entertaining midweek viewing - but authentic it most certainly is not!

Sundew · 04-01-2016 11:20pm

leche solara wrote: »

McKay is the first ever Garda Superintendent to be murdered in the history of the state. This should be huge news and draw massive attention from media, the Commissioner and Government. Would be on a par with Veronica Guerin murder. Will the script reflect this or will we just see a funeral with the main police characters and a few extras thrown in to make it look like there was a decent turnout. For realism it needs to be huge!

Sorry I know this thread is about a fictional character but McKay is NOT the first Garda Superintendent to be murdered in the history of the State.Supt John Curtain was murdered in Co.Tipperary in 1930.McKay may be the first fictional Super to be murdered on Irish TV. Sorry can't provide link as laptop playing up!

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