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And after learning from one of my British friends that
a pregnant Amanda dumps her husband and moves in with Sidney at the end of the second series I thought to myself - good riddance and good bye.
She
leaves her husband and gets more or less disowned by her father, but it's still the 1950s, so I doubt she will move into the vicarage. Maybe they will set her up with Mrs. M's friend who rented out a room to Hildegard in series one or something similar but there was no talk of her moving in with Sidney.
My reading of Amanda is that she would have been just as unhappy if she had married Sydney. Too poor, cut off from her family, can't really go out and kick up her heels without doing damage to her husband, not so much interested in the mundane troubles of village parishioners, dealing with her husband's PTSD and drinking, etc.
Amen. She comes across as not just someone who wants what she hasn't got, but I also can't imagine her dealing with parishoners who need taps fixed or visterias cut back. Or Sidney when he's had more uisce beatha than his liver should be able to handle.
On the other hand, I wouldn't wish a husband like Guy on anyone.
As usual, I had to shake my head when Sidney turned his back on a killer with a gun to make a phone call, rather than getting the hell out of there. I know he was attacked by the man, who wasn't even a suspect, but still. There's a murderer in the house, Sidney. Put your back to the wall.Not just that, after the guy drops the gun he just leaves it there for someone to pick up again. You were a soldier, Chambers, what the Dickens?! The only explanation is having taken a hit to the head.
I have zero sympathy for Amanda. Geordie gave her the right advice....leave Sidney alone. Instead, she headed right for his house....again.
And got what she deserved ;-)
Thank you, Photo Fox for suggesting a series thread. I was directed here by a kind sould in the Happy Valley forum, I wouldn't have found it otherwise.
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Is there a site that has the information on Sidney and Geordie (war experience etc.) that viewers learned in season one? I missed some of those episodes but do not want to be spoiled for the rest of season two. Thanks!
Don't know about a page, this is what I remember. I think Geordie actually talks most about Burma in the season 2 finale and that's only a few sentences. From Sidney we know that he was in the Scots Guards and he lost a man when he gave the all clear and a German soldier was still there and shot the young guy. Sidney shot him when it was clear he wouldn't make it but was in a lot of pain. He didn't send the boy's sweetheart the letter he had written because his blood was all over it and Sidney didn't think anyone should see that and still keeps that letter in a drawer in the vicarage. This was told partly in flashbacks, partly when Sidney told Geordie about it in the hospital at the end of season 1.
Hope that helps.
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Y'all, I'm sorry(well, not really), Sidney deserved that punch in the face. He IS tacitly encouraging Amanda. He is complicit in the flirt-like dance in which they are both engaged.
Luv the housekeeper's biting, sarcastic, and truthful remarks about and to Amanda.
I'm a few eps ahead, so I'm not going to comment too much, but while I agree about both of them being idiots, there were two things in my mind when this ep was aired: the look on Amanda's face when she was in the car and Guy walked off with Sidney & Guy punching Sidney without preamble along with his behaviour in a later episode makes me wonder if Sidney is the only person at the wrong end of his temper.
And no, I don't think he deserved that punch in the face because hitting someone never solved anything except for the urge to hit someone.
Also, Amanda wasn't dragged to Grantchester against her will and as someone else also commented Mrs. M and Leonard were present as well, so why resort to violence instead of stating right then and there that he doesn't appreciate them meeting up?
I doubt in that time period Sidney's community would accept a divorced woman as his wife. Unless her inconvenient husband would conveniently get himself killed off or something. Maybe Amanda could bump him off - then she could be both a case and a love interest for Sidney, LOL.
Maybe he lets his beard grow long enough to trip over it and fall down the stairs ;-) Although I doubt Amanda would love to get involved in the community as much as a vicar's wife probably would have to. BTW, what happened to her 'being allowed' (*gag*) to keep her job?
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The Grantchester thread is under the Masterpiece forum. :)
Oh, thank you! :-) I am way too invested in those characters. Sad this week is the last ep already...
I have trouble believing the police wouldn't have rerouted traffic to avoid going under the tunnel. They were right there.
They never did say if the guy was dead. He could have survived.
Didn't they mention he was alive? I think Catherine's superiour said something along the lines of thim hanging by a thread.
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Frankly, if that doesn't seem inappropriate to the Gunnery Sergeant, someone really needs to talk to the women who answer to him.
Good point. I'm also pretty sure that the five women having the questionable pleasure of Frank's company in the kitchen couldn't complain without being painted as unfit for the marines or women ganging up on poor Frank if this is the reaction to filmed evidence of his douchebaggery.
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I thought so too, Woody, but he might actually be the Commandant's Personal Chef.
From Military.com: Marines Reviewing Sexist Comments by Commandant's Chef on Reality Show
Great to see this is actually being picked up. But wait, is that a WOMAN in the picture with him? Poor guy. Not.
More press for Frank: http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/military/2016/04/04/marine-chef-hot-water-over-comments-women-hells-kitchen/82604926/
Basically the same info in the other. In any case, perhaps he'll learn something from the experience. But I'm not sure he's trainable.
“Frank works with female Marines on a daily basis,” said Gunnery Sgt. Brian Kauten. “He has five that work with him on a daily basis and he works fine with them. What he said was taken completely out of context.”Hey Gunny, it wasn't the first time he said something like that on the show. It's not editing, he's a bloody eejit. Kauten should be forced to watch the entire season so he can listen to what his boy says in connection to being a marine, not just about women. He's a disgrace (and I'm not even American).
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Unfortunately, that would require a greater concern for integrity than ratings.
I know, that's why I added the bit about the press coverage ;-) Seriously though, I feel like an old ranting lady but the general lack of integrity is pissing me off big time and I really wish some TV producers would grow a pair and try to change things.
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I mostly am in awe about how different James Norton is in this than Grantchester. A lot of actors trot out their own personal idiosyncrasies for every character, but he's unrecognizable.
Couldn't agree more. It was especially obvious in the last ep - putting it under the spoiler tag in case you or anyone else hasn't seen it yet as this is not a Grantchester thread (and why don't we have one?!) -
when he hit Geordie and realised what he had done as opposed to Royce's 'you made me do it' attitude to everything he does.
I think I need to rewatch season one -- I tend to play online games while the TV is background and miss a lot of nuances. I want the best for Catherine and don't like seeing her so beat down and heavy-hearted. Not that she wasn't last season, but I think #2 is ever drearier.
I love Catherine when she's having fun like tasering the guy in the groin and then joking about it. I know the series hinges on the exact opposite, but Catherine can be hilarious, so I hope they give her more balance in the next series. Otherwise she really might explode one of these days.
Also, kudos for being able to play online games and registering anything about a series at the same time.
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Well, she would be going after him as a parent or Uber member rather than as a cop. That means filing a complaint with the company and/or giving poor ratings and reviews to the driver. A cop can't just go around arresting and ticketing people for breaking the rules of a company unless the violation is also against the law. Which in this case, it isn't.
Sorry, I didn't phrase that clearly. I meant, as a cop, she should know the driver wasn't allowed to take Trixie, but she only expressed surprise that Trixie had used her account. I would have been furious that the driver took her to Lux without insisting on checking with her parents first.
So 10 year olds are allowed to take taxis/Uber/whatever on their own in California? Bloody hell, I live in a country where we could actually be sent to buy our grandmother's liquor and cigarettes at the age of 6 and no one batted an eyelid, but if we had tried to take a taxi, the driver would have called the police immediately to check out where the hell our guardians were.
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I mean really, in the military, that's basically being Frank the Lunch Lady.
They should have called him that in the show.
Someone tweeted GR about his opinion on Frank's misogyny and he replied 'Trust me, I was not impressed'. Why wasn't anything said on the show then? I can't believe GR only learned about the comments after Frank's worthless behind was finally removed from the premises.
That's why I commented in the thread of the earlier episode where he stated he couldn't work with women that this would have been the ideal moment to send him packing. There would be women in the restaurant's kitchen, so he obviously couldn't be the head chef. Instead of letting him rant on for several episodes, they could have taken a stand and even garnered some press coverage for it.
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Suggested musical selections would be a fun thread to create on its own! Offhand, I was thinking Daniel Lanois' "Sleeping in the Devil's Bed" and Joan Armatrading also has a wistful love-lost-you-know-is-no-good-for-you song called "The Devil You Know." On a whimsical note, there's Belinda Carlisle and "Heaven is a Place for Us" — I can imagine a good ironic use for that one somewhere.
Absolutely! Oh, Daniel Lanois, nice one! Please no Belinda Carlisle! The radio station with the best traffic updates over here is obsessed with her and it's driving me nuts- Lyrically though, it would be brilliant. They say in heaven, love comes first. Did you hear that, Amenadude & Co? ;-)
I happen to know the answer to this question because we investigated Über as a carpool backup when we moved the kid to private school this year. No go. Minimum age is 13, or 16 maybe, I can't remember because it was way too old to work for us. Über is piloting a new service called Über Kids with heightened security (and presumably heightened prices) but only in SF Bay Area right now. However I understand there are drivers who will ignore the rule.That's interesting, thank you! As a cop, Chloe should have gone after the driver who took the ride.
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There's an interview (I can't remember where, Comic Con perhaps) where he said that the writing staff has atheists, agnostics and believers, and surprisingly it's the atheists that have come up with the more religious-themed stories.
According to studies, atheists actually know more about different religions than believers. Also, there's probably a different POV if there are no personal experiences slipping in, so this makes sense.
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(Ditto the American who is a regular on Supergirl, and has been on several other shows I can't recall right now.) I think I might rewatch this on a Sunday afternoon and see how it holds together at one sitting.
You mean Brit David Harewood? ;-)
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No, Frank, they didn't vote you last episode because they see you as a threat. They voted you because you're an unpleasant, dour misogynist.
Amen.
And now we discover Jackie thinks she's sexually irresistible to just about everyone. What was next? Her one person manned trip to Mars? Her Pulitzer?
I have to say I'm in awe of her self-confidence. Embarrassing herself like that by claiming to be god's gift to (wo)mankind is a feat in itself. Too bad her skills in the kitchen don't equal her big mouth.
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First and foremost, what in the world did Rebecca De Mornay do to herself?! If I didn't know that was her from the credits and seeing it online I don't know if I would have recognized her. Wow.
I was waiting for her to show up until I realised she must be somewhere in Chloe's mother. I never would have recognised her.
I was surprised that Malcolm didn't come back to Dan's "Go to hell" with a "Already been there", or something like that.Maze's Shirley Temple amused me greatly. I may have to ask for her version the next time I'm out.
That was a positive surprise actually. I find I enjoy them not going with every expected pun equally as the ones they are doing.
Wouldn't it be fun if you actually got it without having to explain?
I love Dr. Linda, she's getting more interesting every week & I hope she becomes BFFs with Maze.
Those two could wreak some serious havoc. Can you imagine a drunk Dr. Linda out and about with Maze? It would also be interesting to see Lucifer's reaction given that he told Maze to get lost.
I was thinking the same, that even though he got injured, he was with Chloe and was having physical contact with her, so it seems like we're still none the wiser.
The writers are playing with us. I really hope Malcolm shoots Lucifer only for the both of them to find out that Lucifer is actually only allergic to bullets when they are fired by Chloe. I'm hoping for a rather violent outbreak the moment he realises; red face, (hell's) bells and whistles and all that jazz, sending Malcolm and his unfortunate facial hair to a mental institution that not even Amenadude can get him out of. Or directly to hell; he's barely been awake and is already going on my nerves. It would also be interesting to see Chloe's reaction if Lucifer actually killed someone.
Side note to storyskip: I believe it was Sonja who wondered when they'd use INXS's "Devil Inside" song, though I definitely seconded that usage! As soon as the song started playing the background, I said, "Yes! Finally!" I actually think I like that song better than "Sympathy for the Devil," so it was great that they used it. I wonder how many songs are out there that reference the devil, before they run out of options? Have we suggested "Devil Went Down To Georgia" yet? *GRIN*
Yes, that was me. I managed to keep my cackling in check long enough for the song being brought to a screeching halt. I hadn't heard that version before ;-) Off topic, but INXS has been short changed by music history, so I'm always glad to hear them pop up somewhere.
Oh, I think we can come up with quite a few. Hell's Bells by AC/DC or Econoline Crush's The Devil You Know would be a departure style-wise. Then there's Pearl Jam's Satan's Bed, The Beatles' The Devil in her Heart, Elvis Presley's (You're the) Devil in Disguise (I don't know how the estate is handling rights for TV shows),....
Except for Father Frank, I don't think he's connecting to the people on the case. With pickup artist guy, he just felt murder was unjust punishment. Any empathy he felt for the chef's son was because he was projecting his own daddy issues onto the case.
Since Trixie was adept enough with the interwebs to find Hot Tub High School, I imagine it wouldn't be that difficult for her to find out that Lucifer owns Lux. (She's definitely curious enough to have Googled Lucifer from the first time they met.) And since Lux is supposedly a well-known LA hangout, she could have just told the Uber driver to take her there because her mom is friends with the owner.
I didn't get any empathy for the chef's son either. He was trying to see parallels where there were little and threw a tantrum at the dinner table when things didn't go his way. Frank was the only one who really got to him. Other than that, it's been more about the need to punish people for what they have done than emphasizing with the victims.
Trixie seems to be a clever girl, she probably knows a lot more than the adults in her life want her to. Maybe she asked Chloe what Lucifer did and she told her about Lux. BTW, does anyone know if it was legal for the Uber driver to take her on her own? I'm watching from across the pond and this seemed very stange to me. Especially in that outfit with a week's worth of make-up on her face.
EDIT: I can't believe I forgot Kris Kristofferson's 'To Beat the Devil' and 'The Silver Tongued Devil and I'
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I fear he was cast as a "war photographer", because they want a scene where the character has to tearfacedly yet sneerfully confess, "I took this job because I thought I wanted to make a difference. Now I see, that all I wanted was to see carnage, discord, blood and gore... *and I like(d) it!*" (If this happens in eps 2 or 3 I still want credit. I didn't make it any farther than the first 7 minutes before I was so irritated, I wanted to double check to see if my hatred had company.)
Barbara Hershey's character tells him how he actually caused some of the carnage he shot, so it's not about him liking it, but unknowingly killing a lot of people due to his existence/presence and in order to feed on it. He's still in denial.
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So Dan's dirty to an unknown degree, just maybe not as dirty as Malcolm. I actually don't have a problem with that, because it means he's an imperfect person, not a one-note character.
Come to think of it, though, how did Dan even see that Malcolm the Mustache was going for his gun? Is that secret trapdoor supposed to be made of glass? How did Dan manage to open the trapdoor and open fire faster than Malcolm could unholster his weapon and shoot at Chloe? Seriously, writers, get a police consultant...
As soon as he shot Malcolm and his 'informant', fled the scene and let his wife and mother of his child get ostrachised by the rest of the precinct, he became as dirty as Malcolm, even if he wasn't before.
That's a very good question!
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I'm putting this in spoiler tags, just in case, but it's mostly speculation.
I was wondering if Catherine was suddenly realizing that maybe Royce isn't Ryan's real dad after all? As hard as it is to admit, I got a creepy suspicion in season one that Catherine's ex was really the one who raped Becky, and Ryan was his, but didn't think this show would actually go there. But why would Becky kill herself if Royce was the dad, especially if he really did not rape her (like he claimed)? And why would Catherine's ex have to leave like he did? Something just wasn't adding up there. So, the reveal about Daryl and Allison completely mirrored the plot in my mind about Ryan... and this ending brought that creepy feeling right back again. That look on Catherine's face made me wonder if she was suddenly questioning everything.... more than just fearing that Ryan was going to be Royce.2.
There was never any doubt in the show about Ryan being Royce's son (biologically). In series one Catherine and Clare were even afraid of Royce going to court for a paternity test so he could get custody for Ryan.The question about his conception is not who but how. Catherine states it as rape, Daniel says they had a relationship and 'she asked for it'. I'm not sure if he actually meant it wasn't rape after all but Royce dropped Becky once he had gotten into her pants or that is was but caused by her going out with Royce in the first place since he was emotionally all over the place when he said that. I hope he would be less casual about potential rape when he's sober. He also told Ryan his dad took advantage of his mom when he started asking questions about his parents' relationship.
We'll probably never know what exactly happened considering out of the two persons present, one is dead and the other a manipulative psycopath who sees himself as the victim, but I'm afraid Ryan is Royce's son. Catherine would probably do Numfar's Dance of Joy if she could personally show Royce the results of a DNA test proving Ryan not to be his.
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"Just tell him the stories of your Guys trips to Vegas?"/ "I can't tell that to a Priest!"/ "It might brighten up his day?"
That probably would make the priest's week ;-)
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Oh man, I remember that. I also remember making up some "sins" for confession because I otherwise I had nothing to say but some white lie, then being told X numbers of Hail Mary's and X numbers of Lord's Prayers, then mumbling them out in my head as fast as possible because, "really, Priest?" Why not 11, or 13 or 27? Why those specfic numbers?? If I say only 9 Hail Mary's, am I not forgiven?
That's why I love this show, the subtle little digs at some of the absurdities of this religion, coming straight from Lucifer's own voice! The "Why does everyone think it's a good plan?" really made me laugh - so dead on and I'm was yelling at the TV, "OMG, he's so right!" :')
Glad to see this was (and probably still is) an international practice ;-) I once made the mistake of asking our teacher if confessing sins I didn't commit wasn't a sin in itself because it broke the whateverth commandment (the one about lying). Whoopsie, not a good idea.
Those are my favourite parts of the show as well. I love when things are questioned and not taken as facts 'just because'.
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The piano playing ... all of it. Yes, it was anvil-icious but those two over grown boys derping ...
It was good to see Lucifer actually having fun with something that isn't violence or debauchery. Not that I don't enjoy those aspects of the show or how he treated the Spider in the church.
I really thought Chloe would see him do the face to that guy (Doyle?) That guy yelling at Connor to shoot was doing exactly what Lucifer hates getting blamed fo since he doesn't stand around telling people to kill, I don't to that was accidental.
Did Lucifer not tell Linda then "Dr. Caanan" is a fraud? He could leave out the Angel aspect and say he's someone he knows looking for information, that would fit with "not lying but not telling the whole truth sometimes."
I was disappointed that he didn't throw Doyle across the church when he was letting him down, but that probably wasn't in the episode's budget.
He already introduced Amenadude (thank you whoever coined this, I could never spell him rightly) to Chloe as his brother. Chloe and Dr. Linda know each other, so if he told her something else, the wires might have become crossed. If he told her 'Dr. Caanan' was actually his brother, that would have opened another can of worms in his sessions with Dr. Linda that he very likely wouldn't be too keen on.
Quotes of the episode.Lucifer: "Ten Hail Mary's then and a good shag."
Lucifer: "Why does everyone always think it's a good plan?"
Brilliant. Just fucking brilliant. Spot on, I can't even....
The Hail Marys made me laugh, thinking back to our ridiculous childhoold confessions (our teacher gave each of us a list of potential sins we might want to confess as most 7 year olds don't tend to steal or get it on with their neighbour's spouses) that had been used for her pupils for decades much to the amusement of the priest who 'sentenced' everyone to 10 Hail Marys and 5 Lord's Prayers after a chat about the next soccer practice.
The second quote was pure brilliance.
Wish they hadn't killed the Priest. Can you imagine how fun it would have been to give Lucifer the Priest as a friend?
Maze would have been constantly nauseous *g*
How fitting for this episode that Lucifer's choice of songs to be played on piano has progressed from "King of Pain" in an early episode to "Knocking on Heaven's Door" in this one.
I thought he played it because that was what the priest played before he asked him to switch it up (can't remember the wording).
Can I come sit with you? I hated that reveal, as well. I'm not particularly fond of Dan, and the whole Palmetto thing is my least favorite plot thread so far.
Is there space for one more? I don't care about weird moustache guy (who probably can't shoot anyone for a few days while he's praying to the porcelain god after stuffing his face with the entire menu) or Dan. Even if Dan shot him to save Chloe, what was he doing there in the first place that prevented him from coming clean right after the shooting? If they turned Dirty Dan into Dead Dirty Dan, I wouldn't give a ****; which they are not likely to do because he's apparently a good(ish) dad, so I fear they are in some way going to try to redeem him.
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Loving season 2! Got a couple episodes to go. This is a spoiler NOT concerning season 2. Don't know if it is a spoiler or not, but to be safe...
I suppose I can see why Sarah Lancashire wouldn't want to jump into a season 3 - at least not right away. I haven't read up enough on what else she might have lined up. Maybe she wants a break from this particular character. Also, the writer, Sarah Wainwright, appears to love to write for Lancashire and also appears to write these emotionally dark, emotionally draining characters for her. Can't get it out well, but I think all of you who love the show know what I mean. Also, I understand what SL has said about too much of a good thing and possibly diluting such a great character and story. Still, I hope SL sticks with strong female acting choices. I can't imagine her as some fluffy, in the background wifey type. Although she would kill in that kind of part if she wanted to. Yep!
Hoping for a season 3!
I don't think this is a spoiler. And I can't even begin to imagine how exhausting this role has to be for Sarah Lancashire.
The UK system is different in general. Soaps not withstanding, it's rare that a show has more than 13 episodes and they don't start like clockwork at the same time every year. Sometimes it's funny when actors suddenly show up in everything because the schedules work out like that. James Norton being Tommy Lee Royce Tuesdays on the BBC and Reverend Chambers on Wednesdays on ITV is a good example. There were almost two years between series 1 and 2 and I really didn't mind. I prefer short seasons generously spaced to the hammering out of 22 episodes and running out of stories to tell actually. I can wait two years if the result is that good.
So, in short: I absolutely agree with you ;-)
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I hope Frank's bosses for the rest of eternity are female.
That would be karma at its best.
Last time we were in Caesars in Vegas, we were deciding whether to eat at Flay's or Ramsay's. After checking both menus, Flay's appeared to be the more varied and tempting menu, so we went with it, and were very happy with the choice. Now, after watching another season of this show, I would be afraid to waste my money on any restaurant that GR owns, unless he was actually cooking there. This new joint in Ballys, which is sort of a low end hotel on the strip, is not something we would seek out on a future trip there, especially considering how many good restaurants are in that town.
I haven't made it to one of his restaurants yet (planning to visit The Narrow the next time we are in London though), but when I'm travelling to Canada or the US via London Heathrow, we usually pre-order the picnics and pick them up from his Plane Food airport restaurant to eat on the flight. My usual travelling partner and I have different food intolerances, so we started this to avoid having to choose between getting ill or not eating at all, but now we do it because it's really good.
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I'm wondering about Catherine's look as she watches Ryan at the very end of the last episode of Series 2.
Makes me concerned for S3, if there is one.
My take on it was that she is scared what he could turn into after the talk with Alison.
There's a lot of stuff for S3 there, not least
how Tommy Lee Royce might manipulate Ryan if they somehow managed to keep in touch.Or whatever creepy little Francis decides to do next.
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Season 2 Discussion
in Grantchester
Imagine Geordie's reaction if Sidney had asked him for the gun to put her out of her misery.
How true. Mrs. Maguire especially has a lot of great lines.