The all star cast made me want to tune in and bar a few reservations in the first episode, I decided to continue watching. I really loved Fat Friends and had been excited about Mellor's new project. And I am a big Hermione Norris fan so was looking fwd to seeing this.
Needless to say it was a huge disappointment and I am really hoping there isn't another season.
The fundamental problem with this show was the foundation upon which it was based; the maternity unit at the hospital. The staff, especially the midwife Vicky, grew unhealthy attachments to the women at the parent craft group. It seems they did not have a life outside the parent craft group giving the impression that hospital staff have no professional boundaries, code of conduct or professional distance (the midwife who was also pregnant, took on the law hindering arrest, hide medical information to cover up infidelity and even showed up at one of the ladies homes and disclosed personal issues)......never have I come across a midwife who was so invested in a group of women that she would sacrifice her license...maybe the NHS is in trouble.
The women have just met, through their pregnancies but it seems they all have no other social outlet and have grown dependant on one another ("how can he say that about jasmine, she will never do that" Diane exclaims.......having known her a few months at best). Jasmine is an embarrassment to Asian culture and frankly to all women.....it shocks me how little value the men in her life have to put up with her lies and her badgering.
The other couples in the show had their share of problems but it seems only Roanna (H.Norris character) showed some level of maturity by leaving an unhappy marriage and setting up shop with her young lover. Kim and Susie and Neil are in a love triangle.....with all the confusion at home, no wonder the poor lad is isolated and horny and taken by a girl with intentions of her own.
This show was a waste of time and has not touched on reality. There is a couple who speak high tunes about how they will fight/wont let this happen/wont let that happen.....blah blah but haven't got a brain cell between them to actually DO anything.....
its a sad sorry state of affairs but hey, watched 3 out of 4 episodes and from what I hear I did not miss much. more of the same thing which case......save yourself the time and do something productive because this really is a waste of time
Needless to say it was a huge disappointment and I am really hoping there isn't another season.
The fundamental problem with this show was the foundation upon which it was based; the maternity unit at the hospital. The staff, especially the midwife Vicky, grew unhealthy attachments to the women at the parent craft group. It seems they did not have a life outside the parent craft group giving the impression that hospital staff have no professional boundaries, code of conduct or professional distance (the midwife who was also pregnant, took on the law hindering arrest, hide medical information to cover up infidelity and even showed up at one of the ladies homes and disclosed personal issues)......never have I come across a midwife who was so invested in a group of women that she would sacrifice her license...maybe the NHS is in trouble.
The women have just met, through their pregnancies but it seems they all have no other social outlet and have grown dependant on one another ("how can he say that about jasmine, she will never do that" Diane exclaims.......having known her a few months at best). Jasmine is an embarrassment to Asian culture and frankly to all women.....it shocks me how little value the men in her life have to put up with her lies and her badgering.
The other couples in the show had their share of problems but it seems only Roanna (H.Norris character) showed some level of maturity by leaving an unhappy marriage and setting up shop with her young lover. Kim and Susie and Neil are in a love triangle.....with all the confusion at home, no wonder the poor lad is isolated and horny and taken by a girl with intentions of her own.
This show was a waste of time and has not touched on reality. There is a couple who speak high tunes about how they will fight/wont let this happen/wont let that happen.....blah blah but haven't got a brain cell between them to actually DO anything.....
its a sad sorry state of affairs but hey, watched 3 out of 4 episodes and from what I hear I did not miss much. more of the same thing which case......save yourself the time and do something productive because this really is a waste of time