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I thought this was wonderful. I'm enjoying these quality shows about the emotional shoals of later life. Tom Hollander is excellent, he made me in turn laugh with him, crawl with awkward embarrasment, cry at his couragous attempts to deal with his own vulnerabilities. Watching him deal with the inevitable failure as a parent, those moments all good parents have when they face the failures caused by their own personal limitations. The end was a bit too tidy, but otherwise, an emotionally grown up high quality drama.

The main storyline was rather uncomfortable at times. It was pretty clear what was happening and that Douglas's attempts to save a failing marriage was going to be in vain. Brattish son, Albie, was no help at all. He is too self centred. I always struggle with flashbacks where the central actors are different although Iain De Caestecker did a very good take on a young Tom Hollander. Who was outstanding was Sofie Grabol (Sarah Lund in the Danish series The Killing). She managed to convey all her inner emotions and feelings without having to say anything specific in the dialogue with Douglas. We viewers knew what was happening and the drama was always lifted when she was on screen. Another winner was the locations. It was a pretty good travelogue without all the drama. This was billed as a comedy ... really? There was nothing amusing about it.

After watching the last episode I spent time on planning some changes to how I interact with my own boy. It was inspiring. The actors couldn't have done a better job playing their characters. Loved it!

I felt this was a journey many married couples with children can relate to . I found the first part of episode one a little slow however soon became engrossed and lost in their story. Very sad in parts, yet relatively realistic. I loved the ending.

This very well written mini series demands parents of a certain age and relationship longevity to hold a very real mirror to themselves and ask some very real but widely avoided questions. This heart warming and cringworthy just shows that "fairytale endings" are not the norm and are very removed from what most people expect. Loved it