For Her Sins

If you're after an easy to watch psychological thriller miniseries that keeps you watching but isn't too disturbing, this fits the bill just fine. Some decent acting by the two female leads Jo Joyner (Laura) and Rachel Shenton (Emily), and an impressive performance by Laura's little daughter Eliza (Romi Hyland- Rylands). Duncan Pow also does a good job being the reliable husband who you feel a soft spot for. A basic enough premise, but based in a familiar cosy setting.

However, there are some basic plot flaws which make make whole thing a little unbelievable. For example, it's highly unlikely a child's life would be ruined completely by the historical events in this movie. As such, the extreme measures taken by Laura and her mother back in the day seem a bit ridiculous.

Nonetheless, this show packs a nice compact 4 episodes which are decent enough. Maybe it's not a must see, but it's an enjoyable ride.

Another version of the psycho inserting themselves into somebody's life for some reason and putting them through hell for some reason whilst pretending to be their friend. Unrealistic, but still compelling watching. Camera work on close-ups is very wobbly and could make you nauseous. Performances are adequate, apart from when the teacher walk towards the villain as if she is going to kill her and then just asks her to pass something on to her friend; laughably bad. Where does this woman who is a nanny have the money to have Spa days, nights out, hotel breaks and never actually be working? Suspend logical thinking and you may enjoy it.

For Her Sins turned out better than I was expecting given C5's sometimes patchy drama record. The premise was familiar but it's well made and paced and nicely directed with good production values.

The story follows lawyer and mother of two, Laura, who seems to have the perfect life but in reality, is struggling with parenthood, when too good to be true Emily works her way into her life...

Decent cast all round with Rachel Shenton as Emily absolutely stealing the show. Script was a bit schlock at times and so were the flashbacks, but if you're a fan of the genre definitely give it a go, it does what it says on the tin.

Starts out as an interesting and somewhat exciting drama, where everyone seems to have something dark and sinister to hide, but turns quickly into a mess where everyone is acting very unconvincingly and taking stupid and irrational decisions. That is Really annoying, because the basics of the storyline are quite interesting and a lot of money have obviously been thrown into the production. Jo Joyner has always something to offer, but is left empty- handed, because of a poor manuscript. The other main actors perform quite well, but that does not save the series, who will quickly fall into oblivion.

Ignore the negative comments if you enjoy a drama that's easy watching and not bothered if it's a little cheesy.

Actually enjoyed watching this most of the time, had to turn off at one point as it was stressing me out as the character Emily is so awful to Laura, but I have just managed to finish watching the last two episodes and was a little thrilling and I wanted to tell Laura to 'come on, really'.

It's not the best drama, but was something good to watch this week and Channel 5 aren't normally the best for there dramas but this was much better than they normally have on the telly these days.