For Her Sins

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.

For Her Sins is a channel 5 suspense mystery thriller drama starring (Eastenders) star Jo Joyner and (Hollyoaks) star Rachel Shenton as the leading actresses.

Featuring 4 episodes.

So after scanning through My 5 for things to watch I thought this looks pretty decent and apparently my mum had watched it in the past and said it was good.

The first episode was really good, if you start watching it and think 'oh no I'm not going to like this give it chance as I'm telling you now it does get better throughout.

I was definitely hooked. Can't quite believe the negativity it's actually good for a channel 5 drama.

The storyline is good it keeps you on the edge of your seat lots of twist and turns and is entertaining to watch.

It's an easy watch mystery thriller drama you don't have to really concentrate.

I was impressed with the acting the two leading actresses were good made it very believable. Now this is a drama that Jo Joyner is good in (fact one of her best) It's well better than Ripped Tide.

Least she is better actress than some of these soap stars who are trying to make it such as Michelle keegan who is definitely over rated.

Joy Joyner deserves more recognition than Michelle keegan that's for sure.

Overall it was a good 4 part drama and was impressed. Really enjoyed it.

A word of advice don't go by the negative comments/ score you don't know till you watch it yourself.

So if you like easy watching programs like Midsummer murders, The Catch, The flood then this is right up your street.

Sit back and watch FOR HER SINS which streaming on MY 5 Right now.

You will be surprised just how good it is !!!

That's why it's a 7/7.

I stumbled upon this during a binge of channel 5 dramas and found it an easy, although sometimes frustrating watch. Jo Joyner is a great leading lady and her biggest quality is her likeability, she's like very one's mum/sister/friend. Where this falls a little short is how gullible she is for a lawyer, maybe that was the wrong career choice for the character. A few quibbles aside it's an easy watch with just enough surprises to keep you watching but it sits somewhere in the middle in terms of Channel 5 drama output. Curious about where it was filmed, not the UK I don't think? Again just a quibble.

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.

This had some potential to be decent, not great but decent. Two very strong and competent lead actresses and a plot that has probably been revisited frequently. The problem is that everything is so implausible and I mean everything. From the protagonist (Joyner) and her husband being unable to link the events that are turning her life upside down to her completely unconvincing forgiveness towards the antagonist (Shenton)was beyond far fetched. This is even more absurd when you learn that Joyner is portraying a lawyer. Every event leads to a more preposterous situation, and it makes one wonder if there was any testing of the script prior to filming. It just proves that even actors and actresses with a decent portfolio will do anything for a paycheque regardless of a risible outcome.