Angela Black

[Libbylulu]

Does Joanne Frogatt only play miserable characters? I’ll still with it but it seemed slow.

 

[avabella]

Anyone have a contact at ITV that I can sue for the complete waste of my time?

 

[eyeballs]

I genuinely have no idea how this show will end. It’s so intriguing but also it’s quite shit.

 

[Poptartxo]

Spoilers for anyone who hasn’t watched up to the end of episode 5.




She tracked Ed down to the football team he plays for.
She found out his real name was Theo.
She then found an ex girlfriend and had her nails done by her and asked her about him - ex warned her to stay away from him as he was strange. Ex told her that his car garage burnt down on Halloween.
Angela remembers that Oliviers trousers smelt of petrol the day after Halloween, as suspects he is involved.
Angela gets the police to escort her home to collect some belongings, where she goes through his office looking for some evidence to link him to Theo. She takes some bank statements.
In the bank statements Angela finds a fuel transaction for Halloween.
Angela goes to the petrol station and asks for the CCTV, in the hope of it showing Theo and her husband together.
The man tells her to come back later, so she does and when she arrives the petrol station has been looted and the CCTV stolen and the staff member tied up - he accuses Angela as she was asking for the CCTV, so she leaves.
Theo tries to convince Angela to meet him in the woods - he offers to explain everything. She asks him to meet at a bar instead, he then doesn’t show, but threatens her on the phone to stay out of his business.
It appears Theo and her husband know everything Angela is up to, to try and catch them out. She assumes it is because Theo is following her.
Angela has an argument with Olivier on the doorstep, and he strangles her until one of the children come to the door. It is caught on the house CCTV.
At the end, you see Theo and Olivier on the phone to each other, both saying they have done their part. This is the first confirmation that they were working together in some way.

Also during the episode Angela sees the children in the contact centre.
She tries to tell her solicitor she has tracked Theo and can prove he’s real, but the solicitor doesn’t believe her.
Angela gets into contact with an old friend, it appears they fell out 8 years ago as Olivier accused the friend of trying it on with him to ruin her and Angela’s friendship. She ends up staying at her friends house as she feels unsafe at hers. The friend encourages her to seek revenge and fight for her children.

It all seems too obvious at the minute. There has got to be some sort of twist.

If there is going to be two series, then maybe it will end on a cliff hanger like Theo or Olivier being found dead and suspicion over whether it’s Angela or not. Otherwise, I would assume it’s going to end with finding out how Theo ended up being roped into helping set her up.

 

[Bobby Chariot]

I honestly could not go another series of this, if there is one.
Will certainly watch this til the end now, but it's sucking the life out of me.

 

[babes1]

I have a feeling it’s all her. Ed (who will be figment of her imagination) said to her that she can’t go to the Police because they will know everything about her so she then said she’d run. I reckon she will have history of mental health issues and knows she probably won’t be able to get the custody of her kids. I think Angela thinks her husband wants to kill her when in reality he probably doesn’t. He may still be a wife beater but she is imaging things that are far worse than they are, ie. she has major paranoia. Maybe she knew about Yuki having an affair with her husband all along and killed her? Otherwise how would she know where she was buried? And there is no way Ed is real. It’s her mind telling her to kill her husband instead. I may be wrong of course. Ps. I also think she killed the rabbit too.

 

[eyeballs]

It’s so badly written. I’m sure the final episode will be just as disappointing

 

[Leo100]

It's just so heartbreaking to think there are so many people out there going through this

 

[Wifo1976]

I’m getting Behind Her Eyes vibes from this

I know she hasn’t much to smile about but she always looks so bloody miserable in every role I’ve seen her in!

 

[Leo100]

It was ok, I think id have preferred if they were a lower income family. I know that's a bit weird but I think I'd relate more I dunno.

Yeah I thought this , obviously it happens in all classes but these dramas are always families in huge expensive houses. I get its not real but the whole secret investigator thing is ridiculous too , why not make it more realistic

 

[Little_Red_Rides]

I struggled through this one. Thought it started really promisingly and then escalated into shit. I struggle a bit with Joanne Froggatt too, think she always plays the same character

 

[Leo100]

I'm picky but it's irritated me how the kids have gone to the park in their uniform from the day before

 

[Shutterbug99]

I think it’s brilliant but only because I can’t work it out. i end up ruining things by instantly knowing what is going to happen but this I just can’t work out. That post further up has thrown me that maybe he could be imaginary, but that doesn’t explain about him knowing all these details about Yuki and also about her being buried (not that we have seen a body)
If say theoretically he is made up and it’s going towards her imagining things and certain things not being real then maybe Edgewater could be some sort of mental health facility??
so frustrating in today’s day and age that it is one a week

If Ed is imaginary (something that didn't occur to me until I read it here) then Angela found out about the affair and killed Yuki. Guessing Edgewater is a prison/young offenders unit/mental health facility - maybe she killed before when she was a minor and was given a new identity - Angela Black.

ETA: maybe Ed is the person she killed as a minor?!?

I am usually wrong on these things but like to speculate!

Not a fan of how animals keep dying in this

 

[jawidjanqndn]

It was ok, I think id have preferred if they were a lower income family. I know that's a bit weird but I think I'd relate more I dunno.

I was saying this the other day. It had the potential to be a really moving and relatable series, instead it’s taken this insane route which isn’t even enjoyable to watch. I mean ffs the chances of your husband hiring a hitman to kill you

just to add I recommend maid on Netflix! It’s about a young woman in an emotionally abusive relationship. It’s such a good watch.

 

[Jelly Bean]

Watching on plus one and am fretting about the fact she didn't re jumble the code on the briefcase lock after opening it

 

[avabella]

This is going to be a monumental waste of my time, I can tell.

 

[Libbylulu]

Unfortunately I’m tired of Joanne Froggat playing the same miserable character in everything she does, Downton, Corrie, Liar, Bad Girls and now this.

 

[Foodaholic]

I was thinking Ed was her imagination. I think she us dealing with mental health issues. I think her job in the dog place is a community service kind of thing or a placement to help her in a way. I cant see why she would be working there really it doesn't fit in with her image.
Maybe she killed yuki. Maybe she killed the rabbit. She doesn't seem to do the school runs too, again a little off.

 

[Ooops26]

I like the idea of Ed being in her mind and not real…I was going down the route of thinking he was being paid by the husband to make her think he had taken a hit out on her and was instructed by him to feed her all the information to make her paranoid, therefore driving her to actually act erratically and unstable so he can use it against her to gain custody of the kids, the mixture of physical and mental abuse. I was wondering if Yuki isn’t really missing but they are playing the long game to be together with his boys.

 

[Poptartxo]

Also noticed when she rang the police and when the police arrested her - she gave her name as Angela something (Mayer I think). So I wonder what the significance of that and the title being Angela Black is?

I’m now thinking Ed is real and it’s a plan by Olivier to make out she is mad and get her sectioned.