I think that’s why Collin has stayed with so many people. His mum was amazing, he was her baby and that didn’t change for her.
I think that’s why Collin has stayed with so many people. His mum was amazing, he was her baby and that didn’t change for her.Watching this at the moment, it's devastating yet funny and joyful at the same time. I didn't fully realise that some Aids patients really suffered from senility/dementia-like symptoms, Colin's story has really stayed with me - thinking about how hard it must have been for their loved ones. He was such a loveable character, too. And how authoritarian the Welsh police and doctors were- terrifying. At least he had a loving mum and strong advocates in his friends.
Really interesting that in the early years those talking about the disease were treated as mad conspiracy theorists and to see how that slowly shifted. And it must have been so lonely for those patients who died in the early years of the epidemic.
My parents had the leaflet in there magazine rack, I was around 6 at the time and it used to scare the heck out of me, I couldn’t even look at it!! Mr husband and I binged the lot in one go on Saturday night!! Sooooo goodThere was a huge amount of panic and the TV continually played this awful advert and sent out leaflets to every household.
There was a huge amount of stigma attached in those days.
I saw the tshirts, I'm going to order one as wellI watched the final one last night and thought it was a masterpiece. The best thing I've watched in a long time and I think it will stay with me always. Colin's storyline absolutely broke me and the scene with Jill and Marcus at the end was so beautifully done and so so sad. I was a right mess by the time the final credits rolled and couldn't stop thinking about all the men who died alone and in shame. What a writer RTD is. I've just ordered my La! teeshirt as part of the proceeds goes to an AIDS charity and is endorsed by the great man himself.
We all need a Jill in our lives & the fact she is based on a real person really got me. Colin was so sweet, I was devastated by his storyline.Another binge watcher here. I was a right mess at the end. I thought everyone played their part brilliantly. Colin was such a sweetheart.
And I want a friend like Jill
I also gasped. I was so wanting them to have a final goodbye with Richie. So sadJust finished the last episode. God, this was such an emotionally devasting series. I was so surprised at how eager I was to watch each episode given the harrowing subject matter, but I was so fully absorbed in it. I was looking forward to but also dreading every episode.
The moments that really got me the mostwhere - SPOILERS -
- Jill sitting with the lonely patient in hospital at the end. Utterly heartbreaking.
- Richie's mum announcing he'd already died. I gasped out loud. I was fully expecting a final emotional reunion between him and Jill. It was really shocking to be robbed of that.
- ColinI had an uneasy feeling he would be the first of the main gang to get ill. Just the fact that his lifestyle was so at odds with the other boys. His final scenes were actually not only totally heartbreaking, but very disturbing. I would not be able to sit through them again.
Superb.
Absolutely. I actually think it had even more emotional impact that he didn't have a final goodbye/death scene. That feeling of being cruelly robbed really hit hard.I also gasped. I was so wanting them to have a final goodbye with Richie. So sad
I was shocked that she finally met Jill only to say "he's dead" as if she was putting a knife through j ill's heart. That threw me!I also gasped. I was so wanting them to have a final goodbye with Richie. So sad
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