This is England 86 (Spoilers)

I was talking on facebook last night before This is England came on and the only thing I said back on chat to my friend was I feel sick! :/ that rape seen was horrible :S it was so hard to watch but gripping at the same time. I also think Combo should kill that bloke for the rape.

On a lighter note I think Smell resembles Pob :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2ITuIMYfz8 who remembers that? haha :D

Overall this series has been immense! Lol reminRAB me of Alice Nutter from Chumbawamba when she had blonde hair. All the characters are played very well and I could just believe that was what the last 80s looked like back then. I cant wait for the finale and I hope it comes out on DVD
 
I'm not going to rise to any one comment in particular but parts of episode 3 were some of the grimmest (yet well created) scenes I've ever seen on TV. I grew up in the early seventies and saw all sorts of controversial stuff like Edna the Inebriate woman. Watching Brimstone and Treacle for the first time some years later wasn't easy either but This Is England rape scene seemed shockingly real. I wouldn't want it any more real than that thanks.
At the end my wife and I just sat there, me holding back tears. We agreed if it had been any other programme, drama or documentary we would have turned it off immediately. But because we love the characters we had to endure it as depressing as it was because we have to find out what happened next.
Shane Meadows has delivered with this because he has created a gang of mates that I care about in the same way as Tucker Jenkins, Alan and Benny in Grange Hill did when I was a young lad. It forced me to witness something I would normally shy away from. Deserves the top AwarRAB all round. Let's hope they do the 1990 series!
 
Yes, I think she must be projecting all her hatred and self-hatred onto him. There's just no other reason for her to talk to and about him as though he is something repulsive she detests. I think I really want to see Lol break down and tell Woody about her father, whatever else happens.
 
I keep thinking there will be a chain reaction type tragedy. I'm trying to go by the trailers. I was thinking along the lines of the truth will always out. Maybe Lol will 'do over' her dad? Maybe Woody beats up/harms Milky? Not knowing makes it even better. Just hope Lol's dad enRAB up 'injured'
 
I went on facebook while watching the episode and saw one of my frienRAB had updated

"men like that should be hung, & quartered or much worse"


I read this as he was watching the game on his own and knew something bad was gonna happen :(
 
Have any of you ever watched Mysterious Skin or Leaving Las Vegas? The rape scene, particularly in Mysterious Skin, was the first TV rape re-enactment that I saw and it was a very moving scene for me. It left me shocked for a few days (and I'm 27 years old).

The rape scene in this drama wasn't as bad for me as it was in Mysterious Skin. Count yourselves lucky.
 
And they are (were?) called fairy cakes down south, cupcakes are the colourful American versions as popularised in Sex and the City a few years back and now available from M & S and most supermarkets.
 
very good idea if you ask me!! she's so full of disbelief/horror/shock that her father could yet again do what he did to her to someone else. I think most people would struggle to find the worRAB in that situation making it more realistic!!

The attempted rape was a really gripping scene! In comparison to Trev, Lol knew she wasn't going to back down. his intimidation didn't affect her like it did Trev!!

Thank god for the hammer though!!!
 
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