Susan disappears for hours on end. Forgets important appointments, forgets the children.
Her husband was certainly long-suffering. But why he put up with Susan was not really believeable. She wasn't a a fully present wife and mother. NO personality, not attractive.
He was no dreamboat.
Susan is obviously extremely intelligent, anyone can see it. And he just patronizes her by stating he'll find the hardest book of puzzles ever! As if he were chatting to a 10 year old.
Of course any viewer can see that, but we see all, not just what little she lets him see. Until the Blair govt declassifies it, he'll never know what we know.
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“There comes a point when seduction is over and force is actually being requested.”
-DD
he could have done much better than Susan...
shareGood lord the guy came across as an insecure twit. He redeems himself a bit at the end when he seems to realize her worth after it's clear she knew what she was talking about.
I can't remember any time she neglected the kids. She mentions at one point that she has taken the kids somewhere to be watched.
There seems to be some discrepancy in what could be revealed under the Official Secrets Act. There were people who seemed to be able to at least say where they worked even if they couldn't discuss what work they did. Perhaps those people were breaking the Act. Even the CIA insists that spouses be informed of CIA employment. They just can't discuss any details.
In fiction like Foyle's War one of the characters says to his female companion that he spent the war at Bletchley. I know that the show's writer and creator did a great deal of research so I find it hard to believe he got that wrong unless he was just taking liberties for the sake if the story.
I wonder if they intended for this to be more than a one off or not. I like these women and I'd love to see them do more.
I can't remember any time she neglected the kids. She mentions at one point that she has taken the kids somewhere to be watched.
Oh man, that puzzle book comment. He meant to be sweet, but it is so condescending.
shareBut why he put up with Susan was not really believeable. She wasn't a a fully present wife and mother. NO personality, not attractive.
She wasn't a a fully present wife and mother. NO personality, not attractive.
I thought it was sort of implied she had got pregnant and then they had got married? That she had had other plans, but they ended up doing the decent thing.
The 'not talking' thing seems to fit the period, though. 'Stiff upper lip', implied trust, that sort of thing.
Perhaps, I don't recall at this point. But regardless her being unattractive or without personality wasn't an issue when he screwed her and got her pregnant.
"I am allowed to think everyone is stupid for 10 minutes."-- Randy Susan Meyers
I thought it was sort of implied she had got pregnant and then they had got married? That she had had other plans, but they ended up doing the decent thing.
I loved the scene where Susan finally told him about Bletchley. He was gob-smacked.
shareTimothy worked for the government and could not admit, even to Susan, he might, actually, know what she had done in the war and that she could, possibly, still have been working for Bletchley or some other secret government agency. People did not question the secrecy acts, at that time, just after the war ended and there was a possible threat from the Soviet Union.
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I never thought about that, Kquinlan-709-236128! I'm just glad Susan got some recognition at the end from her husband. I wonder if she would tell him everything.. especially about her brush with a killer? I often thought about that... if something like that happened now, it'd be all over the papers. How could she have kept it from her husband? It must have been hard. I couldn't imagine going through something like that and not having my husband's emotional support. She was a strong woman.
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In one interview [that was shown after an episode of Bletchley] with a lady who actually worked at Bletchley, this lady said it was years, before the secrecy acts were lifted in Great Britain, so that she could tell her Father what work she had done. Married couples had to keep the secrets, from each other, what they knew.
Today that information is put on the internet, immediately, by some 'gossip' site.
To me, Susan was not unattractive. She had a nice figure and dressed in the fashion of the day. Most women did not wear a lot of Makeup back then. Her hairstyle did need some work.
shareDon't sweat it, OP is just trolling. Even if they actually believe what they say they are so desperate for attention that rudeness is their only outlet. Susan was normal, just a normal person in a normal life. If you want we can make every actress who appears on screen prettier than Audrey Hepburn, just so you (OP) don't feel offended by having to watch normal people with normal faces on TV. Usually I would assume you are American as that is the BS that thy normally post on UK TV boards.
I am so glad that UK TV still generally casts parts on acting ability and not for facile, shallow reasons for facile, shallow people.
I thought Susan was brilliantly played, most of these characters would probably be "diagnosed" with something in our modern world.
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