![]() ![]() Norton and Stiller are clergy (a priest and a rabbi, sounds like the start of a joke), Elfman is their friend who is secretly dating Stiller and who is secretly loved by Norton. It looks real and brilliant and Welsh."If you have to believe in something, you might as well believe in love."Ī story about two friends, a priest and a rabbi, who fall in love with the same beauty (Jenna Elfman) Nor is made to look bleak and dark – this is not Cambrian noir, if that is a thing. ![]() Not airbrushed, too picture postcard or twee – so there are bungalows and caravans, as well as historic castles, guildhalls, the estuary and beach. ![]() It does for Carmarthenshire (where most of it was filmed) what Broadchurch did for Dorset. That is the other star of the show: Wales. Chances are, if you’re Welsh you’ll probably have seen Un Bore Mercher already. It has already been out on S4C, and has become an iPlayer hit. It was shot in both English and Welsh (which Myles learned for the role respect). Which – as you know – translates as One Wednesday Morning, also much better than Keeping Faith. Is that why she is called Faith, so they could do a punny title? What does it even mean? Who is keeping her? Will she forsake the pub for the Anglican church, turn to Him for help in finding him, and so introduce a third meaning? Anyway, its Welsh title is much better, Un Bore Mercher. I like her yellow raincoat, even if it has yet to reach the iconic level of Sarah Lund’s knitwear. Faith knows the GP well enough to get from her that Evan was stressed and had had counselling. It has that sense of community seen in Broadchurch (which Myles was also in). ![]() The dialogue is real, the premise intriguing, even if it is not super-original. Is it time for the hair of the dog? Faith’s definitely got a hangover.īut like the rest of it, she does hangover well. Same with the hangover: it goes on – and we’re reminded of it – throughout the episode (episodes last a day) she has yet another glass of water, groans, lies on the floor again. OK, we get it: Faith has put on a couple of pounds, she has just had a baby. “Let’s face it, there’s no room in that for a pizza,” she tells her mum, before suggesting a maternity dress instead. After Evan helps to shoehorn Faith into the blue dress, a daughter has a pop. But she is also very convincing, a captivating performance from Myles, warm and loud and human and believable, and a bit annoying.Īnd that is pretty much symptomatic of the whole thing. She is a bit annoying – wobbling around town (and country) in her heels, having another glass of chardonnay with her pal Lisa, lying on the floor a lot. It is all about Faith, and how she deals with the situation. Hang on, though, wouldn’t he have taken his disguise with him, if Alec Fenton is his alias? Maybe he is lots of different people.įor now, Evan’s more of a device, the missing husband, than an actual character. And now she is wondering not just where her husband is, but who he is as well. Tenby then, where his other family is?įaith also finds a bag with a wig, and a pair of glasses, and a driving licence with Evan’s face on it but a different name, Alec Fenton. He has probably flown to Brazil and is starting again. Well, it’s obvious, isn’t it, officer? He has just had enough of his annoying, chaotic wife, and family life, and small-town Wales. Except today he never gets there he disappears into thin air. Evan is also a lawyer, at the same practice as Faith. Then he gives her a kiss, gets in the car and drives to work. In the morning, he makes the kids breakfast while she fumbles about looking for orange juice and headache cures. ![]()
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