What a treat to have such a long uninterrupted scene between Ben and his mum in Thursday's episode. They covered a lot of the issues that Kate Oates referred to in the press release about this story - consent, sexual identity, masculinity; and for Ben specifically the fact he's a Mitchell brings other layers in… Continue reading 9th June, carried on

What can I even say after that episode? My heart's in pieces after some stunning work from Max in conveying Ben's raw vulnerability. Kheerat gets all the rights, Lewis gets none, and it's time for Kathy to step up after some of those comments she made. Warning for some discussion of rape and sexual assault… Continue reading 8th June, not well

Ben's behaviour continues to cause concern in last night's episode - and while he tries for some normality, he's reminded that he's not allowed to forget or move on, even though the world is moving on without him. In a continuation from the episode before, Ben is still huddled up on the sofa, watching a… Continue reading 7th June, I insist

A few short scenes in this episode, featuring a withdrawn Ben still having to cope with all of the consequences of what's happened to him and then some. Our first scene has Ben approaching the Arches just as Jay turns up, giving off to Kheerat because the car he'd left with them isn't ready as… Continue reading 6th June, can’t do it

We got a few short scenes in the latter half of this week, focusing on the concern for Ben and Callum’s determination not to feel that concern. In Wednesday’s episode, Kathy serves Callum his coffee in the cafe and tries to talk to him about Ben. Callum’s resistant, insisting he doesn’t want to talk to,… Continue reading 1st (and 2nd) June, pillow talk

After some intense weeks, the pace slowed a bit for last night's episode, with some small separate scenes showing where Ben and Callum are this week. Screencaps for this episode can be found here. Our Ben and Rainie scene ended up being quite short, and actually not just about Ben at all - of course,… Continue reading 30th May, not my style

We’ve had our final episode of the week, and while it’s bleak as hell, it hits on yet another aspect of rape related trauma that some survivors experience. Warning for discussion of rape and sexual assault in this post. Screencaps for this episode can be found here. So if you thought it couldn’t get worse… Continue reading 26th May, pay the price

Another content heavy episode for us last night, and I think while the previous ep compounded Ben’s feelings that he wouldn’t be believed if he spoke up, this one was more about him not believing he deserved to be seen as a victim; it covered some important things with the health clinic, and of course,… Continue reading 25th May, safe