Published February 5, 2025 10:51am Updated February 5, 2025 10:52am
A BBC drama bid hailed arsenic ‘disturbing yet brilliant’ is returning to screens contiguous aft a two-year wait.
First airing successful 2022, Am I Being Unreasonable? stars Daisy May Cooper as Nic, a mum stuck successful a depressing matrimony who is grieving a nonaccomplishment she indispensable support concealed from her loved ones.
However, erstwhile she makes a caller person successful chap school mum Jen (Selin Hizli), Nic finds a kindred spirit, however, it is revealed she is besides hiding a concealed of her own.
Viewers called the amusement ‘shocking’, ‘refreshingly original’ and said the ending ‘made my jaw drop’ erstwhile Nic’s concealed was revealed.
In its reappraisal of play 1, Time besides wrote: ‘Sure to deed the spot for fans of bid similar Dead to Me and Fleabag, successful which highly relatable women wrestle with highly acheronian secrets.’
‘While Am I Being Unreasonable? mightiness not acceptable everyone’s taste, it’s worthy checking retired — peculiarly if you’re successful the temper for a communicative that takes you connected an unexpected, and precise binge-worthy, journey,’ the New York Post wrote.
‘A weird mishmash of genres that travel unneurotic to marque a superb and disturbing amusement astir family, friendship, and intelligence health,’ Mashable added.
Tonight, the bid volition instrumentality for its 2nd season, which volition statesman wherever the past near disconnected arsenic Nic is suffering a panic attack.
It’s been teased of the upcoming six episodes: ‘Has Nic got distant with murder? Quite possibly. Has she raised her lad Ollie to travel successful her murky footsteps?’
‘Kicked retired of the household location for brotherly emotion – loving the incorrect member – Nic is reduced to sharing a caravan with her not truthful trustworthy champion person Jen.
‘Nic’s Husband Dan has taken up roller-blading to transmission his mid-life crisis. Shunned astatine the schoolhouse gates and formed arsenic the witch astatine the schoolhouse re-enactment, Nic is experiencing hallucinations. Or is idiosyncratic playing tricks connected her?.’
The 2nd play volition besides diagnostic impermanent stars including Chelsea Peretti (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Tom Davis (Wonka, King Gary), Denise Black (Queer arsenic Folk), Jamali Maddix (Never Mind the Buzzcocks), British rapper and writer Kojey Radical and Daisy’s member and This Country co-star Charlie Cooper, which volition besides people their archetypal on-screen reunion since their mockumentary sitcom ended successful 2020.
Also returning is Lenny Rush arsenic Nic’s lad Ollie, who won a Bafta for champion antheral drama show pursuing the archetypal season, arsenic good arsenic 2 Royal Television Society Awards.
Am I Being Unreasonable? play 2 starts contiguous astatine 9.30pm connected BBC One.
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