Network: PBS.
Episodes: Five (hour).
Seasons: One.
TV show dates (US): June 18, 2017 — July 16, 2017.
Series status: Cancelled.
Performers include: Ciarán Hinds, Michael Nevin, Hattie Morahan, Owen McDonnell, Mia Carlin, Isaac Heslip, Fiona O’Shaughnessy, Eileen O’Higgins, Des McAleer, Gavin Drea, Ryan McParland, Aaron Staton, Frankie McCafferty, and Kerr Logan.
TV show description:
A World War II period drama, My Mother and Other Strangers centers on the Coyne family and their neighbors. In 1943, the addition of a United States Army Air Force (USAAF) airfield and its 4,000 personnel has a huge impact on Moybeg, a nearby rural Northern Ireland parish.
The story unfolds from the point of view of ten-year-old Francis Coyne (Nevin; with adult voice-overs by Hinds). Among the many strangers in his life are the amiable, affectionate Americans. And, as an innocent child, he fails to realize how little he truly knows about his own parents and their marriage.
Francis’ English mother, Rose (Morahan), is a school teacher, who also runs the grocery shop next to her husband Michael’s (McDonnell) pub. In addition to Francis, Michael and Rose have two other children, 16-year-old Emma (O’Higgins) and little Kate (Carlin), who is just seven years of age.
Despite the fact that her husband’s family has lived there for generations, Rose has never really felt like she belongs in Moybeg. From her proper manner of speech, to her love of literature, and broader interests, she feels unconnected and like an outsider among the villagers.
The Coynes have long been a prominent local family and despite his workload on their farm, and running the local pub, Michael is frequently preoccupied with maintaining his standing. He often fails to pay Rose the sort of attention she deserves.
Handsome Captain Ronald Dreyfuss (Staton) serves as the USAAF’s liaison officer to the community. It’s a necessary position since the U.S. bomber base has not only taken over much of their lands but has also introduced a huge number of young, more progressive military men and women, who create some friction in this Ulster farming community.
When Captain Dreyfuss approaches the Coyne family for assistance in reaching out to the locals, he and Rose feel a deep, immediate connection, despite their mutual reserve. Since his responsibilities keep him in her orbit, they soon learn they share many interests in common. Although they struggle against their feelings, their emotional attachment becomes obvious to those around them.
As a morally upstanding woman, Rose does not want to betray Michael but is overwhelmed by her feelings for Ronald. Since she identifies with Catherine Earnshaw, in Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, the question remains: will their end be as tragic as Catherine and Heathcliff’s?
Series Finale:
Episode #5
See if Tillie can stop the captain and Rose from making a terrible mistake.
First aired: July 16, 2017.
What do you think? Do you like the My Mother and Other Strangers TV show? Should it have been cancelled or renewed for a second season?
I Like the show. It immediately
reminded me of Wuthering heights
Please renew it! I really like it!
Please Please Please continue episodes of this great series. I was captivated by the people and the realistic story line.
No, I do not care for this program–too much staring eyes and open mouth from the actress who plays the main character, Rose, and it doesn’t set well that she allows herself, as a married woman with a good husband and three children to whom she should be an example, to become involved with a married man. Otherwise, I like the locale and the time period and the cozy houses they live in. They have done a good job with clothes, hairstyles and manners of the period as well.
This was an excellent series, I hope it will be continued….
This is a wonderful show….please keep it going!
I certainly hope there will be a finale and that we are not left up in the air, I I like the show.
Please renew this series. I agree with all the other posts I’ve read. It’s well-written and well-acted.
This is a quality program. The acting is superb, and the story is well-written. Please give us another season!
Please continue. Great writing, excellent acting, hard to find. Captivating.
Most definitely. It is so hard to find decent programming. I love period pieces. Great writing and acting.
The moment I watched 5 minutes of this show I loved it. Please renew we need more like this. Love the characters and the time period.
Please don’t leave us hanging! We need season two!!
Yes. Please renew. Just started watching it and took the time to find this polll. WWII stories like this not only give us historical knowledge, put keep us interested with the personal struggles of real people during that time.
Please renew this series. It was excellent!
Please renew.