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?
Another masterpiece by Adrian Shergold. Please continue this captivating love story of Rose and Ron.
I absolutely love this series, the location, the actors, the human and historical aspects, most everything about each episode. I would be very, very happy to see the stories continue and hope this wonderful series will return very soon and last for many more seasons!
I just discovered “My Mother and Other Strangers”. I enjoyed its sensitive characterizations and beautifully intertwined story very much. I would love to see it have another season, or even more, taking the changes into the post-war era. So many things left incomplete: Michael’s pride that puts the future of the entire family at risk. The remarkable talent of Francis’s piano playing (there’s a story for the future!) and his dreams of escape- the symbolism of his little plane. Emma’s combination of naivete, insight, curiousity, and intelligence that could make her life a misery or take her to where? Oxford… Read more »
I love this show. I truly hope that “My Mother and Other Strangers” will be renewed. It’s a wonderful show.
Why many English shows are canceled leaving the story cliffhanger!!! Not cool!!! How ends? Like many love stories she stays with her husband for the love of her kids and Capitan dreyfus dies in the war. Or he leaves for the war and comes back after for her. Because if they really love each other, nothing can keep them apart!! At this point the end doesn’t matter.
I get so tired of getting so engrossed in a series to left hanging at the last episode. I may have just quit watching series as this is just not right. If you aren’t sure you will continue at least end it in a way that doesn’t leave viewers hanging!
I would love to see the series to 6 continue.this is a awson shoe
Love this series.
I love the story. I would hate to see it come to an end. This is a series I could watch for many seasons.
I became addicted to the story and drawn to the characters. I am so disappointed that there is no season 2. Please tell me that there will be a season 2.
My Mother and Other Strangers is excellent and compelling, along with Home Fires. Both should definitely be brought back! Please! For your loyal PBS fans! Rebecca S.
I love this show and am disappointed it hasn’t presented a 3rd season yet. what a loss for the avid, adoring audience, if so. please bring it back!
Loved this show. I hope like Home Fires that this does not just disappear and that it will be back.
Absolutely love this show! I was so disappointed that I missed Episode 5 that aired Aug 11, 2019. Does anyone know if this episode can be viewed elsewhere? Thanks, Grace
Found it on Prime
Yes, give us season two. Unusually good.