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?
Dang it! If I had known it was just one season, I wouldnt have watched it. I need closure. It’s been 6 years. The kids are grown. Everyone is older. Doubt it’s going to happen now.
Please please please continue My Mother & Other Strangers. It’s a great show
We thoroughly enjoyed “My Mother and Other Strangers” in Alaska & absolutely want to the follow up, evolution & conclusion!!
Please consider completing this wonderful, rich series.
Thank you fm Alaska!
Loved it. Having been a QA (County Down 1950s) in Northern Ireland can relate to it. Waiting in OZ for series 2.
I love the show and can’t wait for the next season
Please make season two! An inspiring, unique story.
Season two please. I have just watched series 1 in Australia. Excellent only the Brits can make TV like this .
Please continue this series. It is amazing
This series and actors was excellent and the story needs to have an end which is does not the viewer is left hanging!
Too much left un-resolved. Need a 2nd season.
Such an excellent series. Hoping for
Season 2. Thank you.
Please do another season. I’ve just watched this in Perth Australia and loved it. Thank you.
Please renew this great drama. Would be such a shame to leave this excellent production up in the air.
Please, please, please! I loved “My Mother and Other Strangers” and beg you to consider another season or as many as you’d like to do. I’ll keep looking for it – thank you!
Please give us more series of My Mother and Other Strangers
I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of every episode! Please get the series back into production. Great story, great acting! I need to know what happened to the pub and to Grace’s marriage!