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?
Must confess. I love almost anything BBC because they produce quality programs. This series is no different. 95% of American television is garbage. Thank you PBS Masterpiece.
Please renew My Mother and Other Strangers. It’s really disappointing when you “get into” a show and then it’s cancelled!
Please renew this show. I was immediately drawn in by the story, the characters and the building attraction between Rose and Capt Dryfus. It would be SO disappointing to leave the story and the characters where the first season ended. Please, please bring it back!
I would watch it every time it is on. Unless it stops short like Islands at War did in 2004. If so, thank s for nothing.
Definitely would love a season 2 !
Great Drama! Need more seasons! Please renew. Want to see what happens to Rose and family.
I love this series! Need to know how it ends.
Please renew!!!! Beautiful scenery, wonderful storyline.
I really hope you re-new this very interesting program. It is a wonderful
story and definitely encourages me and my husband to want to know what
happens next.Please re-new. Thanks.
Please make series 2. We want to know what happens next
I really love this series and hope it will be continued for at least a season two. It’s not just a matter of wanting to know how things will turn out, but of viewing a compelling drama performed by a perfect cast.
Renewed!!! Fantastic show. Love it.
please continue with second season, I am always guessing about another season on all your Masterpiece shows. I see them in USA and love everyone of them…Where is Crimson Fields, and Home Fires sequels…Hope they are forthcoming..although nothing beats Downton Abbey….
Watching in New Zealand nov 14. Just seen episode 5. Please continue. It would a be a crime to leave us hanging but that has become normal practice now. I wonder why I bother watching at all.
Please continue tis program. The acting is superb, the historical background fascinating, the script good, and the Irish wonderful, as well.