Plot holes, by Elizabeth Kay
Like so many people, I’ve been watching a lot of TV recently. There are a number of very good series available at the moment, The Great being my current favourite. The script is first rate, and very funny, despite having its darker moments. Two of the other series I have been watching are The Drowning , and Finding Alice . But there are enormous plot-holes in both of these, and I can only imagine that they have been left in the expectation of another series, although nothing has been said about this. Don’t read the rest of this if you still intend to watch them, as there will be spoilers. I have no issue with the acting or direction in either of these; excellent all round. It’s just the storyline! Where’s that script editor when you need her/him? The Drowning: The premise is that a five-year-old boy, Tom, disappears on a family picnic by a lake and is presumed drowned although his body is never found. His mother is understandably devastated, and her marriage falls apar...