Love this show, and I am hooked, but the story line with April has me really troubled. Did writers talk to young widows and get input before filming this? I assume that's a hard no.
April appears as though she's going to go so far as possibly take her husband back after he re-emerges from the dead (having actually faked his death) after 3 years. That's a tough pill to swallow. But wait. There's more. They have a young daughter and they're discussing how to tell her that Daddy is not dead. Wow. Oh, wait... here's where he's been: living with another woman and their young son, this is a woman with whom he had been having an affair. Which was not brought to light until April discovers this herself, 3 years later.
So here's where this is super troubling. Not that this all happened, and yes it's the story line of a soap opera, but in actuality - speaking as a 'real' widow who had very young children at the time of the loss, the mere thought of a return from the dead after 3 years would result in some SERIOUS psychological trauma. Because, what we've been though these last 3 years would be categorized as severe psychological trauma, not to mention what's going on with the children. So to have a fake death situation would not be taken as lightly as depicted on the show. What April experienced as shocking and traumatic as shown, multiply that times a million and now you're getting close.
And the daughter Lucy? She's already got a weight to carry given the loss of her father. To have her know that he faked his death and abandoned her on purpose, and put her through 3 years of death-grief for no actual reason, and that's something you tell her over ice cream? You're laying the ground work to 100% eff up her whole life.
No. Just no. A hard no.
Now, I have clearly been triggered by this and I'm processing some stuff here. I think all the other story lines are great and I've really enjoyed the show so far. I just wanted to put this all down somewhere and figure out if I can continue watching.
Thank you
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