Doctor Foster Season 2 Episode 5
Will that be enough for Gemma (Suranne Jones) – or is she going to remove him from both of their lives, permanently? We've just about managed to compose ourselves after that spectacular cliffhanger to throw together a few thoughts on what might happen next.
Simon ends up with no home, no job, no money, no possessions and no family – but still refuses to admit defeat. Reiterating his earlier promise that he won't leave Parminster except "in a coffin", Simon marches off, planning to grab Son Tom (Tom Taylor), and that's when Gemma puts the pedal to the metal, bearing down on her unwitting ex-husband in her car.
Tom, now reconciled with Gemma, is keen to move on ("It doesn't matter now, so can we leave it?") but Simon insists that the secret will have driven a permanent wedge between Gemma and her son. "Tom will never trust you, not really. Not like he used to."
Simon denies he still has feelings for Gemma, insisting that their romp last week was purely physical. He even makes queasy overtures to Kate, insisting that he prefers her to his ex-wife. "Your body's better... what you can do with it. You smell better!"
But as the episode unfolds, it becomes increasingly clear that Simon's totally and utterly obsessed with Gemma. He's stayed true to his original wedding speech (the item that Gemma gifted to Kate): "She will be everything forever. My obsession. My life. There will never be anyone else and she will be my life until the day I die."
There's even the skin-crawling revelation that Simon's started making Kate dress like Gemma. "It's his taste," Gemma says. "His taste is me."
He even played Gemma's favourite song, the song that she and Simon used to make love to, at his and Kate's wedding party – and Gemma, though she'd be loathe to admit it, is every bit as obsessed with him.
Will that be enough for Gemma (Suranne Jones) – or is she going to remove him from both of their lives, permanently? We've just about managed to compose ourselves after that spectacular cliffhanger to throw together a few thoughts on what might happen next.
Simon ends up with no home, no job, no money, no possessions and no family – but still refuses to admit defeat. Reiterating his earlier promise that he won't leave Parminster except "in a coffin", Simon marches off, planning to grab Son Tom (Tom Taylor), and that's when Gemma puts the pedal to the metal, bearing down on her unwitting ex-husband in her car.
Tom, now reconciled with Gemma, is keen to move on ("It doesn't matter now, so can we leave it?") but Simon insists that the secret will have driven a permanent wedge between Gemma and her son. "Tom will never trust you, not really. Not like he used to."
Simon denies he still has feelings for Gemma, insisting that their romp last week was purely physical. He even makes queasy overtures to Kate, insisting that he prefers her to his ex-wife. "Your body's better... what you can do with it. You smell better!"
But as the episode unfolds, it becomes increasingly clear that Simon's totally and utterly obsessed with Gemma. He's stayed true to his original wedding speech (the item that Gemma gifted to Kate): "She will be everything forever. My obsession. My life. There will never be anyone else and she will be my life until the day I die."
There's even the skin-crawling revelation that Simon's started making Kate dress like Gemma. "It's his taste," Gemma says. "His taste is me."
He even played Gemma's favourite song, the song that she and Simon used to make love to, at his and Kate's wedding party – and Gemma, though she'd be loathe to admit it, is every bit as obsessed with him.
