Yahoo News Keeping Faith series 3 kicks off to mixed reactions from viewers
Keeping Faith, the English-language version of Welsh legal drama Un Bore Mercher, returned to BBC One tonight (March 27) for its third and final series, and it's not off to the best start.
Episode one had a fair few things going on as Faith (Eve Myles) kept getting silent calls and hang-ups from an unknown number. Her home life is a mess as well, as she's struggling through a custody battle with Evan (Bradley Freegard) over her teenagers, who are properly acting out.
She's also been called into a potentially incendiary case where a father wants a hospital to operate on his son, despite them stating he has a slim chance of survival, and will likely be severely brain damaged if he does.
Plus, her former love interest Steve (Mark Lewis Jones) pops back up and, although she wants nothing to do with him, he convinces Faith to get in the car and speak to his 'friend' about something 'important'.
That person turns out to be Celia Imrie, and although it hasn't been revealed who she is playing (in the English version at least, if you've seen the Welsh version you'll know, the last five minutes see the two meet and Faith gets very angry about it indeed.
Related: Eve Myles almost quit acting before Keeping Faith
While it sounds like a lot happened, the pacing of the episode seemed to turn off the majority of the viewers, although some people appreciated how it took the time to set things up.
#KeepingFaith Having enjoyed the last two seasons, I'm going to forgive the early Season 3 clanger of an opener (barring the last 5 minutes) on the assumption the threads will come together as a coherent whole. Feels like it was written and directed by someone else, mind...
— Bristowvian (@AGlensMan) March 27, 2021
#keepingfaith thank goodness that's over
— Jan (@janedward) March 27, 2021
Hate to say it but #KeepingFaith was a hard watch! Hope the end title song was right...'It'll get better' 🤞🏻
— ER but not the Queen (@iluvbatfink) March 27, 2021
#keepingfaith first series was the best, should have stopped there.
— Lorraine (@lbjrock) March 27, 2021
My god that was bloody awful 😣 #KeepingFaith
— maggie cooper (@maggiecooper12) March 27, 2021
Well #KeepingFaith was as brilliant as ever. Along with #Lineofduty we just need #Hidden to return and we have the trinity. #greatdrama
— Amy 💙NHS #Europeanforever (@Amy4168) March 27, 2021
Well, that was ... a bit baffling really #KeepingFaith 😶
— Caitlin 💙 (@grimbletweets) March 27, 2021
Smashing opening episode to season 3 #KeepingFaith well done @TeamEveMyles you did not disappoint, once again utterly captivated!
— Catherine Slater (@slater04) March 27, 2021
oh my gaddd such a good start to the series I'm so bloody excited #keepingfaith
— lisa (@lisak_xx) March 27, 2021
A little disappointed with this 1st episode of #KeepingFaith. So slow moving in parts OH almost fell asleep. Setting the scene for future episodes but seems to be too many side plots. Action and tension missing.
— Hibiscus (high bisquer) (@rovihop2) March 27, 2021
Eye shot to hair shot, to eye shot with hair shot, back to eye shot then one eye only shot, finishing with a hair shot before a final eye shot #KeepingFaith
— becca (@LvBrookes) March 27, 2021
#keepingfaith why the constant slow mo musical segments ! Gaaah so annoying #bbc
— hibs (@hibs74) March 27, 2021
Keeping Faith series 3 airs Saturday nights at 9pm on BBC One, while all episodes are available now on iPlayer.
Digital Spy's digital magazine is back! Read all issues now with a 1-month free trial, only on Apple News+.
Interested in Digital Spy's weekly newsletter? Sign up to get it sent straight to your inbox – and don't forget to join our Watch This Facebook Group for daily TV recommendations and discussions with other readers.
You Might Also Like
