The events of their past are revived, and ideas have long been repeated with this family which suffer from past problems, as well as the return of their father, who had a great impact in their lives. The family has to accept it as it is despite the conflicts it will face.
The longer I watched, the more compelling I found it. What a relief to be presented with a drama in which women are allowed to enjoy their work, and even to be wildly good at it, without their private lives also being offered up as a total failure.
The Split, really, is an entertainment and an obvious contrivance. If anything, it's guilty of not being knowing enough about it's inherent absurdity, which is forgivable.
It's all sleekly done, with a snappy script by Abi Morgan, but most of the characters are just awful in that peculiarly English middle-class kind of way.
Nicola Walker's [...] every movement, gesture and expression is a masterclass in playing someone who is on the verge of losing it, but knows everyone is relying on her to hold things together.