The whole “female MP embarrassed by husband’s indiscretion” storyline was reminiscent of Jacqui Smith’s husband Richard Timney and his porn habit, while the spanking element couldn’t help putting one in mind of Stormy Daniels’ claims about Donald Trump. The peony-mad mum-of-the-groom was Shobu Kapoor, who played Gita in EastEnders - the fearsome wife of flaky Walford Market trader Sanjay - for five years during the Nineties. The unseen Prime Minister had demanded “damage limitation”, while Emma wanted a divorce - which Bill vowed to contest, for the sake of their three children. Cue Goldie sashayed through the company HQ to gatecrash a board meeting. 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Hannah and Nathan’s marriage was rocked in series one when he was forced to confess to having had an affair arranged through hacked extra-marital ‘dating’ site Indiana Ray. Following last week’s vengeful fury, Nicola Walker has really started to display her range. Scandal Divorce Writer Marriage Separation Writers. James and his parents were last seen making a hasty exit, while Glen got hot under the clerical collar. This episode began with divorce lawyers all over London and beyond leaping into action after Indiana Ray - ironically taglined “The place to go for a discreet affair” - was hacked and its client list was leaked. She's married to Nathan and they have three children. “What else are you lying about?” she snarled at her slimy ex, who told her: “You’re sleepwalking, love. The Split, episode 4, recap: is it all over for Hannah and Nathan? Here are all the talking points from episode four…. She had just discovered that her husband Nathan had cheated on her four times. Hannah and Nathan are left alone. As the press and paparazzi also descended, it was gleefully dubbed “Divorce D-Day”. Anyone for tea or coffee? Never miss out on gossip, celebrity photos, videos, divorces, scandals and more. Hannah's personal and professional lives collide when Nathan helps out with the Hansen case, as she desperately tries to cover up evidence of her affair with Christie. To add insult to injury, he did the deed via a misspelt text (“We need a brake” indeed). She persuaded Emma to stay with Bill for the sake of her career and their children - at least until she’s out of office and their youngest son had left home, at which point she could discreetly divorce. Is there any way back from the brink for the show’s pivotal couple? If this came out in court, she could be found guilty of perverting the course of justice, while Ruth could be struck off. At breaking point: Hannah (Nicola Walker) and Nathan (Stephen Mangan) W riter Abi Morgan’s divorce drama passed the halfway point with its most scandal-heavy, incident-packed instalment yet. Hannah and Nathan’s marriage is in turmoil after her shocking confession. Nathan met Hannah at law school twenty years ago. She looked all a-flutter as Christie charismatically led the “Divorce D-Day” meeting, then asked for his advice over the tangled Graham case. Poor Liv. Contains some strong language. Article by The Telegraph. We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future. The girls also sing together. Nathan protested that it was a “moment of madness” (copyright Welsh politician Ron Davies) while he was away working alone and that he never actually went on any dates, but such excuses cut no mustard with Hannah. Graham was a “state school girl from Manchester” - rather like Margaret Beckett, Britain’s first female Foreign Secretary - while her warm, no-nonsense approach recalled Mo Mowlam. Directed by Paula van der Oest. The Split fans have been left ‘in awe’ of Hannah Stern’s sprawling London home – but are baffled by how she affords it Credit: bbc While lawyers can earn good salaries in … Hannah speaks with Ruth about her wedding day. Fake news? Hannah, let’s be honest, has been mentally elsewhere for a long time in our marriage and she’s not been communicating. We speculated last week that patriarch Oscar could be terminally ill, hence his sudden reappearance. Six-part drama The Split tells the story of the Defoe family – and what happens after leading divorce lawyer Hannah leaves the family firm. After the Sterns’ teenage daughter (Elizabeth Roberts) went on the pill last week, much to her father’s chagrin, now she was heartbroken after getting dumped by her boyfriend Sasha (Brenock O’Connor). Love Island winner Nathan Massey has been slammed on Instagram for “photoshopping” his abs – although fans seem to have got the wrong end of the stick. And I’m onto you.” It’s all building to a deliciously soapy denouement over the next two weeks. Writer Abi Morgan’s divorce drama passed the halfway point with its most scandal-heavy, incident-packed instalment yet. ... Hannah still can’t forgive Nathan for his past infidelity and her feelings for Christie haven’t gone away. Hannah promises that she is not like her father. We opened with a 4am phone call summoning Hannah to a delicate meeting with the Foreign Secretary, Emma Graham (Claire Rushbrook) because the politician’s errant husband Bill (Nicholas Gleaves) was on the list leaked by the Indiana Ray hackers. The final episode of The Split airs on BBC One on Tuesday 17 March at 9 pm. To that list we can now add The Split’s pre-wedding dinner party. As she moved further away from Nathan, Hannah grew increasingly close to Christie. In a quietly tender moment, she reached out and held his hand. Although Emma was a former client of Defoes, she had specifically asked for Hannah to represent her - nabbing a case from mother Ruth (Deborah Findlay) in a neat reversal from episode one. Hannah and Nathan’s daughter and her budding sex life! THE Split has returned with a bang following the huge success of season one. Award yourself a bunch of peonies if you spotted her. You need to be a subscriber to join the conversation. Long-lost dad Oscar’s return! Not only did Nathan’s daft drunken lunge at Hannah’s sister Nina (Annabel Scholey) come to light - more on that dinner-party-from-hell in a moment - but it also transpired that he’d joined extramarital dating website Indiana Ray. Have they separated? Hannah Stern is a divorce lawyer, from the Defoes – a family of female divorce lawyers, which includes her sisters and mum. ... Nathan’s (Stephen Mangan) mistrust of Hannah deepened as … The Split 2018 The Split follows the Defoes a family of female divorce lawyers who are forced to face their past following the return of their estranged father after a 30-year absence. With Nicola Walker, Stephen Mangan, Elizabeth Roberts, Toby Oliver. It was fun to play “spot the real-life parallels” here. Just to add extra pressure, Emma was due to host a high-profile state visit from the Chinese President that very day. The joy of Abi Morgan and her work is there are no goodies, no baddies, … He tells her that he loves her. Ruth tells Hannah that she is playing a dangerous game. The Split continued last night and Hannah (Nicola Walker) and Christie’s (Barry Atsma) affair is now out in the open. Ruth mentioned that “We can’t afford to lose Davey McKenzie as a client” and we heard that she hadn’t paid her share of Rose’s wedding costs yet. Suicides and extortion attempts followed, presumably hence the script’s reference to “Some bishop blew his brains out in Glasgow”. Might a reunion with Ruth even be on the cards? Comedian Rex Pope (Mathew Baynton) still hasn’t settled his bill and Nina was forced to chase him for payment. More on this next week, I’ll warrant. Ironically, they’d just had sex for the first time in ages and seemed to be rebuilding bridges. On the outside Nathan and Hannah are the golden couple, personally and professionally, to everyone who knows them and Nathan is fiercely proud and protective of the life and family they has built. You’re better off without him, Liv. “Well, I’m awake now. Oscar's return continues to drive a wedge into the Defoe family dynamic. He’s got a girl’s name, for starters. Recent TV drama has seen such memorable meals-from-hell as the Doctor Foster pasta massacre and This Is England’s grim Sunday lunch of roast misery and all the trimmings. As Noble & Hale boss Zander (Chukwudi Iwuji) so sagely said: “The moral of the tale? Hannah's personal and professional lives collide when Nathan helps out with the Hansen case, as she desperately tries to cover up evidence of her affair with Christie. The extraordinary true story of The Pembrokeshire Murders and the 'Bullseye killer', The best TV shows on Netflix UK to watch in lockdown, from Friends to The Crown, The best TV shows on All 4 to watch in lockdown, from Shameless to Grand Designs. Port? The culprits turned out to be a far-right Christian group, which sounded a little unlikely. Cheeseboard? Find out more, The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. Nathan then became a barrister, the go-to legal mind in an emerging and lucrative field; fertility & surrogacy cases. Writer Abi Morgan’s divorce drama passed the halfway point with its most scandal-heavy, incident-packed instalment yet. With Nicola Walker, Stephen Mangan, Annabel Scholey, Fiona Button. Cracks have been evident in the marriage of Hannah Stern (Nicola Walker) and husband Nathan (Stephen Mangan) all series but here they widened into chasms. Just be thankful he didn’t do it with an emoji. Does the divorce lawyer need… well, a divorce lawyer? What next for Hannah? Hannah and Christie’s conversation about the Grahams - “too terrified to leave a marriage but wishing you were with someone else” - was loaded with double meaning. As a young girl of 12 years old, Hannah was the one who had to suddenly grow up, pick up the pieces, try to get her devastated mother out of bed and her younger sisters to school and nursery. During their pupillage they both specialised in family law. A fine performance, unshowy but utterly believable. Nathan Stern is a barrister, in constant demand in his field and a devoted husband of Hannah. Oops. The Truth About Getting Fit at Home, review: is it really a surprise that a kale smoothie is low on energy? Hannah meets a TV presenter who needs her help, and a new colleague joins the firm. ... Hannah’s husband Nathan is also a … Things were already looking shaky for cold-footed Rose (Fiona Button) and wet blanket fiancé James (Rudi Dharmalingam), after she said she didn’t want children and had a panic attack on the bus. As Hannah’s team dug into dodgy Davey’s finances, they discovered that he’d siphoned £18m through his secret lovechild’s account and there was still another £9m unaccounted for. Hannah dances with Nathan. The plot thickened further when it transpired that Bill was a spanking fetishist and Ruth had once helped the couple take out a privacy injunction against a tabloid kiss ’n’ tell. Meanwhile, Nina, having narrowly escaped a shoplifting sentence, is struggling with her decision to terminate her pregnancy, and a legal case with Hannah resonates with Nina's own problems. Ruth reiterated her intention to buy Oscar out of Defoes. We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism. Yet Nina hadn’t quite finished, also informing Ruth that Nathan had “put his hand on my arse and said ‘Why doesn’t she want to have sex with me any more?’” Riiiiight. Now up stepped sister Nina to have her wine-addled say in front of both families and vicar Glen Peters (Kobna Holdbrook-Smith). Surely it won’t be long before their simmering sexual tension boils over. Hannah lost her nerve while stood at Christie's door and he gave … Is it any wonder she put you hand on the vicar’s c--k?” Awkward. Nathan (Stephen Mangan) and Hannah (Nicola Walker) in The Split.. Nina leaves with Rex. She’s currently the long-suffering wife in Citizen Khan, too. Writer Abi Morgan had clearly been inspired by the 2015 data breach at Canadian site Ashley Madison, when hackers stole all of its customer data. The best affairs are the ones you never had.”. Hannah and Nathan's marriage is tested once again in the second series. More hints this week that the family firm is in financial trouble. Nathan Stern is a barrister, in constant demand in his field and a devoted husband of Hannah. However, Nathan didn’t help himself by hitting the wine too hard (he always seems to have a bottle of red on the go) and generally being a weak, drunken doofus. Worst of all, Nathan has been exposed as a cheat and a bare-faced liar –the very thing that Hannah, whose father walked out in her teens, can’t stomach. When Hannah’s father returns around the same time she leaves the family firm to join Noble & Hale, insecurities are brought to the fore with potentially devastating consequences for the family Nathan loves. Created by Abi Morgan. Read about our approach to external linking. Ruth gives a speech. / The series follows three sisters – divorce lawyers Hannah and Nina and their youngest sibling Rose – as they navigate the scandalous divorce scene whilst also dealing with their own personal family affairs. Oh, they've all gone home crying. Did soap fans recognise the actress playing James’ mother Annie? Episode 6. After a weepy tussle, she pushed him away and closed the bedroom door. Ex-wife Ruth spotted a chest scar - usually concealed with a tie or dapper scarf - which presumably means Oscar’s had open heart surgery. Hannah and Nathan’s marriage has been left in turmoil after Hannah’s confession (Photo: BBC) Will there be a … Colleague and old flame Christie Carmichael (Dutch actor Barry Atsma, all silvery good looks and wandering accent) was mooning after Hannah like a lovesick puppy last week but suddenly he was back to being the office heart-throb. Hannah embraces Oscar. With her mother’s words echoing in her ears (“You can always trust Hannah to do the right thing”), our heroine made a pragmatic choice. Nathan met Hannah at law school twenty years ago. Railing against the whole “happy ever after pile of c--p”, Nina told the dumbstruck James: “It’s not enough to just get on top and hope Rose feels the same. This showdown with Nathan - first the hurt looks at the dining table, then the visceral reaction to his betrayal - flexed her acting muscles further. He duly brokered a deal with the Daily Mail’s journalistic “piranha” Matthew Royston (Steve Edge) to contain the fallout with a sympathetic exclusive interview. Emma had signed a witness statement to protect Bill, lying to protect him. If only she had the money. Nathan drunkenly tries to accost Nina after revealing that he no longer has sex with Hannah, and after losing her engagement ring, Rose finds herself in a compromising position with vicar Glen (Kobna Holdbrook-Smith). Well, a certain blast from the past is waiting in the wings…. Well, there certainly seems to be something amiss. Nicola Walker plays the part of Hannah Stern in The Split (Photo: BBC) Hannah Stern (played by Nicola Walker) has left the family law firm Defoe’s to … Hannah and Nathan have problems that they weren’t confronting. The star explained that viewers got ‘very upset’ with him after his character Nathan cheated on Hannah (Nicola Walker). Yet the inevitable pressures of the kids growing up, his body growing older, a high pressured professional life and the toll of years spent together have begun to expose cracks in their once solid relationship. The Defoe family firm’s bankruptcy! 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