Lip Service Season 2 spoiler

[bop_radar]

Some asshole spoiled me (rightly or wrongly it doesn't really matter--pisses me off equally much) for Season 2 Lip Service, which starts today. In a comment to 'I'm not yours' on Youtube. Which... ok, I know comments sections on YouTube become more like public forums than LJ posts but it still feels like someone spat in my face after I handed them

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[greatshow]

You guys are talking about the bathroom scene, it seems. Sorry for the intrusion, but I landed here while searching through LiveJournal for Frankie/Cat discussions/things related to them as a couple. I'm back on LiveJournal for a bit while in the process of soon updating some fanfiction (which should take several days to update all of it) before I get back to real-life work and issues

[bop_radar]

Hey! Thanks for the message. Have now 'unspammed' you. I appreciate you finding hte links as well. :) I found the episode elsewhere in the meantime.

Didn't realised it aired early in Brazil! The comment that spoiled you was very similar to the one that spoiled me though. And yeah, now that the sting of being spoiled has passed (I hate spoilers on principle) the thing I'm really upset about is Cat dying. Like you say, even if the actress wasn't available for the whole season, there are other option. And wow, that article does make it sound like they COULD have had her for longer. GAH! So frustrating! She's a fabulous actress and will be a big loss from the series.

I totally agree that Frankie/Cat is central to the show... I really don't think it will stand alone without that and I'm devastated to lose it. My sympathies to you in being distraught about it also! I find the whole thing outrageous and it was painful watching episode 1 knowing what will come. :(

[greatshow]

Yeah, Brazilian fans were going around blabbing what happens and I think the episode was even uploaded to YouTube by a likely Brazilian fan. The BBC three quickly got a hold of the situation, though, pulling any copies that may be online and asking Brazilian fans to stop spoiling it for others. They then put a stop to any episodes airing in Brazil until the episodes have aired in the UK first.

About Fraser, it sounds like they'd already filmed part of Season 2 and she came back to film the rest of her character's story or she came back to begin (and end) her character's Season 2 story.

It's definitely painful knowing what will happen. We are said to have gotten our payoff by some who have seen and are upset by what will happen to the Frankie/Cat story. I'm likely going to write fanfiction for this couple even more so now knowing about this.

My sympathies to you as well.

[bop_radar]

Well I am glad BBC Three did something about it ... But the damage was kind of already done, spoiler-wise. :( I hope some people escape spoiler-free. Sometimes it helps if someone tells you there are spoilers out there that you should avoid.

So they always planned for Cat to die? That's so hard to take from the writers. :( I know it can work that way--that there is more need of fanfic and other fanworks to fill the void when a show doesn't deliver what we want, but I doubt it will work that way for me. I'm too upset. You are strong to write anyway!

[greatshow]

Well, we know that the creator didn't always plan for Cat to die, since she built the show around the Frankie and Cat love story. But I know what you mean. Was it already planned for her to die before Season 2 got the go-ahead? I don't know. That's why I'm questioning if Season 2 had already started filming or completed filming before it got the go-ahead. Either way, I'm certain that killing Cat off had to do with Laura Fraser deciding to move. Did they have to kill Cat off just because of that? Of course not, just like we've agreed. So I hope Fraser speaking out about doing so many sex scenes, especially explicit ones, didn't play a role in her being written out. I'd like to think that the creator is more professional than that.

As for writing... It's likely that I will, but I'm not sure when. Once you've had more time to mourn the death of Cat, you may find that you'll want to write a Frankie/Cat story too.