{"id":7041,"date":"2021-11-11T15:07:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T14:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1502481"},"modified":"2021-11-11T15:15:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T14:15:08","slug":"the-tower-viewers-give-verdict-on-ending-in-mixed-response-to-final-episode","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/the-tower-viewers-give-verdict-on-ending-in-mixed-response-to-final-episode\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tower viewers give verdict on ending in mixed response to final episode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lauren Morris\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 11 November 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>ITV drama <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/the-tower-release-date-itv\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Tower<\/a> reached its conclusion last night, with DS Sarah Collins finally uncovering the truth of what exactly happened on that south east London tower block roof, and <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> readers took to Twitter to share their thoughts on the three-parter\u2019s finale.<\/p>\n<p>The series, which starred Gemma Whelan (Game of Thrones) and Jimmy Akingbola (Arrow) as police officers Sarah Collins and Steve Bradshaw, followed the detectives as they searched for young officer Lizzie Adama (Tahirah Sharif), who was last seen with a five-year-old boy on the roof of a tower, at the bottom of which were the dead bodies of 52-year-old policeman Hadley Matthews and teenage Muslim refugee Farah Mehenni.<\/p>\n<p>The Tower aired its three episodes over the course of this week, with the final one revealing Farah had secretly recorded Hadley making racist comments and, while Sarah originally thought that Matthews had pushed Farah off of the roof to stop her from sharing the audio, Lizzie explained in a police interview that Farah had fallen accidentally and Matthews fell whilst trying to save her.<\/p> <p>After the drama\u2019s conclusion, viewers shared their mixed opinions on Twitter, with some loving the show and others feeling disappointed by the ending.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLoved it,\u201d one viewer <a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/OliviaG37717638\/status\/1458557679429947393?s=20&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cIt sets up in my opinion a second series.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another <a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/ursus262\/status\/1458561985595981825?s=20&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">said of the last episode\u2019s revelations<\/a>: \u201cI must say that\u2019s what I thought.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Loved it <br\/>It sets up in my opinion a second series<\/p>\u2014 Olivia (@OliviaG37717638) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/OliviaG37717638\/status\/1458557679429947393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">November 10, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>Others praised the series, written by Patrick Harbinson, with some hoping that a second series could answer a few remaining questions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought it was great,\u201d one Twitter user wrote. \u201cMy other half felt like there were too many unanswered questions (Shaw\u2019s Mrs keeping the phone, etc). I expect there will be another series to help clear things up.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">I thought it was great \u263a\ufe0f my other half felt like there were too many unanswered questions (Shaw's Mrs keeping the phone, etc). I expect there will be another series to help clear things up ????<\/p>\u2014 Maureen Butcher ???? (@maureen17762) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/maureen17762\/status\/1458573532028448775?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">November 10, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>\u201cThought it was good in the end. The right outcome,\u201d one fan wrote, while another <a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/manubrian\/status\/1458556630975533061?s=20&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>\u00a0they \u201creally enjoyed it\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Other viewers weren\u2019t so complimentary, with some labelling the drama \u201cboring\u201d and \u201cdisappointing\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot sure why I stayed with it,\u201d one viewer <a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/juneh49\/status\/1458567911841411076?s=20&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>. \u201cUnlikeable characters and no real story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One Twitter user <a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/cassiecollins88\/status\/1458556348120109063?s=20&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">described<\/a> the last episode as \u201cvery anti climactic\u201d, while another wrote: \u201cConsidering this drama series lasted a third longer than say a single story of Vera or Midsommer Murders for example, I had expected something better than what I saw.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Considering this drama series lasted a third longer than say a single story of <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Vera?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#Vera<\/a> or <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MidsommerMurders?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#MidsommerMurders<\/a> for example, I had expected something better than what I saw. Are we to believe the lead character got a change of job without her boss knowing? <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheTower?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#TheTower<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Daren Haines (@Hello_To_Thou) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hello_To_Thou\/status\/1458753403136491523?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">November 11, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>\u201cAre we to believe the lead character got a change of job with her boss knowing?\u201d they continued.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Tahirah Sharif told\u00a0<strong>RadioTimes.com<\/strong> in an exclusive interview that <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/the-tower-itv-season-2-newsupdate\/&quot;\">The Tower has \u201cdefinitely got scope\u201d for a second series<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"&quot;template-article__editor-content\" editor-content=\"\" ev-meter-content=\"\"><div class=\"&quot;page&quot;\" title=\"&quot;Page\">\n<div class=\"&quot;section&quot;\">\n<div class=\"&quot;layoutArea&quot;\">\n<div class=\"&quot;column&quot;\">\n<p><b>The Tower is available to stream on ITV Hub. Take a look at our other <\/b><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;s2&quot;\"><b>Drama<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0coverage, or find out what else is on with our\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;s2&quot;\"><b>TV Guide<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lauren Morris Published: Thursday, 11 November 2021 at 12:00 am ITV drama The Tower reached its conclusion last night, with DS Sarah Collins finally uncovering the truth of what exactly happened on that south east London tower block roof, and RadioTimes.com readers took to Twitter to share their thoughts on the three-parter\u2019s finale. 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