'AWKWARD'
The Responder fans all say the same thing during ‘awkward’ scene between Martin Freeman and his former Office co-star
FANS of The Responder have been left furious during an 'awkward' scene between Martin Freeman and a former co-star from The Office.
Martin, 50, plays Liverpudlian police officer Chris Carson in the gritty BBC drama and stars alongside The Office's Elizabeth Berrington.
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Elizabeth, 51, played a pregnant office worker with no filter called Anne in the BBC One comedy. Anne sat opposite Freeman's character Tim Canterbury.
In The Responder, she plays Chris' therapist. But during the third instalment of the five-part mini-series, she muddles him with another patient.
At the start of another intense therapy session, she asks Chris: "How's Helen?"
Looking confused, Chris - whose wife is called Kate - replies: "Helen?"
Smiling, she says: "Your wife?" But Chris remarks: "You what? No."
Looking alarmed, Chris' therapist gingerly calls him "James", to which he again curtly replies: "No."
Realising her mistake, the therapist quickly tries to backtrack and sighs: "Oh God, you're 4pm aren't you? I'm so sorry. I looked at the clock, as I'm running late, and I've picked up 4.30.
"Erm, I'm so sorry but I'm absolutely swamped. There's so many of you. There used to be two of us..."
Chris mutters: "I'm dying in front of you and you don't even know my name."
FAN FURY
Fans of The Responder were left furious by the therapist's mistake.
One tweeted: "Don’t believe his therapist would get him confused with someone else like that … #TheResponder."
Another wrote: "No psychologist would behave like that."
A third chimed in: "What a fantastic therapist, should be struck off the register #TheResponder."
And a fourth said: "Oh dear, awkward #TheResponder."
The Responder is written by ex-police officer Tony Schumacher, with the story following crisis-stricken, unconventional officer Chris.
In preparation for the role, the Black Panther star revealed he spoke to himself in a Liverpudlian accent for a year and a half.
He told : “I walked around for a year and a half, occasionally just talking to myself in scouse.
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"Even though you're not always the best judge of your own thing, I do trust my ear.
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“There are some accents where you don't want to be in that city among the inhabitants of that city making a balls up of it."
And Martin's work paid off as viewers praised his impressive Liverpool accent on Twitter after the first episode aired.
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