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Nicole Goodwin

ITV's Grace sparks further criticism from viewers over 'unrealistic' plot

ITV drama Grace has sparked further criticism from viewers who have slammed the show as 'unrealistic' and 'rubbish'.

Last week viewers hit out at the show, claiming there were scenes 'too graphic' for its 8pm time slot. In an opening scene viewers witnessed a man clad in black latex who had hung himself after a drugs binge.

ITV warned that there would be scenes that some might find distressing ahead of the show. However, that didn't stop viewers submitting 58 complaints to Ofcom following the episode.

Read more: ITV's Grace sparks viewer complaints over 'graphic' pre-watershed scene as warning placed on episode

But this week viewers had more complaints after watching Sunday's episode of Grace, with many branding the plot 'unrealistic', 'complicated' and 'rubbish'. In this week's episode, Not Dead Enough, characters Branson and Grace investigate the murder of local socialite Katya Bishop.

It's Katya's entrepreneur husband Kit who finds himself named as the main suspect early on in proceedings. The case turned out to be a real head-scratcher, with Kit appearing to have been in multiple places at once.

But in a plot twist branded 'unrealistic', Kit who was adopted was found to be one of a set of identical triplets - unbeknown to Kit himself. Following the big reveal, viewers of the show took to social media to voice their opinions.

One viewer wrote: "Wow. If I’d read the plot to this #Grace in a book I’d consider it hours wasted. A tad unbelievable is an understatement." While another said: "Triplets, come on!"

Another joked: "So when do the quads come in?"

Viewers also took to social media to brand the show as 'rubbish'. One wrote: "What a load of badly acted, abysmally written rubbish #Grace ". Another replied: "I agree. Utter garbage. Simplistic awful drama which should be on at 2pm on some streamer."

But some people disagreed with the negative comments and took the time to praise the show and its cast. One viewer wrote: "Loving @itv #Grace but anyone else expecting DCI Gene Hunt to pop up any minute with one of his totally un-pc comments?!"

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