A while back, the pair achieved their long-cherished dream of adopting children (when we first met them years ago, they’d given up trying for a baby and were starting the process of trying to adopt). They are now raising teen siblings Princess (Scarlett Rayner) and Tyler (Cooper Turner) in the way we always knew they would: uncertainly and worrying about every little thing, mainly the appearance of the kids' biological mother Kat (Charlotte Riley).
She’s not a tutting, burdened wife carrying the emotional load on her feckless hubby’s behalf; he’s not a freestyling charmer being held back by an uptight nag. It would be easy for either of those cliches to creep in, but Trying delights in flirting with the hackneyed, the cheesy and the twee before pulling back and revealing itself to be too smart and thoughtful for all that.
View Green Video on the source websiteThat season arc further refines the main characters' already nicely rounded personalities, and along the way are some classic sitcom shenanigans: a trip to a theme park where Nikki pretends not to be scared of rollercoasters, Jason finding himself on a night out with a gang of cautious, health-conscious students, and an episode where Jason and Nikki go on holiday to Tuscany by mistake.
Each adventure ends with a moment of hugging and learning that could easily be emetic pap but never is because the writing’s too emotionally intelligent and the cast are too damn lovable. Instead, Trying has the power to bring a tear to the driest eye without warning, and that’s the case again in season five.
Then there’s the fabulous creation that is Nikki’s brother-in-law Scott (Darren Boyd), a poet, sculptor, crooner, self-published author and all-round buffoon whom Wolton has never wanted to portray as purely a figure of fun. As Scott’s quest to row across the Atlantic inevitably ends in failure, even a character who seems to be pure comic relief is given just the right amount of nuance and shade.
Trying season 5 releases from 8 July on Apple TV.
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