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* FootsieUnderTheTable: Mark and Yvonne both do this while sitting at a table together once.
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* LovingAShadow: Yvonne becomes smitten with Mark quickly, embarking on a passionate affair and leans on him after she's raped. However, when he murders her rapist and they're put on trial, Yvonne soon learns Mark's so different from whom she's thought that it's clear she'd never really known the real man at all.
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* RiddleForTheAges: It's never revealed how George learned of Yvonne's affair with Mark, as they had tried very hard to keep it a secret.
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* TitleDrop: Apple Tree Yard turns out to be a small alleyway where Mark and Yvonne had sex for the last time together.
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* WallBangHer: Yvonne has sex with Mark the first time while in a closet up against the wall. Later they also have sex up against a wall in [[TitleDrop Apple Tree Yard]], a small alleyway.
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''Apple Tree Yard'' is a 2017 British thriller MiniSeries, based on the novel of the same name by Louise Doughty. Told in four parts, the series revolves around Dr Yvonne Carmichael (Creator/EmilyWatson), a 40-something scientist who has grown dissatisfied with her monotonous life and dull, failing marriage. Then, she meets Mark Costley (Creator/BenChaplin), a handsome, charismatic and mysterious man whilst giving a presentation at the House of Commons. They share an instant attraction, which leads into a passionate affair. However, when a series of shocking events shatter Yvonne's world, she finds herself questioning whether she ever truly knew her lover at all.
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''Apple Tree Yard'' is a 2017 British thriller MiniSeries, based on the novel of the same name by Louise Doughty. Doughty.
Told in four parts, the series revolves around Dr Yvonne Carmichael (Creator/EmilyWatson), a 40-something scientist who has grown dissatisfied with her monotonous life and dull, failing marriage. Then, she meets Mark Costley (Creator/BenChaplin), a handsome, charismatic and mysterious man whilst giving a presentation at the House of Commons. They share an instant attraction, which leads into a passionate affair. However, when a series of shocking events shatter Yvonne's world, she finds herself questioning whether she ever truly knew her lover at all.
Told in four parts, the series revolves around Dr Yvonne Carmichael (Creator/EmilyWatson), a 40-something scientist who has grown dissatisfied with her monotonous life and dull, failing marriage. Then, she meets Mark Costley (Creator/BenChaplin), a handsome, charismatic and mysterious man whilst giving a presentation at the House of Commons. They share an instant attraction, which leads into a passionate affair. However, when a series of shocking events shatter Yvonne's world, she finds herself questioning whether she ever truly knew her lover at all.
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** When the legal advisor the Carmichaels consult asks [[spoiler: why Yvonne didn’t try to fight back against her rapist, Gary grabs a knife, holds it to his throat and then proceeds to give him a lecture on how the flight-fight-freeze response works in life-threatening situations]].
** Whilst at a dinner party, Yvonne flips out at the hostess when she starts UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming a young woman who was gang-raped in a recent case they heard about. [[spoiler: Yvonne is more than justified, seeing as she herself was recently raped, although the hostess didn't know this]].
** Whilst at a dinner party, Yvonne flips out at the hostess when she starts UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming a young woman who was gang-raped in a recent case they heard about. [[spoiler: Yvonne is more than justified, seeing as she herself was recently raped, although the hostess didn't know this]].
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** When the legal advisor the Carmichaels consult asks [[spoiler: why [[spoiler:why Yvonne didn’t try to fight back against her rapist, Gary grabs a knife, holds it to his throat and then proceeds to give him a lecture on how the flight-fight-freeze response works in life-threatening situations]].
** Whilst at a dinner party, Yvonne flips out at the hostess when she starts UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming a young woman who was gang-raped in a recent case they heard about.[[spoiler: Yvonne [[spoiler:Yvonne is more than justified, seeing as she herself was recently raped, although the hostess didn't know this]].
** Whilst at a dinner party, Yvonne flips out at the hostess when she starts UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming a young woman who was gang-raped in a recent case they heard about.
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* DeerInTheHeadlights: Yvonne is so shocked and terrified when [[spoiler: George attacks her, she completely freezes up. Her husband later lampshades that this can be a natural response to such a situation, although it's pointed out that some people will question as to whether it was really rape because she didn't fight back]].
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* DeerInTheHeadlights: Yvonne is so shocked and terrified when [[spoiler: George [[spoiler:George attacks her, she completely freezes up. Her husband later lampshades that this can be a natural response to such a situation, although it's pointed out that some people will question as to whether it was really rape because she didn't fight back]].
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* InsanityDefense: [[spoiler: Mark pleads this after being charged with George's murder. It ultimately succeeds in his sentence being reduced from murder to manslaughter. Whilst not confirmed, it's implied that at the very least he's got some pretty abnormal ways of thinking and behaving]].
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* InsanityDefense: [[spoiler: Mark [[spoiler:Mark pleads this after being charged with George's murder. It ultimately succeeds in his sentence being reduced from murder to manslaughter. Whilst not confirmed, it's implied that at the very least he's got some pretty abnormal ways of thinking and behaving]].
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* RapeAndRevenge: {{Deconstructed|trope}}. [[spoiler: After Yvonne confides in her lover Mark that a co-worker raped her and is now stalking her, Mark kills him in retaliation, believing it's what Yvonne wanted. However, Yvonne is actually horrified; they both end up being charged with murder, which further traumatises her]].
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* RapeAndRevenge: {{Deconstructed|trope}}. [[spoiler: After [[spoiler:After Yvonne confides in her lover Mark that a co-worker raped her and is now stalking her, Mark kills him in retaliation, believing it's what Yvonne wanted. However, Yvonne is actually horrified; they both end up being charged with murder, which further traumatises her]].
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* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler: George. He hits Yvonne in the face twice, threatens to hit her again if she fights back and violently rapes her]].
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* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler: George.[[spoiler:George. He hits Yvonne in the face twice, threatens to hit her again if she fights back and violently rapes her]].
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* SexEqualsLove: Yvonne has to have shades of this in regards to Mark; they hook up several times and this is enough for Yvonne to develop strong feelings for him and to believe he feels the same about her, too. It's to the point she confides in ''him'' rather than her husband after [[spoiler:she's raped]], with Gary only finding out when Yvonne is arrested and is forced to explain what happened. It's painfully {{deconstructed|trope}} as she comes to realise she actually has no idea who Mark Costley really is, not to mention the fact she begins doubting whether he actually cares for her.
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* SexEqualsLove: Yvonne has to have shades of this in regards to Mark; they hook up several times and this is enough for Yvonne to develop strong feelings for him and to believe he feels the same about her, too. It's to the point she confides in ''him'' rather than her husband after [[spoiler:she's raped]], with Gary only finding out when Yvonne is arrested and is forced to explain what happened. It's painfully {{deconstructed|trope}} as she comes to realise she [[LovingAShadow actually has no idea who Mark Costley really is, is]], not to mention the fact she begins doubting whether he actually cares for her.
