A Single Blade of Grass visions were a cheat. The camera would go to a coffee cup and Frank would say, 'The murderer used a coffee cup.' It drove me nuts. What we were trying to do this year was elevate Frank's visions to a dream-like state, so he would have to interpret what he's seeing. There would be more mystical, symbolic imagery that might give him more of a sense of what's going on. I had wanted to strip away the gift for a long time and see if the show really played without it. But we got back into that". "A Single Blade
Married Single Other as "Cold Feet", Declan Lowney and Andy Harries respectively. Tim Dowling from "The Guardian" wrote "Yes, it's predictable. Yes, it's a lot like Cold Feet. And Married Single Other is also a pleasure to watch". Dowling drew similarities from the series compared with "Cold Feet" such as the "a northern location, a large cast of inter-connected characters, implausibly wry dialogue, dangerous levels of sentimentality, some well-signposted cliches and Ralf Little." On the Box also likened it to "Cold Feet", claiming "ITV must be furiously trying to work out how to replicate the success of Cold Feet, the influential comedy drama