Patrick Melrose (Benedict Cumberbatch)'s father, David (Hugo Weaving), mocks his late mother-in-law for "purchasing" a French duke as her second husband, the Duc de Valencay. The maternal grandmother of author Edward St. Aubyn, who based the Patrick Melrose novels on his own life, married the Duke of Talleyrand and Dino as her second husband.
Hugo Weaving (David Melrose) and Benedict Cumberbatch (Patrick Melrose) also worked together on The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) & The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) as Elrond & Smaug/Necromancer (voice) respectively.
"Never Mind" is actually the first ofEdward St. Aubyn's Patrick Melrose novels. The production team decided to open the series with Patrick as an adult character instead of a young child.
This was the least watched episode of the series, with a total audience of 0.186 million.
This episode is largely about Patrick's childhood and focuses on his dysfunctional parents, played by Hugo Weaving and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Benedict Cumberbatch is mostly absent (as his character is drying out).