Fay, did you see the special a fortnight or so ago? It undid me; I was undone.
Sadly I don't have TV set up in my flat at present - pretty much all my TV viewing is via DVD (presently rewatching
Alias
season 4, with a view to appreciating my newly-purchased
Alias
season 5.)
Well, plus I'm in Thailand, rather than Blighty, so it probably wasn't viewable on whatever the cable telly here is.
Was it the Christmas ep? With the bathroom scene? That reduced me to a blubbering wreck. (Are you in the UK or the States, btw? Or elsewhere?)
No, no, it was a new episode. Baby David as a seven year old, the first glimpse of Anthony's child, "All I ever dreamed of was being laminated throughout" and a bunch of other quotes that have already insinuated themselves into my speech and the most quietly devastating scene yet.
I'm in Ireland but receiving the BBC is par for the course here now.
OMG, really? An all new episode? Is Caroline Aherne back from Australia then?
Argh!
Want. Take. Have!
It's ahemable. You must want. take. have it because it was freakin' brilliant. I'm getting emotional just thinking about it and I'm a manly man.
There was also a talking heads piece on after it with J.K. Rowling, Peter Kay and Noel Gallagher geeking out over it in the most affectionate ways.
There was also a talking heads piece on after it with J.K. Rowling, Peter Kay and Noel Gallagher geeking out over it in the most affectionate ways.
OMG. Bless.
Seriously, I could wax lyrical about
The Royle Family
at length. It's seriously fantastic writing and acting and it deserves to be studied alongside late 20th Century drama on University courses - it's really much more in the theatrical tradition than using the medium of television.
Christ, that sounds shockingly pretentious. But what I mean is that Aherne used only a handful of sets and it's all dialogue-based, character revealing stuff rather than action-y stuff. It could totally be done on stage with the most minimal changes and not lose anything, which isn't true of most television. And it's so painfully funny and funnily painful and just spot on... yeah. Go Team Aherne.
I'm in Ireland but receiving the BBC is par for the course here now.
You are? So am I! So is Jars! Where are you?
Poking head to post that according to the Buffista Calendar, today is moonlit's birthday. Happy birthday! With lots of wishes for a great day and a wonderful year!
crap, I knew I shoulda asked Nilly
if you need me, I'll be in the doghouse until the 22nd ... which is when I thought her birthday was ... d'oh!
Happy birthday, moonlit! Forgive jimi!
