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Does anyone here like Friday Night Dinner? If you do, then good news; the new season begins this month! Here's a promo that Channel 4 put out recently:
I can't wait! The last season was brilliant, and I think this one looks the same from the trailer!
If you've been watching the season so far, I'd be intrigued to know; what are your thoughts on it? Because it seems to be dividing opinion on the internet.
As for my own thoughts:
I thought the first episode (The Caravan) was fantastic, and probably one of my favourite episodes.
I didn't think the second episode (The Plastic Bag) was quite as good, but it was still funny.
I actually thought that tonight's episode (The Au Pair) was quite funny, but it seems to be getting absolutely slaughtered on IMDB.
I absolutely love it so far!! It does feel a bit different but I'm putting that down to the fact that this is the first season I've got myself properly hyped for so maybe it's that? But I'm still loving it - so much that last night I booked tickets to see Tom Rosenthal's show again!
It's bloody funny and I'm enjoying it, but something about it feels a bit off. I keep noticing the actors having to oddly and unnaturaly hold expressions while the other actors do their bit when usually the framing or cut wouldn't have allowed you to dwell on those characters, it's like it's not had the usual level of care in camera set up or editing or something?
Definitely a weaker episode than usual last night. The guest character was irritating rather than funny and Jim has definitely regressed as a character and / or been overused throughout the last couple of seasons.
That said, The Caravan was extremely funny. One of the best. So there is life in the show yet.
I must say, there are more fellow Friday Night Dinner viewers on this forum than I was expecting!
It might interest you all to know that the show has apparently had its highest ever viewing figures this season, with The Caravan being the most-watched episode of comedy ever on Channel 4! For this reason, I could actually see there potentially being another season; Robert Popper seems to have plenty of ideas up his sleeves!
As for my thoughts on the current season, I'd say that The Caravan was my favourite so far; a really funny episode, and probably one of my all-time favourites! I did also really like The Plastic Bag, but I wasn't quite so sure on The Au Pair; there were bits of it I found funny, like
Jim's dancing
and
Jim having "dropped a marble"
, but there were other bits that I found a bit awkward, and I think that the actual portrayal of the au pair as a character (who I discovered is actually played by an English actress) was almost a little bit racist, in a sense; did anyone else think this?
I've got a good topic related to the show we could discuss; what are some of your favourite all-time episodes, out of all the ones they've done? Some of mine include:
The Fox (Series 3 Episode 2)
The Two Tonys (Series 4 Episode 1)
The Carpet Cleaner (Series 4 Episode 2)
The Funeral (Series 4 Episode 5)
The Caravan (Series 6 Episode 1)
There are probably more, but those are the first ones that come to mind off the top of my head!
I think that the actual portrayal of the au pair as a character (who I discovered is actually played by an English actress) was almost a little bit racist, in a sense; did anyone else think this?
Has anyone watched tonight's episode? I thought it was really funny tonight, with quite an unexpected ending!
if I had to compare it to the others of the series, I'd probably say it's easily my 2nd favourite of Season 6 so far behind The Caravan at very worst; it was very good tonight!
It should have ended after Wilson died in series 5. This series has felt forced and unfunny. Programmes which rely heavily on catchphrases tend to have a short shelf-life and I believe FND has surpassed its best-before date.
Well, that's the end of Season 6, and judging by the tone of the episode, I think it could very well be the end of the programme!
I thought that tonight's finale was fantastic; I was killing myself laughing when
Martin spilt the soup on himself
, and I thought that the things that happened, as well as the humour, just made it a fantastic episode, on the whole; it would certainly be very fitting if this was the finale!
If I had to rank the episodes from this season, as I know many of you like my ranking, I would go with:
I really enjoyed tonight’s episode, and in General I’ve liked the majority of the series.
It did feel like it could be the end, but then again with all what happened in it they could easily make another series or two. I guess it’s very much left the door opened but also finished on a high.
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