A very, very, VERYimportant question about 'Friday Night Dinner'

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Settle an argument please - where does Jim live?

@NeutralJanet - genius!!

See, I always thought next door, probably to the right, but I was musing last night about how he could afford such a naice house and DH was adamant that he doesn't live next door, but in fact lives some distance away, and seemed to think that he has to cross a park with a pond to get to them! We've just re-watched the entire lot with DS over lockdown and I cannot fathom where he's got that from! Even that fount of knowledge, the Metro, says he's their next-door neighbour, but DH is having none of it.

I think next door too, but I thought to the right as you look at the house. And I agree with Drivingdownthe101 definitely inherited

I think not next door but further down the road. If it was next door he’d pop up at the fence all the time when they’re in the garden.

Ds reckons opposite

Imagine him being your neighbour!

I think a few doors down, maybe 2, and you’d turn left out of their front door.

Inherited is spot on!

I spend a lot of time trying to work out the layout of their house.

The park with the pond probably comes from the Buggy episode but wasn't he just there walking Wilson?

They never say he lives next door so I assume he's a few houses down.

It was his mum and dads house, he’s always lived there, it’s exactly the same as it was when they died. I don’t know why I think that.

Was Wilson his late mother's dog?

It wasn't me who came up with that one to be fair, its a fan theory I saw over on Reddit.

Next door- or at least that's my first response. I'm not sure it's ever specified, though!

Next door. I can't see any argument for thinking he lives anywhere else. Wilson was always wandering round for a crap. The Goodmans don't spend much time in the garden, unless they're on their way to the shed, and why would Jim pop his head over the fence if he didn't see Jackie?

Next door.As you come out of the main house his is to the left

He lives next door to the right (if you’re looking from their front door into the street).

Fanthorpe Yes I agree .probably inherited from his family ! Love this show so funny and witty ,yet with a sprinkle of kindness thrown in as well.Apparently the writers Dad used to say "Shit on it" ,if he had an accident ! so thats Martins line as well .Super lovely house they have too.

I am feeling thoroughly vindicated now

We've been watching all the old series from the start with DS over lockdown....we've only got one more to go and it's 'Wilson'

slight spoiler if you haven't watched latest series

I think it is to the left of the Goodmans if you are looking out the front door, because in episode with bag in the tree, the tree is on the right.

If that tree was directly outside Jim's house he would have appeared from there.

Opposite but slightly to the left or right, can't remember which!

Now i imagined Jim living next door but on the left! I'm starting to itch on the inside now.

I think I need to watch the entire series again with this new perspective?

Shalom...

Why didn't he want Wilson buried in his own garden...

Shalom...

Poor Jim has had a hard life by the sounds of things fridaynightdinner.fandom.com/wiki/Jim_Bell

I thought he lived down the road from them, but it would make more sense if he is an immediate next door neighbour. I thought he lived next door to the right, looking from their house to the road.

I think he wanted Wilson buried in his favourite business spot.

Out of the Goodmans door to the left, three or four houses down, block of two up, two down/flats on the corner; second floor hence no garden for walks and burials.

Technically he's on the main road and not really the Goodmans leafy street.

Bus stop outside that he uses quite frequently.

I'm gutted that we've watched them all now. Every episode had something that made me cringe and something that made me cry with laughter.

DS1 is adamant Jimleves on the left of the Goodman house (if looking at the house). His friend over Xbox is adamant it is the right 😂