Gavin and Stacey isn't funny amymore

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Is it just me? I don't think it's aged well at all, I thought the finale was rubbish!

I enjoyed it.

I find Pam unbearable though. I think Mick should move on to one of those golf club ladies!

The Gavin & Stacey role playing jarred with me too - I concluded it was there to imply that they are turning into (Gavin’s) parents with the passage of time - Charles and Camilla, anyone? - even though they may not have been aware of it themselves.

So many other good story lines and observations though!

It's just you. It was the finale we needed after being left hanging in 2019. It was pitched just right.

And then Pete comes in and repeats the same line about Nepal. I love these bits! Reminds me so much of my mum and dad when I visit them. Mum will tell a story about someone whilst dad is making drinks, he’ll join part way through and tell the story again.

I love Gavin and Stacey because of moments like this. Every family has their quirks. Mine also do the “Ello, Vera” thing.

There's a reason why sitcoms have a shelf life, despite fans begging for more, which is blatantly obvious when you watch a 'special' made years later.

In Gavin and Stacey in particular :

The characters look too old, of course they are, but it somehow doesn't 'feel' right.
It felt a little false and you can't help but think of the actors behind those characters and how they've changed over the years, JC in particular. All of this just to say for those reasons I just found it too hard to suspend my disbelief this time.

There were some lovely funny moments, I loved Gwen and Dave Coaches, brilliant.
I also loved the focus on the Mick/Smithy relationship which is something that's never really been put in the spotlight before. Larry Lamb's little monologue about how Smithy became like the son they never had was the single best thing in the episode, IMO.
I thought the writing was top notch, with a few exceptions :
Uncle Bryn - no.. He was always kind hearted and a little obnoxious with a very small but funny rebellious streak. In the finale they overdid it and lost a lot of what made him such a likeable and iconic character.
And finally, the two characters meant to be the focal point of the story now have nothing to do, it's totally the Smithy and Nessa show so let's give them a non-story about spicing up their marriage.
Ruth Jones is right - there's nowhere left to go now. It finished on a sweet note though.
(I wouldn't be averse to a 'Gewn and Dave' mini series though!)

We really loved it, having hated the 2019 episode. I think it was the perfect finale.

Oh my Christ give over!
LOVED it I did.

They remind me of the people who come on to a MN thread that's already 823 posts in - clearly having only briefly skimmed the short, sketchy OP and not read any other posts - and then get huffy when people pull them up for repeating the same obvious thing that the first reply said and/or saying something that would now be very clearly highly inappropriate if they had bothered to see how the thread developed.

Thanks, I can't believe I totally forgot that rather important fact!! I never overly got Jason, tbh; but I should have remembered that!

It was never very funny. I find James Corden to be extremely annoying.

This is a bit like an Amazon review from someone that didn’t buy the product 😆

These are great observations.

Or that this amazingly-designed, great-priced piece of ground-breaking tech only gets 1 star, because the delivery person threw it over the fence and broke it!!

Or one star because ‘I bought it for my grandson and he hasn’t used it yet’

If she were truly only 29, as she claims to be, she wouldn't have the faintest idea who Hale & Pace were

She also claimed she had worked on the slots for 47 years 🤣🤣🤣

That’s the joke.

I liked it, thought it was a nice ending. I think it was never going to be as funny as had to be PC. G&S were very cringy but they always have been, especially in scenes together. the 2019 one grew on me, as will this one but nothing will hit the same as the original seasons.

James cordon was very weak too in his acting

And finally, the two characters meant to be the focal point of the story now have nothing to do, it's totally the Smithy and Nessa show so let's give them a non-story about spicing up their marriage.

Gavin and Stacey have never, ever been the focal point of the story. That’s the primary joke. It’s always been about Smithy and Nessa.

I thought that it was rubbish and so predictable.

I like How they showed Gavin and Smithy,s friends to have,aged too ,Fingers who.was,always,a,bit of a,lad couldn't go paint balling because of gout because he had eaten a,cheese sandwich 😂

FGS it's not supposed to be serious, it's supposed be cringey and it was a great ending!

It was like spending an evening catching up with dear old friends.

Loved all the nods to the past ("Doris used to get a stripper after church " )

Loving all the observations on here too.

I thought the scene was them all dancing to mamma Mia was perfection - Byrn with the tie around his head. Every single line out of Nessa's mouth - her turn of phrase "I know more than anyone what kind of bag you're packing and it's exceptional"

It was sweet, funny and nostalgic.

Chinese Alan?!