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!

Ah - you'll be thinking Neil the baby was found under a gooseberry Bush.

Millions disagree with you Op. There were some flat moments but overall I really liked it.

@MorrisZapp Nessa and Smithy had more than one night together. They kept being mysteriously drawn to each other throughout the 3 series and sleeping together then regretting it afterwards, because on the surface they hated each other(Neil the baby was conceived on one such occasion). They sort of got together in some sort of open relationship at the end of the 3rd series when Smithy asked her not to marry Dave. They were co-parenting Neil the baby, with Smithy coming to Barry every other weekend; and their sexual relationship, and clearly a close and affectionate friendship and platonic love continued until he met Sonia, and he stopped wanting to sleep with Nessa (this was all explained in the last Christmas special). They then "accidentally" ended up in bed again in the last Xmas special, when Nessa realised she loved him and asked him to marry her.

Clearly not!
It's like me going on a game of thrones thread ( never seen a single episode before and.only know bits through what dh,has told me ) and saying how awful.It is.

Richard Curtis was responsible for the misogynistic shite that was Love Actually so i wouldn't be so keen to name him as any kind of arbiter of taste.

For all those who have previously loved the series but thought the finale was weak, I would suggest a rewatch. Back in 2019 I was in bed so poorly with flu but I set an alarm to make sure I didn't miss the G&S Xmas special. I thought it was rubbish, such a big disappointment after all the hype. But when I watched again a long time later I realised how good it actually was. I think illness, tiredness, stress from a full day of Xmas can make something like this land a bit flat.

For the finale, I loved it. I laughed a lot, out loud when Pete walked in with his new look and when Pam was talking about her plans once Mick died. It was funny, nostalgic and clever. Yes there's plot holes, yes it was a bit contrived with Dave & Gwen, but it was a lovely end to something that a lot of us have grown up with. And so much of it was so relatable. I wouldn't change a second.

Maybe then watch the rest? You see from the start that they have a mutual attraction that they both hate, because they are so similar and don’t want to admit it. You see that more in tiny little ways as the series goes on. You see how their feelings bubble under as Nessa is engaged. And in the 2019 special they did a great job I thought of showing how their respect and liking for each other had grown over their years of co-parenting.

I agree OP. It wasn’t bad but it wasn’t funny.

I dunno, I just found the script utterly predictable. And as if Smithy and Ness would have gone five years without talking about her proposal.

@x2boys True, well if Bryn wasn't paired off he could've had something nice happen rather than just go a bit odd.

Gwent should've had a new character as a love interest rather than Dave for shock value.

Still loved it though

I really like the Dave Coaches character- he’s up there in my top Gavin and Stacey characters. He’s so like Nessa - manages to be silent and dour whilst having the funniest lines.

multi-faceted characters

I thought it was ok. Not particularly funny although the end was quite emotional and sweet. But multi-faceted characters they are not.

I loved it. Great way to end it.

I loved it when rudy and his mum turned up. Along with Brighton and Aldi 😂

Well our household enjoyed it. It was a good feeling to go back into the world of these characters. They are comfy and familiar after years of watching re-runs.

It's not without things that don't quite add up. BUT our household don't mind, we just wanted to go back to Barry to see them all.

Loved Pamela discussing her future life and Michael's expressions. And there was a "urgh" from my eldest when Dave called Gwen "sugar tits" and eldest said disapprovingly "that was his name for Nessa,
Dawn and Pete - as irritating as ever!

They had to squeeze Dave Coaches in because they needed his bus later! He wasn't in the last one. I expected Bryn walking down the stairs.

I'm not. I'm naming him as a well known stager of public proposals, cheesy speeches and mawkish scenes of physically chasing a love interest before they leave forever despite telephones having been invented.

I think that is entirely believable though. Nessa wouldn't have broached the subject again after she got rejected and her pride was wounded. Smithy is a commitment phobic coward who probably couldn't work out how to dump sonia so he just went along with it all, and the moment passed, and he wouldn't be brave enough to reopen the conversation with nessa. After all If they were any good at communicating they'd have got together years ago.

And I don't like the abandoned wedding trope. Lots of people made huge effort, expense and sacrifice to get there and to make it happen. If Smithy's friends had any regard for him at all they'd have told him long before it got to that stage. What an utter see you next Tuesday Smithy is to do that.
Richard Curtis would have blushed.

@MorrisZapp Curtis wrote Four Weddings and a Funeral, where the Hugh Grant character abandons "Duck Face" at the alter. Most of his blushes would involve him being as talented at comedy writing as Corden and Jones. The only reason Blackadder is any good is Ben Elton's writing.

I felt sorry for Pete - he almost escaped and he didn't look happy to be back in dawn's clutches at the end!

What's going on with Gavins face? He looks like he's had a lot of work done but it's not quite worked. The actor who plays him looks ridiculous IRL dressed like a 15 year old. Tragic.
The subplot re Gavin and Stacy trying role play was v weak, it should have been left as Dawn n Pete's thing.
Everything else was fabulous, although after the rumours about "deaths" and "you will all understand why it there can't be more episodes" I was certain the bus was going to crash 😖 and that did kind of spoil it. I just couldn't relax.

Me too. And I know quite a few people who are in long term relationships/marriages with people their friends and family dislike so that didn’t seem unrealistic to me either.

Maybe gwen suggested role playing to Stacey - she's the one who got dawn into it!

So did I 👍. I loved it, as did most of the pub. Women sobbing everywhere lol. It got the highest TV rating for any programme, for 15 years,.

I absolutely loved it.
I am a very recent convert.
watched bits originally… then just stopped… can’t remember why!
Watched 2019 finale and liked it but didn’t get it all properly.
Last few months - I’ve rewatched all the series and have really enjoyed it. It’s so clever, funny, the subtleties, the ongoing plots, the character development and the subtlety of Nessa and Smithy’s relationship growing.
such an easy lovely uncomplicated warm feeling watch!