Our Girl and Captain James Addicts XLIV

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Now in our fourth year. Here to discuss all things Our Girl: Captain James, Elvis, Georgie, Maisie and the rest of the cast.

• the INability to dance.

Really!

Evening all! Wondered how on earth a samba could be danced to Money Money but I thought it turned out brilliantly. Joe was fantastic and had great characterisation from start to finish. He reminds me of Alan Cumming, who has played the role; Scottish, small, dark and twinkly! I hope people don't assume he's safe, not vote for him and then he's in the dreaded DO
Liked Debbie's routine. Alexandra's outfit, esp the boots, did her no favours and distracted me, unfortunately.

Thought Mollies's routine was terrible, as usual AJ, that music was so not a rumba and, unlike Joe, it didn't work.
Gemma and Davood both below par. Themed weeks often don't work because they try and shoe horn dances, music and concept together when it is usually abundantly clear the result will be a car crash!!
DO should be between 2 of the bottom 3 and I still think Mollie is the weakest but that could have a lot to do with having AJ as a partner

Aahh eejit who could forget Ola Chops lying on the floor whilst a be-kilted Kenny Logan danced over her. A true Scotsman never wears anything under his kilt, does he?

Very true eejit so if that's the case, I would expect LP to get through to the final, only being pipped at the post by BA!

I'm not very good at celebrity stuff really so unless they are real A listers, I do struggle a bit. Here are my suggestions:

BA
LP
Tom Hiddleston
Richard Rankin
Tom Chambers (is it Flower who likes him? Is it ok to have him on given that he won SCD a few years ago).
Pearce Brosnan
Kevin Doughty - ok, I only came across him in Love, Lies and Records which is on the BBC at the moment but he's rather nice.
If we need somebody from the political arena, I have to confess I have always thought Alastair Campbell had a certain something about him.

What names do others have?

Hi ladies,
I’m back on chat You have all kept me entertained over the last DIFFICULT twelve days. I had a nasty health scare (12 years on) but was very lucky, got fast tracked,all tests don’t Friday, results given and no problem lump only a cyst. All NHS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT. So at this time I cannot fault them.

All good for my birthday today
There have also been lots of photos, small videos etc from our wonderful OG gang, your great SCD reports to divert my thoughts, thank goodness for social media at times like this
I do like Tom Chambers ilove so I would be very happy to watch BA, LP and TC Dance all night. I did watch the year TC won but have lost interest recently
Right have certainty let you know I’m back so will shut up now, can’t wait for more OG photos and news🍾🌲🦌😊tree up yesterday!

So pleased you are OK flower. I've had two ops, last four years ago, had a recall this year after routine scan but thankfully was all good. Couldn't fault the speed from NHS.

Happy Birthday today Flower ☺

It's go good to hear you're OK Flower. Big tension waiting for those results and the relief when all is well can be overwhelming. Have really good birthday.

Love that you guys are still here. Lurked a lot when the first series of our girl was on. Anyway just found out that my mum has met Ben Alridge and heard him sing..... I nearly throttled her. She didn't believe me when I said I would actually leave my husband for him...

Oh kiwi, your mum another LUCKY lady!!

Have a great birthday Flower

Happy birthday Flower! I am sure your news from the hospital was as good as any birthday present you get today? Sorry to hear of your health scare and yes, the NHS are pretty good in a crisis.

CJ sends lots of love and kisses.

Just watched the Strictly results. I thought Davood was extremely gracious in his farewell speech.

Off to France for a short city break tomorrow so please don't get up to anything in my absence. No idea whether the hotel wifi will be up to much or not. I wonder if BA or LP would like to carry my bags?

Thank you all for your good wishes on both counts. Yes the hospital news was the BEST👏🏻
DD been here for weekend so we were all DD DS DH and me for lunch and then actually just chilled for rest of day after the last stressful days
Thanks for the photo ilove, guaranteed to cheer us up. Have a good time in France and we will try and behave in your absence!!🎒🍾🎉

kiwi I forgot to say but welcome to the madness that is OG. I hope you'll stay with us and not just lurk. We are a friendly bunch we like to think.

Has your Mum only just divulged this information? When did she see him?

Very quiet on here.

The hotel wifi is pretty rubbish but we're enjoying Paris.

Hi everyone
We are all obviously busy and trying to beat the weather at the weekend
We have a slight covering of snow but very bad black ice here. Not as bad as some places YET.

I hope you get home before the worst of it ilove and that you have enjoyed your break in Paris. ❄️☃️🎄🦌

It has been quiet on here all week.

Got back last night. It had been really cold yesterday in Paris with a biting wind. There's been a little snow here overnight though most of it has gone now.

Had a rather uncomfortable experience in one of the main churches in Paris where some strange man was shouting and screaming at the altar and was being restrained by about four men. The next thing we knew, twelve soldiers with machine guns marched in and arrested him. I presume those people near the front of the church suspected he could be a terrorist. Fortunately, we had only just arrived in the doorway and could have made a very quick exit if required to do so. When we came outside again, there were three police vans next to the entrance. It made me feel quite shaky to be honest.

Hi,

Does anyone have a clip of the duet that captain James and Molly sang in series 1? I think it was episode 3, but don't quote me on it. I can't find it on YouTube :(

Hi HappyVan. I only have a photo of CJ singing, sorry. I thought there were clips on Youtube but like you, couldn't find one when I looked last night. It was the end of episode 2 by the way.

Evening everyone! Sorry, been AWOL all week.

flower so glad to hear the good news. Glad everything is OK. I hope you had a lovely birthday too.

ilove nice pics of Paris. I must go one day but haven't been persuaded yet. Hope you had a good time.

A bit late I know but is anyone watching SCD tonight? Two dances each - might be telling!

Interesting - the men's chests are out in force (obviously the pro chests). Does this mean they are worried about their partner's performance?

I’m not sure if this will work, Happyvan, it should be a lovely wink 😉

I’m on a bit of a delay but AJ looks like he was sambaing with a plank. Not Molly’s dance.

Poor Gemma having a rhumba in the semi finals. It has to be the hardest dance to do.