Ghosts Series 3 the bingewatchers' thread *includes spoilers*

[SequinsandStiIettos]

Evening
Setting up the bingeing thread which, same as last year, works parallel to the concurrent one which is TV pace.
This thread is for those of us with no willpower to discuss the whole series freely.
Episode 2 with the loose women references and Pat/Kitty's dance routine was joyous was my favourite from the six.
But the whole series works - whether it's willy-shaped chess pieces or butt jokes. It's just a lovely ensemble. I also thought Mary had better lines/more to her part this time around.

But what an ending to the series! it was so lovely! beautifully done!

We are up to episode 4. Laughed like a drain at Robin and Julian putting the music on and dimming the lights for Mikes boss. Also very much enjoyed the Captain and cocksock as well as him knowing Fanny better than anyone. Him kissing his pillow was very sweet as well.

Definitely our favourite episode so far this series although we did also enjoy all things Kitty - nightmare on Elm Street, dancing with Pat.

Alison seems very down this series - not sure if that's cos of the awful jumpers, the social distanced filming or it's deliberate. Whilst obviously she had no family or she wouldn't have been able to inherit, making it a pivotal plot point in this one makes it so sad that she lost everyone except Mike before she was 30 :( and even worse if that Lucy is a wrong 'un.

thank god for the ghosts I say - reminds me of the Christmas one where she just wanted the carol as her Christmas tradition and it was the Ghosts who joined her.

Thought I'd find you all here

Rather enjoyed that and already looking forward to watching the episodes for a second time. Agree with what others have said about Mary being a much more developed character this time around.

We didn't actually see how Kitty died so perhaps more to go next series for that story line. Please let there be a next series.

They’ve left Mary’s story as well. There is definitely fodder for a s4. A lot of the reviews I’ve read seem to think it should go out on a high though. Noooo we want more!!!

I absolutely love this. I hope they'll do another series.

Noooo we want more!!!
There's always the American remake out in the Autumn...
www.denofgeek.com/tv/ghosts-us-remake-meet-the-american-versions-of-the-uk-characters/

(On our sister thread, the trailer was posted there. Thanks cattitudes)
www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=COA7lNdtKg4

Hmmmmm. I am sceptical about a US remake, but open to the concept.

Can anyone explain what the scary dream was all about?

I'm not sure about the dream either, a few ideas but nothing definite.
Maybe Mary was a witch after all!!

@Budapestdreams

I'm not sure about the dream either, a few ideas but nothing definite. Maybe Mary was a witch after all!!

I think that'll be the twist

She was a witch

Like Elizabeth Gadge in Inside No9 (which Jim Howick was in)

Well she was going on incantation to protect the house from the woodworm men!

Doing not going

@HandforthParishCouncilClerk

Finished! Nice to see more of Humphrey. It’s a shame the plague ghosts aren’t in it this series though. Loved Pat and Kitty’s dancing!

I've only watched 2 but loving them so far.

That's a pity about the plague pit ghosts though- they were great.

I think the plague pit is a victim of Covid sadly

Although I like to think maybe they got sucked off en masse after having their stories told

I have found my people.

I'd recorded the first episode and then it said all the episodes were on iplayer and that was it.

I hope Mary isn't a witch, heretics were burned not witches in England, Scotland is another matter.

I was wondering about the plague pits, at least if it is covid related they may be back, and there is certain irony that characters that were killed by an epidemic can't be in the show because of an epidemic.

Pandemic, I meant pandemic.

Ooh that's a faux-pas - I thought Mary was definitely meant to have undergone a witch trial but she has a West Country accent. She must have been found guilty of treason as well as witchcraft like the witch of Ipswich.

I thought this series was much better than series 2, if anything I wish it was 8 episodes instead of 6 or hopefully there wont be as long of a wait for the next series

@SequinsandStiIettos

I don't think it is meant to be historically accurate.

On the historical aspect, it did bother me when Robin was saying what food he likes, pig bum, cow bum, bum, and chips.

No Robin you died about a thousand years before potatoes came to Europe.

More like tens of thousands of years before potatoes. He hunted mammoths (or so he claims).

I think ‘witches’ were burnt in some places in England - there’s lots of legends around ‘witch’ burnings in Norfolk for e.g www.edp24.co.uk/news/weird-norfolk-the-witch-s-heart-of-kings-lynn-1009948

I binged last night - one of the moments that really hit me was Alison’s reaction when they uncovered Lucy was a fraud - she was so upset in that moment when she leaned in to Mike for a hug and it was so believable. I think they did a really good job of balancing the tone between sillier slapstick/sit com stuff and emotional storylines in this series.

Yes the line when Fanny called out that maybe Alison was focusing on Kitty’s sister issues to distract from her own was well played I thought.

I still don’t buy that Alison was so trusting though. I know they reasoned it out, that just because something is strange/unlikely doesn’t mean it’s not also true, but ghosts exist=this really obvious scam is real doesn’t really work does it!

I don't think it is meant to be historically accurate.
I think it's simply because the writers did so many series of horrible histories, that I would have expected it to be accurate. It's probably ridiculous and unfair I know but I would have expected due diligence although I am well aware of Terry Deary's inconsistencies

Maybe Stone Age Britons made “chips” with some other root or tuber