Gavin and Stacey: The finale

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A final final episode!

Fingers crossed they can go out with a bang but not sure!

Because Stacey has very few functioning brain cells.

In my minds isle, I think Stacey's intellect is on a par with Pam's. It's just that Pam is funnier and more likeable.

Pam a la isn't as dense or spoilt as Stacey is.

Pete and Dawn are the best. Especially this episode. Such advancement and regression from Pete. Classic.

I was a little bit worried how they would do this Christmas special. Watched it last night and feared someone would die. When Smithy fell down the stairs I started panicking. It was absolute sublime I loved every moment of it all the little details were spot on. Will watch it again at some point this week. I was surprised that they have left it totally open for another special episode or even another season. As the saying goes never say never.

My only slight criticism was that Bryn was a bit full on in a slightly aggressive manner.

Also I am pretty sure Owain Hughes is one of Gavins colleagues in the Welsh branch in season 2.

I always heard that malapropism as “my mind’s aisle” and imagined an aisle in a supermarket! I never thought of it as an island but that actually makes (slightly) more sense.

I thought of it as aisle too!

Just checked its the guy on the left. Gavin gets introduced to him on his first day.

God knows how I remembered that when my middle aged peri menopause brain can't remember what I walked into a room for 🤣

I went to school with the guy on the right.

No way 🤣 has he been in other things?

Yes but that just meant they used to go there when they were 16, not that they were 16 in 2008

Another bit I loved was how Smithy was in bits at NTB playing Blackbird whereas Sonia was just grinning inanely. He got the beauty of the moment and it touched him so deeply whereas she was so surface level, and it became even clearer how incompatible they were.

Nothing to do with G&S but I've often wondered that about the 2 "Adult Superstores" on either side of the A1 near Grantham/Stamford.

Lonely long-distance lorry drivers I assume.

Well he was the one of the lead characters in the school production of "The Matchgirls" 😅

Seriously I have seen him crop up in a few things... Topsy Turvey, Stella, Luther too if I recall.

The funny thing is I was watching the episode when Gav started his new job in Wales with my DS, and I was telling him about a new person in my office who, when we met, said the usual "oooh I have a friend in Wales.... John... Do you know him?"

I was moaning to DS about people expecting you to know everyone in the entire Principality when Wayne popped up on Screen, and I said, "oh, I did go to sixth form with him" 😅😂

Lucy Davies, Jasper Carrots daughter. Sorry nrtft so almost certainly repeating someone else!

Oh balls wrong quote, sorry!!

Lucy Davies is Dawn in The Office, no?

Dawn in G&S is Julia Davis

So why 2008 in particular, odd to reference a time you were 26/27 hardly the inception of your partying youth days.

Smithy and Gavin were 29/30 in real life

Because they did go there in 2008 in the series and still enjoyed it. Presumably that was the last time and they hadn't realised how much they'd moved on in that time.

Just watched it, having first watched Dr Turner who will evidently find a flu vaccine.

Mick made it for me. He's so understated but always the hero.

I actually think she's quite like Pam. They're both a bit self centred and indulged by their husbands.

Isn't it mind's eye? Or am I missing a joke? Did Stacey say that?

Pam did.

The reason a lot of the Little Chefs turned it sex shops is that they can open there without any neighbours objecting. Who still goes to sex shops still though I have no idea.

It was once of Pam's malapropisms (I always thought of it as 'aisle' too).

Like 'Ours is not to reason while' 😁