Just watched this again on DVD - is there any particular reason why we never see Murray's wife's face?
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It does seem a little strange doesn't it.
It was the same with the wives of Arthur Daley and Columbo...
BTW, still a superb series. They don't make 'em like that anymore.
Could just be a silly gag, the faceless 'er indoors; or could be a literal nod to the fact that she's effectively a nobody in the story. She is not involved in any major part of the plot, Murray is never with her etc.
Hard to say for sure.
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Perhaps Alan Bleasdale is a fan of Norm Peterson from Cheers.
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She's just portrayed as his other life screaming at him for attention, something he's left behind and is a nuisance rather than of any importance. I think she is not shown in order to keep her as a non-entity in the story. Just another monkey on his back he's desperate to shake off.
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