die? I'm only on Episode 4 but someone posted the synopsis for Season 2 and it said she was mourning his death? I love Joanna Lumely but Denis Lawson (and their son) have some of the funniest parts.
I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me.
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I'm still waiting for Season 2. Aw, I really liked him. But he did seem to get more of the funnier parts, while Lumely, well, wasn't as funny as she usually is. Even the son outshines her.
I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me.
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Ms. Lumley is absolutely the star of the programme, but it would never have worked without Al. That was the whole point! The ending of series 1 is rather like the shower scene in Psycho... You've spent all of this time building up a great deal of interest and sympathy in Al's character, only to discover that he really isn't as central to the show as you thought! It isn't really a series about Davina and Al growing old together, it's a series about Davina trying to find her place in a life that didn't come out quite the way she'd hoped.
Ooo, baby, your domestic gross is SO BIG. That's how I know how GOOD you are!
Perfectly spotted, hadmatter!!
The story is of Lumley's journey, and everyone else in the cast(even her delightful `imaginary' people) is along for the ride.
`Up In Town' and `Sensitive Skin' showcase Joanna Lumley as the real talent she is. She's come a long way since the days of playing Purdey.
I am not a lunatic. I have the psychiatric report to prove it.
"She's come a long way since the days of playing Purdey."
So true. But does it undermine my credibility to admit that I still just purchased the second volume of "The New Avengers"? Sure it's no Sensitive Skin... or even The Avengers... but I still secretly love the show.
Ooo, baby, your domestic gross is SO BIG. That's how I know how GOOD you are!
"But does it undermine my credibility to admit that I still just purchased the second volume of "The New Avengers"?"
Of course not - I'd never say that. Purdey is an escape-character, a kind of Super Heroine, one we can get out of our mundane lives to enjoy. "Sensitive Skin" requires a different, more connected kind of involvement. Lumley had to dig deep in order to create this kind of authenticity.
I am not a lunatic. I have the psychiatric report to prove it.