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Tag: Felix Johnson

  • Off on a Tangent about S5 of Last Tango in Halifax

    Off on a Tangent about S5 of Last Tango in Halifax

    Last Tango in Halifax season 5 came to me as a gift on my birthday. I don’t intend to review it or recap it, I simply want to talk about a few bits. It will be a little spoilery, but not in any large sense. A few scenes, and a few remarks, and I’ll be […]

  • Last Tango in Halifax S4 E2 The Christmas Special Pt. 2

    Last Tango in Halifax S4 E2 The Christmas Special Pt. 2

    Last Tango in Halifax S4 E2 is Part Two of The Christmas Special. Holy Moly! What an episode! Stirring, momentous scenes between Caroline (Sarah Lancashire) and Gillian (Nicola Walker) and between Gillian and Robbie (Dean Andrews). Beware the spoilers.

  • Happy Valley S2 E2: Two Funerals and a Fall off the Wagon

    Happy Valley S2 E2: Two Funerals and a Fall off the Wagon

    Happy Valley S2 E2 has a few laughs, a couple of funerals, and a mess of disasters that will tangle future episodes. I’ll keep the review as brief and spoiler free as possible, but there are some spoilers. Catherine (Sarah Lancashire) brings home Ilinka (Ivana Bašić) after a group of Croatian women were rescued from […]

  • Last Tango in Halifax: S3 E6

    Last Tango in Halifax: S3 E6

    The season 3 finale of Last Tango in Halifax takes place on Gillian (Nicola Walker) and Robbie’s (Dean Andrews) wedding day. The day is mainly a series of comic disasters overlaid with the faint aroma of horse shit. There are spoilers.

  • Last Tango in Halifax: S3 E5

    Last Tango in Halifax: S3 E5

    Episode 5 of Last Tango in Halifax starts with a bang when Lawrence (Louis Greatorex) pulls a prank on the boys at school who put the sign on his back. By bang, I mean he tossed some firecrackers at them and pretended to shoot them. A chase scene ensued, with wild music which was also […]

  • Last Tango in Halifax, Season 3, Episode 3

    Last Tango in Halifax, Season 3, Episode 3

    Be glad to start episode 3 of Last Tango in Halifax in your happy place because you’re in for a bumpy night by the end. Every word that follows is a spoiler.

  • Last Tango in Halifax, season 3 episode 1

    Last Tango in Halifax, season 3 episode 1

    Last Tango in Halifax begins season 3 on Valentine’s Day. Several important things happen on Valentine’s Day that require a lot of processing on the part of the characters in Last Tango in Halifax. I’m changing the way I recap Last Tango in Halifax for series 3. I’m going to be much briefer and rely […]

  • Recap: Last Tango in Halifax, S2, E6

    Recap: Last Tango in Halifax, S2, E6

    The final episode of season 2 of Last Tango in Halifax lurches to a grim beginning and works its way through a lot of laughs to a mostly happy season conclusion. On the farm, the morning after her confession to Caroline (Sarah Lancashire), Gillian (Nicola Walker) prods Caroline awake. Caroline struggles to sit up. Gillian […]

  • Recap: Last Tango in Halifax, S2 E4

    Recap: Last Tango in Halifax, S2 E4

    This episode of Last Tango in Halifax begins in the cafe where Celia (Anne Reid) and Alan (Derek Jacobi) continue to talk about the death of Eddie. Alan says he is an accessory after the fact. Celia says he probably did the best thing under the circumstances. He tells her that Robbie and the police […]

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