Series episodes that look to religious zealotry for their major plot development are often tricky with respect to tone, intent, and outcome. Thus is the case of A Perfectly Simple Explanation. The local zealot leader classifies Hamish as the devil and with that lead in, the rest of the subplots do their best to fit in. On the positive side, the interpersonal story arcs have some nice and reasonable development, which the primary reason to watch this season 2 opener. Unfortunately, some gratuitous nudity and a episode-end plot reveal that is played for politically-incorrect amusement (which does not land terribly well 20+ years later as today no one would blink an eye). Not great, but worth a quick watch.
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Bawbag Madderam
Obiegray6 January 2024
A very odd yet strangely pleasing concoction of (un)intentional Monty Python, Bennie Hill, The Cockettes, and Dark of The Moon, dramatizing some weird, funny, psychosexual fantasies of: the writers? The director? The actors? All of the above? I'm pretty sure I saw Robert Carlyle break character at least twice, as if he couldn't believe that he was saying what he was saying. I'm quite sure several others also broke character, but hid it well. It unexpectedly made me laugh a lot at the sheer bawbag madderam of it all, as well as what certainly would be politically adventurously correct, slightly slanted sexual and gender advocacy. Apologies in advance for my most likely ignorant misuse of Scottish dafty.
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