I hope this 2-season attempt to capture a beloved series gave one of the greatest casts of all time a little more lolly in their old age.
The set-up is that the remaining Grace brother spent his employees pension fund and then gave them a country manor instead of money.
Excuse me?
There must have been over at least 100 more Grace brothers employees between the cafeteria staff, the service staff, secretaries and other departments. How many country estates did the firm own??
From the first episode forward logic is "dead on arrival"
BTW What happened to Mrs. Peacock, Mr. Rumbold's wife, Mr. Lucas and Mr. Spooner?? And the beloved Mr. Harmon????
Mr. Humphfries' Mother does ring-up once. The woman must be a 100. One episode features Mrs. Slocume's estranged husband from 30 years prior tracking her down. To that I say ... BULL!
Before I go on, I must comment on the costumes. Lovely and totally inappropriate. They are all in their finery (dressed for an evening function) and this is before they turn the manor into a hotel. On that subject at the start of the show they are all sleeping in the servant's quarters rather than the rooms the guests will eventually occupy. Why?
Moving on to the new cast members. So Miss Brahms is no longer the "cute chick" and is replaced by Miss Lovelock who "entertained" the last Grace brother to his death and she gets a slice of the Manor too? Really?? Makes no bloody sense. I guess Mr. Peacock needed someone to drool over.
You would have thought the running of a manor hotel by an inexperienced staff would offer enough episode content each week. BUT NO! It's also a working farm run by just two people, Mr. Moleturd and daughter Mavis. He's an unfunny creep and she's a clueless hick - stereotypes.
Which brings me to the producer's big mistake to continue the sexual indecision of Mr. Humphries. I understood it in the 70s and early 80s but not in 1992. Sharing a bed with Mavis is not funny. It is creepy and insulting to us loyal fans. He should have "come out" that could have been laced with so much humor especially if all the lady guests and town women fell for him making Mr. Peacock very jealous. That's humor!!
Yes, it was lovely seeing them all again, even if most of the episodes were poorly written. You can't go home again.
Best episode: The Haunting of a dead Cat.
The set-up is that the remaining Grace brother spent his employees pension fund and then gave them a country manor instead of money.
Excuse me?
There must have been over at least 100 more Grace brothers employees between the cafeteria staff, the service staff, secretaries and other departments. How many country estates did the firm own??
From the first episode forward logic is "dead on arrival"
BTW What happened to Mrs. Peacock, Mr. Rumbold's wife, Mr. Lucas and Mr. Spooner?? And the beloved Mr. Harmon????
Mr. Humphfries' Mother does ring-up once. The woman must be a 100. One episode features Mrs. Slocume's estranged husband from 30 years prior tracking her down. To that I say ... BULL!
Before I go on, I must comment on the costumes. Lovely and totally inappropriate. They are all in their finery (dressed for an evening function) and this is before they turn the manor into a hotel. On that subject at the start of the show they are all sleeping in the servant's quarters rather than the rooms the guests will eventually occupy. Why?
Moving on to the new cast members. So Miss Brahms is no longer the "cute chick" and is replaced by Miss Lovelock who "entertained" the last Grace brother to his death and she gets a slice of the Manor too? Really?? Makes no bloody sense. I guess Mr. Peacock needed someone to drool over.
You would have thought the running of a manor hotel by an inexperienced staff would offer enough episode content each week. BUT NO! It's also a working farm run by just two people, Mr. Moleturd and daughter Mavis. He's an unfunny creep and she's a clueless hick - stereotypes.
Which brings me to the producer's big mistake to continue the sexual indecision of Mr. Humphries. I understood it in the 70s and early 80s but not in 1992. Sharing a bed with Mavis is not funny. It is creepy and insulting to us loyal fans. He should have "come out" that could have been laced with so much humor especially if all the lady guests and town women fell for him making Mr. Peacock very jealous. That's humor!!
Yes, it was lovely seeing them all again, even if most of the episodes were poorly written. You can't go home again.
Best episode: The Haunting of a dead Cat.
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