Mrs Grady is a terribly sweet old lady, scatty, forgetful, but a good sort. She heads out shopping, while she does young chancer Rex Tobin seizes his opportunity and breaks in. Forgetful as she is she returns home having forgotten her purse, she catches Rex attempting to break in, and when he tries to flee he tumbles down the stairs, she takes him in and offers to help. The pair begin talking, she explains her dear husband was killed by a mugger. A game of cat and mouse between the pair begins, she aims to get him on the straight and narrow,
I don't dislike this episode, fair to say it's not the best, but it's worth watching purely for how good Siobhan McKenna is in it. She'd given a brilliant performance as the Landlady a few years earlier, undoubtedly talented, she adds something good to a part that could have been quite ordinary.
Two sayings are brought to mind when watching this 'a leopard never changes its spots,' and secondly 'you never can tell,' surprising, 6/10
I don't dislike this episode, fair to say it's not the best, but it's worth watching purely for how good Siobhan McKenna is in it. She'd given a brilliant performance as the Landlady a few years earlier, undoubtedly talented, she adds something good to a part that could have been quite ordinary.
Two sayings are brought to mind when watching this 'a leopard never changes its spots,' and secondly 'you never can tell,' surprising, 6/10