"Man About the House" And Then There Were Two (TV Episode 1973) Poster

User Reviews

Review this title
2 Reviews
Sort by:
Filter by Rating:
6/10
And Then There Were Two
Prismark1012 June 2020
Jo is leaving for the night to go to a family christening. That means Chrissy is going to be alone with Robin and she is nervous. Especially as Robin apes about like King Kong.

Robin is visited by an old friend called Larry and he is gobsmacked that Robin is sharing a flat with two women.

When both of them later go to the pub Larry is amazed that the attractive Liz (Jenny Hanley) heads to Robin like a magpie.

Robin and Liz go back to his flat but Chrissy is not impressed that she has been ignored for some other woman.

You feel sorry for Robin, he could had his wicked ways with Liz but Chrissy puts a spanner in the works.

Again is it noticeable landlord George is a lot different from his character in the spin off sitcom George and Mildred. He is not happy that Robin is going to be alone with Chrissy.
0 out of 0 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote.
Permalink
9/10
"I went to the clinic today, pet!"
ShadeGrenade8 March 2010
Warning: Spoilers
With Jo in attendance at a family christening, Robin is left all alone in the flat with Chrissy. As he has been recently reading sex manuals by the truckload, she is understandably worried he might try and get fresh with her. In the 'The Mucky Duck', he meets up with friend Larry ( Doug Fisher ). Nearby are a couple of girls from the Polytechnic - the stunning Liz ( Jenny Hanley ) and not-so stunning Sheila ( Janine Duvitski ). Robin invites Liz back to the flat. The problem is - what to do about Chrissy?

Doug Fisher makes his debut here as 'Larry', and worked so well with Richard O'Sullivan he was made into a regular in Season 3. It was good to see Robin chatting to someone other than the girls and the Ropers. Jenny Hanley was in the Bond classic 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' ( 1969 ) and went on to co-present I.T.V.'s rival to 'Blue Peter' - the fondly remembered 'Magpie'. She reprised the role of 'Liz' in the opening episode of Season 2 - 'When The Cat's Away'. Janine Duvitski - here credited as Drzewicki - went on to a string of acting roles, most notably Dennis Potter's 'Blue Remembered Hills' and as 'Pippa' in 'One Foot In The Grave'.

Yes, this is good stuff, effectively laying the foundations for the show's future. The 'tape measure' gag was a bit naughty for the 8.30 Wednesday night time-slot though.

Funniest moment - Chrissy wrecking Robin's night of romance by pretending to be pregnant by him!

Second funniest moment - Sheila asking Larry: "What about that Gary Glitter, eh?". "What about him?", sneers Larry. The big laugh from the studio audience at the very mention of Glitter's name says it all. While he had his fans ( enough to put his records at No.1 in the charts at any road ), many ( myself included ) despised him even before it became known he was a paedophile. Incidentally, the 'Judge Dread' mentioned here is the singer of that name ( whose records were banned in the '70's ) and not the sci-fi hero of '2000 A.D.' comic ( which didn't start until 1978 )
3 out of 3 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote.
Permalink

See also

Awards | FAQ | User Ratings | External Reviews | Metacritic Reviews


Recently Viewed