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(1972)

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9/10
Aptly named loathe story.
Sleepin_Dragon2 August 2019
The hate between the two characters was there for all to see in more stories, but Harold finally snaps in this episode, beaten at Badminton, Harold finally reaches the stage where he wants to murder his old man. Fortunately a Psychiatrist is on hand to offer some help.

This is a really funny episode, from the slightly perverted shrink, to the memories of his father's poor parenting, this has some great moments.

The badminton match at the start is funny, Albert supping brown ale, able to beat his hapless son, but the standout scenes come from Harold's memory of a failed dinner date. The last person you'd want anyone to meet would be old man Steptoe, and naturally when Harold takes a young Joanna Lumley, complete with posh mother to meet the old man, everything goes wrong.

Lots to look out for, including the psychiatrist's erotic sketches, so funny. 9/10
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10/10
A Must Watch
paul-0039812 February 2021
The dream scene with a young Joanna Lumley is my favourite in British comedy history. The rest of the episode is mediocre in comparison but I still cry with laughter nearly 50 years later when Albert offers Bunty's Mater a cucumber sandwich. Followed by Divided We Stand. They were at their peak during this time.
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10/10
"Park your bum on that!"
ShadeGrenade2 July 2010
Warning: Spoilers
As the Steptoes practice Badminton in the yard, the old man beats his son, and then riles him further by announcing he has joined the same sports club. That night, in a genuinely disturbing scene, a sleepwalking Harold almost kills Albert with a meat cleaver. In desperation, Harold visits a breast-fixated psychiatrist ( Raymond Huntley ). Gradually, the truth about Harold's awful childhood is revealed...

When 'Absolutely Fabulous' debuted twenty years ago, a number of critics expressed surprise at Joanna Lumley's ability to do comedy. I was not among them as I remembered her appearances in 'Are You Being Served?', 'Its Awfully Bad For Your Eyes Darling' and this. She plays 'Bunty', Harold's posh girlfriend. When Bunty and her snobbish mother ( Georgina Cookson ) turn up at Oil Drum Lane for tea, the old man has laid on a spread that includes cucumber sandwiches ( cut length ways ), and drinks served in urine sample glasses from the local hospital. Fleas from a mattress the old man bought that day infest the place, and Bunty and her mother run away, shrieking.

Raymond Huntley's credits are too numerous to list, but include the St.Trinians' films and the Arthur Askey comedy 'The Ghost Train'. Georgina Cookson was in two episodes of 'The Prisoner' starring Patrick McGoohan.

Funniest moment - Albert handing out sugar while picking his nose at the same time.
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6/10
Loathe Story
Prismark102 January 2017
Albert and Harold play Badminton in the yard surrounded by horse manure. Harold is displeased that Albert has beaten him. Later that night, talking in his sleep Harold walks up to Albert's bed with a meat cleaver. You might think he is pretending but he is not.

Harold visits a psychiatrist interested in mammaries and Harold goes back to his childhood ones, he also reminisces about his early memories with Albert coming out of the pub drunk.

Joanna Lumley plays Harold's posh girlfriend who turns up to the house with her snooty mother for afternoon tea and gets fleas.

Funniest moment was Albert serving drinks in specimen glasses he got from the hospital.
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