Honestly I can't imagine why there is so much hate for this episode. I love learning some back story of the parents so they're actual people and not just one dimensional secondary characters. The mammies are Derry girls too, after all. The story in this episode is a bit over the top but definitely not worth such poor reviews; many shows have filler episodes and this one is no exception although I'd argue this one ads more to the overall story. I need more characters to finish out this review so I'll just say overall this show is great, especially as a girl who is just a few years younger than the girls would be in the 1990s. Who doesn't love nostalgia even if it's from a different country?
6 Reviews
Good Fun
Hitchcoc8 October 2023
It's kind of fun to use the regular youngsters to play their parents as kids. Just a little tweaking. It all gets down to jealousy of a woman who they feel decided to distance herself from them. She married a surgeon and this lifted her up. But it all gets down to the same night as the reunion but twenty years earlier. We are kept in the dark about a significant event that, if revealed, would reverse the snobbery and put the woman in her place. I don't understand the animus by some of this episode. While it wasn't perfect, there was plenty there to make it very watchable. The whole business with the men and the surgeon/husband who doesn't speak works quite well.
A spin off beckons
MysteryGuest7716 May 2022
I absolutely loved this episode. Admittedly, this has been a weaker season so far, still good though. But this one was excellent. Taking the focus off the girls and making it about the parents teenage lives instead was actually brilliant. The editing of the dance sequence was so well done and the younger versions really did look like the adults. If Channel 4 have any sense, they'll immediately cast those youngsters in a spin-off TV show. I don't understand why British shows have such short seasons. This one deserves to keep going for a bit longer.
What a dreadful shame
tammita14 May 2022
Absolutely love this show, but season 3 has been weaker than the previous 2 seasons. This episode was a waste of my time. Watching with the family and we all agreed to stop watching just after halfway. Fingers crossed for a strong finish. The series deserves it.
Very weak episode - Just didnt find it funny
harineem-209-52548815 May 2022
Derry Girls worked for me due to its originality and its simplicity. This storyline of showing elders in their youth and behaving same way as their kids has been done to death in many series. It was the least funny and the younger counterparts just are not funny at all.
This series the best episode was 3rd one and the 4th one worked because of that one kissing scene timed very well.
This series the best episode was 3rd one and the 4th one worked because of that one kissing scene timed very well.
What a waste of an episode
rjhkrntm12 May 2022
This last series of Derry Girls has been a strange ride. The excellent episodes ar the start have been marred by the last couple. This one in particular was shockingly bad. With only two episodes to go after this, we get a strange one with barely anything from the Derry Girls and the wee English fella, but a strange back in time episode featuring the parents as their younger selves. I don't watch to see the adults bickering and it's a shame this made it to air.
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