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"The Office Christmas Special. - Part 2."

Perfect.

Paradox wrote:
> Dringo wrote:
> Not as good as "GARY" but still very funny.
>
> Nothing beats the real FINAL 3 Only Fools and Horses episodes.
>
> You mean the ones where they became millionaires?

Yes.

I really liked the photo bit when he asked Neil to step out. He didn't say anything Brent-like about respect or anything like that, just a nice polite request whether they could have a photo for posterity. It just summed up the change perfectly.

Dringo wrote:
> Not as good as "GARY" but still very funny.
>
> Nothing beats the real FINAL 3 Only Fools and Horses episodes.

You mean the ones where they became millionaires?

It better be high up the Top 100 Sitcoms :-/

I liked Brent's face when his blind date said he should just take the money he gets from PR appearances and spend it on something he does enjoy - sort of 'yeah, you're right, maybe I shouldn't base my sense of self worth on the reactions of knuckle-scraping f***nuts after all'.

The big reason I enjoyed watching/sympathising with David Brent is that so many people, me included, have that tendency to make a t*t of themselves and keep digging: "I wish I could shut up now but maybe if I said just one more sentence everything would be alright. Oh crap that's made it worse." I just loved watching him grow up, and especially realising that Neill still HADN'T grown up and was still laughing at Finchy's jokes.

The bit with the 'never give up' note reminded me of The Simpsons episode where Dustin Hoffman is Lisa's substitute teacher, and when he goes he leaves her a piece of paper that says 'You are Lisa Simpson'. Simple but effective. Never thought I'd be damp-eyed at a cartoon, never thought I'd be damp-eyed at a sitcom. It was just superb.

Paradox wrote:
> Goatboy wrote:
> They just need to realise this and not destroy it with another
> series, then another special etc like Only Fools & Horses has
> done.
>
> They should perhaps have ended it when they became millionaires and
> leave the door open for the viewer to see them as being happy or
> assuming they would blow their money. I must admit the
> "Gary" special was funny last year, but this years just
> killed it and the end wasn't good at all. I felt violated.

They should never have made the re-makes BUT this one was actually a very funny episode...

Not as good as "GARY" but still very funny.

Nothing beats the real FINAL 3 Only Fools and Horses episodes.

Brent growing up, as Goatboy well put it - him getting his girl he needs to help him grow up, showing Neil he can, and finally telling Finchy: "#### off, Chris".

Keith on the decks. Another "Word of Advice". And eating another scotch egg.

That pregnant woman getting her come-uppance.

The agony of Dawn/Tim, the continuity of the artist idea that was planted long ago. Tim telling us that not all stories end happily, making the viewer understand it was indeed all over.

Shiela not getting her black guy. :(

And, of course.. "Never Give Up".

Brilliant television from two amazing writers and a stunning cast.

:-D

'I'd like to be remembered as the one that put a smile on the face of everyone he met'

I liked it how everybody laughed at his impression at the end during the photograph.

It was probably the first time his staff actually found some thing he did funny. I felt happy that after all this time, the one thing he wanted to be (funny/an entertainer) was being hinted at happening. Instead of Brent just being laughed at and making a horrible fool of himself.