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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 79763" data-attributes="member: 23">I can never quite decide whether or not the second series of Girls On Top is as good as (or, dare I say it, better than) the first. Once again my objectivity is blurred by having watched it so many times and anticipating its original airing with far more excitement than should be legally allowed It&#039;s certainly very different. Tracey Ullman&#039;s absence changes the dynamics quite significantly. Candice&#039;s shade fests with Shelley are replaced with some barbs between Shelley and Amanda. It&#039;s now Amanda that Shelley orders out of the flat when it suits the plot. I agree with the article above which says how jarring the change in Jennifer&#039;s character is. Though personally I quite enjoyed the Jennifer of series two (she had felt like the weakest of the four characters in the first series this time round). Joan Greenwood continued to be a complete sport and stole every scene she was in. Despite the boundaries arguably having been pushed still further in the second series (the seemingly endless references to gynaecological examinations alone would tick this box) it still feels a little less edgy and alternative to me. After the disappointment of my last re-watch I went in with expectations lowered which resulted in me enjoying it far more this time round. The entire series was a nice, easy watch, and it was fun to revisit my introduction to French and Saunders and one of the shows that somehow initiated the rebellion of my teenage years (such as it was).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 79763, member: 23"] I can never quite decide whether or not the second series of [I]Girls On Top [/I]is as good as (or, dare I say it, better than) the first. Once again my objectivity is blurred by having watched it so many times and anticipating its original airing with far more excitement than should be legally allowed It's certainly very different. Tracey Ullman's absence changes the dynamics quite significantly. Candice's shade fests with Shelley are replaced with some barbs between Shelley and Amanda. It's now Amanda that Shelley orders out of the flat when it suits the plot. I agree with the article above which says how jarring the change in Jennifer's character is. Though personally I quite enjoyed the Jennifer of series two (she had felt like the weakest of the four characters in the first series this time round). Joan Greenwood continued to be a complete sport and stole every scene she was in. Despite the boundaries arguably having been pushed still further in the second series (the seemingly endless references to gynaecological examinations alone would tick this box) it still feels a little less edgy and alternative to me. After the disappointment of my last re-watch I went in with expectations lowered which resulted in me enjoying it far more this time round. The entire series was a nice, easy watch, and it was fun to revisit my introduction to French and Saunders and one of the shows that somehow initiated the rebellion of my teenage years (such as it was). [/QUOTE]

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