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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 344376" data-attributes="member: 23">Just for posterity, Ghosts is back.As before, it&#039;s easy to devour and I&#039;ve already watched two-thirds of Series Four. Since I&#039;m concurrently watching Upstairs, Downstairs, it&#039;s felt slightly bizarre to mix an actual period drama in with the assorted period characters of Ghosts. There&#039;s very little to report, since it&#039;s more of the same as the first three series. For me, I&#039;d say less is also more with this series, so having just half a dozen episodes to watch over a few nights is manageable and keeping my gripes to a minimum. These remain, and I&#039;m having to work particularly hard to remind myself that these period characters are existing in the Twenty First Century and indulging themselves in daytime TV. That helps keep my blood pressure down when archaic characters use frequent contractions, or when Thomas said about being &quot;harassed&quot; and used the American/Frank Spencer pronunciation of &quot;hur-ASSed&quot; (this apparently particularly bothered me given that last night I actually dreamt that another character corrected him). There is still this. It&#039;s essentially The Ghosts Of Motley Hall or Rentaghost for the 21st Century. And on top of that nostalgia is the added layer that it&#039;s the best part of a year since the last series and so is the return of some characters I&#039;ve grown to enjoy. There&#039;s a definite synergy between me watching Mary (a character I initially felt was the weak link but grew to enjoy) ascending to the afterlife on the very same evening I watched Upstairs, Downstairs&#039; Emily (a character I initially felt was the weak link but grew to enjoy) commit suicide. The characters themselves serve similar purposes in their roles in the onscreen dynamics. I&#039;m not quite sure what it means, but it does feel rather significant.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 344376, member: 23"] Just for posterity, [B][I][SIZE=5]Ghosts[/SIZE][/I][/B] is back. As before, it's easy to devour and I've already watched two-thirds of Series Four. Since I'm concurrently watching [I]Upstairs, Downstairs,[/I] it's felt slightly bizarre to mix an actual period drama in with the assorted period characters of [I]Ghosts[/I]. There's very little to report, since it's more of the same as the first three series. For me, I'd say less is also more with this series, so having just half a dozen episodes to watch over a few nights is manageable and keeping my gripes to a minimum. These remain, and I'm having to work particularly hard to remind myself that these period characters are existing in the Twenty First Century and indulging themselves in daytime TV. That helps keep my blood pressure down when archaic characters use frequent contractions, or when Thomas said about being "harassed" and used the American/Frank Spencer pronunciation of "hur-ASSed" (this apparently particularly bothered me given that last night I actually dreamt that another character corrected him). There is still this. It's essentially [I]The Ghosts Of Motley Hall [/I]or [I]Rentaghost[/I] for the 21st Century. And on top of that nostalgia is the added layer that it's the best part of a year since the last series and so is the return of some characters I've grown to enjoy. There's a definite synergy between me watching Mary (a character I initially felt was the weak link but grew to enjoy) ascending to the afterlife on the very same evening I watched [I]Upstairs, Downstairs' [/I]Emily (a character I initially felt was the weak link but grew to enjoy) commit suicide. The characters themselves serve similar purposes in their roles in the onscreen dynamics. I'm not quite sure what it means, but it does feel rather significant. [/QUOTE]

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