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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 426673" data-attributes="member: 23">With the final series underway, there are just four episodes of Shelley still ahead of me.The current formula is working well, so I&#039;m glad it&#039;s following on from the Ninth Series, as it&#039;ll be nice for things to end on a relative high.Phil&#039;s one-off return was fine. There was the hoped-for ending for the character, as he fled back overseas on the morning of his wedding to avoid an awkward conversation with his bride, leaving reluctant best man Shelley to cop it in the neck. But it was done in an almost satisfying/unsatisfying way as his departure was off-screen and we didn&#039;t know he was going until he was gone. If anything, it proved that the setup that superseded his year as the sidekick is one that&#039;s a better fit. When all was said and done, Phil is a character who might have worked best as a recurring character over a longer period. Series Nine closed with a New Year episode, appropriate on several levels: firstly (and only barely relevant) I watched it on the same day I randomly moved ABBA&#039;s Happy New Year into my Favourites playlist, deciding I wasn&#039;t obliged to wait until December to listen to bittersweet seasonal music. Secondly and&nbsp; most importantly, it&#039;s the perfect holiday for Shelley the pessimist. Complaining about the crappy year that&#039;s just passed and the even crappier one that probably lies ahead is so Shelley (truthfully, it&#039;s also quite me, and I usually do Shelley&#039;s trick of disappearing to bed at 9pm on New Year&#039;s Eve, hoping the whole thing will just go away).Other scenarios have been Shelley Has A Run Of Luck On The Horses; Shelley Stuck In An Airport; Shelley Learns To Swim (notable for an anticipated visit from his daughter and a one-sided phone call with Fran) and even Shelley Sees A Shrink (which, as well as being suitable and inevitable, is also reminiscent of sibling series It Takes A Worried Man). The closer I get to the end, the more I feel the final episode is going to simply be another episode. At least it means I&#039;m managing expectations.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 426673, member: 23"] With the final series underway, there are just four episodes of [I]Shelley[/I] still ahead of me. The current formula is working well, so I'm glad it's following on from the Ninth Series, as it'll be nice for things to end on a relative high. Phil's one-off return was fine. There was the hoped-for ending for the character, as he fled back overseas on the morning of his wedding to avoid an awkward conversation with his bride, leaving reluctant best man [I]Shelley[/I] to cop it in the neck. But it was done in an almost satisfying/unsatisfying way as his departure was off-screen and we didn't know he was going until he was gone. If anything, it proved that the setup that superseded his year as the sidekick is one that's a better fit. When all was said and done, Phil is a character who might have worked best as a recurring character over a longer period. Series Nine closed with a New Year episode, appropriate on several levels: firstly (and only barely relevant) I watched it on the same day I randomly moved ABBA's [I]Happy New Year [/I]into my Favourites playlist, deciding I wasn't obliged to wait until December to listen to bittersweet seasonal music. Secondly and most importantly, it's the perfect holiday for Shelley the pessimist. Complaining about the crappy year that's just passed and the even crappier one that probably lies ahead is so Shelley (truthfully, it's also quite me, and I usually do Shelley's trick of disappearing to bed at 9pm on New Year's Eve, hoping the whole thing will just go away). Other scenarios have been Shelley Has A Run Of Luck On The Horses; Shelley Stuck In An Airport; Shelley Learns To Swim (notable for an anticipated visit from his daughter and a one-sided phone call with Fran) and even Shelley Sees A Shrink (which, as well as being suitable and inevitable, is also reminiscent of sibling series [I]It Takes A Worried Man[/I]). The closer I get to the end, the more I feel the final episode is going to simply be another episode. At least it means I'm managing expectations. [/QUOTE]

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