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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 424640" data-attributes="member: 23">Three series down now, and I&#039;m still loving Shelley.Perhaps it could be described as the thinking man&#039;s sitcom, since it has logic and asks the kinds of questions people in the real world would (and sitcom characters rarely do). And it&#039;s present whether&nbsp; Shelley is spending half an episode explaining the Big Bang theory to an eccentric café patron, or he and Fran are discussing the mice in their bedroomwith Shelley worrying what will happen to the mouse they&#039;ve tied inside a black bin bag.The move out of the room at Mrs H&#039;s place to their own house has worked well enough, buffered by the continued presence of Mrs Hawkins herself, dropping in for cups of tea and to tut about Shelley&#039;s lack of employment.Meanwhile, at the DHSS office, Kenneth Cope has been replaced by a double act which is slightly inferior but still watchable enough .Series Three&#039;s other big news has been the arrival of baby Emma, which was done in a typically unsentimental manner. As previously mentioned, the lack of sentiment means these landmarks don&#039;t cloud what&#039;s really important in this series, which is the cynical wit (during a row, Fran even complains that she&#039;s &quot;caught&quot; this reflexive snark from Shelley).Since Series Three is the last to be completely written by Peter Tilbury,&nbsp; I&#039;m a little nervous that there may be a drop in writing quality after this point. But here&#039;s hoping.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 424640, member: 23"] Three series down now, and I'm still loving [I]Shelley[/I]. Perhaps it could be described as the thinking man's sitcom, since it has logic and asks the kinds of questions people in the real world would (and sitcom characters rarely do). And it's present whether Shelley is spending half an episode explaining the Big Bang theory to an eccentric café patron, or he and Fran are discussing the mice in their bedroomwith Shelley worrying what will happen to the mouse they've tied inside a black bin bag. The move out of the room at Mrs H's place to their own house has worked well enough, buffered by the continued presence of Mrs Hawkins herself, dropping in for cups of tea and to tut about Shelley's lack of employment. Meanwhile, at the DHSS office, Kenneth Cope has been replaced by a double act which is slightly inferior but still watchable enough . Series Three's other big news has been the arrival of baby Emma, which was done in a typically unsentimental manner. As previously mentioned, the lack of sentiment means these landmarks don't cloud what's really important in this series, which is the cynical wit (during a row, Fran even complains that she's "caught" this reflexive snark from Shelley). Since Series Three is the last to be completely written by Peter Tilbury, I'm a little nervous that there may be a drop in writing quality after this point. But here's hoping. [/QUOTE]

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