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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Carrie Fairchild" data-source="post: 394866" data-attributes="member: 673">Series 2 Episodes 10 & 11A cavalcade of Eightiesness in these two episodes as we hurtle towards the finale. Some highlights:Jan’s fashionista friend Sonya is back to finish off Lynne’s wedding dress and dole out some hard advice. She’s less Alexis Colby and more Pat Butcher in this episode, as she’s swapped out her fancy cigarillo for a Superking, the cigarette of choice of East End matriarchs and cleaning ladies. Jan isn’t going to win against Claude’s vengeful ex, so she needs to bite the bullet, ditch those pesky continentals and engage the services of some good old British suppliers. Anti foreigner sentiment is a recurring theme on Howards’ Way. There was the outright racism towards Davy in series one (despite the fact that he was born in the UK), Jack continually referring to a German customer as a “kraut” while both Ken and Lynne have called Claude a “frog” at various intervals. Anyway, Jan tries one last time to get Claude to make amends with his ex before she ditches the suppliers that were dragging their heels by telling them that she’s enlisted the services of good old British suppliers instead and bidding them an “au revoir”.On the subject of Jan, things aren’t looking great between her and Ken. He’s trying his best to win her back after the Leo protest / refusing to fund her company fallout, even schmoozing Kate to try and get Jan on side but it’s to no avail. So, to keep himself entertained, he’s flirting wildly with the wife of his new powerboat business partner. There’s a scene at a powerboat gathering that could have been straight out of a Carry On film where we see a bikini clad lady sunbathing on a deck before having her arse smacked while Ken and his potential new mistress have a double entendre laden conversation where sexual prowess is equated to a powerboat race and Ken’s manhood is compared to the race flags going up and down!At the Urquharts, Abby takes the plunge and goes to bed with her weirdo animal activist lover Curtis. My previous joke about Abby joining some sort of eco-vigilante group might not be too far wrong as Curtis has made throwaway comments about blowing up the Houses of Parliament and goes rogue to rescue a dog from an illegal dogfight. Leo is bordering on weirdly possessive now, mainly hanging around to tell Abby that she’s doing the wrong thing by seeing Curtis (she is) but not actually following through by expressing his feelings for her.Lynne and Claude’s wedding takes place after the quickest onscreen courtship and engagement (time is an abstract concept in Tarrant). Lots of glorious 80’s fashions on show here but it’s Jan who steals the show with in a pink number that makes it look like she’s heading off to do a shift as an air hostess on a budget airline as soon as the ceremony is over. Their wedding day also marks what I think may be the final appearance of Dawn. Not that she was invited to it. Cruelly, Dawn leaves town by bus, whose bus stop just so happens to be outside the church where everyone has gathered to celebrate the wedding.Financial fiasco seems to be the theme that we’re building up to as this season reaches its climax. Kate’s going to have to sell her cottage. How we got to this point, I’m unsure, as she gets about one scene an episode so we went from injured racehorse to selling an old painting to keep herself afloat to signing some paper at the bank to selling her home. Regardless, there’s a touching scene between her and Jack, where the tables are turned for a change and Jack becomes the sympathetic ear for Kate as she tries to talk out her problems. Charles Frere is gaining ground at Reilton Marine, which could have catastrophic consequences for the Mermaid Yard, as the Barracuda could be ditched depending on what mood Charles is in, leading to financial ruin for Avril, Jack and Tom. And then there’s Jan, whose financial situation is as vague as her mother’s but it would appear that a delayed loan and the issue with suppliers could potentially lead to everything going belly up. She’s so stressed that she asks Claude to come home early from honeymoon, something that Leo throws in her face during an argument where he roars “why do you have to be a tycoon?” at her! First world, middle class 80’s problems!I’ve now got two episodes left and then I’m adrift, to borrow one of the many nautical metaphors that they use in the show. I’ve noticed that none of series five is available online either, so I’m going to see what I can find available on DVD as I really don’t want to miss any of the drama.</blockquote>

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