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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 104464" data-attributes="member: 23">Oh - Ria preparing the strawberry jelly!! It&#039;s been a while since I laughed quite so heartily. Wonderful scene. So simple, but quite hilarious.From 7.10...[MEDIA=youtube]tDfRTWYrL7A[/MEDIA]She could have served it as an Eton mess.Notice how the audience starts tittering when the TV cook flips his jelly upside down and takes the bowl away. This is before Ria even attempted it, but I too was already laughing at this point because I knew what was coming. With her cooking, the anticipation adds to the joy. Every time she even mentions cooking or going into the kitchen there&#039;s that knowledge that something disastrous can - and will - happen.My favourite line of the episode came in the scene immediately following the jelly debacle. On learning that Russell has got Jean pregnant and plans to marry her even though he can&#039;t afford either of these luxuries, Ria - trying her hardest to smile through her shock- says:The structure of this arc was perfect. I really appreciated that Russell was entirely on his own with the ultimate knowledge that Jean wanted to keep the baby but didn&#039;t want marriage. While Ria and Leonard - who had jumped to the conclusion that she wasn&#039;t pregnant after all - were living in blissful ignorance. Drama somehow means more when there&#039;s a solitary aspect.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 104464, member: 23"] Oh - Ria preparing the strawberry jelly!! It's been a while since I laughed quite so heartily. Wonderful scene. So simple, but quite hilarious. From 7.10... [MEDIA=youtube]tDfRTWYrL7A[/MEDIA] She could have served it as an Eton mess. Notice how the audience starts tittering when the TV cook flips his jelly upside down and takes the bowl away. This is before Ria even attempted it, but I too was already laughing at this point because I knew what was coming. With her cooking, the anticipation adds to the joy. Every time she even mentions cooking or going into the kitchen there's that knowledge that something disastrous can - and will - happen. My favourite line of the episode came in the scene immediately following the jelly debacle. On learning that Russell has got Jean pregnant and plans to marry her even though he can't afford either of these luxuries, Ria - trying her hardest to smile through her shock- says: The structure of this arc was perfect. I really appreciated that Russell was entirely on his own with the ultimate knowledge that Jean wanted to keep the baby but didn't want marriage. While Ria and Leonard - who had jumped to the conclusion that she wasn't pregnant after all - were living in blissful ignorance. Drama somehow means more when there's a solitary aspect. [/QUOTE]

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