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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 338980" data-attributes="member: 23">In two sittings I&#039;ve managed to watch eight episodes of The Upper Hand, so it&#039;s far from difficult to watch. Quite the opposite. Let&#039;s just say I&#039;m glad I bought the entire series in one set (apart from several of the discs in the chunky case being stacked on one another <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" />).Knowing that each episode is a remake of another series has added a new layer of interest. It&#039;s interesting to see the differences. Angela&#039;s First Fight saw Angela order a dry martini, with a fight starting after Teresa spilt a drink on Angela&#039;s &quot;Lord &amp; Taylor&quot; clothing. Meanwhile, in Caroline&#039;s First Fight our leading lady ordered a double brandy before Teresa spilt a drink all over Caroline&#039;s &quot;Harvey Nichols&quot;.During Angela&#039;s fight Teresa swung at her but missed which led to a lot of hair pulling and rolling round on the floor. Over in the British pub, Teresa landed one on Caroline (explaining the black eye she later had), but the fight itself was too short. The Caroline/Teresa fight felt more realistic, but the Angela/Teresa fight was better choreographed (lack of hand-to-face contact excepted) and overall more entertaining to watch. If any episode is the most obviously adapted from an American sitcom, it&#039;s Growing Pains. With its &quot;issue&quot; of puberty and a father&#039;s denial around their daughter growing up, it veered dangerously into &quot;Very Special Episode&quot; territory. Still, the British earthiness helped remove a lot of the saccharine.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 338980, member: 23"] In two sittings I've managed to watch eight episodes of [I]The Upper Hand[/I], so it's far from difficult to watch. Quite the opposite. Let's just say I'm glad I bought the entire series in one set (apart from several of the discs in the chunky case being stacked on one another :eek:). Knowing that each episode is a remake of another series has added a new layer of interest. It's interesting to see the differences. [I]Angela's First Fight[/I] saw Angela order a dry martini, with a fight starting after Teresa spilt a drink on Angela's "Lord & Taylor" clothing. Meanwhile, in [I]Caroline's First Fight[/I] our leading lady ordered a double brandy before Teresa spilt a drink all over Caroline's "Harvey Nichols". During Angela's fight Teresa swung at her but missed which led to a lot of hair pulling and rolling round on the floor. Over in the British pub, Teresa landed one on Caroline (explaining the black eye she later had), but the fight itself was too short. The Caroline/Teresa fight felt more realistic, but the Angela/Teresa fight was better choreographed (lack of hand-to-face contact excepted) and overall more entertaining to watch. If any episode is the most obviously adapted from an American sitcom, it's [I]Growing Pains.[/I] With its "issue" of puberty and a father's denial around their daughter growing up, it veered dangerously into "Very Special Episode" territory. Still, the British earthiness helped remove a lot of the saccharine. [/QUOTE]

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