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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 352474" data-attributes="member: 23">One day later and I&#039;ve now finished Series Three. Apart from the Christmas Special (which took me ages to find in readiness as it is inexplicably hiding on the final disc of Series Four).A couple of annotations to my earlier thoughts:I&#039;m enjoying Fiona at this point. She has felt like less of a presence in the house. I think it&#039;s because her character is more difficult to get a handle on in some ways since she seems to spend more time actually doing her job than Enid who had a propensity for hovering and earwigging. Middle class Fiona is probably less your stereotypical char as well. Overall, though, she&#039;s been used well, if judiciously.I&#039;ve recently been seeing Rising Damp parallels everywhere. Henry&#039;s dialogue is incredibly Rigsbyesque at times (though his mannerisms and facial expressions put me in mind more of Donald Sinden than Leonard Rossiter). The Rigsby thing is probably never more evident than in the High Spirits episode where I&#039;m sure he reacted to the seances and ghost-watching exactly as Rigsby would. Matthew alternately takes Alan and Philip&#039;s part. Romantic-but-reserved Fiona is far more noticeably Miss Jones than Enid was. Which is no bad thing.Perhaps this was noted at the time, since it seems to have changed again. The walls seem to be a lighter colour, and the suite is a more tastefully muted job. The Willows seem ready for the Nineties.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 352474, member: 23"] One day later and I've now finished Series Three. Apart from the Christmas Special (which took me ages to find in readiness as it is inexplicably hiding on the final disc of Series Four). A couple of annotations to my earlier thoughts: I'm enjoying Fiona at this point. She has felt like less of a presence in the house. I think it's because her character is more difficult to get a handle on in some ways since she seems to spend more time actually doing her job than Enid who had a propensity for hovering and earwigging. Middle class Fiona is probably less your stereotypical char as well. Overall, though, she's been used well, if judiciously. I've recently been seeing [I]Rising Damp[/I] parallels everywhere. Henry's dialogue is incredibly Rigsbyesque at times (though his mannerisms and facial expressions put me in mind more of Donald Sinden than Leonard Rossiter). The Rigsby thing is probably never more evident than in the [I]High Spirits [/I]episode where I'm sure he reacted to the seances and ghost-watching exactly as Rigsby would. Matthew alternately takes Alan and Philip's part. Romantic-but-reserved Fiona is far more noticeably Miss Jones than Enid was. Which is no bad thing. Perhaps this was noted at the time, since it seems to have changed again. The walls seem to be a lighter colour, and the suite is a more tastefully muted job. The Willows seem ready for the Nineties. [/QUOTE]

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