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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 352688" data-attributes="member: 23">And just as that happens, she vanishes. I&#039;ve now watched the Christmas Special that followed Series Three and I&#039;ve also got more than half of Series Four under my belt and Fiona hasn&#039;t appeared at all. What&#039;s more, she hasn&#039;t even been mentioned. It&#039;s disappointing and it has changed the dynamic a little, even though it still works fine.In her place we&#039;ve had two return appearances from Henry&#039;s daughter/Matthew&#039;s sister Julie. There was even a bratty younger sibling who showed up in the Christmas special. This added yet more confusion to the lack of sense of geography in this series since all the characters in this family seem to have different accents. Henry and Matthew both have a hint of Manchester to their accent, but the younger son sounded Scouse, and Julie seemed to mirror this by having a touch of Liverpool in just this episode. This is becoming increasingly pronounced as the series goes on. In Series Four, Henry is at times Rigsby in all but name. It really feels as though John Thaw is modelling his performance after Leonard Rossiter.&nbsp; Perhaps it&#039;s due to him becoming more comfortable with comedy and wanting to push things. Henry&#039;s style has become more broadly comedic as the series has gone on. He&#039;s almost an object of ridicule at times, getting into farcical scrapes and embarrassing imbroglios. It all works, but the character feels rather less grounded.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 352688, member: 23"] And just as that happens, she vanishes. I've now watched the Christmas Special that followed Series Three and I've also got more than half of Series Four under my belt and Fiona hasn't appeared at all. What's more, she hasn't even been [I]mentioned[/I]. It's disappointing and it has changed the dynamic a little, even though it still works fine. In her place we've had two return appearances from Henry's daughter/Matthew's sister Julie. There was even a bratty younger sibling who showed up in the Christmas special. This added yet more confusion to the lack of sense of geography in this series since all the characters in this family seem to have different accents. Henry and Matthew both have a hint of Manchester to their accent, but the younger son sounded Scouse, and Julie seemed to mirror this by having a touch of Liverpool in just this episode. This is becoming increasingly pronounced as the series goes on. In Series Four, Henry is at times Rigsby in all but name. It really feels as though John Thaw is modelling his performance after Leonard Rossiter. Perhaps it's due to him becoming more comfortable with comedy and wanting to push things. Henry's style has become more broadly comedic as the series has gone on. He's almost an object of ridicule at times, getting into farcical scrapes and embarrassing imbroglios. It all works, but the character feels rather less grounded. [/QUOTE]

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