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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 372521" data-attributes="member: 23">After a bit of a gap, Series Three of Sykes commenced last night. Continuity is certainly not this series&#039; strong suit. Facts seem to change according to whatever is needed for the script (though I suppose it could possibly have something to do with the order in which the scripts from the earlier series Sykes and a... are recycled). In earlier episodes we&#039;ve seen Hattie&#039;s Morris Minor Convertible, and Eric employed as a chauffeur. Yet in The Stolen Bentley it&#039;s mentioned that neither of them has a driving licence. Ah well, it was the Seventies, after all. Following Series Two I found myself putting off recommencing, and I&#039;m not even sure I can explain why. It&#039;s not a bad series. Yes, it&#039;s a bit slow and samey, but this is part and parcel of the cosy British sitcom. Part of me wants to cheat and find an excuse to opt out of the series and move on to something else. The only thing that stops me doing that is that I suspect I&#039;d never come back to Sykes, and the completist in me wants to finish the job. Thinking about it, I&#039;m thinking the series is fun and entertaining in its original setup of a weekly sitcom, but simply doesn&#039;t translate to watching back-to-back episodes as a box set. I&#039;m usually quite orderly about how I watch these things and it&#039;s customary for me to completely immerse myself in a series and watch beginning to end. This feels like a longer haul because I find myself needing to slow down the pace. Seven series feels like a huge undertaking when it&#039;s taken me a month to watch just two. But I must also remember that the first couple of series are longer than the rest, and in just another couple of episodes I&#039;ll be halfway through the entire lot. It&#039;s sad to think that this third series is the final to feature Richard Wattis as Charles Fulbright-Brown. I&#039;m feeling the series might become less watchable still with him absent, since he&#039;s such great fun and a bit of a scene-stealer. On the other hand, I understand that Richard&#039;s absence necessitates some changes to the format, with a new neighbour moving in. Perhaps a change in dynamic will keep things green.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 372521, member: 23"] After a bit of a gap, Series Three of [I]Sykes[/I] commenced last night. Continuity is certainly not this series' strong suit. Facts seem to change according to whatever is needed for the script (though I suppose it could possibly have something to do with the order in which the scripts from the earlier series [I]Sykes and a...[/I] are recycled). In earlier episodes we've seen Hattie's Morris Minor Convertible, and Eric employed as a chauffeur. Yet in [I]The Stolen Bentley[/I] it's mentioned that neither of them has a driving licence. Ah well, it [U]was[/U] the Seventies, after all. Following Series Two I found myself putting off recommencing, and I'm not even sure I can explain why. It's not a bad series. Yes, it's a bit slow and samey, but this is part and parcel of the cosy British sitcom. Part of me wants to cheat and find an excuse to opt out of the series and move on to something else. The only thing that stops me doing that is that I suspect I'd never come back to [I]Sykes[/I], and the completist in me wants to finish the job. Thinking about it, I'm thinking the series is fun and entertaining in its original setup of a weekly sitcom, but simply doesn't translate to watching back-to-back episodes as a box set. I'm usually quite orderly about how I watch these things and it's customary for me to completely immerse myself in a series and watch beginning to end. This feels like a longer haul because I find myself needing to slow down the pace. Seven series feels like a huge undertaking when it's taken me a month to watch just two. But I must also remember that the first couple of series are longer than the rest, and in just another couple of episodes I'll be halfway through the entire lot. It's sad to think that this third series is the final to feature Richard Wattis as Charles Fulbright-Brown. I'm feeling the series might become less watchable still with him absent, since he's such great fun and a bit of a scene-stealer. On the other hand, I understand that Richard's absence necessitates some changes to the format, with a new neighbour moving in. Perhaps a change in dynamic will keep things green. [/QUOTE]

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