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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 439812" data-attributes="member: 5079">With only 3 episodes remaining, I have decided to pick up the pace.&nbsp; Even with only foreknowledge of the title, &quot;The Kipper and the Corpse&quot;, I could have taken some pretty good guesses on how this episode would play out.I watched the episode once, but I did backtrack to rewatch a key scene a second time.&nbsp; On first viewing, the plot leap -- from there&#039;s a dead body to let&#039;s move the body for no apparent reason -- nagged at me.&nbsp; I was willing to accept it under the premise that Basil overreacts and makes things worse, I couldn&#039;t stop being mildly annoyed the entire fiasco could have just been avoided by not moving the body.&nbsp; So it was a bit of relief that there was a reason given, with new guests arriving needing that room.&nbsp; I doubt that would stand up to a police inquiry about why a dead body was relocated, but I appreciate that the writers tried to bake in some plausibility to the implausible.This ranks as one of the stronger episodes for me, and I suspect it will be in my top 5.&nbsp; Like &quot;Communication Problems&quot;, this episode makes wonderful use of the entire cast.&nbsp; Everyone has key involvement in the plot and moments of comedy.&nbsp; If I am going to walk away with one complaint about the series, it&#039;s that the show never made full use of its ensemble.&nbsp; The two episodes that fully engaged the quarter have been a joy.This might be the most comedically cohesive episode to date with every gag building and funneling to the conclusion.&nbsp; There&#039;s a frantic, farcical element very reminiscent of the chaos of the Marx Brothers.&nbsp; I was relieved it was the Marx Brothers that were called to mind and not WEEKEND AT BERNIE&#039;S.I will probably watch the episode again before moving on, despite my goal of wrapping up the remaining 2 episodes by week&#039;s end.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 439812, member: 5079"] With only 3 episodes remaining, I have decided to pick up the pace. Even with only foreknowledge of the title, "The Kipper and the Corpse", I could have taken some pretty good guesses on how this episode would play out. I watched the episode once, but I did backtrack to rewatch a key scene a second time. On first viewing, the plot leap -- from there's a dead body to let's move the body for no apparent reason -- nagged at me. I was willing to accept it under the premise that Basil overreacts and makes things worse, I couldn't stop being mildly annoyed the entire fiasco could have just been avoided by not moving the body. So it was a bit of relief that there was a reason given, with new guests arriving needing that room. I doubt that would stand up to a police inquiry about why a dead body was relocated, but I appreciate that the writers tried to bake in some plausibility to the implausible. This ranks as one of the stronger episodes for me, and I suspect it will be in my top 5. Like "Communication Problems", this episode makes wonderful use of the entire cast. Everyone has key involvement in the plot and moments of comedy. If I am going to walk away with one complaint about the series, it's that the show never made full use of its ensemble. The two episodes that fully engaged the quarter have been a joy. This might be the most comedically cohesive episode to date with every gag building and funneling to the conclusion. There's a frantic, farcical element very reminiscent of the chaos of the Marx Brothers. I was relieved it was the Marx Brothers that were called to mind and not WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S. I will probably watch the episode again before moving on, despite my goal of wrapping up the remaining 2 episodes by week's end. [/QUOTE]

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