Fleabag

otm. all his little moves seem calculated to get a reaction from her right down to the winnie the pooh bit, it all feels horribly real

im a few episodes back (only seen the first episode of season 2) but was annoying me that a priest is going to marry a couple, neither of which is a practicing catholic? this doesn't happen

(if you're not practicing you have to at least pretend to, if one of the couple isn't catholic they have to go through a whole rigmarole)

I think PWB is Catholic?

Olivia Coleman's character seems to be a whole rigmarole kind of person. She would absolutely have them in church every week for a year in order to get in there.

the priest at the church my parents got married at refused to marry them at first because as my dad was a chilean refugee he was a "communist heretic". my grandad went round and intimidated him and it went ahead.

Sounds like he didn't understand how refugees work.

he was basically right about the communist bit

definitely like this show a lot as I'm anticipating watching the new episode that aired tonight (gmt)

More or less perfect this episode.

I haven't watched this week's but I don't find the priest creepy at all and now I'm concerned about myself a bit seeing as how everyone else did. I just thought that her finally opening up broke down all of his defenses etc. I don't know. He doesn't seem calculating to me in the slightest. She's been trying to fuck him since the night they met!

Twitter seems to be full of ladies who thought the whole thing was super erotic, so people's mileage obviously varies madly on this one.

― trishyb, Wednesday, March 27, 2019 3:03 PM (six days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This.

Yes, I went to Catholic school. Yes, I feel very conflicted about this. Whatever. This is the best show that's been on in a while.

I don't find him creepy overall, and this week's clinch was a lot more to my taste. It felt more like two quite damaged people meeting on equal terms. I really liked how unawkward the disposal of lawyer dude was. There was no "quick, hide, he can't see you" or not answering the door, or pretending to be sick or anything like that. She was more or less honest with the lawyer, and she let Father Nice-Neck hear the conversation. If I fancied Andrew Scott even a tiny bit, it would have been pretty hot.

I laughed out loud at Claire's haircut.

yeah I really liked how he was just like "oh, you want me to go? OK!" by the end

I was sure this episode would feature Gelman taking a header off a bridge

yeah I really liked how he was just like "oh, you want me to go? OK!" by the end

Right. It seemed like such a neat play on the "oh no, I'm here with my trousers down and the vicar is at the door!" style (Terry and June, Frasier). She's only got underwear on under her coat. The priest is in her living room. Her date is at the door. All resolved by actually just talking to each other, the way you always wish characters would on things like Curb Your Enthusiasm. Or maybe that's just me.

Claire's haircut was perfect (ly awful)

this was a fantastic episode.

i loved the reveal about the inspiration for claire's haircut being exactly what she got

If I fancied Andrew Scott even a tiny bit

I am trying this difficult thought experiment now and it really does make it a wholly different show!

I liked Claire's haircut but it does make her look a bit like a pencil

Also PWB's expression when she said 'it looks French!' was just about perfect

Has there ever been a TV show with more anonymous main characters? As far as I know PWB herself, Olivia Colman, Hugh Dennis, the priest, PWB's dad and all of the guys she's been seeing are nameless

I'm assuming that Fleabag is a nickname for PWB in real life because it sounds like Phoebe

It is.

This episode was deliberately holding back on the looks to camera and it was really noticeable, especially in the second half.

Worth reiterating that the priest is literally the only character in the entire thing who listens to or is interested in her as a person on any level, which is why he can hear her breaking the fourth wall. Everyone else is just different varieties of talking about themselves, except possibly her dad so is so inarticulate and emotionally constipated you can't really tell.

Also PWB's expression when she said 'it looks French!' was just about perfect

her face there made me laugh so hard I had to go back and pause on it

x-post - YES

Show is kinda awesome, huh? I'm imagining america is gonna go apeshit over this when amazong drops it, presuming the respective pr depts do their job

fucking amazing episode. till now i was inclined to agree with this:

Anyone else think that this series is more of a drama than a comedy?

but this ep was solid lols.

i also have zero recollection of hugh dennis' character from the first series, but it didn't matter.

Took me a while to remember but think he worked at bank and turned her down for a loan or something

he was in the opening episode turning her down for a loan. then when claire and fleabag were at the silent retreat he was in the neighboring retreat for angry misogynist men and fleabag shared a smoke and a chat with him (he did most of the talking). then in the final episode fleabag was about to emulate boo and walk into the cycle lane and he stopped his car next to her. they went to her café where he ended up letting her begin again on the failed application. so he was in half of the episodes.

i just watched the first season in its entirety in the last 10 days so i remember it

yeah and the first scene he's in is extremely good.

that pheobe/fleabag thing never clicked with me.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47825572

According to PWB, s2 is the last :(

you know what i really like this show but sometimes this is the right approach

I guess we'll see after next week

I know it sucks when shows go on too long but sudden endings can bother me just as much (see also Please Like Me)

didn't PWB say s1 was the last too? i imagine she'll come back if she finds the right idea/they make the right offer. Or do something similar under a different name.

For murricans unaware, her show Crashing is on Netflix and is worth a peek.

this feels like a last series tho doesn’t it? i can completely see why she says that - there’s been a lot of vulnerability and hope in this series and either that ends badly or it ends well but either way it makes sense it’s the last.

Just caught up with mondays ep and I'm glad I'm not the only one who didn't find the priest creepy after all, though who knows what will happen in the last episode. Also matt dc otm

that pheobe/fleabag thing never clicked with me.

― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Wednesday, April 3, 2019 5:26 PM (five days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I still don't think they sound alike at all.

They probably did to 7 year old schoolgirls when she was first given the nickname.

... correction, it seems it was a family nickname.

maybe its my juvenile mentality but i worked that name thing out right away when I first saw the show

Ditto.

OK fine maybe I'm just dense but they still don't sound the same to me. Ppl used to call my friend Phoebe "fleabee" and that makes sense but bee and bag don't rhyme so I don't think it ever would have occurred to me.

Same here, it sounds far-fetched to me

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleabag

Fleapit is more common I'd say, though that's generally used to describe cinemas. Or was.

she literally turns into a fleabag

I know that fleabag is a word! lol