Derry Girls (Channel 4)

Mr.Nice Guy

I thought that episode was great. I found it much better than last week.

Michelle to James when he complains about the history workload: "if yous lot had of stopped invading us every 5 mins we'd have a lot less to read.. English prick!"

https://twitter.com/Mc1988/status/954119702183325698

Sparko

I like the nun, very droll.

Atlantic Dawn

Loved the Atari 2600 in the bedroom, proper authentic detail of the time.

Thought last weeks episode was better.

RainMakerToo

"What does Our Lady of Sorrows have to be smirking about"
Few good one liners tonight though including the Mr Nice Guy one above

Also Starring LeVar Burton

"Pat Sharp is definitely a dick!"

siblers

Seriously, what is the story with Erin's facial expressions

the whole year inn

Good episode for me. Some nice jokes.
'Dose'

JP Liz V1

“We get the jist they ran out of spuds everyone was raging”

Atlantic Dawn

This tune coming in on the final scene, takes me back...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tloj9osem6w

wakka12

They have some really good lines in this show. I just wish they'd tone it down a bit..they don't need all the weird faces and over acting with it when theres decent script. Sometimes its just a bit cringe! But I'm enjoying it none the less

yerwanthere123

I thought it was very funny tonight, Michelle's utter disdain of James is hilarious. She's definitely the star of the show.

the whole year inn

wakka12 wrote: »

They have some really good lines in this show. I just wish they'd tone it down a bit..they don't need all the weird faces and over acting with it when theres decent script. Sometimes its just a bit cringe! But I'm enjoying it none the less

I'm just leaning into it now, so much easier.

me_irl

Is this just Mrs Brown for Nordies?

TCDStudent1

Thought it was poor enough tonight. I did enjoy the joke about the brits invading every 5 minutes though. The nun is very good too

Atlantic Dawn

me_irl wrote: »

Is this just Mrs Brown for Nordies?

I think you could call it a sort of female Inbetweeners meets Father Ted meets Moone Boy.

tsue921i8wljb3

The weeping statue storyline was pretty much taken from an Only Fools and Horses episode just with dog urine replacing rain. Still it's a harmless and fun 30 minutes with some sharp dialogue.

TCDStudent1

Cali Large Shoelace wrote: »

The weeping statue storyline was pretty much taken from an Only Fools and Horses episode just with dog urine replacing rain. Still it's a harmless and fun 30 minutes with some sharp dialogue.

Thought of that too.

Rekop dog

me_irl wrote: »

Is this just Mrs Brown for Nordies?

It's a little bit more subtle but still a fairly middle of the road sitcom imo.

LoughNeagh2017

what defines a nordie? sure Donegal have near enough the same accents as Derry.


The last time I saw Fr Peter he was playing a Gaelic Footballer giving his gay team mate a hard time.

DrPhilG

As much as I want to like this, it's been downhill all the way for me.

First episode was excellent, second quite good, this one was pretty poor IMO.

Only the amusement of the local lines (me stomach thinks me throat is cut) kept me entertained but I really hope it picks up again.

If it continues the downward slide I'll be very disappointed.

DrPhilG

LoughNeagh2017 wrote: »

what defines a nordie? sure Donegal have near enough the same accents as Derry.

Wash your mouth out!

LoughNeagh2017

As far as I can tell the nuns office is set here on the right, it's St Marys teaching college in Falls Road Belfast

weldoninhio

Couldn’t disagree with Michelle’s last line in the episode.

daithi84

Brilliant series. I havent laughed out loud so much watching a programme in ages. I think the actress playing the head nun is hilarious. I think there is only 6 episodes, hopefully they'll make more.

wakka12

Id say british people find it very hard to understand? Theres a good few times during the episode I didn't understand the lines because the accent was so strong

TCDStudent1

daithi84 wrote: »

Brilliant series. I havent laughed out loud so much watching a programme in ages. I think the actress playing the head nun is hilarious. I think there is only 6 episodes, hopefully they'll make more.

A second series has already been announced

Atlantic Dawn

Just a heads up, tomorrow night at 11.15 on BBC2 yer wan who plays Michelle Mallon, Jamie-Lee O'Donnell will feature in a film about abortion, will be interesting to see her in a different role...

In early 2017, she was part of an ambitious tour of venues across England and Ireland with Liverpool-based theatre company 20 Stories High. Their innovative production, I Told My Mum I Was Going On An RE Trip, shared verbatim real-world stories about abortion in the 21st century.

"It's very different to other things that I've done, which have been comedies, mostly. It was a very topical piece and BBC Two picked it up for their Performance Live season. It was filmed a few months ago, in a documentary style, and I play various different characters in the piece," she says.

The finished film will be broadcast on BBC Two this weekend. "I can't wait for people to see it. I'd love to do more stuff like it in the future," she says.

https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/meet-derry-girls-breakout-star-jamielee-odonnell-who-plays-everyones-favourite-character-michelle-36500384.html

Fr Tod Umptious

brian_t wrote: »

Haven't seen Kevin McAleer for a long time. I always enjoyed his monologues.

Just watched the first 2 episodes.

Had only seen the odd ad for it and took little heed of it but my wife download it tonight

Loved it, thought it was brilliant.

McAleer as Uncle Colm made me crack up, after they set the scene for him earlier with the phone call.

More McAleer, that's what this country, needs.

_Dara_

Just got around to watching the first episode now - honestly, a little disappointed. The main problem was I just didn't really laugh.

But I'll stick with it because the cast had decent chemistry. We shall see.

AndrewJRenko

DrPhilG wrote: »

As much as I want to like this, it's been downhill all the way for me.

First episode was excellent, second quite good, this one was pretty poor IMO.

Only the amusement of the local lines (me stomach thinks me throat is cut) kept me entertained but I really hope it picks up again.

If it continues the downward slide I'll be very disappointed.

I thought that the 2nd was better than the 1st, mainly due to Kevin McAleer. Third wasn't great at all.

wakka12 wrote: »

Id say british people find it very hard to understand? Theres a good few times during the episode I didn't understand the lines because the accent was so strong

Subtitles are your friend.