Ashes to Ashes

[JHyde]

OH MY GOD SMASHING EPISODE!!!!

Seriously, I reckon A2A is now the superior show.

The superficial things: FANTASTIC music. Lovecats was my first ever ringtone, Karma Chameleon was supposedly No.1 the day I was born and I adore the Yazoo song it finished with. Those of you who did such things at the time MUST have slow danced to that song.

All good things come from '83, ladies and gents.

And finally (on the superficial front), Keeley's costumes and Shaz's were actually pretty great this episode. And Keeley was fantastic in this episode, as well as looking great. She has grown so much as an actress - she was only in her mid twenties when she did Spooks and has really matured. Not so much with the elocution.

I hate 'Danny Boy' with a passion. Like fingernails on a blackboard hate it. But I actually teared up with Shaz coming out to help Ray. (Ray looks so cute in his velvet tux.)

I didn't like how much Keats was enjoying sending Littern down. No much how bad scumbags are, you shouldn't look that happy about it, especially in front of his colleagues. I think this is meant to be the tipping point of the season - that moment with Alex choosing at the end of the episode.

The thing is, we know Gene to be loyal to a fault. I suspect we'll still get a lot of his faults drummed into us before the end of the season, but ultimately there's something there. This is the first time this season I have believed in Gene wholly.

Gene got the best line in this ep with "Olivia Newton Skelton" which was just so funny it still makes me laugh.

God, I'm just blathering, aren't I? I LOVED this episode. Love this show.