12. "How sweet of you to open your own door!"
The Last Shout (special), Part 2
I FUCKING LOVE THE LAST SHOUT. If you haven't seen it, hang your head in shame.
This is the first of 2 scenes from the 2-part special, which is about 90 minutes in length. It comes in between series 3 and 4 and (again) was intended to wrap up the series. It drew massive ratings over Christmas. And it's fucking hilarious.
Basically, Saffy is getting married. But Eddy is too busy going skiing, and is only swayed into organising the wedding once she realises that Saffy's arrogant boyfriend is made of money. Here we meet the in-laws to be, and Eddy's inner snob comes climbing out,
"these people are mega rich... one small withdrawal and SWITZERLAND goes third world!"
"It doesn't matter they're coming to see me! I hope they like me..."
"they gotta like you darling... super-league rich, I mean these people could order CHINA as a takeaway..."
Tom Hollander plays the fiance and Carmen De Sautoy is Absolutely Fabulous as the socialite mother Kalishia,
"oh, stairs? How novel! Be careful Carlos, imagine stepping down off the jet... I mean I always say if you can go sideways, why go up? Oh, are we there? I thought it might have gone through, but I see not..."
[Eddy, frantically] "yeah I'M KNOCKING THROUGH! I might do it a minute actually..."
The scene remains really uncomfortable as Kalishia is beyond patronising to Saffy and her family, and Eddy is a mixture of sychophantic and deluded,
"the National Gallery, oh yes I'm always in there..."
"what for?"
"well lunch really... and postcards! They've got a lovely shop"
"but most I love Bel Air... I find I get a lot of work done there"
"liposuction?"
We get appearances from Bo and Gran, just to add to the choas and Saffy's woes, but it's not til Patsy appears that it gets really interesting... turns out Patsy knows Kalishia from her sordid past, and Eddy can really use it to her advantage,
"that's Kalishia Clegg! She was a BOND girl with me!"
"darling you were never a Bond girl..."
"yeah I was - Bond Meets Black Emmanuel..."
you have to watch when Patsy confronts her. AMAZING
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