Coming to the end
Happy with the end of Scott & Bailey. (I was told by someone who'd worked on it that this was going to be the final season, which makes sense given [plot development commemorated in final scene], though I suppose Blake's Seven was supposed to end with Terminal and we all know what happened after that.) Anyway, they solved the crime (as they usually do), Scott ended up with the only man in the cast I fancy, Bailey may or may not have ended up with someone but it doesn't much matter, and I am of course convinced that Murray will end up with Dodson, because they are my OTP. And it continued to be a story in which competent women do their jobs well, ie solve crimes by doing solid police work and thinking about the evidence, not by breaking rules and being brilliant mavericks. Actually, they did break rules from time to time, but I think that usually happened in their private lives not their jobs (the worst thing I remember is Bailey using police info to get back at her ex in the first series, and she was thoroughly Murrayed for it).
I don't seem to have a tag for Scott & Bailey, but it's a bit late for one now if that really was the end.
Meanwhile, re In the Forest of the Night, my favourite line was probably Clara's explanation of why she had not mentioned the expected imminent extinction of humanity to her pupils:
"I thought it would spoil an otherwise enjoyable walk."
I would have liked some explanation of the disappearing trees and the reappearing sister, but thought it was an otherwise enjoyable episode.
Oh, and it's All Saints Day already, but I meant to post these photos from a trip to the Oxford Botanic Garden last week:
There was a notice next to the barrow explaining that the pumpkins, squashes etc would be given to the kitchens of local charities. I haven't got round to eating anything of that type so far this week (unless there was a bit of squash in my vegetable curry at Didsbury Beer Festival today) but have bought a butternut squash (as seen lying around between leaves in the photo above) to do that nice cauliflower and squash recipe next week.
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I don't seem to have a tag for Scott & Bailey, but it's a bit late for one now if that really was the end.
Meanwhile, re In the Forest of the Night, my favourite line was probably Clara's explanation of why she had not mentioned the expected imminent extinction of humanity to her pupils:
"I thought it would spoil an otherwise enjoyable walk."
I would have liked some explanation of the disappearing trees and the reappearing sister, but thought it was an otherwise enjoyable episode.
Oh, and it's All Saints Day already, but I meant to post these photos from a trip to the Oxford Botanic Garden last week:
There was a notice next to the barrow explaining that the pumpkins, squashes etc would be given to the kitchens of local charities. I haven't got round to eating anything of that type so far this week (unless there was a bit of squash in my vegetable curry at Didsbury Beer Festival today) but have bought a butternut squash (as seen lying around between leaves in the photo above) to do that nice cauliflower and squash recipe next week.
Also posted on Dreamwidth, with
comments.