As Time Goes By 6

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Movie Review: Lionel finally agrees to move in with Jean (this might work)
Summary: 4 Stars

Episode 17 (my number of the episodes in the series, the videotape just says 1-2-3, but else where I have seen them described as Series 3 episodes 4-5-6, so take your pick) fines another encounter with Jean?s Achilles heel, her sister-in-law Penny (Moyra Fraser), who continues to be worried about ?Poor Jean.? As we saw in a previous episode, the prim and proper Jean cannot stop from coming up with wild stories to cover up the truth about her ?lovey-dovey? relationship with Lionel. He has his own problems, when Penny?s husband Stephen (Paul Chapman) wants to see Lionel in his professional capacity as a ?psychiatrist.? Not only a psychiatrist, but, according to Jean?s continuing web of lies, one with a badly sprained ankle received while playing golf.

Episode 18 finds that Jean and Lionel have at long last agreed that he should move in with Jean. But once he is actually moved in they find themselves having trouble adjusting to little things: like where should the pictures of their former spouses end up in the bedroom?

Episode 19 opens up a new front for problems as Jean is opening up a second office of her secretarial agency and the question of the moment is who is going to run the place? Sandy (Jenny Funnell) assumes it is going to be Jean?s daughter Judy (Moria Brooker), which is why she is receptive to an offer from Alistair (Philip Bretherton) to be his personal assistant. Meanwhile, Jean wants Lionel to find something to occupy his time besides ironing her underwear.

At this point in the series ?As Time Goes By? is working on the level of being charming and comfortable. There are no major embarrassments at this point, beyond Jean?s inability to tell sister-in-law Penny the truth, so the overall humor is gentler for the most part. Writer Bob Larbey is not adverse to taking his time in letting these two old lovers, who have rediscovered each other after 38 years, try to live happily ever after.

Movie Review: Convoluted Comedy Capped With Sweet Situations
Summary: 4 Stars

This particular video showcases some of the best acting, and subtle charm that the series has ever conveyed. For background, it stars Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer as Jean Pargetter and Lionel Hardcastle, who were once lovers, 38 years previous. They were separated and lost contact during the Korean War. The very first episode of "As Time Goes By" finds the two meeting again, and ever so slowly and gently, the romance re-kindles.

There are three episodes contained in this video, all from the series 3rd season. Episode 1 finds Jean and Lionel still at a standstill as to whom will move-in with whom (carried-over from the previous installment). This is one of the more convoluted stories, and Jean's constant lying does get a little grating after awhile, but she turns it around in the end.

Episode 2 is very touching. Lionel moves-in with Jean, and the two are left alone on their first night of living together. They each mean to do something nice for the other, but things don't quite come across that way. NOTE: Judi Dench does an outstanding job balancing hurt love with firm irateness. Subtle, fine acting.

Episode 3 takes things in a different direction, with Jean looking to expand her secretarial agency. This has one of my most favorite scenes in the entire series, with Jean & Lionel sitting together on a park bench eating ice cream. They look so in-love. It is one of the things that makes "As Time Goes By" so refreshing. Characters actually act like adults and love each other. What a concept!

Now, if only American television could take note of this.

Movie Review: As Time Goes By Volume 6
Summary: 5 Stars

I wish there were books on this series because I'd be the first one to buy all of them.

-Calladine

Movie Review: Yet another review by Me
Summary: 5 Stars

Movie Review: Hilarious
Summary: 5 Stars

Summary of As Time Goes By 6

Series 3, Episode 4 (Originally transmitted Jan 23 1994): Jean and Lionel are still stale-mated over who will live with whom. Jean's sister-in-law is in town and wants to meet the "lovey-dovey" twosome. Not willing to admit the real situation, Jean embarks on a cover up.

Series 3, Episode 5 (Originally transmitted Jan 30 1994): Jean and Lionel have at last agreed that Lionel should move in with Jean. When they are left alone in their new joint accommodation, they find it a little difficult to adjust to their new way of life.

Series Three Episode 6 (Originally transmitted Feb 6 1994): Jean is opening another secretarial agency and is looking for someone to run it. Meanwhile, work for Lionel seems to have dried up, giving Jean cause for concern. But Lionel is withholding something from her.

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