Hold the Sunset

Same here purple daffodil

Oh I quite enjoyed it and feel it has potential-what's wrong with me? It made me laugh, well smile and there's not much that does that these days! I do always enjoy Alison Steadman.
Am enjoying watching 3rd Rock from the Sun I've recorded. Have seen it before but it always makes me laugh out loud.

Gosh, I though 3rd Rock From The Sun was hilarious. Watched a bit of this programme in question and ?‍♀️ but my eleven year old GS thought the bit where he got stuck in the window was hilarious.

Had high hopes but once again they were dashed.
Will watch one more to see if it improves but not very hopeful.

I thought it would John Cleese that would annoying me but it was actually Alison Steadman.Recently her parts all seem the same,she was the weakest thing in that other retirement sit- com. Called Boomers I think?But on the whole we enjoyed that more than I think we will this.Will give it another go but Jason Watkins ,talented as he is,was so over the top as the son I'm not convinced it will improve.

I totally agree with Washerwoman the Alison Steadman character really annoyed me. Just tell the son to go and rent somewhere, but then I guess there wouldn't be a story!

I shall see if it grows on me, Still Open all Hours got off to a slow start for me, but I shall miss it now. I was laughing out loud at Johnny Vegas in a dress trying to decide if he was a Delores or Susan.

Oh so nice to see Peter Egan looking as suave as ever . I just loved him in Ever decreasing circles .

What a disappointment, think we managed about ten minutes....

So did I Floradora

All in it are good actors, so it must have been the script and plot that let it down.
Alison Steadman has looked and sounded the same in every tv programme for years and years, a shame as she is so much better than that.

Alison Steadman was great in her ex-husband Mike Leigh's screenplays - Abigail's Party, Nuts in May, Life is Sweet, etc. etc., and she has done a lot of other good stuff.

There are probably fewer comedy scripts containing older characters and less work for older actors to choose from.

I too found John Cleese's grating voice very distracting,
although I thought his acting was OK. The idea of the son coming back to live with his Mum is, I think, quite a good one and probably quite relevant these days, but the son's behaviour is so ridiculously childish that it isn't remotely funny, just irritating.

I didn’t watch it but really can’t stand John Cleese just thought I d add that ?

I think I lasted bout 3 minutes then gave up.

About not bout ?‍♀️

Not brilliant was it. The son and DiL were particularly awful, but then what could you do with a script lik that.

I'll stick with it because I like Cleese and Steadman, but I thought the first episode was very poor. The script was awful and the (unfunny) middle aged son and DIL dragged it down even further.

I watched the secon episode tonight. It wasn't any better.

I haven`t seen it at all, but caught the last 5 minutes tonight and was glad I hadn`t watched it.

Really awful was disappointed as I usually like Alison Steadman. Jason Watkins was particularly dreadful but with such a poor script none of them had a chance really. Lasted 10 minutes won't be watching again!

Jjudging by tonight's offering it isn't getting better. Some of the one-to-one exchanges looked and sounded so awkward and wooden. Don't think I'll bother again.

The cast is excellent . The script is rubbish .

We won't watch again either. I really dislike John Cleese - he appears to have very few redeeming featured.

I agree with Gillybob, the cast could do with a much better script. I watched last week, but not yesterday.

I watched the last. five minutes. Dreadful.Just shouting and screaming as far as I could make out.

Watched half of it and was cringing...shan't watch it again ?