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So I had a bit of a Hetty Wainthropp marathon last night. Watched the first four episodes, with two left for tonight. *bg* My favorite moment so far comes at the beginning of episode four, 'Widdershins,' when seventeen year old Geoffrey (Dom Monaghan) shows up at the Wainthropp door with a teddy bear in one arm, a soccer ball in the other and all his bits and bobs in bags, scattered at his feet. "I've been chucked out," he says with a little boy lost expression, "I'm homeless." I had to go back and see it again. It was too cute.
Of course, it's not all about the Monaghan. The show itself is very good. I have a penchant for liking middle-aged (and older) female detectives. I love Agatha Christie's Miss Marple. Hetty's blend of tough, no-nonsense older person and gentle, caring motherly woman make her a fascinating heroine.
Unfortunately there are almost no extras on the DVD, which is a shame. There is one interview with Patricia Routledge, a filmography for each of the primary actors, and a photo gallery. That's about it.
Still, all in all, a very good set of DVDs and I hope they sell well enough that Acorn Media puts the other four series of Hetty on DVD as well.
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cteganSo I had a bit of a Hetty Wainthropp marathon last night. Watched the first four episodes, with two left for tonight. *bg* My favorite moment so far comes at the beginning of episode four, 'Widdershins,' when seventeen year old Geoffrey (Dom Monaghan) shows up at the Wainthropp door with a teddy bear in one arm, a soccer ball in the other and all his bits and bobs in bags, scattered at his feet. "I've been chucked out," he says with a little boy lost expression, "I'm homeless." I had to go back and see it again. It was too cute.
Of course, it's not all about the Monaghan. The show itself is very good. I have a penchant for liking middle-aged (and older) female detectives. I love Agatha Christie's Miss Marple. Hetty's blend of tough, no-nonsense older person and gentle, caring motherly woman make her a fascinating heroine.
Unfortunately there are almost no extras on the DVD, which is a shame. There is one interview with Patricia Routledge, a filmography for each of the primary actors, and a photo gallery. That's about it.
Still, all in all, a very good set of DVDs and I hope they sell well enough that Acorn Media puts the other four series of Hetty on DVD as well.
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Date: 2004-08-15 07:52 am (UTC)faultresponsibility, for good or evil.I need some background info on Geoff. I only have the first series on DVD and haven't seen any of the other eps. So, I know that he took off on his own after his parents divorced. I know he moved in with Hetty because his mum wouldn't leave him alone at his bedsit. Does he have any other family, sibs, cousins, etc. that have been mentioned? Does he have any contact with his Dad? Does he have any sort of relationship with his mum? Or is this all untouched territory in the show, allowing me to make it up as I go along?
I really hope PBS re-airs this show, cause I'm so hooked. I've got to see the rest of it!
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Date: 2004-08-15 01:51 pm (UTC)In the UK if you aren't going on to Uni because of grades or whatever, it's fine to leave school at 16 and get a job.
He's fairly street savvy while still being an innocent himself. For example, he would likely know where to go to score drugs, but wouldn't do them himself.
No relatives that I remember - maybe a mention of a cousin once, but I'm not sure about that. Dad is totally disappeared, and while Robert makes Geoff promise that he will visit his Mum more I don't think that we ever hear of her again after the day she shows up on their doorstep. Hetty and Robert truly become his parents. Their own son Derek and his wife and kids live in Australia and she and Hetty don't particularly get on and she always gets in the way of any meetings. Geoff fills a void for Hetty, as well as being her assistant. She is excited about him being her assistant because it makes him think, and he is gaining self confidence.
In almost every episode, Geoff has "a friend he knew at school" that knows about a subject or might have info they need and he digs them up. It's a running joke.
After they buy the scooter it's also a joke for Geoff to insist that the Agency needs a car, because of course he intends to be the driver. Every teenage lad needs a car.
After he moves in he does nearly all the cooking, and he has the cutest way of holding his fork! It makes you think of curling his hand up when Treebeard lays him down in the forest, sort of little laddish : )
Is that enough to start with?