Inside No. 9

[Andrew]

Someone was watching Brian DePalma's Obsession before editing Kid/Nap. Enjoyable.

 

[believeagain]

Another great episode this week. I cried! Slow start to this series but the quality has picked up over the last couple again.

 

[Andrew]

Last week's was absolutely superb.
A lot of emotion this seaosn

 

[mi|kshake]

Very intrigued by the sound of tonight's episode.

 

[Stradiwhovius]

I have two theories for tonight (which aren't entirely mutually exclusive):

1. The Wise Owl PIFs traumatised Reece's character to the point he has lived a very stunted life and is almost trapped in his childhood (from the trailer the 70s aesthetic, and taxidermy as a metaphor, would both support this IMO).
2. The Wise Owl is actually a manifestation of another trauma, maybe something that happens in the PIF, and is a warped and overactive critical voice in Reece's head.

In any case I think this is possibly the most hyped I've ever been for an episode?

 

[idratherjack]

Like Vanessa Williams, they saved the best for last with this one. Genuinely creepy in places and ultimately really sad, this will go down as one of the all time great Inside No 9s.

 

[Inland Empire]

Yeah, I’m so glad this somewhat rocky series has been bookended by two fantastic episodes. I didn’t mention it here but I really didn’t like A Random Act of Kindness, so I needed this one to restore my faith in the show - and it did in the most painful way possible.

Also

 

[mi|kshake]

Great episode last night! I love how they incorporated the animation.

My ranking this series is:

Wise Owl
Merrily Merrily
Kid/Nap
Mr King
A Random Act of Kindness
Nine Lives Kat

(with a big gap between the last two eps!)

 

[believeagain]

Brilliant and terribly sad episode. I’ve really enjoyed this series from Nine Lives Kat onwards.

 

[2014]

Kid/Nap and Nine Lives Kat have been the top 2 easily this series.

 

[Inland Empire]

 

[Andrew]

Amazing news

 

[burzacott]

Really looking forward to this, along with the new Motherland special.

 

[mi|kshake]

Yesssss! Chuffed about this!!

 

[Andrew]

Really looking forward to this, along with the new Motherland special.

Just found out about this as well.
Great news

 

[idratherjack]

Inside No. 9 to 'pause' after Series 9 - British Comedy Guide

 

[Inland Empire]

So, The Bones of St. Nicholas, which was on last night if anyone forgot in the Christmas rush.

Spoiler

It was...mid tier for IN9, which is still very enjoyable. It felt way too derivative of Don't Look Now, which is a really ambitious thing to try and emulate especially in a quarter of the runtime and to an audience who need everything explained. The ending would have been so much cooler if they just kinda left it as a dramatic irony for everyone who's seen the movie.

But the character development was really strong, and Simon Callow was perfect as the slightly disquieting vicar. Definitely one I'll enjoy revisiting.

 

[Inland Empire]

 

[Stradiwhovius]

This is way sooner than I was expecting! Frances Barber though... Yukky!

 

[burzacott]

I had no idea this was back. The opening episode was a blast. Felt like a nice balance of horror and comedy.

Spoiler

The ending was a bit shit though.