Pike gets his call-up papers whilst Mainwaring and Hodges vie for who can recruit the most blood-donors.Pike gets his call-up papers whilst Mainwaring and Hodges vie for who can recruit the most blood-donors.Pike gets his call-up papers whilst Mainwaring and Hodges vie for who can recruit the most blood-donors.
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- GoofsJones and Pike are watching an air raid while on duty and Jones tells pike how to get along in the army after he joins. Jones tells him "never volunteer for anything," an odd statement from him as he volunteers for everything, even things that nobody else has thought of.
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Ian Lavender continues to impress
From being largely a background character in the very early series, Pike has gradually come into his own across the years. With the death of James Beck leaving a noticeable hole in the ensemble, Ian Lavender stepped up impressively to fill the void and writers Croft and Perry seem to have recognised this as by this stage Pike had become one of the most prominent sources of laughs. Having stolen the opening episode of series 8, Ring Dem Bells, with his Nazi officer impersonation, Pike is once again the focus here as he receives his call up papers and develops a nervous facial tic as a result. This gives Lavender the opportunity to play broad physical comedy with a more emotional layer underneath. A separate plot about a blood drive dovetails nicely with the main plot towards the end, culminating in a sweet final scene with a celebratory fish and chip meal. If When You've Got to Go still isn't quite at the level of the show's heyday, it easily maintains an uptick in quality that followed the lacklustre ending of series 6 and first half of series 7. It's good to see the material improving and the ensemble back on form. If it's clear that Dad's Army is nearing the end of its natural lifespan, it's rocky transition into old age is blossoming into a graceful dotage.
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