The Trial
- Episode aired Feb 28, 1993
- 29m
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8.0/10
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While on call for jury service, Victor spends the day home alone.While on call for jury service, Victor spends the day home alone.While on call for jury service, Victor spends the day home alone.
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- TriviaVictor yells on the phone to a company about an employee of theirs and refers to him as Frank Spencer. Richard Wilson guest starred in Wendy House (1978), in which he played an insurance man and famously sank through Frank Spencer's broken sofa, which was technically an outtake but was kept in by the BBC despite the actors obviously struggling to each keep a straight face.
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Victor Meldrew: I asked him if, for the time being, he'd put it in the downstairs toilet for me, and you know what he's done? He's only planted it in the pan! Yes, actually in the lavatory pan, with compost and everything! I mean, how anyone can be so utterly goofy just boggles the mind.
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Victor Meldrew: A mistake anyone could have made? Are you stark, sta- I mean, what am I supposed to do, cock my leg against the trunk like a Yorkshire terrier?
- ConnectionsReferences Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1973)
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An astounding performance.
I can think of no sitcom, let alone show, where the lead actor could single handedly perform an episode to this degree.
Arguably Wilson's finest moment, Victor is frustrated, angry, contemplative and seriously funny. The humour is incredible, the yucca plant in the downstairs toilet for one, the bread another, and of course the pen.
It won't be everyone's cup of tea, it's not an episode I watch on a regular basis, but I can appreciate it enormously for what it is, such a brave decision. Such was the ability of writer David Renwick and performer Richard Wilson.
Outstanding. 9/10
Arguably Wilson's finest moment, Victor is frustrated, angry, contemplative and seriously funny. The humour is incredible, the yucca plant in the downstairs toilet for one, the bread another, and of course the pen.
It won't be everyone's cup of tea, it's not an episode I watch on a regular basis, but I can appreciate it enormously for what it is, such a brave decision. Such was the ability of writer David Renwick and performer Richard Wilson.
Outstanding. 9/10
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