Happy Death Day

Episode aired Nov 23, 2023
TV-14
29m

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7.8/10

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Steve Oram, Jim Howick, Martha Howe-Douglas, Ben Willbond, and Laurence Rickard in Ghosts (2019)

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On Pat's "death day," he prepares for his family's annual pilgrimage to the site of his demise. But, realizing that Alison is a conduit between the dead and the living, he begs her to pass o... Read allOn Pat's "death day," he prepares for his family's annual pilgrimage to the site of his demise. But, realizing that Alison is a conduit between the dead and the living, he begs her to pass on a message from the other side--a plan that gets complicated when Pat realizes a shocking... Read allOn Pat's "death day," he prepares for his family's annual pilgrimage to the site of his demise. But, realizing that Alison is a conduit between the dead and the living, he begs her to pass on a message from the other side--a plan that gets complicated when Pat realizes a shocking truth about his marriage. Meanwhile, Mike struggles to come to terms with his bathroom-ba... Read all

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915

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Trivia
This episode was written by Ben Willbond who also plays the ghost of the Captain.

Goofs
Alison and Mike move to the house in the summer, as she tells Kitty in the previous episode that it's currently June, and Barclay says he and Bunny were away for the summer when he comes to introduce himself two episodes later. But the newspaper clipping in the pantry says Pat died on October 25th, which would make his death day well after the events of this episode when the builders were working on the house early on.

Quotes
Pat Butcher: [after learning about his wife affair, about his family visiting the place where he died] I actually don't know if I want them to come anymore...
Thomas Thorne: [sadly] I hate to be the one to tell you this, Patrick, but eventually, no one will come. That's just the way of it.
Robin: [slowly] What Thomas try to say is... You die. Time pass. Everything change. Family not come anymore. Is pain, but you heal. Yeah. You remember them here.
[touches Pat over the heart]
Robin: And maybe, one day... you find new family.

Connections
References The Full Monty (1997)

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6/10

Happy Death Day

We get to learn more about how one of the ghosts died in this episode. As the episode opens we go back to 1984 and Pat is giving archery lessons.

Pat will never give an arrow out first again.

It is going to be the anniversary of his death and his family still make an annual visit to the place he died. His son is grown up and his wife married his best friend, it seems both were close to each other before Pat died.

Pat wants Alison to send a message to his family but Pat is unsure.

Meanwhile Alison and Mike have the builders working on the house and they have additional work to do which would increase their budget. The ghosts meanwhile want to drive them away from the house but find out that these builders are an honest bunch.

It was actually nice to have some character moments in this one and Pat's story was rather tender and Jim Howick played it well. The one sour note is Matthew Baynton's poet character is downright irritating.