The Night Before
- Episode aired Oct 7, 2022
- 25m
After a run-in with Sister Michael leaves them worrying about their GCSEs, the girls attempt to break into the school to see their results early.After a run-in with Sister Michael leaves them worrying about their GCSEs, the girls attempt to break into the school to see their results early.After a run-in with Sister Michael leaves them worrying about their GCSEs, the girls attempt to break into the school to see their results early.
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- Sister Michael
- (as Siobhan McSweeney)
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Did you know
- TriviaFrom this episode on, Sister Michael is often seen walking on crutches. This is because Siobhán McSweeney broke her leg after falling off a bicycle. The injury was then incorporated to the show.
- GoofsChief Constable Byers (Liam Neeson) is seen wearing 3 medal ribbons on his uniform. The first is the Royal Ulster Constabulary Service Medal, but this pattern was not issued until 2000. His medal furthest to the right is the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal, which was not awarded until 2002.
- Quotes
Clare Devlin: I knew I should have cut ties with you lot a long time ago.
Erin Quinn: It's not our fault.
Clare Devlin: Of course it's your fault! You've dragged me down to your level. Your stupidity has finally rubbed off on me. I was a scholar when I met you, Erin. A scholar!
Erin Quinn: You were three!
Clare Devlin: Our lives are over.
Erin Quinn: I wouldn't say our lives are over.
Clare Devlin: Passing those exams was our only chance. We're girls, we're poor, we're from Northern Ireland and we're Catholic, for Christ's sake!
Erin Quinn: Oh my God, she's right! What type of future will we have?
- ConnectionsReferences American Gigolo (1980)
The series started off quite low key, low budget show that was quite subtle in its humour. It was mainly wordplay that was its charm.
However season three appears to be the monster that success has unleashed. It looks as if the cast and production team have started to believe their own hype. There is an arrogance to the new series as if they can do no wrong. The main cast seem to have gone off the scale in terms of their acting. Overacting is too soft a word, its like their are doing a parody of their own characters and it feels forced. They now look like adult women playing these roles while in the past they were more believable as teens.
Strangely though the rest of the cast, probably through experience have managed to maintain their professionalism. If it wasn't for them I would have switched off.
The problem is that its unlikely that this will be a one off issue.
The use of cameos is also another sign the show is getting too big for its boots. It never needed these in the past and it was an unwelcome distraction. Also the use of what is basically a cancelled actor for racist comments seems bizarre. As if the fact he is Irish seems to negate his scandal.
Even the use of music seems to have changed, now we only hear opening bars of some songs which don't appear that relevant while in the past long extracts of songs were used which were relevant to the scenes and seemed to add to the emotional punch of what was going on.
I think once the overall excitement of the return of the show is over people will start to notice the changes which have made the show worse.
It just seems to take others a bit longer to catch on....
- torrascotia
- Apr 18, 2022
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