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Post by jno on Feb 17, 2015 16:40:29 GMT
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Post by daz on Jan 10, 2016 17:26:12 GMT
I watched this on Friday evening. Anyway, I thought this episode was more in keeping with the spirit of the Terry years and I enjoyed it. Loved the scene when Dave, when telling Arthur he was being chased by the man from the Customs and Excise, asked Arthur if we would not just be better paying what he was due, Arthur was wounded badly at that suggestion.  I think it would have been good if Ray had managed to get a fight in somewhere, I think a good old ruck would have benefited the episode and with the changing times he didn't bed Nelsons wife either, the times certainly were a changing, no wonder poor Terry left. |
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Post by pr1 on Oct 23, 2016 19:14:30 GMT
A good episode. Series Eight seems to be getting better towards the end. Arthur reselling playing cards totally suits the character. He is a man always in search of an easy earner.
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Post by jno on Oct 23, 2016 19:51:25 GMT
A good episode. Series Eight seems to be getting better towards the end. Arthur reselling playing cards totally suits the character. He is a man always in search of an easy earner. I agree that series 8 dips and improves towards the end. I like this one as it has a real 90s evening vibe and I liked the dodgy playing cards angle. Indeeed a very good episode. |
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Post by I used to think I was a parrot on Jan 20, 2017 22:35:00 GMT
This is a fun episode. I love the bit where Arthur thinks he is having posh lunch and gets a terrible looking fry up! Almost as bad a Vern's fry up with the "truffles" on top.
Lorna is very nice too. In real life the actress, Hetty Baynes, was married to Ken Russell!
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Post by thefactory on Jun 18, 2017 5:19:15 GMT
The scene where Arthur explaining to Lewis about Lorna waiting inside the casino for him "powdering her nose" is classic GC.
Also Eric trying to be the hard man and whacking the VAT man with a pot plant is gold, as is Ray explaining it to Arthur at the end!
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Post by alf on Jul 12, 2017 10:09:52 GMT
A classic episode. I could watch this one over and over. The lady (Hetty Baynes) who Ray has to mind looks familiar but I can't place her.
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Post by westldner on Mar 10, 2018 10:47:23 GMT
I thought it was a refreshing take on the casino culture back then. Really made me laugh how Arthur Daley was really getting into the game towards the end and I thought the ending was fitting. Was it me or did Arthur Daley not get caught out towards the end when he was spotted? I thought that was funny how he got away with not being caught or something with what he had.
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Post by thewoodster on Mar 10, 2018 22:38:03 GMT
This is a fun episode. I love the bit where Arthur thinks he is having posh lunch and gets a terrible looking fry up! Almost as bad a Vern's fry up with the "truffles" on top. Lorna is very nice too. In real life the actress, Hetty Baynes, was married to Ken Russell! The cafe scene is a cracker |
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Post by plasticpenguin on Apr 10, 2018 22:44:16 GMT
Having watched this episode on Tuesday, it is IMHO one of the best Ray Daley outings I've seen. As mentioned above, it does in some ways hark back to the Dennis years, and it's a complete hoot.
How it veers from greasy caff to roulette wheel is inspiring, if a little far fetched. For me, that's what made Minder superb in the first place: Fun but not too OTT.
Oh, and Hetty Baynes looks yummy.
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Post by pr1 on Dec 3, 2018 0:52:23 GMT
I really enjoyed Arthur's sales pitch on the plants at the beginning of the episode.
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Post by thewoodster on Jan 11, 2019 9:17:40 GMT
I really enjoyed Arthur's sales pitch on the plants at the beginning of the episode. Classic gc gold pr1 |
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Post by yoyopickles on Jan 25, 2019 7:58:01 GMT
Great episode but I could not of seen Terry lowering himself to make up the playing card sets!
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Post by I used to think I was a parrot on Jul 4, 2019 19:40:08 GMT
Great episode but I could not of seen Terry lowering himself to make up the playing card sets! Terry always gets annoyed at mundane jobs -such as the goldfish or gardening with the criminals. I watched the A Touch of Frost Episode Keys to the Car. It had Hetty Baynes in it, as well as Michele Winstanley looking very nice - she played a barmaid Ray was after in Gone with the Winchester. |
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Post by VAT on Jul 9, 2019 18:37:54 GMT
Great episode but I could not of seen Terry lowering himself to make up the playing card sets! Terry always gets annoyed at mundane jobs -such as the goldfish or gardening with the criminals. Or screwing on number plates (In) or sticking on whiskey labels (Citizen)  |
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Post by McCann on May 27, 2020 22:40:05 GMT
It is certainly the case that Minder series 8 recovered after a fairly poor start. I wonder if the show lost some of it's viewership by having the weaker episodes in the first 6 of series 8, and the stronger ones towards the end. A number of people could have switched off and said, it's past it, it's not the same without Dennis Waterman.
This one has Lee Montague and Del Baker. Both appeared in Regan in 1974
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Post by jno on May 28, 2020 7:07:51 GMT
It is certainly the case that Minder series 8 recovered after a fairly poor start. I wonder if the show lost some of it's viewership by having the weaker episodes in the first 6 of series 8, and the stronger ones towards the end. A number of people could have switched off and said, it's past it, it's not the same without Dennis Waterman. This one has Lee Montague and Del Baker. Both appeared in Regan in 1974 I agree - this one is in my list of recommended Ray Daley episodes for the Terry-only sceptics out there, see this post for a discussion of the perceptions of Ray compared to Terry: minder.proboards.com/post/129897/threadAfter a great opener, the Ray years definitely suffers from a weak start in series 8 as you say but there are some really great episodes and by series 10 they were very much establishing themselves as a very good standalone show for me. |
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Post by winchesterclub on Jun 11, 2020 16:24:56 GMT
Afternoon All  Re watched today , a good episode if a little light on humour !, but none the poorer for it good lock up start with all the Plants everywhere and of course a great line to start... "What"s the box on the floor "Divers watches from Mickey Cox" Get them off the floor they will get wet" Eric "I am Arthur's new Man" is a welcome distraction and a bit like (Nostalgic Nick) could of been used in future episodes, mind you probably even to dozy for Arthur"s wheeling and dealing, plus he didn't drive and had to walk back with a shopping trolley full of the old playing cards ' and it cost me a pound for the Trolley" Always good to see a nice as i call them "old school London actor" Lee Montague as louis Nelson, him and Arthur play nicely off each other and as mentioned a good scene in Daisy's Diner with Arthur having to suffer a full fry up, instead of a slap up west end dinner, something he tells Dave when he gets back to the Winchester "Daisy"s Diner" "Thought that shut down "No she was doing the place up" " The Good food Guide threw a Brick through the window" Of course Hetty Baynes as Laura big hair 90s look ( still lovely now ) , nice play with Ray will they wont they , but never on the cards and some good banter to kill the chance off Little background bits , yes you can hear someone say blimey when the Girls walk down the stairs at the Gym, and a big Whyte & Mackay charity Bottle with a padlock around it just by the opening hatch at the Winchester Bar not noticed that in any other episodes ? Cheers |
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Post by joshmel on Feb 15, 2021 17:56:11 GMT
It was great to see the return of Lee Montague 8 series apart from his first outing. The old friendship between Nelson and Daley was believable, two London boys. They bounced off each other well here.
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Post by running16 on Mar 4, 2021 17:31:55 GMT
One of the best Ray Daley episodes. Arthur managing wriggle out of trouble right at the end.
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Post by ltd on Apr 23, 2021 9:24:45 GMT
Unlike most of you I'm not that enamoured of this one. Yet another series 8 episode where not much happens and the plot, which relies a bit too much on coincidence anyway, just peters out. Compensations are some good supporting characters (Irksome Eric, Louis) and Arthur just being Arthur.
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Post by freddiefenton on Aug 7, 2021 23:00:57 GMT
Watched this one tonight, giving the Ray Daley years another go! A good episode I thought, as said earlier this is more like a DW storyline, given the 90s treatment!
I liked Arthur's outfit when he turned up at the house in the country to escape the taxman!
Also anyone in Minder running a clothing company seems to be particularly dodgy! There is Schrivers running a racket where Terry and Arthur are minding frocks, the guy who turns to Arthur to blow up his safe in The Invincible Man plus Lewis here trying to steal from the casino!
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Post by manta on May 26, 2023 15:11:23 GMT
As others have said, series 8 is improving and this episode just about makes it to Excellent. I wasn't sure if Good or Excellent but Arthur's performance in the last scene where he gets out of trouble is outstanding - and he doesn't even make much of it - just talks about the useful contacts he made. As others have said, this is back to form. Arthur is pulling some outrageous stunts flogging plants - "a lifetime guarantee - that is for the lifetime of the plant". Plus Eric as Arthur's new man - dear oh dear. And then an old chum wanting to relive past times in a greasy spoon - much to Arthur's chagrin. Maybe in Terry's day Lorna and Terry would have been found under the covers, but hey - they kept us guessing. But it was a clever scheme to have Arthur led astray by Lorna and then Arthur to think he could do it himself with that newly found money. The casino scenes were great - that nice mix of almost glamour and seediness - and Delena Kidd after Arthur. The never-to-be-seen VATman was a nice sub-plot - and Dave suggesting he should maybe pay up! But that explanation at the end when Arthur has gone from hangdog face at the roulette table to how he's done Lewis such a favour - Arthur at his best - solid gold bullshit. Series 8 is looking up.
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