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Post by VAT on Jan 30, 2017 18:10:44 GMT
Tony Hoare said that he didn't write it as a final episode but I reckon that Euston knew that it was the last one (I'm pretty sure that it was announced that the series was coming to an end whilst they were filming the 100th episode). Maybe the ending of the episode was altered at some point? Ah yes, see what you mean Swainy.....TH didn't write it to be the last. but it was filmed by the producer(s) with it being the last ep in mind. It definitely has that ''last episode'' ending to me. Although the ep itself is not the greatest I agree, in a way I like the ending...
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Post by leaveitoutjohn on Jan 30, 2017 19:00:41 GMT
Matthew Scurfield was also in the final episode of The Sweeney
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Post by jno on Jan 31, 2017 6:29:13 GMT
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Post by Dazza on Nov 8, 2017 12:35:11 GMT
Watched this again earlier today and its sad at the end when they are all taken away in the van and Athur goes on and on. I get a lump in my throat thinking that was the end.
Although I thought the 2 Italian characters were really over acting!
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Post by jno on Nov 9, 2017 4:40:31 GMT
Although I thought the 2 Italian characters were really over acting! I think that is a very fair comment but even so, I still think that there is something likeable about Mary Madox as Luigi's wife Carla - just not sure what it is.
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Post by swainy on Nov 9, 2017 8:14:54 GMT
I stab’a ya dead!
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Post by ltd on Nov 10, 2017 23:07:59 GMT
I've always thought this was a terrible episode, second only to "The Great Depression..." in its sheer pointlessness, plus badly acted to boot. Arthur's closing monologue is good but can't salvage what is an utterly hopeless case. A sad way for a once great series to go out.
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Post by leaveitoutjohn on Nov 12, 2017 8:01:43 GMT
Matthew Scurfield also played Streaky in Mcvicar
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Post by westldner on Dec 20, 2017 17:06:30 GMT
I with very bothered with how it ended... even when I wasn't aware of Minder back in 1994 (I was seven years old back then). Looking into it, the thought that Minder has been running for 10 seasons and just see it end the way it did, bored me out and puzzled me. I think it set the stage for George Cole and Gary Webster later roles to continue their career. George Cole's was predictable, knowing that he's got taken care of in something like Mary Reilly being take care of by John Milkovich's character who runs a medical house, where he hires Cole's character who is the house lord: minder.proboards.com/thread/3279/george-cole-mary-reilly-1996Gary Webster's character scared me a lot with his demise and what would happen then, where he later performed the TV movie The Big Game, as a character who struggles with money issues and wants more in life, where some of the incidents in this episode of Minder, get described in this film : minder.proboards.com/thread/291/gary-webster-big-game-1995I wouldn't say follow up to Minder, I would say if any of the fans were to typecast Gary Webster's and George Cole's characters demise, they find out what happened to the typecast in the following role they playes. The DVDs also, I would admit, weren't easy to get. but I got them because I think it's a tough thing on television to end a long running series and put a demise (what was in this episode) on the two most interesting characters at the time with the way they did it. Must have been tough. I know they would have been type-casted by the media or someone. The media had it tough also, so I would see why they keep talking about Minder from time to time.
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Post by thewoodster on Jan 25, 2018 10:07:20 GMT
I think the ending to this episode was acting gold from George Cole. He made sure the last was never forgotten, with his verbals and the ariel view of him being carted off.
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Post by westldner on Mar 19, 2018 1:34:20 GMT
I had time to watch the entire episode. Since it's the last episode, I think there wasn't actually much or anything new. The police locked away the entire cast like they couldn't perform ever again. Happened so quickly. They got the new nick for the episode just to bore us.
Was this Glynn Edwards' last performance? I see he has never appeared on television or film ever since this episode!
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Post by jno on Mar 19, 2018 3:40:48 GMT
Was this Glynn Edwards' last performance? I see he has never appeared on television or film ever since this episode! Yes, this was Glynn's final role. He would have been 62 when filming this and from what I can tell, he thought enough was enough. He was offered other roles afterwards just didn't fancy them, I believe he was offered something in 'The Bill' but turned it down. See the start of Part 5: www.minder.org/interviews/glynnedwards/glynnedwards.htm
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Post by thewoodster on Mar 19, 2018 8:52:46 GMT
Glynn Edwards was happy at his time of life with his hobby of boating I think. He had been acting for many,many years.
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Post by westldner on Apr 22, 2018 5:47:23 GMT
Glynn Edwards was happy at his time of life with his hobby of boating I think. He had been acting for many,many years. Yeah? i think being an owner of a member exclusive bar with Arthur Daley asking for his help time and time again in the most dire situation, I'm sure he deserves his retirement from off screen.
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Post by rog73 on Jul 6, 2018 14:35:08 GMT
I agree with a couple of people that the end of this episode clearly signified the end. Being carted off, the high viewpoint in the credits, the different music... All seemed to deliberately stand out as the finale for me. As far as the episode goes, disappointing I thought. It kept you watching, but there wasn’t much story to drag out over 45 minutes. I always like episodes on location, and 90% of this was in the lockup or the Winchester. And yes, the accents were terrible!
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Post by jno on Jul 10, 2018 4:25:43 GMT
I always like episodes on location, and 90% of this was in the lockup or the Winchester. And yes, the accents were terrible! I always get the feeling watching this one that they know it's all over and any budget is being used sparingly to finish off with. The limited use of locations on this one certainly adds to that. Matthew Scurfield informed me that while filming this in Pinewood studios, Tom Cruise was filming 'Interview with a Vampire' in adjoining rooms and only plywood sheets separated them. He also mentioned that he had an interesting conversation with George Cole about sit-on mowers and that he thought George Cole was an extremely generous actor.
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Post by thewoodster on Jul 10, 2018 14:17:29 GMT
I always like episodes on location, and 90% of this was in the lockup or the Winchester. And yes, the accents were terrible! I always get the feeling watching this one that they know it's all over and any budget is being used sparingly to finish off with. The limited use of locations on this one certainly adds to that. Matthew Scurfield informed me that while filming this in Pinewood studios, Tom Cruise was filming 'Interview with a Vampire' in adjoining rooms and only plywood sheets separated them. He also mentioned that he had an interesting conversation with George Cole about sit-on mowers and that he thought George Cole was an extremely generous actor. Totally agree jno,no expense was spent as was just filmed for the ending.
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Post by oufc on Aug 24, 2018 14:58:44 GMT
Sadly, this is quite a disappointing episode to finish on. I've just finished watching the Ray Daley years, and there are many superb episodes, definitely on a par with any Terry McCann episodes. On the Autofront, Another Case of Van Blank, The Coach that came in from the cold are all absolute corkers.
This final episode just left me a bit cold to be honest...
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Post by McCann on Jan 3, 2019 23:34:55 GMT
Hey guys, what is the bridge they cross over right at the end? Putney? Think I visited there, the once I was out and about Fulham broadway. Assume it's also featured in the original Terry years opening credits, and maybe one or two episodes, like Broken Arrow, or How to suceed in business without really retiring.
If so, it was as good a backdrop as any for the closing shot on the series. Always liked the reflective reworking of the closing theme here. I think they did a fine job here, even if the main body of the episode has it's shortcomings, and it's clear the Series 10 budget was running out at this stage.
Better than the end of the Tel years, although they didn't know for sure DW was leaving in 1988, it was a distinct possibility Minder would be finished after Series 7.
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Post by jno on Jan 4, 2019 9:50:23 GMT
Hey guys, what is the bridge they cross over right at the end? Putney? Think I visited there, the once I was out and about Fulham broadway. Assume it's also featured in the original Terry years opening credits, and maybe one or two episodes, like Broken Arrow, or How to suceed in business without really retiring. See here McCann: www.minder.org/locations/S10E10_TheLongGoodThursday.htm
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Post by thewoodster on Jan 4, 2019 23:27:11 GMT
Hey guys, what is the bridge they cross over right at the end? Putney? Think I visited there, the once I was out and about Fulham broadway. Assume it's also featured in the original Terry years opening credits, and maybe one or two episodes, like Broken Arrow, or How to suceed in business without really retiring. See here McCann: www.minder.org/locations/S10E10_TheLongGoodThursday.htmMemorable Ariel shot to remember the end jno.
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Post by Toecutter on Jan 7, 2019 23:44:24 GMT
Dick Van Dyke school for accents. I was actually hoping Cranky Frankie would pull the trigger on Carla...would have been a mercy killing.
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Post by yoyopickles on Jan 29, 2019 12:28:58 GMT
It would have been funny if we there had been a post credits scene, where we saw Arthur granted bail and er indoors pays it, but it ends on a freeze fame of him looking at her, but she has her back to the audience and says "Arthur!!!!"
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Post by thewoodster on Mar 11, 2019 23:39:07 GMT
It would have been funny if we there had been a post credits scene, where we saw Arthur granted bail and er indoors pays it, but it ends on a freeze fame of him looking at her, but she has her back to the audience and says "Arthur!!!!" That would have been a fantastic ending yoyo,but I think they filmed it as they did possibly with a view,never say never.but as it was gc didn’t return.
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Post by ltd on Mar 20, 2019 19:16:54 GMT
Matthew Scurfield also played Streaky in Mcvicar He's also the local CID man in the Thames adaptation of Le Carre's A Murder of Quality. Plays him as rustic and used to a slower pace of life than Smiley, but still nobody's fool. Quality actor.
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Post by harryshand on Jul 3, 2020 15:47:03 GMT
Just seen this and what a joke. Is this a complete p1ss take? No wonder the ray years left a bad taste in the mouth if this was the grand finale.
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Post by c79 on Jul 3, 2020 16:15:08 GMT
I have only seen the Ray episodes since being in lockdown, as I stopped watching Minder when Terry and Arthur split, thinking I wouldn't take to it. I have to agree with many on here that these post-Terry episodes stand on their own very well. The writing and plots are good and GC gets some wonderful lines, and in series 10 GW is really getting comfortable as Ray. Production values and screenplay seem better as well. It's a shame they couldn't do a few more as the best may have been yet to come.
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Post by jjmolloy on Jul 3, 2020 16:19:05 GMT
I have only seen the Ray episodes since being in lockdown, as I stopped watching Minder when Terry and Arthur split, thinking I wouldn't take to it. I have to agree with many on here that these post-Terry episodes stand on their own very well. The writing and plots are good and GC gets some wonderful lines, and in series 10 GW is really getting comfortable as Ray. Production values and screenplay seem better as well. It's a shame they couldn't do a few more as the best may have been yet to come. Good points
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Post by roytro on Jul 5, 2020 8:29:37 GMT
Just seen this and what a joke. Is this a complete p1ss take? No wonder the ray years left a bad taste in the mouth if this was the grand finale. I think that's harsh. It's a decent episode, although not a classic. Tony Hoare had certainly written better. Don't forget, it wasn't meant to be the very end of Minder, just the end of Minder how we knew it. When a series is written, do they get all the scripts, and in this case decide which one would work best as a finale? How's the running order decided? I always got the impression that it wasn't specifically written to be the end, but got gently tweaked when they knew it probably would be. That said, the cast do seem to be especially enjoying themselves in this one. It's why I feel the comedy Italians don't seem too out of place in it!
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Post by harryshand on Jul 5, 2020 8:34:47 GMT
Fair enough roytro, it’s a forum for opinions and we’ll beg to differ on this one. I hated it. Just my opinion.
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