I'm going to score this a nine, that may seem high, but I think it's a score that's appropriate. On the debit side, it's a little slow to spring to life, and I don't just mean the three years from pilot to main series, but everything is a bit slow and clunky early on. As it develops though, it just gets better and better, and by the end, I am desperate for more.
The final two episodes are a total triumph, funny, moving, and had me hooked.
The acting is terrific, early on I'd say Rebecca Front steals, later on though it's Siobhan Finneran who impressed me the most. I think Marilyn was my fav character, was she supposed to be a chav? I thought she always looked amazing.
Lots of semi naked men throughout, which is quite funny, but it's not preachy, it's just good old fashioned comedy with a heart. It really does play on the class wars, you see the collision of two families, one from a poorer background, one middle class.
You will see Cathy's journey, pushed along by Cat, the pair begin to see something in one another.
Let's have series two please. 9/10.
