Ok then, I will have a bash..(not very good at this kind of thing really.)Originally Posted by Perdita
I have missed it, could somebody just briefly explain what happened? I can't watch it on iplayer etc. due to my location
Brief synopsis. (hope this helps a little bit) sorry about I-player.
The death of Binsey (Monica's) brother Edgar, comes as rather a shock to all his friends, as they are performing together having fun, at an impromptu gig at the church.
Jake and Esther are thrown together, when Binsey enlists their help in pulling off Edgar's rather unconventional(to say the least) last request…to have a funeral pyre like the one given to an old member of a rock band.(I’m guessing in the 70’s). Binsey is the Executrix of the will and wants to carry out his last wishes...much to Ethel's horror!
Layla and Michael seem to be having a few thoughtful *moments* after she invites Esther's boys to dinner...and Layla describes Kyle as *difficult*..(the dinner party scene was interesting as you can imagine!)haha!
Jake decides to come clean to Esther - both about his past(he was/is an alcoholic) and his feelings for her. He also discloses that Layla is his sister.
Binsey (or Monica) Edgar and Ethel Tonks are all related, but have been estranged for twenty or so years after they find out that Gilbert, (Ethel’s hubby) had been having an affair.
The end scene at night, shows Esther’s little group on the top of the dales (or whatever hilly range it is)….watching the funeral pyre of Edgar – all singing and playing instruments together.
Finally, Ethel and Gilbert ( having made up after a heated revelation about the affair with the other woman and their (Ethel and Gilbert’s) sexless marriage, whilst standing in the churchyard after the funeral standby,watching at a distance, too. (It was quite emotional)
The funeral was kind of hi-jacked - they (Esther and Binsey and co, stole the body to take Edgar to his final resting place)
Sorry Perdita, I told you I was rubbish at this kind of thing..*T*
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