"Waiting for God" The Hip Operation (TV Episode 1991) Poster

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(1991)

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8/10
She puts that tank in cantankerous.
Sleepin_Dragon30 April 2023
Diana is excited about Sarah's upcoming wedding, she's even bought a new hat, one which resembles a peppermint cream, only she falls and breaks her hip, she's desperate to get to that wedding.

Plenty of laughs, some cracking one liners. Seeing Marion at work was also funny, it seems she's a disaster as a beautician, to be expected. Tom also delivered that wonderful line about his facial, 'just because the clock's winding down, doesn't mean you can't polish the case,' brilliant writing.

Zimmerphobia, this episode isn't just funny, it's quite insightful too, Diana is devastated at the thought of becoming an old person, it's a very real fear, that scene where she tells Tom about her fears, it's so good.

The thought of someone going into hospital and getting an instant hip operation, fast forward thirty years, she'd be waiting at least five years.

Now, the one issue, Stephanie Cole is just fifty years old here, and I know they've gone to great lengths to age her, but she does look a little young here I thought.

Very funny and quite thoughtful, 8/10.
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7/10
A follow-up to the previous episode.
planktonrules3 December 2023
In the previous episode, Diana's niece brings her new fiance to meet Diana and Tom. This boyfriend is a god-awful person (a weakness for the show, as it makes little sense why the niece wanted him)...and yet Diana doesn't say much about how terrible he is. As for Tom, he could read this boyfriend well...and soon blackmails him!

In this second part, there is the wedding and it's problematic as Diana has just had hip replacement surgery and going to the wedding seems unlikely. The other theme through the episode is Marion's new business...which is failing badly.

Overall, a typically good episode of a wonderful series. Well worth seeing.
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