Video Nasty - My Concerns
This episode is one of the worst and most confusing of the entire franchise. I simply don't fully understand what is happening in this episode.
Of course it isn't all bad, all the 'There's a rhino loose in the City' dialogue is absolutely brilliant. But this just seems like a distraction to the overall episode, to which I will air my confusion with a series of questions with context.
Micky Pierce arrives in the Trotter's flat with a lady and starts filming a scene. Rodney comes out of the kitchen halfway through making the coffee and questions this. He then returns to the kitchen and hears "Night Nurse - Take One". Then leaves the kitchen again in disgust to find said lady dangling a bra in the air. Surely then he knows what's happening?
The scene then ends. Reading between the scenes, surely Rodney airs his disgreement with Mickey about his motives in coming to the flat?
Later in the episode, everyone gathers in the backroom of The Nag's Head to see the finished product. What were they expecting to see? (They all know the production is called Night Nurse, and they all seemingly expect to see clothing come off because they are cheering).
It is only when Rodney appears from the kitchen in the film that Del gets angry, and Rodney makes a swift exit. Did he unexpectedly think Rodney was involved in the film and didn't tell him? Was Del annoyed that it was filmed in their flat? And if so, why didn't he recognise his flat when the camera pans across the living room.
Surely Mickey knows he wasn't welcome to film in the Trotters' flat by now So why did he return at the end of the episode with his cast looking to film again?