Friday Night Dinner - S6E2 'The Plastic Bag'

You can’t Compel anyone to Force them to Say “I Love You.” Whether you Do or Don’t.

I wonder if maybe it's lost in translation between the UK and the US, but Adam isn't really being mean to his mum. He obviously loves her, and she knows he loves her, but they're both stubborn people, so she's insistent that he says it "on the spot" and he doesn't want to give in and do as he's told. It's the sort of interaction you can only really have in a family that does all love each other as everyone knows it's not "real" and that they'd all drop everything for each other if they needed it. That being said, Jackie does go properly mental in that kitchen scene with Val.

Jackie doesn’t deserve the I love you I wouldn’t either she’s insane, oh their your parents ok doesn’t mean you go along with them being mental 😂

Great reaction guys as always, thank you it’s been great watching you’re true brits at heart ♥️ 😊

I think they’re in their late 20’s. I imagine that in their day-to-day lives they’re normal adults but they turn into little kids when they come home lol

I’ve never been able to figure Jackie out. She’s such an interesting character, and Tamsin Greig portrays her to perfection. It’s like she craves the approval of her son’s because she never got the approval from her own mother. I feel like her views and values change with between episodes. She’s distraught when Martin tells the wrong Tony her mother died, but on Christmas day literally asks Martin “When will you mother die?” – and later disappointingly remarks “No, she got better” – Also, what’s her issue with Martin’s science magazines? I do not understand. Is she jealous over his time and attention towards them? She literally forces him to burn them. What the hell?! Does she need the space in the attic for her gin bottles or something? She’s furious with Johnny’s marriage after spending most episodes berating him for not having a girlfriend.. (Sorry, female!) – But forgets all of that just on principle she was left out of it. Most episodes she behaves very controlling, childish and icky. Then there’s of course the beautiful, loving, caring, empathetic side of her, she a people pleaser and helper, tolerating Jim for example and wanting to be a councillor. Why do Martin and the boys repeatedly insult or degrade her but go through every effort to avoid her getting hurt or upset? She’s so complex! Yes Vic, I know… it’s just a comedy tv show. I love people! Shalom x

You're a few weeks out, but there's a great hour long special that came after the series, with various BTS interviews and such. And appropriately named Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel. Hopefully you get to it after the show ends, or around when you get to your next batch of outtakes etc when those pile up.

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Lol...the difference between Americans....over sentinel and Brits...take the piss

Nahhh. Honestly, I think one of the things I love about this show is how much my own family relates to these characters. I’m 25 now, but even now and years back I can honestly see my own mum in Jackie in how she over exaggerates things. (For context, my mum used to ask us as teenagers, 'which parent do you prefer, we won’t get upset if you’re honest.' Then got upset when I said I was closer with dad. A very Jackie thing.) but in this instance I’m very much on her side. Which is funny cause I’m also called Adam. But all he had to say was I love you mum. Simple as that

They were making Jackie seem mentally ill at this point

The show coming to an end isn’t making me as upset as normal with these british tv reactions because the 10 year anniversary episode / documentary is so good, the perfect final episode followed by a great little behind the scenes package

He wasnt making her insane. It was an insane thing to be upset about. Mentally insane.

Well I managed to smile so tanks for the awesome reaction

I’m so gutted. I had to put my Wilson (Kaz) to sleep on Tuesday. Really hope I can smile or manage a laugh watching this today as I’m so down 😭

Jackie really is selfish sometimes 😂 great payoff at the end

You’re correct Adam’s around 27 and Jonny is around 23!

Adam was definitely in the right on this one. Jackie was being hella irritating. She creeps me out when she's like that.

They really ran out of ideas with this episode lol

Auntie Val can spank me any day 😁

Definitely in my top 5 FND episodes! I’m not Jewish but I can see in this episode (and in many others) “the Jewish Guilt Card” being used, particularly by Jackie, in that “family is everything” to her, and certain traditions (Jewish or otherwise) must be observed. It’s funny, but even from the early days of British sitcoms (consciously or subconsciously) the writers have used the “Jewish Guilt Card” as comedy plots, and it IS funny, but I don’t know how true to life it actually is or whether there’s aspects that are there but are heightened for the comedy value. In this day and age, it would be nice to think that all families had a “Jackie” as head matriarch, instilling great family values, but alas, with the number of dysfunctional families around these days, those mums and values are harder to find now.

You have to remember the show goes for 10 years! So by the end of the show they’d be around 30.

Val looked like she was enjoying herself a bit too much...

That’s just broken my memory of being so proud of my blue and purple shiny puffer jacket in 1998 age 6 ❤️

Not remembering Cats is the brain saving you from how shit it is.

It really is so easy to mind up our mother's 🤣

Alan Partridge, Red Dwarf, The Young Ones.

I don't think they directly mention age? But I'd guess Johnny would be around 26 and Adam maybe 23 or 24. Assuming you mean the characters.

It’s so funny how you look genuinely upset about the disrespect of the fictional parents 😆. Also Jackie is being kind of insane, the interview wasn’t about her, Adam can’t be expected to remember something from when he was 5 and it’s not normal to demand declarations of love from your adult son on the spot. 😆

Lol their reaction 😅 I wouldn't be saying I love you either if my mum just asked for it on the spot, it's a thing to say naturally,not on the spot like dance monkey dance

Good morning

Martin needs your ladder, Mike 🪜

Shalom, group.