Lovejoy temporarily turns his back on his own ethical standards... to his ultimate regret.Lovejoy temporarily turns his back on his own ethical standards... to his ultimate regret.Lovejoy temporarily turns his back on his own ethical standards... to his ultimate regret.
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Tinker Dill: [Looking at a tableful of half-finished liquor bottles in the dead artist's studio] Well, I think he was a better drinker than a painter.
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Episode title is truth in advertising
Someone decided to create an episode based on Lovejoy having a sixth sense about antiques. He exploits it on a television show, sleeps with the super-hot host, and starts acting unethically.
Naturally, that gives Eric an excuse to yell at Lovejoy, which is always my least favorite part of the series. Luckily, Tinker is on hand to be the moral centre of the show. But even he resorts to yellig at Lovejoy.
The worst part of the episode is the appearance of a character named Ted Goat, by far the ugliest character in TV history (well, give or take any time Kathy Griffin has appeared on television) and the likely inspiration for the dental work that appears in Austin Powers' mouth. Ted Goat yells, Lovejoy yells, Lady Jane yells, the clients yell.
It gets tiresome.
Worse yet, the climactic scene with Ted Goat sees Lovejoy hallulcinating that he, Charlie Gimble and Ted Goat are haggling over how they are going to cheat the clients. Goat is dressed in a camel hair coat and a hat (not a trillby, mind you) and smoking a cigar that brings to mind Arthur Daley in Minder, which was airing its 9th series concurrently with this, Lovejoy's 4th series, in early 1993. As a lifelong Minder fan, I found it distateful, to be charitable.
I'm going to try to scrub this episode from my memory.
Naturally, that gives Eric an excuse to yell at Lovejoy, which is always my least favorite part of the series. Luckily, Tinker is on hand to be the moral centre of the show. But even he resorts to yellig at Lovejoy.
The worst part of the episode is the appearance of a character named Ted Goat, by far the ugliest character in TV history (well, give or take any time Kathy Griffin has appeared on television) and the likely inspiration for the dental work that appears in Austin Powers' mouth. Ted Goat yells, Lovejoy yells, Lady Jane yells, the clients yell.
It gets tiresome.
Worse yet, the climactic scene with Ted Goat sees Lovejoy hallulcinating that he, Charlie Gimble and Ted Goat are haggling over how they are going to cheat the clients. Goat is dressed in a camel hair coat and a hat (not a trillby, mind you) and smoking a cigar that brings to mind Arthur Daley in Minder, which was airing its 9th series concurrently with this, Lovejoy's 4th series, in early 1993. As a lifelong Minder fan, I found it distateful, to be charitable.
I'm going to try to scrub this episode from my memory.
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