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Boo To A Goose is the first episode of Inside No.9 Series 9.
This episode opens with an underground train approaching the station platform, with a right rum bunch of individuals in this carriage, including elderly Harold (Matthew Kelly), paranoid Finn (Joel Fry – The End We Start From), grumpy sod Raymond (Mark Bonnar – Murder Is Easy) and drag queen Wilma (Steve Pemberton) – getting her sizeable assets out on show.
However, in the melee of the lights going out, one of them, nurse Elena (Philippa Dunne – This Is Going To Hurt), has had her purse stolen, and the tannoy announcer is stating they’re not stopping at the next station, making Finn even more agitated.
Is there a nefarious individual in there with them, and if so, who?
Boo To A Goose took a very long time for things to come to a head, and I certainly wasn’t expecting the way things turned out, but I also didn’t understand it. There’s pay-offs in programmes and films that don’t make sense, and just weird things, and this was just plain weird.
I’ll be interested to see what others make of it, but I was originally thinking Inside No.9 could go on and on forever, but as Series 9 has been announced as the last one – and with them being hit-and-miss at times, maybe that’s a good thing.
Inside No.9 continues next week on BBC2 at 10pm on Wednesday May 15th.
Inside No.9 Series 9 is available to pre-order on DVD, ahead of its release on June 24th.
You can buy the Inside No. 9: Collector’s Edition: The Scripts: Series 1-3 in Hardcover.
After broadcast, each episode will be on the BBC iPlayer.
Check out reviews of more Inside No.9 episodes.
Also available to buy:
- Series 8 on DVD
- Series 7 on DVD
- Series 6 on DVD
- Series 5 on DVD
- Series 4 on Blu-ray
- Series 4 on DVD
- Series 3 on Blu-ray
- Series 3 on DVD
- Series 1 on Blu-ray
- Series 2 on Blu-ray
- Series 1 and 2 on DVD together
The end is nigh for Inside No. 9 🐇@ReeceShearsmith and @SP1nightonly spill all about why the final series is so special to them.#InsideNo9 | 10pm 8 May | BBC Two @BBCiPlayer | #MadeByBBCStudios pic.twitter.com/wv1SPwCU7Y
— BBC Studios (@bbcstudios) May 8, 2024
Episode Score: 4/10
Director: George Kane
Producer: Steve Ryde
Writers: Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith
Music: Christian Henson
Cast:
Wilma: Steve Pemberton
Gerry: Reece Shearsmith
Edith: Siobhan Finneran
Raymond: Mark Bonnar
Cleo: Susan Wokoma
Finn: Joel Fry
Elena: Philippa Dunne
Mossy: Charlie Cooper
Harold: Matthew Kelly
Train driver: Dan March
Station announcer: Melissa Woodbridge
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