![]() Even Clare is finally free to be her wee lesbian self. James has to fight for the girls’ honour, which goes as well as you’d think, while Michelle gets stuck in as only she knows how: by lying through her teeth. It’s the ultimate in 90s nostalgia, from its soundtrack to the Claire Danes in Romeo and Juliet idolisation to queueing at a record shop to pick up tickets made out of paper. Photograph: Peter Marley/Channel 4 Television/Hatrick Productions The ultimate in 90s nostalgia … Derry Girls. The trouble is that a local hardman stands in the way of them and their Rockafeller Skanks. Fatboy Slim, or Slimboy Fat, depending who you ask, is playing in Derry on Halloween, and the girls (and I do include the wee English fella in this, as is only right and fair) will simply die if they don’t get tickets. The first is a classic caper, fittingly doing what the show does best by getting the gang of five into a scrape then letting them make it far worse for themselves. It has earned its right, then, to say a protracted farewell with not one but two episodes. ![]() It is a rare comedy that bows out on a high like this, but Derry Girls has been bold in its victory lap. ![]() I loved the episode set almost entirely on a train, the “haunted” house trip, and the school reunion flashback to Sarah and Mary’s youth, movingly dedicated to “all the mammies”, which was so good that fans have been calling for a spinoff series. From its celebrity cameos – classy, sparing, and in the last ever episode, it’s fair to say surprising – to its playful decision to mix up genres, each week has been delightful. ![]() Rather than resting on its laurels, it pushed itself to new heights. T he final series of Derry Girls (Channel 4) has been a triumph. ![]()
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