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Both Brent and Lacey try out the self-serve option at their businesses with mixed results; Wanda tries to regain her rightful place as the Rumour Queen of Dog River, while Hank tries to rid himself of his old laptop.
  • Six seasons is one too many.

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    Like many in the USA, I came to this show late. This is a good thing, and a bad thing.

    Bad, because it meant that I had missed out on some very funny television for a long time.

    Good, because it meant that I could watch the whole back-catalog in a short period of time, and see how the show grew and became better and better.

    So it was great when I settled down to watch season 6 begin. And fail.

    The first two episodes had their chuckle-worthy moments, but this episode is the first where my wife and I looked at each other and agreed to watch something else half-way through.

    It should never come as a surprise, no show can last forever. I stopped watching the Simpsons in 2001, Red Dwarf was painful when Kochanski became a permanent cast member.

    The truly great shows know when to stop. The Young Ones were killed off after just 12 episodes. Same for Fawlty Towers. Brent Butt clearly knew the end was nigh, he just went one season too many.moreless
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    • (Lacey waits impatiently at the gas pump, then honks her horn) Brent: You stuck in traffic? Lacey: Do you think you could do this? Brent: I think I can, I think I can. Lacey: You know, the little train that could actually did; wouldn't have been much of a story if he didn't. Brent: Well, I have a post-modern take on it.

    • (Hank offers to sell Oscar his laptop) Oscar: I could use a solitaire machine. How much do you want for it? Hank: Oh, 50 bucks? Oscar: Maybe I will buy it. It would save me on having to buy new decks of cards. Emma: Well, that should pay for itself in about 110 years. And here I thought you wanted it for a stupid reason.

    • Oscar: What the hell is this? Brent: It's a self-serve option I'm offering. Oscar: You're a jackass! Brent: What's wrong with self-service? Oscar: I don't have to talk to you, and I pay less? (laughs) It's perfect. Brent: So then why am I a jackass? Oscar: I don't know. You get it from your mother. Now stop talking to me, I'm doing self-serve, Jackass!

    • Hank: Karen said you were arrested for arson. Emma: That's not true. Oscar: It explains a lot!

    • Emma: Oh, hey, Hank, have you heard any rumours about me or Karen? Hank: Yeah, I heard Karen rescued a puppy. Wanda: There you go! Emma: Just Karen? Hank: She rescued it from you; you were going to set it on fire. Karen: And I rescued it, so all good! Hank: Then they gave the puppy an IQ test, it scored higher than Karen.

    • Lacey: Wanda! You snuck up on me there! Wanda: Is that what Karen and Emma are saying? They're saying I'm sneaky, is that it? Lacey: No, they didn't say anything... except for they really like the buffet. Wanda: Is that all they said? Or did they say anything about me getting caught cheating in college, or that Hank and I have a love-child, or anything like that? Lacey: No, that never came up. (pause) Hank's not the father of your son, right? Wanda: (disgusted) Ew!

    • Fitzy: Hey, Wanda! I hear you're a plagiarist and that your son is Hank's love-child. Hank: Ha, she wishes! ...What's a, what's a plagiarist? You got a bunch of husbands or something?

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