Season 2 • Episode 7
LatestGemma's mother is ""feeling old"" and leaves for the country for a few days, without telling anyone where. Howard tracks her down, bringing with him her reading glasses which she had left behind. Sebastian gives Rosie a ring, and gives up having breakfast with Gemma. Gemma seriously contemplates marriage to Rex.
Gemma Palmer is 30 years old, and fed up with being betrayed and taken for granted. She's just found out her boyfriend, Danny, has been having sex with her friend, Gloria, and this is the last straw. She throws Danny out, tells Gloria to go jump in a lake, tells off all the people who have been treating her like a doormat, and quits her boring job at an estate agent's. From now on, she's going solo. At least, that is her firm intention.
Writing
Carla Lane's dialogue bites harder than a British winter.
Acting
Felicity Kendal weaponizes charm like it's self-defense.
Creator
Carla Lane
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Carla Lane was ITV's reigning queen of women's interior lives — Solo arrived between Butterflies and Bread, her era of unapologetically female-focused sitcoms.
Felicity Kendal was already beloved from The Good Life; this role let her drop the 'perfect wife' energy completely.
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