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--->'''Dorien''': Well, I was goin' to tell him we went to see ''Film/{{Babe}}'', but I didn't want you to be offended by a film about a talking pig, so... we went to see ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' instead, which is more me anyway as you can see right up [[Creator/MelGibson Mel Gibson's]] kilt during the disemboweling scene.

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--->'''Dorien''': Well, I was goin' to tell him we went to see ''Film/{{Babe}}'', but I didn't want you to be offended by a film about a talking pig, so... we went to see ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' instead, which is more me anyway as you can see right up [[Creator/MelGibson Mel Gibson's]] Creator/MelGibson's kilt during the disemboweling scene.

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The use of an existing piece of music is not, on its own, a Shout Out.


** Tracey admits Chris isn't exactly Creator/BradPitt.

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** Tracey admits Chris isn't exactly Creator/BradPitt.Creator/BradPitt:



** Sharon sings "The Sun Has Got His Hat On" by Noel Gay and Ralph Butler.
** Sharon compares Dorien being generous to ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1978''.

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** Sharon sings "The Sun Has Got His Hat On" by Noel Gay and Ralph Butler.
** Sharon compares Dorien being generous to ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1978''.''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1978'':
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** This episode contains the forth mention of a Dave (although this one is called "Davey") in the series after Sharon's ex-boyfriend Dave from "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS1E3Shift Shift]]", "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS1E4WomensTroubles Women's Troubles]]" and "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS3E3BabyComeBack Baby Come Back]]" and a unseen character called Straight Dave from "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS3E9FavourOfTheMonth Favour of the Month]]" and another unseen Dave from "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS4E4WipeThatSmileOffYourTape Wipe That Smile Off Your Tape]]".

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** This episode contains the forth fifth mention of a Dave (although this one is called "Davey") in the series after Sharon's ex-boyfriend Dave from "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS1E3Shift Shift]]", "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS1E4WomensTroubles Women's Troubles]]" and "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS3E3BabyComeBack Baby Come Back]]" and Back]]", a David from "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherCS2FallingInLoveAgain Falling in Love Again]]", an unseen character called Straight Dave from "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS3E9FavourOfTheMonth Favour of the Month]]" and another unseen Dave from "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS4E4WipeThatSmileOffYourTape Wipe That Smile Off Your Tape]]".
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** Tracey mentions Sharon once had a friend called Melanie, the same name as Dorien's SitcomArchNemesis who first appeared in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherCS4TheChigwellConnection The Chigwell Connection]]", but had been mentioned infrequently since "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS2E12OldFriends Old Friends]]".

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** Tracey mentions Sharon once had a friend called Melanie, the same name as an unseen character in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS2E10ThirtySomething Thirty Something]]" and Dorien's SitcomArchNemesis who first appeared in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherCS4TheChigwellConnection The Chigwell Connection]]", but had been mentioned infrequently since "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS2E12OldFriends Old Friends]]".
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* LastSecondWordSwap: Dorien is clearly about to say "fifty" when lamenting why she's so desperate on the other side of it before amending her words to refer to "forty" instead.

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* LastSecondWordSwap: Dorien is clearly about to say "fifty" when lamenting why she's so desperate to stay on the other right side of it before amending her words to refer to "forty" instead.
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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Sharon forces Tracey to listen to her sing opera to get back at her for forcing her to go out with Dorien.
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* OneSteveLimit: This episode contains the forth mention of a Dave (although this one is called "Davey") in the series after Sharon's ex-boyfriend Dave from "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS1E3Shift Shift]]", "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS1E4WomensTroubles Women's Troubles]]" and "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS3E3BabyComeBack Baby Come Back]]" and a unseen character called Straight Dave from "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS3E9FavourOfTheMonth Favour of the Month]]" and another unseen Dave from "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS4E4WipeThatSmileOffYourTape Wipe That Smile Off Your Tape]]".

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This episode contains the forth mention of a Dave (although this one is called "Davey") in the series after Sharon's ex-boyfriend Dave from "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS1E3Shift Shift]]", "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS1E4WomensTroubles Women's Troubles]]" and "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS3E3BabyComeBack Baby Come Back]]" and a unseen character called Straight Dave from "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS3E9FavourOfTheMonth Favour of the Month]]" and another unseen Dave from "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS4E4WipeThatSmileOffYourTape Wipe That Smile Off Your Tape]]".Tape]]".
** Tracey mentions Sharon once had a friend called Melanie, the same name as Dorien's SitcomArchNemesis who first appeared in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherCS4TheChigwellConnection The Chigwell Connection]]", but had been mentioned infrequently since "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS2E12OldFriends Old Friends]]".



* OneSteveLimit: Tracey mentions Sharon once had a friend called Melanie, the same name as Dorien's SitcomArchNemesis who first appeared in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherCS4TheChigwellConnection The Chigwell Connection]]", but had been mentioned infrequently since "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS2E12OldFriends Old Friends]]".

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* EndOfEpisodeSilliness: The episode ends on Sharon trapping Tracey in the living room and aggressively singing the Queen of the Night aria from ''Theatre/TheMagicFlute'' to her.



** Neither Sharon nor Tracey can stand ''Theatre/TheMagicFlute''.

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** Neither Sharon nor Tracey can stand ''Theatre/TheMagicFlute''.''Theatre/TheMagicFlute'', and Sharon sings the Queen of the Night aria to torture Tracey.
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Tracey soon comes back from Garth revealing that he's going to court on Thursday after getting drunk with his mates and tying the groom naked to a sheep. However, she doesn't want Garth to grass his mates. Soon, Sharon realizes that Dorien and Tracey plan to send her to a health farm. Thus, Sharon fakes the death of a friend named "Gripper" to get out of it. Tracey eventually gets word of this, but Sharon still doesn't want to go to where Dorien wants to go and decides to go to a funeral. They end up at a hippie gathering and Dorien figures out the truth, so Sharon has to have the day out that Dorien wants. Oh, and Garth was able to go free - by beating up the person who tied the groom to the sheep.

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Tracey soon comes back from Garth revealing that he's going to court on Thursday after getting drunk with his mates and tying the groom naked to a sheep. However, she doesn't want Garth to grass his mates. Soon, Sharon realizes that Dorien and Tracey plan to send her to a health farm. Thus, Sharon fakes the death of a friend named "Gripper" to get out of it. Tracey eventually gets word of this, but Sharon still doesn't want to go to where Dorien wants to go and decides to go to a funeral. They end up at a hippie gathering and Dorien figures out the truth, so Sharon has to have the day out that Dorien wants. Oh, and Garth was able to go free - by beating up the person who tied the groom to the sheep.
sheep until he confessed.
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* OneSteveLimit: This episode contains another mention of a Dave in the series after Sharon's ex-boyfriend Dave from "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS1E3Shift Shift]]", "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS1E4WomensTroubles Women's Troubles]]" and "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS3E3BabyComeBack Baby Come Back]]" and a unseen character called Straight Dave from "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS3E9FavourOfTheMonth Favour of the Month]]" and another unseen Dave from "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS4E4WipeThatSmileOffYourTape Wipe That Smile Off Your Tape]]".

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* OneSteveLimit: This episode contains another the forth mention of a Dave (although this one is called "Davey") in the series after Sharon's ex-boyfriend Dave from "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS1E3Shift Shift]]", "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS1E4WomensTroubles Women's Troubles]]" and "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS3E3BabyComeBack Baby Come Back]]" and a unseen character called Straight Dave from "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS3E9FavourOfTheMonth Favour of the Month]]" and another unseen Dave from "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS4E4WipeThatSmileOffYourTape Wipe That Smile Off Your Tape]]".
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* OneSteveLimit: This episode contains another mention of a Dave in the series after Sharon's ex-boyfriend Dave from "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS1E3Shift Shift]]", "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS1E4WomensTroubles Women's Troubles]]" and "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS3E3BabyComeBack Baby Come Back]]" and a unseen character called Straight Dave from "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS3E9FavourOfTheMonth Favour of the Month]]" and another unseen Dave from "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS4E4WipeThatSmileOffYourTape Wipe That Smile Off Your Tape]]".
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** Davey, Garth's mate who tied the groom to a sheep.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: Dorien calls Gripper "Guffer".


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* PosthumousCharacter: Helen Pelkington-Smythe, Maureen O'Hara and Kerry Young, the three dead people who Sharon has to choose who's funeral to attend to mourn the fictional Gripper. In the end, she chooses Kerry.


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** Sharon compares Dorien being generous to ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1978''.
--->'''Sharon''': Of course, in this case it's, uh, an evil pod that's been taken over by a nice person.
** After Tracey tells Sharon it's her funeral, Sharon responds "[[Music/LesleyGore And I'll cry if I want to]]".
** Some lottery winners want a pool shaped liked Anthea Turner.


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** Neither Sharon nor Tracey can stand ''Theatre/TheMagicFlute''.

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->'''Sharon''': Yeah, but that ain't Garth's fault, is it? I mean... 'e was just an innocent bystander. ({{Beat}}) Rat-arsed, but innocent.
-->-- '''Sharon Theodopolopodous''' discussing Garth's arrest.



* AtTheOperaTonight: Dorien plans a trip to the opera with Sharon, who tries anything she can to avoid it.



* ContinuityNod: Dorien [[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS6E6AppreciationSociety getting Tracey and Sharon membership to the tennis club so they'd vote for her in the election]] and [[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS6E10BusinessIsBusiness trying to help sell Sharon's café so she could earn commission and go on holiday]] are brought up when Sharon accuses her of being a user.

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Dorien [[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS6E6AppreciationSociety getting Tracey and Sharon membership to the tennis club so they'd vote for her in the election]] and [[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS6E10BusinessIsBusiness trying to help sell Sharon's café so she could earn commission and go on holiday]] are brought up when Sharon accuses her of being a user.user.
** Tracey is still [[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS2E5KeepOffTheGrass severely anti-grassing]].
** Sharon's habit of [[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS1E2JustVisiting eating pastries in the bath]] is mentioned again.
* DeadpanSnarker: Dorien isn't sympathetic when she hears Garth was arrested during a StagParty.
-->'''Dorien''': Oh, Garthy's first ''arrest'', you must be ''so proud''! Shall I go get my camera?



* TheGhost: Dr. Schwartz, Dorien's plastic surgeon.

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Dr. Schwartz, Dorien's plastic surgeon.surgeon.
** Louise Cathcart, Caroline Jones and Melanie, all old friends of Sharon who Tracey thinks have died.


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* MusicalisInterruptus: Sharon suddenly stops singing "The Sun Has Got His Hat On" when she thinks she hears Dorien so she can pretend to be sad about Gripper's death.


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* SeriesContinuityError: Tracey mentions she refuses to watch ''Series/CrimewatchUK'' as it goes against her anti-grassing views, however she mentioned that she watches it in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS5E2Bang Bang]]".


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** Sharon sings "The Sun Has Got His Hat On" by Noel Gay and Ralph Butler.


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* OneSteveLimit: Tracey mentions Sharon once had a friend called Melanie, the same name as Dorien's SitcomArchNemesis who first appeared in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherCS4TheChigwellConnection The Chigwell Connection]]", but had been mentioned infrequently since "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS2E12OldFriends Old Friends]]".


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** Sharon remarks that if Damien Hirst tied a naked man to a sheep, it'd be considered "art".
** Tracey refuses to watch ''Series/CrimewatchUK''.

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* ContinuityNod: Dorien mentions the time [[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS6E10BusinessIsBusiness she helped sell the café for Sharon]].

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* CelebrityCrush: Dorien has one on Creator/MelGibson, and it's part of the reason she pretends to have watched ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' with Sharon.
* ContinuityNod: Dorien mentions [[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS6E6AppreciationSociety getting Tracey and Sharon membership to the time tennis club so they'd vote for her in the election]] and [[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS6E10BusinessIsBusiness she helped trying to help sell the Sharon's café for Sharon]].so she could earn commission and go on holiday]] are brought up when Sharon accuses her of being a user.



* HeelRealisation: Dorien realizes that she's a bit of a jerk and tries to have a nice day out with Sharon.

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* TheGhost: Dr. Schwartz, Dorien's plastic surgeon.
* HeelRealisation: Dorien realizes realises that she's a bit of a jerk and tries to have a nice day out with Sharon.



* LastSecondWordSwap: Dorien is clearly about to say 50 when lamenting why she's so desperate on the other side of it before amending her words to refer to 40 instead.

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* LastSecondWordSwap: Dorien is clearly about to say 50 "fifty" when lamenting why she's so desperate on the other side of it before amending her words to refer to 40 "forty" instead.



** Dorien had originally intended to have her and Sharon watch ''Film/{{Babe}}'' as part of her cover story, although she thought that Sharon would be offended by the talking pig, so they went to watch ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' instead.

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** Dorien had originally intended pretends to have her and go to see a movie with Sharon watch ''Film/{{Babe}}'' as part of so she can have an alibi for her cover story, although she thought that Sharon would trysts with Jonathan:
--->'''Dorien''': Well, I was goin' to tell him we went to see ''Film/{{Babe}}'', but I didn't want you to
be offended by the a film about a talking pig, so they so... we went to watch see ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' instead.instead, which is more me anyway as you can see right up [[Creator/MelGibson Mel Gibson's]] kilt during the disemboweling scene.
** Tracey brings up Creator/BobHoskins in the kitchen.
** Tracey admits Chris isn't exactly Creator/BradPitt.
--->'''Sharon''': More "cesspit"!
** When Sharon tries to guess Garth's bad news, Tracey reminds her this isn't ''Series/UniversityChallenge''.




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* TakeThat:
** Sharon falls asleep watching Michael Fish.
** Dorien thinks a Ford Cortina is a lower-class car.
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* TheFunInFuneral: Sharon pretends to be attending a funeral in order to get away from a day out planned by Dorien. Eventually, Dorien invites herself to attend the funeral with Sharon at a hippy gathering where neither of them knows anyone there.

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* TheFunInFuneral: Sharon pretends to be attending a funeral in order to get away from a day out planned by Dorien. Eventually, Dorien invites herself to attend the funeral with Sharon at a hippy hippie gathering where neither of them knows anyone there.



** Dorien had originally intended to have her and Sharon watch ''Film/{{Babe}}'' as part of her cover story, although she thought that Sharon would be offended by the talking pig. So they went to watch ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' instead.

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** Dorien had originally intended to have her and Sharon watch ''Film/{{Babe}}'' as part of her cover story, although she thought that Sharon would be offended by the talking pig. So pig, so they went to watch ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' instead.
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* ContinuityNod: Dorien mentions the time [[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS6E10BusinessIsBusiness she helped sell the cafe for Sharon]].

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* ContinuityNod: Dorien mentions the time [[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS6E10BusinessIsBusiness she helped sell the cafe café for Sharon]].



** The name of the episode is a reference to the 1960s BritCom ''Nearest and Dearest''.
** Dorien had originally intended to have her and Sharon watch Film/{{Babe}} as part of her cover story, although she thought that Sharon would be offended by the talking pig. So they went to watch ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' instead.
* StagNight: Garth got arrested on one such stag night. It apparently involved tying the groom naked to a sheep outside Romford.

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** The name of the episode is a reference to the 1960s 1960's BritCom ''Nearest and Dearest''.
** Dorien had originally intended to have her and Sharon watch Film/{{Babe}} ''Film/{{Babe}}'' as part of her cover story, although she thought that Sharon would be offended by the talking pig. So they went to watch ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' instead.
* StagNight: StagParty: Garth got arrested on one such stag night. It apparently involved tying the groom naked to a sheep outside Romford.
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* Date First Aired: 02/06/1997

Dorien needs Sharon's help, wanting her to cover for her relating to Jonathan. However, Sharon, still distraught over Chris' release, doesn't want to cover for Dorien anymore and calls her out. Dorien admits that she's selfish and that she won't have anyone to rely on so she will be less of a {{Jerkass}}. As such, Dorien wants a final day out with Sharon.

Tracey soon comes back from Garth revealing that he's going to court on Thursday after getting drunk with his mates and tying the groom naked to a sheep. However, she doesn't want Garth to grass his mates. Soon, Sharon realizes that Dorien and Tracey plan to send her to a health farm. Thus, Sharon fakes the death of a friend named "Gripper" to get out of it. Tracey eventually gets word of this, but Sharon still doesn't want to go to where Dorien wants to go and decides to go to a funeral. They end up at a hippie gathering and Dorien figures out the truth, so Sharon has to have the day out that Dorien wants. Oh, and Garth was able to go free - by beating up the person who tied the groom to the sheep.


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* CardboardBoxHome: Dorien mocks Sharon by asking if she can't wait to move into an abandoned packing crate after Chris comes home.
* ContinuityNod: Dorien mentions the time [[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS6E10BusinessIsBusiness she helped sell the cafe for Sharon]].
* FawltyTowersPlot: Sharon lies that she's going to a funeral to get away from Dorien, which eventually gets more and more ridiculous until she has to actually take Dorien with her to the funeral of a random person, which is where it crashes down.
* TheFunInFuneral: Sharon pretends to be attending a funeral in order to get away from a day out planned by Dorien. Eventually, Dorien invites herself to attend the funeral with Sharon at a hippy gathering where neither of them knows anyone there.
* HeelRealisation: Dorien realizes that she's a bit of a jerk and tries to have a nice day out with Sharon.
* InventedIndividual: Sharon makes up an old school friend called Gripper who is killed off so that she can get out of a trip to a health farm.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Pointed out by Sharon to Dorien, noting that even when she's doing kind things, they always come from a desire to soften them so that they can do favors for her.
* LastSecondWordSwap: Dorien is clearly about to say 50 when lamenting why she's so desperate on the other side of it before amending her words to refer to 40 instead.
* PlasticBitch: It's revealed that Dorien has been giving herself so much plastic surgery to keep herself looking young that they could have made a mini her from all of the leftovers. She's also the meanest of the three and had just come out of a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech by Sharon on how she's a jerk.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Sharon gives one to Dorien when she goes too far with her affair cover ups, mainly accusing her of being a user who only does thing so that she could get her own way.
* ShoutOut:
** The name of the episode is a reference to the 1960s BritCom ''Nearest and Dearest''.
** Dorien had originally intended to have her and Sharon watch Film/{{Babe}} as part of her cover story, although she thought that Sharon would be offended by the talking pig. So they went to watch ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' instead.
* StagNight: Garth got arrested on one such stag night. It apparently involved tying the groom naked to a sheep outside Romford.

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