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Recap / Birds of a Feather S12E2: Too Much of Nothing

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  • Date First Aired: 14/01/2016

After the events of the last episode, the girls are dealing with the fact that someone's taken all of their stuff. Unfortunately, the police prove to be no help, and Sharon squanders any chance at insurance money, so Sharon, in an attempt to make it up, decides to locate the stuff.

First up is Lenny, who has an alibi but decides to look around for the robber. However, Dorien manages to find a lead when someone passes her wearing Garth's jacket in Romford Market. She follows him to a drag club, currently hosting a talent show featuring an impersonator of Dorien called Poxy Cohen. Dorien attacks Poxy and the case is cracked open, leading to everyone getting all their stuff back.


Tropes in this episode:

  • Bad Guys Play Pool: Robber Lenny is playing pool when the girls inquire him as to the location of their possessions.
  • Bait-and-Switch: Sharon mentions one of the robbers had left a "souvenir" in the drawer (suggesting that the robbers had done something...unpleasant in there). She then clarifies that they just left a banknote in there.
  • Captain Obvious: Barry Farmer, upon seeing the empty sitting room, comments that the robbers didn't leave much. Sharon's response is a snarky "Well that detective training wasn't a complete waste of time".
  • Crossdresser: Poxy Cohen is a man who dresses up as Dorien.
  • Excrement Statement: Subverted when Sharon laments that one of the robbers left a "souvenir" in her knicker drawer. It's not until Tracey asks if she's cleaned it up however that she clarifies that the robber left a banknote as they felt sorry for her.
  • The Ghost: Mrs. Finch, who allows the girls to borrow her chairs and who apparently holds seances.
  • Guilty Pleasures: Travis treats the fact that he has the entire run of Countryfile on his laptop as if it was a Porn Stash that he has to keep hidden from everyone.
  • Insurance Fraud: Although there was already damage, Sharon broke a window regardless out of fear that the insurance wouldn't pay up.
  • Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: It's Sharon's breaking of the window that prevents the girls from making any insurance claims.
  • Not Me This Time: When the girls' possessions are stolen, Tracey points the blame at the already known for stealing Lenny and the other gangsters who attended Darryl's funeral. It wasn't them.
  • One-Shot Character: Poxy Cohen.
  • Pet the Dog: Despite robbing the entire contents of the house, one of the robbers, feeling sorry for Sharon, leaves her a banknote.
  • Police Are Useless: The police are not able to assist the girls in finding out who burgled their house, forcing them to go hunt for their stolen possessions on their own.
    Tracey: And the Old Bill weren't much help there either.
    Sharon: Well, of course, they weren't. As far as they're concerned, we're criminal scum, just because some 30-odd years ago, Darryl and Chris got into a little spot of bother.
    Dorien: Involving sawn-off shotguns and security vans.
    Tracey: Don't get cocky Dor. They were looking at you funny, too.
  • Porn Stash: When Travis' laptop is stolen, he is not too bothered about it, leading the others to suspect that it's because he has something dirty on the laptop. Whilst the wording leaves it vague, Farmer eventually suggests that his secret is that he has the entire run on ''Countryfile'' on there.
  • Previously on…: Used at the start of the episode to recap the events of the previous episode.
  • Readings Blew Up the Scale: Dorien's attempts to count up the total worth of all her stolen possessions lead to her calculator blowing a fuse.
  • Shout-Out: Travis apparently has the whole run of Countryfile on his laptop.
  • Skewed Priorities: As far as Sharon is concerned, not being robbed due to having nothing of value is worse that actually being robbed.
  • Speak in Unison: Both Dorien and Tracey say "No!" when Sharon says if she can have a word relating to her Insurance Fraud attempt.
  • Spirit Advisor: Mrs. Finch has the spirit guide of Ray Charles, who proves to be useful when he advises the girls to look for "a man who is not a man" (a.k.a. Crossdresser Poxy Cohen).
  • Survivor Guilt: Burglary version. Sharon mentions that none of her possessions were stolen. However, rather than thinking herself lucky, she considers it "pathetic", because it showed how she had nothing worth stealing.
  • Titled After the Song: The episode is named after the Bob Dylan song "Too Much of Nothing".


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