YMMV / Minder

• Broken Base: The Arthur and Ray era. To some it's a welcome extension and revival of the series with some good episodes, to others Ray can never replace Terry and fits into the category of Replacement Scrappy.
• Harsher in Hindsight:
  • "Aces High and Sometimes Very Low" sees Terry got revenge on heavy who hit his girlfriend. Dennis Waterman's third wife later accused him of abuse.
  • "Monday Night Fever" has Arthur trying to woo an aspiring nightclub singer by bragging up his non-existant music credentials, saying that he had a drink with Jimmy Savile.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: Property conman Freddie Fenton (Derek Jacobi) evades Terry on a London highstreet by slipping back into the safety of his offices. Terry is left on the pavement yelling 'Fenton! Fenton!' through the locked door. This scene now conjures up images of the "Fenton! Fenton!" video of a dog named Fenton chasing a herd of deer across a country road while his owner runs after him shouting his name, which went viral in 2012.
• Magnificent Bastard: "Senior Citizen Caine": Cecil Caine is an elderly, flamboyant yet genial businessman and a legend within the community for dealing and grafting himself a fortune and far more shrewd than he appears. Freed of his last responsibility and knowing his lazy offsprings, Johnny and Sonia, plan to institutionalize him to steal everything and that the authorities are closing in, Cecil lets nothing interfere with his retirement. Transferring his businesses but none of his money to his children so they'll have to actually work or face bankruptcy, an ambushed Cecil manages to improvise an escape with all the cash on the premises and goes to ground. Banking on Johnny breaking Arthur, Cecil purposely lets him in and hires Terry. Gathering the rest of his hidden funds Cecil switches them with a decoy, then waits for Johnny and his goons to arrive, the fight spurring the authorities into action. Using the confusion to escape to his lover and real money, Cecil flees London leaving his children to explain the financial irregularities.
• Replacement Scrappy: Ray, to some. Also Arnie, who replaces Des after Series 3, and has less comic effect on the episodes he appears in.
• Retroactive Recognition:
  • The likes of Peter Capaldi, Bill Nighy, Pete Postlethwaite and Marina Sirtis made guest appearances.
  • Jim from "Whose Wife Is It Anyway?" is played by Alun Lewis, who would later be best known for playing Darryl Stubbs in Birds of a Feather and Vic Windsor in Emmerdale.
  • A stripper from "Rembrandt Doesn't Live Here Anymore" is played Candy Davis, who would later be best known for playing Miss Belfridge in Are You Being Served?.
  • Louise from "Windows" is played by Catherine Rabett, who would later be best known for playing Cissy Meldrum in You Rang, M'Lord?.
  • Rita from "In" is played by Diane Langton, who would later be best known for playing Nana McQueen in Hollyoaks.
  • Rory Quinn from "Rembrandt Doesn't Live Here Anymore" is played by Ewan Hooper, who would later be best known for playing Alec Foster in Hi-de-Hi!.
  • Alex Rowan from "The Son Also Rises" is played by Gary Waldhorn, who would later be best known for playing David Horton in The Vicar of Dibley.
  • A juror from "Poetic Justice, Innit?" is played by Gwyneth Strong, who would later be best known for playing Cassandra Trotter in Only Fools and Horses.
  • Carol from "The Beer Hunter" is played by Janine Duvitski, who would later be best known for playing Jane Edwards in Waiting for God and Pippa Trench in One Foot in the Grave.
  • Solly Salmon from "The Return of the Invincible Man" is played by John Bluthal, who would later be best known for playing Frank Pickle in The Vicar of Dibley.
  • A chef from "All Mod Cons" is played by John Louis Mansi, who would later be best known for playing Von Smallhausen in 'Allo 'Allo!.
  • Maureen from "You Win Some, You Lose Some" is played by Lesley Joseph, who would later be best known for playing Dorien Green in Birds of a Feather.
  • Liz from "Gunfight at the O.K. Laundrette" is played by Linda Regan, who would later be best known for playing April Wingate in Hi-de-Hi!.
  • Nick from "The Dessert Song" is played by Michael Angelis, who would later be best known for narrating Thomas & Friends from 1991 to 2012.
  • Clive Cosgrove from "A Number of Old Wives Tales" is played by Patrick Mower, who would later be best known for playing Rodney Blackstock in Emmerdale.
  • Val from "The Bounty Hunter" is played by Rikki Howard, who would later be best known for playing Betty Whistler in Hi-de-Hi!.
  • Bertie from "It's a Sorry Lorry Morrie" and a Winchester regular from "Gone with the Winchester" are played by Terry John, who would later be best known for playing Percy in Oh, Doctor Beeching!.
  • Previous from "The Coach That Came in from the Cold" is played by Trevor Peacock, who would later be best known for playing Jim Trott in The Vicar of Dibley.
  • Sarah Jane from "Don't Tell Them Willie Boy Was Here" is played by Vicki Michelle, who would later be best known for playing Yvette Carte-Blanche in 'Allo 'Allo!.

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