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* HandbagOfHurt: After Dorien writes on the "Free the Chigwell 2" poster to change the "2" to a "3", she whacks it with her handbag.



-->'''Mrs. Mimms''': Well if you can't get smashed out of your 'ead on a night like this, what's the point eh?

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-->'''Mrs. Mimms''': Well Well, if you can't get smashed out of your 'ead on a night like this, what's the point point, eh?



-->'''Melanie''': Well there's Roland, Bruce, Jerry, Alan and Kurt.
-->'''Dorien''': Oh I was forgetting Kurt.

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-->'''Melanie''': Well Well, there's Roland, Bruce, Jerry, Alan and Kurt.
-->'''Dorien''': Oh Oh, I was forgetting Kurt.Kurt.
* RememberTheNewGuy: This is the first appearance of Trevor and Mrs. Mimms, yet Tracey and Sharon have apparently known them since Darryl and Chris were convicted.



** Sharon hopes that when she tapes Tracey's ''Kilroy'' appearance that she doesn't tape over ''Film/DirtyDancing''.

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** Sharon hopes that when she tapes Tracey's ''Kilroy'' appearance that she doesn't tape over ''Film/DirtyDancing''.

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** Sharon wears an ''Atlanta Falcons'' cap in the first scene.

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** Sharon wears an ''Atlanta Falcons'' Atlanta Falcons cap in the first scene.



** "Johnny B. Goode" by Music/ChuckBerry and "Great Balls of Fire" by Music/JerryLeeLewis play at Trevor's party.



** Sharon hopes Darryl and Chris will be freed and get an apology from [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily the Queen]].

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** Sharon hopes Darryl and Chris will be freed and get an apology from [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily the Queen]].UsefulNotes/ElizabethII.



** "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" by ''Wizzard'' plays when Tracey tells Sharon and Dorien that Darryl and Chris really are guilty.



* SongParody: Sharon sings a version of "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" about stuffing turkeys when preparing dinner.



** Sharon makes a snide remark about [[Music/MichaelJackson Michael Jackson's]] plastic surgery.

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** Sharon makes a snide remark about [[Music/MichaelJackson Michael Jackson's]] Music/MichaelJackson's plastic surgery.



* TemptingFate: Dorien tells Tracey and Sharon that her Marcus would never get locked up because she is a law abiding member of the community. Guess who briefly gets arrested this episode?

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* TemptingFate: Dorien tells Tracey and Sharon that her Marcus would never get locked up because she is a law abiding law-abiding member of the community. Guess who briefly gets arrested this episode?
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Per TRS, Aluminum Christmas Trees is YMMV. Marking it as in-universe.


* AluminumChristmasTrees: Tracey doesn't realise ''Film/AllThePresidentsMen'' was based on an actual event.

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* AluminumChristmasTrees: [[invoked]] Tracey doesn't realise ''Film/AllThePresidentsMen'' was based on an actual event.
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** Linda Robson and Pauline Quirke (Sharon) burst out laughing when Sharon tells Tracey about someone at the door right ahead of the doorbell sound effect being played.

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** Linda Robson and Pauline Quirke Creator/PaulineQuirke (Sharon) burst out laughing when Sharon tells Tracey about someone at the door right ahead of the doorbell sound effect being played.
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** Linda Robson (Tracey) cracks up during the scene in the café after mentioning Darryl erects conservatories.

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** Linda Robson Creator/LindaRobson (Tracey) cracks up during the scene in the café after mentioning Darryl erects conservatories.

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* DiegeticSoundtrackUsage: A piano cover of the theme plays as Tracey and Sharon leave the prison.



* ThemeTuneCameo: A piano cover of the theme plays as Tracey and Sharon leave the prison.
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** Robert Kilroy-Silk appears AsHimself to interview Tracey about miscarriages of justice.

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* TheGhost: Roland, Bruce, Jerry, Alan and Kurt, Melanie Fishman's toyboys.



-->'''Melanie''': Well there's Roland, Bruce, Jerry, Alan, and Kurt.

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-->'''Melanie''': Well there's Roland, Bruce, Jerry, Alan, Alan and Kurt.
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* ChristmasSpecial: The fourth in total, although most of the plot has little to do with the holiday.

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* ChristmasSpecial: ChristmasEpisode: The fourth in total, although most of the plot has little to do with the holiday.
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* ProductPlacement:
** Dorien tells Tracey and Sharon that if Darryl and Chris walked free, they would've robbed the nearest Bradford & Bingley's.
** Dorien and Melanie go shopping for jewellery at Burton's.
** Dorien is seen using ''Mastercard'' and ''Visa'' credit cards.
** Marcus worked for the ''Daily Mirror'' pension fund.
** Sharon tells Detective Inspector Tatum there must be staff bonuses all round every time he shops at Threshers.

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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Tracey doesn't realise ''Film/AllThePresidentsMen'' was based on an actual event.



* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Tracey doesn't realise ''Film/AllThePresidentsMen'' was based on an actual event.

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-->'''Dorien''': Make sure you don't ''melt'', [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Wicked Witch of the West]].

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-->'''Dorien''': --->'''Dorien''': Make sure you don't ''melt'', [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Wicked Witch of the West]].



** Rodney meets Tracey outside Teddington Studios.



-->'''Sharon''': ''Hark, the herald angels sing. I can't stuff this blooming thing!''

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-->'''Sharon''': --->'''Sharon''': ''Hark, the herald angels sing. I can't stuff this blooming thing!''
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-->-- '''Tracey Stubbs''' putting down '''Sharon Theodopolopodous'''.
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-->'''Sharon''': So, d'you reckon I look sporty enough?
-->'''Tracey''': Oh yeah, if eatin' mince pies counts a' a sport.

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-->'''Sharon''': ->'''Sharon''': So, d'you reckon I look sporty enough?
-->'''Tracey''': ->'''Tracey''': Oh yeah, if eatin' mince pies counts a' a sport.



** Sharon also hopes that Mel Gibson is at the door with a case of the rampant hots.

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** Sharon also hopes that Mel Gibson Creator/MelGibson is at the door with a case of the rampant hots.

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* StatusQuoIsGod: It seems Darryl and Chris have a chance to be freed while Marcus may go to prison, however in the end Darryl and Chris remain inside while Marcus stays a free man.
* StealingFromTheHotel: Sharon hopes the jury will take a long time to reach their verdict so they can get put up in a nouve hotel where she'll be able to steal a complimentary shower cap.
* TakeThat:
** Sharon makes a snide remark about [[Music/MichaelJackson Michael Jackson's]] plastic surgery.
** Trevor writes off Garth's campaign posters, calling them "a bit ''Series/BluePeter''".
** Tracey complains about Sharon recording a David Lloyd commercial instead of her ''Kilroy'' appearance.
** Sharon tells Tracey she's lucky she's not in hospital being visited by Noel Edmonds.
* TemptingFate: Dorien tells Tracey and Sharon that her Marcus would never get locked up because she is a law abiding member of the community. Guess who briefly gets arrested this episode?
* ThemeTuneCameo: A piano cover of the theme plays as Tracey and Sharon leave the prison.
* TitleDrop: By Sharon after finding out Marcus will be freed from prison.
-->'''Sharon''': Right Dor, you get in the vintage champagne, an' we won't tell Marcus that you had him written off as ''the Chigwell connection''.
* UnseenNoMore: Dorien's been mentioning her since Series 2, but this episode marks the first onscreen appearance of Melanie Fishman.
* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: Dorien calls Tracey's "Free the Chigwell Two" campaign "outrageous chutzpah".

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* ShipTease: Detective Inspector Tatum offers to take Tracey out for a curry, although Tracey would rather die.
* ShoutOut:
** Sharon wears an ''Atlanta Falcons'' cap in the first scene.
** Tracey compares herself to Music/TinaTurner.
** Sharon mentions a recording of Chris being sentenced to prison would be one of her ''Radio/DesertIslandDiscs''.
** When Melanie goes off for a shower after insulting Dorien, Dorien claps back at her with:
-->'''Dorien''': Make sure you don't ''melt'', [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Wicked Witch of the West]].
** Detective Inspector Tatum mockingly tells Mrs. Mimms that [[Music/{{Queen}} another one bites the dust]] as Trevor is about to be sent to jail.
** Sharon mentions these days it'd be hard for the police to get a conviction against UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper.
** "Johnny B. Goode" by Music/ChuckBerry and "Great Balls of Fire" by Music/JerryLeeLewis play at Trevor's party.
** Tracey talks about ''Film/AllThePresidentsMen'' and gives mention to Creator/DustinHoffman and Creator/RobertRedford starring in it and taking down UsefulNotes/RichardNixon.
** Sharon hopes Darryl and Chris will be freed and get an apology from [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily the Queen]].
** Samantha wants to know if Marcus was involved with Robert Maxwell.
** Tracey goes on ''Kilroy'' on [[Creator/TheBBC BBC One]] to spread the word about the Chigwell Two.
** Sharon hopes that when she tapes Tracey's ''Kilroy'' appearance that she doesn't tape over ''Film/DirtyDancing''.
** Robert Kilroy-Silk appears AsHimself to interview Tracey about miscarriages of justice.
** After Dorien tells her about her terrible time at her brother's house, Sharon remarks it won't be making the ''Good Hotel Guide''.
** Rodney meets Tracey outside Teddington Studios.
** "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" by ''Wizzard'' plays when Tracey tells Sharon and Dorien that Darryl and Chris really are guilty.
** Sharon compares Tracey to Literature/MissMarple.
** Sharon sings funny lyrics to "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" while preparing the turkey.
-->'''Sharon''': ''Hark, the herald angels sing. I can't stuff this blooming thing!''
** Sharon hopes that Creator/MelGibson is at the door and hot for her.

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* ImmediateSelfContradiction: Mrs. Mimms mixes up the words "pasteurise" and "patronise" just after telling Tracey she isn't simple.




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* LysistrataGambit: Dorien complains she can't do this to punish Marcus for not putting any money in her accounts simply because they don't have sex anymore.
* {{Malaproper}}: Mrs. Mimms says "pasteurise" instead of "patronise" just after telling Tracey she's not simple.
* NeverLendToAFriend: Dorien tells Tracey and Sharon you should never lend money to a friend.
* OneShotCharacter: Bruce, Mrs. Mimms, Trevor Mimms, Detective Sergeant Bloomfield, Samantha, Robert Kilroy-Silk, Rodney Smithson, Ernesto, Jacinthe, David Lloyd and Michael Tidding.
* OneSteveLimit:
** Mrs. Mimms' son's name is Trevor, which was also the name of a OneShotCharacter in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherCS3WellAlwaysHaveMajorca We'll Always Have Majorca]]".
** Before Rodney Smithson, there was a OneShotCharacter named Rodney Kauffman in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS1E4WomensTroubles Women's Troubles]]".
* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Tracey doesn't realise ''Film/AllThePresidentsMen'' was based on an actual event.
* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: The title is a play on the film ''Film/TheFrenchConnection''.
* ProductPlacement:
** Dorien tells Tracey and Sharon that if Darryl and Chris walked free, they would've robbed the nearest Bradford & Bingley's.
** Dorien and Melanie go shopping for jewellery at Burton's.
** Dorien is seen using ''Mastercard'' and ''Visa'' credit cards.
** Marcus worked for the ''Daily Mirror'' pension fund.
** Sharon tells Detective Inspector Tatum there must be staff bonuses all round every time he shops at Threshers.
* ReallyGetsAround: Melanie Fishman loves the lads as much as Dorien does.
-->'''Melanie''': I'll have five.
-->'''Dorien''': Five?
-->'''Melanie''': Well there's Roland, Bruce, Jerry, Alan, and Kurt.
-->'''Dorien''': Oh I was forgetting Kurt.
* RhymesOnADime: Sharon when turning down a fella at Trevor's party.
-->'''Sharon''': No thanks. Want a bloke, not a joke.
* RuleOfThree: Sharon assures Tracey that good things come in threes.
* SeasonFinale: Of Series 4.
* SeriesContinuityError: Despite Dorien telling Tracey and Sharon you should never lend money to a friend, only last episode in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS4E13Loyalty Loyalty]]" she was offering to lend a large sum of money to Sharon to keep her café running.

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-->'''Sharon''': So, d'you reckon I look sporty enough?
-->'''Tracey''': Oh yeah, if eatin' mince pies counts a' a sport.



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* AllThereInTheScript:
** Jacinthe's name is only seen in the credits. Sam's full name is also given here.
** Also {{Inverted}}. Despite one of the tennis players and the detective receiving names, they're only referred to as "Tennis Pro" and "Detective" in the credits.
* AndImTheQueenOfSheba: After Sharon tells Tracey there's a chance Trevor could get off, Tracey remarks that if that happens then she's Music/TinaTurner.
* AsHimself: Robert Kilroy-Silk and David Lloyd.
* AutoErotica: Tracey remarks Dorien's in a bad mood because she had to drive her and Sharon home rather than get a leg over in Trevor's Suzuki.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Dorien gets Tracey and Sharon expensive watches for Christmas for helping her out while Marcus was locked up.
-->'''Dorien''': You're my best friends, I love you.
* BookDumb: Chris doesn't know that four twenties make eighty.
* TheBusCameBack: This episode marks the first appearance of Detective Inspector Tatum since "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS1E1Nicked Nicked]]", the first episode of the show.
* CelebrityCrush:
** Sharon's always wanted to get on Kilroy, but not the program.
** Sharon also hopes that Mel Gibson is at the door with a case of the rampant hots.
* ChristmasSpecial: The fourth in total, although most of the plot has little to do with the holiday.
* DirtyCop: Although it happens after he is suspended, Detective Inspector Tatum constantly follows Tracey around to make her uncomfortable and has Garth briefly arrested.
* EndOfEpisodeSilliness: The episode ends with Tracey realising Sharon put the money-stuffed turkey into the oven and having to frantically retrieve it.
* ExtraLongEpisode: This episode is 50 minutes, rather than the standard 30.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: As Dorien leaves the police station, a Constable can be seen dragging in an inebriated man dressed as Santa Claus.
* GoldDigger: Tracey (rightfully) accuses Dorien and Melanie for being ones, but Dorien remarks they just got lucky.
* GratuitousForeignLanguage: Sharon says "Gesundheit" to Melanie Fishman.
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: Michael Tidding is only heard as a voice on Tracey's answering machine.
* HilariousOuttakes:
** Linda Robson (Tracey) cracks up during the scene in the café after mentioning Darryl erects conservatories.
** Linda Robson and Pauline Quirke (Sharon) burst out laughing when Sharon tells Tracey about someone at the door right ahead of the doorbell sound effect being played.
* ItsAllAboutMe: When Tracey and Sharon move the conversation away from her, Dorien cuts them off and reminds them she's still in a state of shock.
* LadyDrunk: Mrs. Mimms becomes so to celebrate Trevor going free.
-->'''Mrs. Mimms''': Well if you can't get smashed out of your 'ead on a night like this, what's the point eh?
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* Date First Aired: 25/12/1992

When doubt is cast on the integrity of Detective Inspector Tatum, the officer who arrested Chris and Darryl, the sisters start a campaign to "Free the Chigwell Two". Dorien, meanwhile, suffers humiliation at the hands of tennis-playing gossip queen Melanie Fishman, after Marcus is accused of drug-running.

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