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** In 2.05, Orla asking Granda Joe to the dance and their dancing together getting other people on the floor.
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** In 2.05, Orla asking Granda Joe to the dance and their dancing together getting other people on the floor. Why did she ask him? He's the fella she likes the most, and Orla clearly never hesitated in coming to that conclusion.
*** After this, Erin is stood up by her date, and as she goes off to change in tears, James arrives at the door, having been called by Mary. According to him, this is more important than his "creep convention" (Doctor Who theme night).
*** After this, Erin is stood up by her date, and as she goes off to change in tears, James arrives at the door, having been called by Mary. According to him, this is more important than his "creep convention" (Doctor Who theme night).
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* {{Shipping}}: After the series 2 premiere, several fans hoped that Erin would get together with her Protestant "buddy" Dee.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Michelle appears to be the favorite of the protagonists, with Jamie Lee O'Donnell being named as the breakout star of the cast.
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** Sister Michael's sarcasm and no-bullshit attitude has made her one of the most beloved characters by the fandom.
** Long-winded Uncle Colm has relatively few scenes in the show but seems to be a hit every time he appears.
** Michelle appears to be the favorite of the protagonists, with Jamie Lee O'Donnell being named as the breakout star of the cast.
** Sister Michael's sarcasm and no-bullshit attitude has made her one of the most beloved characters by the fandom.
** Long-winded Uncle Colm has relatively few scenes in the show but seems to be a hit every time he appears.
** Michelle appears to be the favorite of the protagonists, with Jamie Lee O'Donnell being named as the breakout star of the cast.
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'''The Result''': In a GilliganCut, Granda Joe leads his family through a police barricade and right into the parade, getting stuck there for a little while. It also kicked off the trunk-rider subplot following that.
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'''The Result''': In a GilliganCut, Granda Joe leads his family through a police barricade and right into the parade, getting stuck there for a little while. It also kicked off the trunk-rider subplot following that.that.
* TheWoobie:
** James. He's abandoned by his mother to live with his aunt in Northern Ireland, where everybody makes fun of his English accent, thinks he's gay no matter how much he denies it, and belittles him and makes fun of his lack of traditionally masculine traits. To boot, he is the only boy in an all-girl's school because it was thought that he would be bullied even more harshly in an all-boy's school.
** Gerry is never anything but nice to his family, but his controlling wife runs roughshod over him and he is subject to extremely antagonistic behavior from his father-in-law on a daily basis.
* TheWoobie:
** James. He's abandoned by his mother to live with his aunt in Northern Ireland, where everybody makes fun of his English accent, thinks he's gay no matter how much he denies it, and belittles him and makes fun of his lack of traditionally masculine traits. To boot, he is the only boy in an all-girl's school because it was thought that he would be bullied even more harshly in an all-boy's school.
** Gerry is never anything but nice to his family, but his controlling wife runs roughshod over him and he is subject to extremely antagonistic behavior from his father-in-law on a daily basis.
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* AcceptableTargets: People from Belfast, apparently.
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* ValuesDissonance: Naturally PlayedForLaughs, when the gang go to a wake in 2x04. James is horrified by the casual way the dead body's laid out for people to view and that visitors can touch her; the girls are baffled by the fact that it's the first time he's ''ever'' seen a dead body, as British funerals are far more formal and even bureaucratic.
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* ValuesDissonance: Naturally PlayedForLaughs, when the gang go to a wake in 2x04. James is horrified by the casual way the dead body's laid out for people to view and that visitors can touch her; the girls are baffled by the fact that it's the first time he's ''ever'' seen a dead body, as British funerals are far more formal and even bureaucratic.bureaucratic, and open caskets aren't as common.
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* ValuesDissonance: Naturally PlayedForLaughs, when the gang go to a wake in 2x04. James is horrified by the casual way the dead body's laid out for people to view and that visitors can touch her; the girls are baffled by the fact that it's the first time he's ''ever'' seen a dead body, as British funerals are far more formal and even bureaucratic.
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** Claire's constant [[SoapBoxSadie soapbox tendencies]] and habit of developing a MotorMouth when she's panicking (which accounts for the majority of her screentime) gets grating very fast.
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** After all the hassle they went to get there, seeing the gang having the time of their lives at the Take That concert is bound to bring a smile to anyone's face, especially with the implication that Gerry won't rat them out and give Mary the "cold hard evidence" of footage of them on the news.
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** Look closely at the gang's uniforms in Season 2; you can see that each of them has added a rainbow badge to their blazers, presumably in support of Claire's coming out (Claire herself wears two). It's subtle, but quite a sweet show of solidarity.
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** Michelle says of James's existence - her aunt went over to England to get an abortion[[note]]In the '90s, abortion was illegal throughout the island of Ireland and the common option to obtain an abortion would have been travelling to England. As of 2019, abortion is still illegal in Northern Ireland, although it became legal in the Republic when the 8th Amendment was repealed in 2018. [[/note]] but they only discovered she didn't get it when she arrived home with James sixteen years later.
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** Michelle says of James's existence - her aunt went over to England to get an abortion[[note]]In the '90s, abortion was illegal throughout the island of Ireland and the common option to obtain an abortion would have been travelling to England. As of 2019, abortion is still illegal in Northern Ireland, although it became legal in the Republic when the 8th Amendment was repealed in 2018. [[/note]] but they only discovered she didn't get it when she arrived home with James sixteen years later. Crossed a third time when James immediately reveals afterwards that this is he first he’s heard of this.
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** In the Season 2 opener, Granda Joe tells Claire that he's been listening to k.d. lang and remarks "You're a very talented people." It's PlayedForLaughs, but it's quite sweet to see the normally curmudgeonly Joe going out of his way to show acceptance of Claire's lesbianism.
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* FridgeBrilliance: Claire being reluctant to get involved with the student newspaper outing a lesbian student? [[spoiler: Because she is the 'wee dyke girl'.]]
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** Michelle says of James's existence - her aunt went over to England to get an abortion[[note]]Abortion abortion[[note]]In the '90s, abortion was illegal in throughout the island of Ireland until and the common option to obtain an abortion would have been travelling to England. As of 2019, abortion is still illegal in Northern Ireland, although it became legal in the Republic when the 8th Amendment was repealed in 2018.2018. [[/note]] but they only discovered she didn't get it when she arrived home with James sixteen years later.
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** In Episode 4, where Granda Joe was getting grilled by Mary and Sarah over meeting a new woman in mass named Maeve, Da Gerry was the only one very supportive of him despite the usual verbal backlash he receives from Joe. Near the end of said episode, Gerry tells Joe that Maeve is a nice woman and reassures him that Mary and Sarah will come around eventually, at which point Joe tells him to 'piss off', [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold but in a notably kinder tone]]. The final shot of him looking at a photo of his wife also shows that he hasn't forgotten about her and what she was like.
-->'''Joe:''' ...And they're right. You were perfect.
-->'''Joe:''' ...And they're right. You were perfect.
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* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Tommy Tiernan has developed quite the PeripheryHatedom in TheNewTens for aspects of his routine that involved mocking people with Down Syndrome, remarks towards Jewish people and the Holocaust that were in [[DudeNotFunny very poor taste]], a weak defence where he claimed [[NWordPrivileges "Irish people aren't racist; they're just having the craic"]] and from people who don't think his energetic style of comedy is funny. Here he plays the OnlySaneMan to perfection, many finding his performance as Gerry ActuallyPrettyFunny.
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* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Tommy Tiernan has developed quite the PeripheryHatedom in TheNewTens for aspects of his routine that involved mocking people with Down Syndrome, remarks towards Jewish people and the Holocaust that were in [[DudeNotFunny very poor taste]], taste, a weak defence defense where he claimed [[NWordPrivileges "Irish people aren't racist; they're just having the craic"]] and from people who don't think his energetic style of comedy is funny. Here he plays the OnlySaneMan to perfection, many finding his performance as Gerry ActuallyPrettyFunny.
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* WhatAnIdiot: In Episode 5, with the Orange Order parading around Derry, the Quinn family and friends need to find a way to leave town for a while. Da Gerry has the map and informs Granda Joe that he’ll take the lead and that they’d need to escape carefully this year.\\
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* WhatAnIdiot: In Episode 5, with the Orange Order parading around Derry, the Quinn family and friends need to find a way to leave town for a while.escape the riots. Da Gerry has the map and informs Granda Joe that he’ll take the lead and that they’d need to escape carefully this year.\\
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* WhatAnIdiot: With In Episode 5, with the Orange Order parading around Derry, the Quinn family and friends need to find a way to leave town for a while. Da Gerry has the map and informs Granda Joe that he’ll take the lead and that they’d need to escape carefully this year.\\
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** When the table service in Episode 5 of Season 1 is poor, Grandpa Joe goads Gerry into telling the waitress off for it. Said waitress starts crying and apologises, because she's had bad news earlier in the day. The situation is not PlayedForLaughs, and then everyone turns on Gerry for being rude to the poor girl.
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** When the table service in Episode 5 of Season 1 is poor, Grandpa Joe goads Gerry into telling the waitress off for it. Said waitress starts crying and apologises, because she's had bad news earlier in the day. The situation is not PlayedForLaughs, and then everyone turns on Gerry for being rude to the poor girl.girl.
* WhatAnIdiot: With the Orange Order parading around Derry, the Quinn family and friends need to find a way to leave town for a while. Da Gerry has the map and informs Granda Joe that he’ll take the lead and that they’d need to escape carefully this year.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Granda Joe to listen to his son-in-law and follow Gerry’s lead as quickly and quietly as possible.\\
'''Instead''': Claiming to have endured many parades, Joe takes the map and the lead.\\
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* WhatAnIdiot: With the Orange Order parading around Derry, the Quinn family and friends need to find a way to leave town for a while. Da Gerry has the map and informs Granda Joe that he’ll take the lead and that they’d need to escape carefully this year.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Granda Joe to listen to his son-in-law and follow Gerry’s lead as quickly and quietly as possible.\\
'''Instead''': Claiming to have endured many parades, Joe takes the map and the lead.\\
'''The Result''': In a GilliganCut, Granda Joe leads his family through a police barricade and right into the parade, getting stuck there for a little while. It also kicked off the trunk-rider subplot following that.
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* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Despite being a black comedy set during The Troubles, it's proved very successful with Northern Irish audiences - who can relate to most of the comedy and the slang. Lisa [=McGee=] attributes this to her having grown up in Derry, saying she knows "the line" between BlackComedy and being offensive.
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* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Tommy Tiernan has developed quite the PeripheryHatedom in TheNewTens for aspects of his routine that involved mocking people with Down Syndrome, remarks towards Jewish people and the Holocaust that were in [[DudeNotFunny very poor taste]], a weak defence where he claimed [[NWordPrivileges "Irish people aren't racist; they're just having the craic"]] and from people who don't think his energetic style of comedy is funny. Here he plays the OnlySaneMan to perfection, many finding his performance as Gerry ActuallyPrettyFunny.
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: The Season 1 finale has a scene where Orla tries to do a dance routine to Madonna's "Like A Prayer". The other girls all mock her for it. But Erin stands up and defends her. Claire does as well, showing [[FriendshipMoment she's forgiven Erin for her behaviour earlier]]. They, Michelle and James join Orla on stage to dance together. It's one of the few times the five are unambiguously kind to each other.
* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Despite being a black comedy set during The Troubles, it's proved very successful with Northern Irish audiences - who can relate to most of the comedy and the slang. Lisa [=McGee=] attributes this to her having grown up in Derry, saying she knows "the line" between BlackComedy and beingoffensive.offensive.
* TheScrappy: Grandpa Joe is the least funny member of the main cast - with most of his taunting of Gerry being mean-spirited as opposed to funny. The fifth episode in particular is a low point for the character - since he gets the family stranded in the middle of an Orange Order parade, constantly tells his daughter to divorce Gerry, and causes a waitress to burst into tears [[NeverMyFault (which he then blames Gerry for)]]. Unlike the other characters who are usually given slapstick moments to balance out their moments of dickishness, [[KarmaHoudini Joe never gets any comeuppance]].
* TearJerker:
** The last episode of Season 1 closes with a playful scene of all five friends dancing to "Like A Prayer" at the school talent show - but it's intercut with the Quinns watching a news report of a fatal bombing in which twelve people were killed. Unlike other references to The Troubles, it's not played for comedy and the adults look on ashen-faced. Grandpa Joe even [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness comforts Gerry]]. It just drives home that, while they were able to make light of the events, these people are growing up in the middle of a horrible time. The scene has "Dreams" by The Cranberries played over it - in honor of Dolores O'Riordan's passing a month before.
** When the table service in Episode 5 of Season 1 is poor, Grandpa Joe goads Gerry into telling the waitress off for it. Said waitress starts crying and apologises, because she's had bad news earlier in the day. The situation is not PlayedForLaughs, and then everyone turns on Gerry for being rude to the poor girl.
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: The Season 1 finale has a scene where Orla tries to do a dance routine to Madonna's "Like A Prayer". The other girls all mock her for it. But Erin stands up and defends her. Claire does as well, showing [[FriendshipMoment she's forgiven Erin for her behaviour earlier]]. They, Michelle and James join Orla on stage to dance together. It's one of the few times the five are unambiguously kind to each other.
* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Despite being a black comedy set during The Troubles, it's proved very successful with Northern Irish audiences - who can relate to most of the comedy and the slang. Lisa [=McGee=] attributes this to her having grown up in Derry, saying she knows "the line" between BlackComedy and being
* TheScrappy: Grandpa Joe is the least funny member of the main cast - with most of his taunting of Gerry being mean-spirited as opposed to funny. The fifth episode in particular is a low point for the character - since he gets the family stranded in the middle of an Orange Order parade, constantly tells his daughter to divorce Gerry, and causes a waitress to burst into tears [[NeverMyFault (which he then blames Gerry for)]]. Unlike the other characters who are usually given slapstick moments to balance out their moments of dickishness, [[KarmaHoudini Joe never gets any comeuppance]].
* TearJerker:
** The last episode of Season 1 closes with a playful scene of all five friends dancing to "Like A Prayer" at the school talent show - but it's intercut with the Quinns watching a news report of a fatal bombing in which twelve people were killed. Unlike other references to The Troubles, it's not played for comedy and the adults look on ashen-faced. Grandpa Joe even [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness comforts Gerry]]. It just drives home that, while they were able to make light of the events, these people are growing up in the middle of a horrible time. The scene has "Dreams" by The Cranberries played over it - in honor of Dolores O'Riordan's passing a month before.
** When the table service in Episode 5 of Season 1 is poor, Grandpa Joe goads Gerry into telling the waitress off for it. Said waitress starts crying and apologises, because she's had bad news earlier in the day. The situation is not PlayedForLaughs, and then everyone turns on Gerry for being rude to the poor girl.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The recurring use of Dreams by [[Music/TheCranberries The Cranberries]] beautifully captures the feel of 90s Northern Ireland. Made poignant by the fact that lead singer Dolores O'Riordan suddenly died 11 days after the first episode aired.
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* BizarroEpisode: Episode 3 of Season 1 is even wackier than the rest, which involves the girls mistakenly thinking a dog peeing on a statue of the Virgin Mary is the statue actually weeping - and a parish priest even believing the story.
* CrossesTheLineTwice:
** Most of the series really, considering it's BlackComedy set during The Troubles. But Episode 2 takes the cake where Michelle accidentally burns Fionnuala's curtains when she's supposed to be cleaning. So their parents try to make it look like they were the victim of a robbery - as one of Erin's uncles had been robbed a couple of days ago. [[spoiler: It doesn't work]].
** Michelle says of James's existence - her aunt went over to England to get an abortion[[note]]Abortion was illegal in Ireland until the 8th Amendment was repealed in 2018.[[/note]] but they only discovered she didn't get it when she arrived home with James sixteen years later.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Michelle appears to be the favorite of the protagonists, with Jamie Lee O'Donnell being named as the breakout star of the cast.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: American viewers loved the show, and it proved very popular when it was streamed on Netflix.
* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Despite being a black comedy set during The Troubles, it's proved very successful with Northern Irish audiences - who can relate to most of the comedy and the slang. Lisa [=McGee=] attributes this to her having grown up in Derry, saying she knows "the line" between BlackComedy and being offensive.
* BizarroEpisode: Episode 3 of Season 1 is even wackier than the rest, which involves the girls mistakenly thinking a dog peeing on a statue of the Virgin Mary is the statue actually weeping - and a parish priest even believing the story.
* CrossesTheLineTwice:
** Most of the series really, considering it's BlackComedy set during The Troubles. But Episode 2 takes the cake where Michelle accidentally burns Fionnuala's curtains when she's supposed to be cleaning. So their parents try to make it look like they were the victim of a robbery - as one of Erin's uncles had been robbed a couple of days ago. [[spoiler: It doesn't work]].
** Michelle says of James's existence - her aunt went over to England to get an abortion[[note]]Abortion was illegal in Ireland until the 8th Amendment was repealed in 2018.[[/note]] but they only discovered she didn't get it when she arrived home with James sixteen years later.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Michelle appears to be the favorite of the protagonists, with Jamie Lee O'Donnell being named as the breakout star of the cast.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: American viewers loved the show, and it proved very popular when it was streamed on Netflix.
* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Despite being a black comedy set during The Troubles, it's proved very successful with Northern Irish audiences - who can relate to most of the comedy and the slang. Lisa [=McGee=] attributes this to her having grown up in Derry, saying she knows "the line" between BlackComedy and being offensive.
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* AwesomeMusic: The recurring use of Dreams by [[TheCranberries [[Music/TheCranberries The Cranberries]] beautifully captures the feel of 90s Northern Ireland. Made poignant by the fact that lead singer Dolores O'Riordan suddenly died 11 days after the first episode aired.
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* AwesomeMusic: The recurring use of Dreams by [[TheCranberries The Cranberries Cranberries]] beautifully captures the feel of 90s Northern Ireland. Made poignant by the fact that lead singer Dolores O'Riordan suddenly died 11 days after the first episode aired.
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