Line #11 Recap/DerryGirlsS3E7


1	The gang bows out in this special [[ExtraLongEpisode hour-long]] GrandFinale episode which returns to Derry one year after the events of the previous episode, during the Good Friday Agreement as the friends are preparing for their final year of school.
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6	* AmbiguousCriminalHistory: Whatever Niall did to end up in jail involved Paramilitary activity, but was also something so bad that his family have fully disowned and {{Unperson}}ed him.
7	* BaitAndSwitch: Sister Michael is shown fervently praying for what's implied to be the Good Friday Agreement. It's actually for a football match.
8	* BorrowedCatchphrase: Michelle orders a kid to [[GetOut GET OUT!]] when she's working in Dennis's shop. The kid's response is [[ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine giving her the finger]].
9	* BreakUpMakeUpScenario: One of the plotlines involves Michelle and Erin having a fight, falling out, and then making up in the end.
10	* TheBusCameBack: Creator/LiamNeeson's constable reappears to vote on the Good Friday Agreement. 71% voted yes, and that means different segments of the population have to come together, such as Catholic schoolgirls and Protestant officers.
11	* TheCavalry: Clare returns to Derry at the end of the episode against the odds, after a problem-ridden bus journey. She [[CutTheJuice short-circuits Jenny's fuse box]], forcing her party to relocate to Erin's.
12	* DistantFinale:
13	** The episode takes place a year after the rest of Series 3, following the girls as they get involved in the referendum on the Good Friday Agreement.
14	** The very last scene takes place in the present day, and sees [[BrickJoke Chelsea Clinton finally receive the letter the girls wrote to her]].
15	* ExtraLongEpisode: The final episode is longer than the usual episode length of 22 minutes, clocking in at about 48 minutes.
16	* HeroStoleMyBike: How Erin gets to Jenny's party.
17	* IHaveNoSon: Erin and Michelle get into a heated argument about [[spoiler:Michelle's brother Niall, who was imprisoned for involvement in an IRA attack that caused a man's death. Their mother won't even ''talk'' about Niall any longer, explaining [[RememberTheNewGuy why he's never been mentioned by anyone until now]].]]
18	* LandlineEavesdropping: How Michelle and Orla join in with the telephone conversation.
19	* NotOnTheList: Condition of entry to Jenny's party. James is not included, but only because Michelle put him down as "Fanny Features".
20	* SidetrackedByTheAnalogy:
21	** The Good Friday Agreement involves letting people choose whether they want British, Irish, or dual citizenship... which Sarah confusingly uses the language of bisexuality to describe.
22	--->'''Sarah:''' Well, according to Shauna Sharkey, if you vote yes, you're allowed to swing both ways.\
23	'''Gerry:''' What's that now?\
24	'''Sarah:''' Well, you can be Irish, you can be British, or you can be bi.\
25	'''Gerry:''' Okay, I don't think "bi" is the correct term.\
26	'''Joe:''' Says here you can hold both passports.\
27	'''Mary:''' Two passports? That'd come in handy. I'm forever losing mine. I think I wouldn't mind being bi, you know.
28	** "Both flavours" of paramilitary prisoners.
29	--->'''Joe:''' The release of all paramilitary prisoners, both flavours. ''[points to board where they're denoted with Tayto bags]''\
30	'''Gerry:''' Both flavours?\
31	'''Mary:''' Loyalist and Republican.\
32	'''Gerry:''' Of course.
33	* SplitScreenPhoneCall: When James and Clare try to heal the rift between Michelle and Erin, but only make it worse.
34	* StringTheory: Joe creates a string board to make sense of the Good Friday Agreement's referendum, and explain it in LaymansTerms for the benefit of his relatives.
35	* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: After their bust-up, Erin hasn't been thinking about Michelle and vice versa.
36	* ThickerThanWater: James feels obliged to side with his cousin Michelle when she and Erin fall out.
37	* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Cousin Eamonn, "temporarily" staying with the Quinns.
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