The hare is a Jerkass Genie in every episode
…And it can grant unspoken wishes too.
Granted, this is more of a game/challenge than a genuine theory, but it’s fun to speculate about how a corrupted wish could have led to the characters’ fate. For example:
- Carl in Sardines wished his father would get some comeuppance for what he did to him and the other boys
- Tom in Tom and Gerri wished he could stop teaching and have more freedom
- Frankie in Last Gasp wished he never had to attend a kid’s party again
- Andy in Cold Comfort wished that Chloe hadn’t died/could come back
- Penny in The Devil of Christmas wished she could deliver an authentic and memorable performance
- Tommo in The Stakeout wished his deceased partner could return
- Zach in A Random Act of Kindness wished that his mother would leave him alone and stop bothering him
- Joanne in Wise Owl wished she could be six years old forever
- Margaret in 3x3 wished that the world could see and appreciate the results of her scientific efforts
- Chas in The Last Weekend wished Joe didn’t have cancer
Penny’s Agent…
In The Devil of Christmas everyone bangs on about how the director comments the the film “is one of the better ones” meaning the that there are more out there. However – Penny immediately complains about her pay for having to shoot a additional scene she was never handed a script for, so there were pay negotiations. How many actors has Penny’s agent decided to shift off their books in such a manner simply because they were an otherwise dead weight out—of—work actor?