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Warpaint said:
I'm sure the wide reach of Derry Girls will bring Derry and Northern Ireland lots of tourism and it will be great. But a lot of it is still 'troubles' tourism.

It won't be in any of our lifetimes, but as Grampa Joe said, someday it will be a 'Ghost story' and the future generation will have hardly believed what went on and why it had to happen that way.

How we'll get to that stage? duck knows, but we will.
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Derry is never without tourists even in a pandemic they come from far and wide to look at murals 😂
 
To be honest there’s a part of me that does want to go see the murals and I do have a bit of regret not seeing the ones in Belfast when I was over there a few years ago. I think my mum did get driven to see some when she went to a wedding over there. The tail end of the troubles/IRA generally/GFA all form some of my earliest memories of world events. I remember them being on the news when I was 5/6 years old. It’s my own morbid curiosity really.
 
I just finished the episode and I had such a big smile on my face! I even teared up a bit in few places.
I found Ardal’s inclusion a bit pointless and I found the Niall storyline a bit forced? I think that was because Michelle and James had never mentioned him but it seems like it was an open secret? If there were references to him previously it wouldn’t stick out so much for me.
I was a bit confused with the Bishop on the phone, with Sister Michael saying she phoned him back and he didn’t say much. I think I’m missing something there.
But yes overall I thought it was great and I’m glad that not everything was tied up in a neat little bow, like James and Erin (who I half expected to kiss) and the mum going to University etc. I also didn’t mind the Chelsea Clinton letter scene which was just a bit random but quite fun.

Jelly Bean said:
I read a review praising the way Orla was portrayed as an autistic person.
I did not know she was. I haven't watched all the episodes but was this ever acknowledged?
I think Orla was a great character and one that developed the most tbh.
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I don’t think it was ever stated, I thought she was just meant to be ‘different’ without having a label. But then Louisa went in tiktok and said that Orla was non binary and I just feel why? Why can’t we just be a woman existing as she wishes without adding labels onto it because they haven’t done that in the series.

On another note I did find it cute after Claire had left the school they were still wearing their rainbow badges.
 
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thegirlscout said:
I just finished the episode and I had such a big smile on my face! I even teared up a bit in few places.
I found Ardal’s inclusion a bit pointless and I found the Niall storyline a bit forced? I think that was because Michelle and James had never mentioned him but it seems like it was an open secret? If there were references to him previously it wouldn’t stick out so much for me.
I was a bit confused with the Bishop on the phone, with Sister Michael saying she phoned him back and he didn’t say much. I think I’m missing something there.
But yes overall I thought it was great and I’m glad that not everything was tied up in a neat little bow, like James and Erin (who I half expected to kiss) and the mum going to University etc. I also didn’t mind the Chelsea Clinton letter scene which was just a bit random but quite fun.


I don’t think it was ever stated, I thought she was just meant to be ‘different’ without having a label. But then Louisa went in tiktok and said that Orla was non binary and I just feel why? Why can’t we just be a woman existing as she wishes without adding labels onto it because they haven’t done that in the series.

On another note I did find it cute after Claire had left the school they were still wearing their rainbow badges.
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In the 80s/90s very few people were diagnosed as having autism (in my experience anyway) so i think it was clever to have it implied rather than explicitly stated
 
I really really wanted to love series 3 as much as I did the other 2 series but I just didn't. It had really good scenes in it but it all was just a bit jumbled like a load of random ideas had just been put together. It probably didn't help that Claire and sister micheal were clearly missing through a lot of filming, it just felt weird.

Scotch Mist said:
I agree that this series isn't quite the same as the others. Its had some great moments but it probably is a victim of its own success. Clare was annoying throughout, even more so than before. My favourite guest star was Conleth Hill as the psychic, Ardel O'Hanlon was just irritating.
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Totally agree about conleth Hill my fave cameo too loved him as Elsie in car share also
 
Rosie glow said:
It had really good scenes in it but it all was just a bit jumbled like a load of random ideas had just been put together. It probably didn't help that Claire and sister micheal were clearly missing through a lot of filming, it just felt weird.
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How I feel looking back - seems such a shame that other commitments prevented Claire and Sister Michael from filming but I find that a lot with actors and actresses when they break through and they just end up going through the motions with the TV show they were on. Felt the same with the last series of Brooklyn Nine Nine. Felt like a few of them had checked out. Which is such a shame.

Mooordgirl said:
In the 80s/90s very few people were diagnosed as having autism (in my experience anyway) so i think it was clever to have it implied rather than explicitly stated
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That’s very true, I had thought of that!
 
TheMan said:
Overall hated Season 3, Felt like the fame had changed the show. The Yanks loving it made it feel different. And Claire is a terrible actress, sorry, she looked like a constipiated chipmunk when she was trying to find the "Lezzie" to kiss. Chelsea Clinton was put in there to appeal to The Yanks. If you wanted a Clinton nod, just do a video of Bill, Not someone who had nothing to do with it. So much pandering with that.
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I thought it was just me that hated Claire’s acting, totally over acts in every scene bloody awful. I don’t think the Erin actress is very good either and the ridiculous facial expressions.
 
I loved the show especially the interaction between the adults and the exasperation of sister Michael. But I have to agree with others couldn’t stand Claire most of the time (although I think we were meant to find her annoying) I liked James, Michelle and orla but Erin was the main issue for me. She got worse as the 3 series went on and was just weird with the odd facial expressions and over acting. Every other character I thought was spot on but either the writing of Erin or the actress missed the mark totally for me, which ruined the last season particularly.
 
The covid delay for S3 and nicola coughlan having an overlapping filming schedule did have a bit of negative effect on the show. This not just a Derry girls issue I’m finding S2 of gentleman Jack is missing some of the magic from S1. But I do wonder if it was simply a victim of its own success and just ended up trying to hard to be funny. I still enjoyed it don’t get me wrong but I’d only give s3 a 7.5/10 rather the 9.5/10 I’d give S1&2.
 
Guitarwarrior said:
The covid delay for S3 and nicola coughlan having an overlapping filming schedule did have a bit of negative effect on the show. This not just a Derry girls issue I’m finding S2 of gentleman Jack is missing some of the magic from S1. But I do wonder if it was simply a victim of its own success and just ended up trying to hard to be funny. I still enjoyed it don’t get me wrong but I’d only give s3 a 7.5/10 rather the 9.5/10 I’d give S1&2.
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Totally agree on gentleman Jack loved series 1 finding series 2 a bit meh tbh
 
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