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* Clive is very glad to see Clare at Jenny's party because Clare is wearing a Union Jack t-shirt as a show of peace and solidarity (since Katya pointed out to the group how silly the conflict sounds when you break it down to the simplest terms in order to explain to someone unfamiliar with the intricacies). Even Michelle seems to be more worried for Clare (saying she will be beaten up for it) than offended/betrayed by the wardrobe choice.[[AC:Episode Six]]

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* Clive is very glad to see Clare at Jenny's party because Clare is wearing a Union Jack t-shirt as a show of peace and solidarity (since Katya pointed out to the group how silly the conflict sounds when you break it down to the simplest terms in order to explain to someone unfamiliar with the intricacies). Even Michelle seems to be more worried for Clare (saying she will be beaten up for it) than offended/betrayed by the wardrobe choice.choice.
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'''Joe:''' And what if it does? What if this all becomes just some ghost story you tell your weans one day?

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'''Joe:''' And what if it does? What if this all becomes just some ghost story you tell your weans one day?day? A ghost story they'll hardly believe?




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* In the DistantFinale, a mailman in New York delivers a letter that's been bouncing around the service since 1995 to Chelsea Clinton, [[BrickJoke the same letter the Derry Girls tried to send her during her father's visit to Derry]]. The fondness of how she reads it while the end credits roll indicates that on the one-in-a-million chance she did receive the letter during their visit, she might've taken them up on their offer.
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* That the girls - Orla aside, as she's eating popcorn with Granda Joe - actually try to save Jenny from the Carrie-style prank, and end up doused themselves for their trouble.
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** Before James admits to Erin that he likes her, she tells him that she remembers him telling her and their friends about how he has always wanted to go on a hot air balloon. It’s sweet that Erin remembers this about James, since Michelle has explicitly made it clear that the girls don’t listen to James in the beginning of this episode.
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* Erin and James's conversation about growing up and needing to be brave stepping into the future, framed against scenes of all the characters voting in the Good Friday Agreement and real footage from how peace in Northern Ireland came about.
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* Clare and Erin vehemently arguing that they need to go back for James after he's left behind with the travellers.

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* Clare and Erin vehemently arguing that they need to go back for James after he's left behind with the travellers. Travellers.
* When the girls return, one of the Travellers calls the girls out for mistreating James.

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* It's played entirely for comedy, of course, but Colm apparently wasted no time whatsoever in getting to the police station to help his nieces. ''Any time weans, any time''

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* It's played entirely for comedy, of course, but Colm apparently wasted no time whatsoever in getting to the police station to help his nieces. ''Any time weans, any time''time.''
* The girls showering Colm in thanks and affection after he drones the police into submission, getting them released with no further mess after the robbers show up on security tapes.
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* It's played entirely for comedy, of course, but Colm apparently wasted no time whatsoever in getting to the police station to help his nieces. '''Any time weans, any time'''

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* It's played entirely for comedy, of course, but Colm apparently wasted no time whatsoever in getting to the police station to help his nieces. '''Any ''Any time weans, any time'''time''



* Clare who is [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness ordinarily]] hesitant to do anything that might get her in trouble "confidently" jams the umbrella into the electrical box to put a damper on Jenny's party

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* Clare who is [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness ordinarily]] hesitant to do anything that might get her in trouble "confidently" ''confidently'' jams the umbrella into the electrical box to put a damper on Jenny's party
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* Clare who is [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness ordinarily]] hesitant to do anything that might get her in trouble _confidently_ jams the umbrella into the electrical box to put a damper on Jenny's party

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* Clare who is [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness ordinarily]] hesitant to do anything that might get her in trouble _confidently_ "confidently" jams the umbrella into the electrical box to put a damper on Jenny's party
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* Clare who is [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness ordinarily]] hesitant to do anything that might get her in trouble confidently jams the umbrella into the electrical box to put a damper on Jenny's party

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* Clare who is [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness ordinarily]] hesitant to do anything that might get her in trouble confidently _confidently_ jams the umbrella into the electrical box to put a damper on Jenny's party

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* It's played entirely for comedy, of course, but Colm apparently wasted no time whatsoever in getting to the police station to help his nieces.

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* It's played entirely for comedy, of course, but Colm apparently wasted no time whatsoever in getting to the police station to help his nieces. '''Any time weans, any time'''


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* While bittersweet and mostly PlayedForLaughs, when Clare tears apart her room looking for her missing bus time
table, she shrieks "Help me now, Daddy!" to a portrait of her late father. As heartbreaking as his death was, it's sweet to think of Sean as his daughter's guardian angel.

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* While bittersweet and mostly PlayedForLaughs, when Clare tears apart her room looking for her missing bus time
time table, she shrieks "Help me now, Daddy!" to a portrait of her late father. As heartbreaking as his death was, it's sweet to think of Sean as his daughter's guardian angel.
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* While bittersweet and mostly PlayedForLaughs, when Clare tears apart her room looking for her missing bus time
table, she shrieks "Help me now, Daddy!" to a portrait of her late father. As heartbreaking as his death was, it's sweet to think of Sean as his daughter's guardian angel.
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* Mixed with Funny and Tearjerker, the episode opens with a montage of the series events, highs and lows. Then, we see Orla get registered to vote, and we get another montage of the characters going about their lives. Despite all the danger and tragedy and heartbreak, they've made it to adulthood and are shown being their strange, lovable, authentic selves, just to remind you how much you're going to miss these characters since this is the last episode.
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** Michelle sees this and begs them not to start dating because it means that if they break up, she’ll probably lose Erin as a friend because [[UndyingLoyalty she’ll have to stick with James]].

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** Michelle sees this and begs them not to start dating because it means that if they break up, she’ll probably lose Erin as a friend because [[UndyingLoyalty [[ThickerThanWater she’ll have to stick with James]].
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* In the Season 2 opener, Granda Joe tells Clare 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 Clare's lesbianism.

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* In the Season 2 opener, Granda Joe tells Clare that he's been listening to K.D. Lang Music/KDLang 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 Clare's lesbianism.
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* After the gang gets kicked out of Jenny's party, Orla manages a surprisingly heartfelt moment as she states that even though the party was one of the best they've ever been to, she'd still rather hang out by a bridge with just the gang.
* When Erin asks Joe his opinion on the Good Friday Agreement, he tells her that he's an old man and it doesn't matter what he thinks, and encourages her to vote for her own future.
-->'''Erin:''' What if it doesn't work?\\
'''Joe:''' And what if it does? What if this all becomes just some ghost story you tell your weans one day?
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** While Michelle claiming James and Erin dating would be incest is [[PlayedForLaughs]], it also heavily implies Michelle considers Erin family, which thereby would make James and Erin family.

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** While Michelle claiming James and Erin dating would be incest is [[PlayedForLaughs]], [[PlayedForLaughs a funny moment]], it also heavily implies Michelle considers Erin family, which thereby would make James and Erin family.
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** While Michelle claiming James and Erin dating would be incest is [[PlayedForLaughs]], it also heavily implies Michelle considers Erin family, which thereby would make James and Erin family.
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** The fact that the story receives almost universal support from the students, even though it is a Catholic school in the mid nineties. [[spoiler: Seeing this positive reaction is part of what encourages Clare to come out of the closet.]]
* 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. Clare 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.

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** The fact that the story receives almost universal support from the students, even though it is a Catholic school in the mid nineties.mid-nineties. [[spoiler: Seeing this positive reaction is part of what encourages Clare to come out of the closet.]]
* 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. Clare does as well, showing [[FriendshipMoment she's forgiven Erin for her behaviour earlier]]. They, Michelle 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.



* In the Season 2 opener, Granda Joe tells Clare 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 Clare's lesbianism.
** Granda Joe is usually pleasant with the group, you might remember him cooking for them all before the exam. He only really targets Gerry. While this is a nice moment, it’s not atypical for Joe.

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* In the Season 2 opener, Granda Joe tells Clare that he's been listening to K.D. Lang and remarks 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 Clare's lesbianism.
** Granda Joe is usually pleasant with the group, you might remember him cooking for them all before the exam. He only really targets Gerry. While this is a nice moment, it’s not atypical for Joe.



* Orla is originally upset that Erin doesn't want to wear their matching party dresses, since when they were children they always wore the same clothes for special events. When James arrives to take Erin to the prom, she changes out of the dress she bought to impress John Paul and into the same dress as Orla.

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* Orla is originally upset that Erin doesn't want to wear their matching party dresses, since when they were children children, they always wore the same clothes for special events. When James arrives to take Erin to the prom, she changes out of the dress she bought to impress John Paul and into the same dress as Orla.



** While she seemingly contradicts this by immediately snapping back into her usual caustic personality and informing the girls that they're required to come to school the next day for business as usual, the next day reveals that this was entirely a piece of ReversePsychology theatre. She doesn't even don her full habit the next day, making the rounds with a faint smile as she confirms that the ''only'' student who bothered turning up is Jenny Joyce...whom she immediately sighs and kicks out of the school so that she doesn't miss the speech.
* In the series 2 finale, when James is about to leave with his mother, Michelle tries to convince him to stay saying that he's a Derry Girl, regardless of his nationality and gender. He does eventually decide to stay and the girls not only sacrifice their spot at the front of the crowd at Bill Clinton's visit to go to him, they completely forget about the president's visit as soon as they find out James is still there. Their GroupHug and walking together as Bill Clinton’s speech begins can bring on the TearsOfJoy.

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** While she seemingly contradicts this by immediately snapping back into her usual caustic personality and informing the girls that they're required to come to school the next day for business as usual, the usual. The next day reveals that this was entirely a piece of ReversePsychology theatre. She doesn't even don her full habit the next day, making the rounds with a faint smile as she confirms that the ''only'' student who bothered turning up is Jenny Joyce... whom she immediately sighs and kicks out of the school so that she doesn't miss the speech.
* In the series 2 finale, when James is about to leave with his mother, Michelle tries to convince him to stay saying that he's a Derry Girl, regardless of his nationality and gender. He does eventually decide to stay stay, and the girls not only sacrifice their spot at the front of the crowd at Bill Clinton's visit to go to him, they completely forget about the president's visit as soon as they find out James is still there. Their GroupHug and walking together as Bill Clinton’s speech begins can bring on the TearsOfJoy.



* Michelle seems to have developed a nicer attitude towards James since season 2. He’s also more confident than he was in the previous season as he voices his opinion more.

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* Michelle seems to have developed a nicer attitude towards James since season 2. He’s also more confident than he was in the previous season season, as he voices his opinion more.



* In the beginning of the episode, Michelle says that her mother would go nuts if she left James on the bus again. It’s clear that Michelle’s mother also cares about James despite saying she hates him for being English in season 1.

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* In the beginning of the episode, Michelle says that her mother would go nuts if she left James on the bus again. It’s clear that Michelle’s mother also cares about James James, despite saying she hates him for being English in season 1.



* James admits to Erin that he likes her and they kiss. After 2 seasons, the fans of the show are finally being treated to a kiss between Erin and James.

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* James admits to Erin that he likes her her, and they kiss. After 2 seasons, the fans of the show are finally being treated to a kiss between Erin and James.



* Meanwhile, the Quinn family visit a psychic to try and communicate with the late matriarch. Joe's main concern is finding out if she knows where his good electric razor is. The psychic gives a phony-seeming message about something being underwater, and a red box. When Joe looks [[ExactWords under the sink]] in the final scene of the episode...

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* Meanwhile, the Quinn family visit a psychic to try and to communicate with the late matriarch. Joe's main concern is finding out if she knows where his good electric razor is. The psychic gives a phony-seeming message about something being underwater, and a red box. When Joe looks [[ExactWords under the sink]] in the final scene of the episode...
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* [[spoiler: James admits to Erin that he likes her and they kiss. After 2 seasons, the fans of the show are finally being treated to a kiss between Erin and James.]]
** [[spoiler: Michelle sees this and begs them not to start dating because it means that if they break up, she’ll probably lose Erin as a friend because [[UndyingLoyalty she’ll have to stick with James]].]]
** [[spoiler: Erin later tells James they shouldn’t date. James accepts this and tells her that he will wait. Erin is then seen smiling.]]

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* [[spoiler: James admits to Erin that he likes her and they kiss. After 2 seasons, the fans of the show are finally being treated to a kiss between Erin and James.]]
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** [[spoiler: Michelle sees this and begs them not to start dating because it means that if they break up, she’ll probably lose Erin as a friend because [[UndyingLoyalty she’ll have to stick with James]].]]
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** [[spoiler: Erin later tells James they shouldn’t date. James accepts this and tells her that he will wait. Erin is then seen smiling.]]
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-->'''Joe:''' Cheers, love.
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[[AC: The Haunting]]
*[[spoiler: James admits to Erin that he likes her and they kiss. After 2 seasons, the fans of the show are finally being treated to a kiss between Erin and James.]]
** [[spoiler: Michelle sees this and begs them not to start dating because it means that if they break up, she’ll probably lose Erin as a friend because [[UndyingLoyalty she’ll have to stick with James]].]]
** [[spoiler: Erin later tells James they shouldn’t date. James accepts this and tells her that he will wait. Erin is then seen smiling.]]

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