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Recap / Birds of a Feather S4E7: Belongings

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Tracey: Madame 'ere 'as just closed her premises.
Dorien: Closed the grease pit? On the request of some public official, one assumes?
Tracey Stubbs informing Dorien Green of Sharon's choice to close the café.

  • Date First Aired: 18/10/1992

Sharon has become fed up with the rowdy mechanics and pensioners who form the clientele of the café, and closes it down. Dorien urges her to re-launch it as an upmarket bagel bar, this leads to Sharon abandoning the Greek community and being left with an unsuccessful business.


Tropes In This Episode:

  • Ass Shove: Sharon told Constantino, her Greek butcher, that he could stick his salami up his ass and then offered to help him.
  • Curse Cut Short: When Sharon explains the café's lack of customers.
    Dorien: What, nobody? Nobody came in at all? Not even for a friendly cup of tea?
    Sharon: Not even for a friendly-
    Tracey: Sharon!
  • Deadpan Snarker: Sharon on the topic of a gas leak.
    Sharon: In the meantime, I've got t'turn off the gas or the café could violently transfer itself to somewhere 'round Walthamstow.
  • Hilarious Outtakes: Lesley Joseph (Dorien) mistakes grilled steaks for a cheese and bacon flan and Linda Robson (Tracey) laughs at her.
  • Never My Fault: Sharon solely blames the bagel bar's failure on Dorien.
  • One-Word Title: The title of the episode is "Belongings".
  • Shout-Out:
    • Sharon considers renaming the café after the Mary Celeste.
    • Sharon thinks a half hour of Harry Secombe on a Sunday night is all the religion she needs.


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