Sharon: Yeah. There's probably some perfectly ordin'ry explanation. Some very good reason... why Dorien... was buryin' somethin'... somethin' quite big... in the garden... in the middle of the night.
Tracey: What?
Sharon: You're right, she's done 'im in, in't she?
— Sharon Theodopolopodous trying to reassure Tracey Stubbs that Dorien didn't kill Marcus.
- Date First Aired: 03/10/1993
Chris proudly announces he has done a deal to arrange a delivery of cheap food to the cafe. Sharon is not pleased. Dorien and Marcus fall out because Marcus seems to spend more time with other people than with his wife. When Marcus doesn't show up to help Sharon with her tax like he said he would, the sisters get suspicious. There suspicions are made worse when they find Dorien burying something big in her garden in the middle of the night...
Tropes In This Episode:
- Alcohol-Induced Idiocy: Sharon uses being drunk as an excuse for why she and Tracey were digging up Dorien's garden in the middle of the night.
- Ass Shove: Sharon threatens to shove her mouldy olives and painted cheese up Chris' ass for wasting his money on them.
- Call-Back: The previous episode, "Absent Friends", set up that Darryl and Chris have access to phones in their new prison, which sets up Chris' sub-plot in this episode where he uses the phone to buy dodgy food for the café.
- Comically Missing the Point: Barry can't stop doing this due to his thickness.Sharon: These are the funniest lookin' baked beans I've ever seen.Barry: That's coz they're olives.Sharon: I don't care who they belong to, they're not baked beans.
- I Need a Freaking Drink: Tracey and Sharon drink after they believe they've seen Dorien burying Marcus in the garden.Tracey: What do ya think we should do?Sharon: I think we should 'ave another drink.
- Lampshade Hanging: Tracey remarks we don't see much of Marcus these days. The last time we saw Marcus was in the Series 2 Christmas Special "Falling in Love Again", and this episode is the first time Nickolas Grace has played him since his debut in "Cheat!", all the way back in Series 1.
- Men Can't Keep House: Sharon makes a joke about how useless men are in the kitchen.Sharon: Funny innit, stick a bloke in a kitchen an' 'e don't know one end of a saucepan from another, let 'im play around with a barbecue and all of a sudden he's the greatest chef in the world.
- Mistaken for Murderer: Tracey and Sharon believe Dorien has finally had enough of Marcus, and decided to kill him and then bury him in the garden.
- Nosy Neighbour: Tracey and Sharon spy on Dorien and Sven digging and burying things in the middle of the night.
- One-Shot Character: Barry and Sven.
- Out-of-Context Eavesdropping: Tracey and Sharon hear grunting from Dorien's yard and sprint over to see if she's having it off.
- Pun: When Marcus asks Sharon how she wants her lamb chops:Marcus: How do you want them, Sharon? Do you want them with rosemary?Sharon: No, I'll 'ave mine with Tracey and Dorien.
- Road Apples: Sharon makes a comment about Dorien next deciding to follow the police horses down the road with a dustpan after seeing her gardening.
- Shout-Out:
- Tracey thinks men get their barbecuing skills from their time in the Boy Scouts.
- Sharon says that digging up Dorien's garden makes her feel like Peter Cushing in The Flesh and the Fiends.
- Take That!: Sharon says this when trying to assure Tracey that Dorien didn't kill Marcus:Sharon: Oh, give over! This is Chigwell, not Chicago!
- Teeny Weenie: Dorien is unsatisfied with Sven because he had muscles everywhere but where they were needed.
- Titled After the Song: The episode is titled after an Elvis Presley song.
- Took a Level in Dumbass: Sharon tells Chris he's gotten even thicker since he was sent to prison.
- Whole-Plot Reference: To Rear Window.
