27. Fleming's Umbrella (Scotch on the Rocks)

What a load of old Sollochs this week as we completely fail to understand the point of a (not particularly mysterious) sword that Lovejoy has become obsessed with, after the improbably older Vicki found it in her new flat. Which is kind of his flat, really. Agile Lovejoy - miraculously recovered from his broken leg - clambers over rooftops as Eric sports a really fetching t shirt and Tinker demonstrates his skill in drunken harmonica playing. We reminisce on some 90s classics (Swampy and the Bypass; the Hamiltons; slogan tops - “Do Not Talking While I Singing”) as Em reveals how she ended up Streatham, her favourite bed time reading and gets very worked up over Chekhov’s Gun: 'If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put it there.' Thanks Anton! If only they’d listened… The original Lovejoy episode was written by T. R. Bowen and directed by Baz Taylor. Antique of the Week: Drunk football fans and a sword (but not for the violence it represents.)