[pressgang] She's Got It Taped

[Claire Douglas]

TBH this has never been an episode I liked much. It drags along too 
slowly for me, and early PG Sarah is good but in later seasons she gets 
on my nerves a bit.

On 20/02/2025 11:45 pm, Matt Saunders via pressgang wrote:
> Danger: She's Got it Taped spoilers!
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> I gave SGIT another go yesterday - I think I just can't quite
> satisfyingly glue together Sarah trusting this obviously megastressed
> guy who spends most of the episode panicing like a deer caught in
> headlights enough to date him and cosy up to him to get the confession
> with the twist that she knew all along.  I think Sarah is too warm a
> character to pull it off - it's more Lynda-like if you ask me.
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> Lots to like though - I love the callbacks to Sarah's past
> relationships, and the sequences in the cafe as Archie phones in the
> warning too late are awesome.
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> Sarah definitely didn't get enough 'feature' episodes though.  Swapping
> Lynda and Sarah in this episode and in A Quarter To Midnight (another
> episode that people love but is a bit of a miss for me) I think would
> have improved both. ;-)
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> On Feb 15, Vince Deehan via pressgang wrote:
>> Funny you say that, Belinda, as I was looking up this actor last night. His
>> name is Jay Simpson and his list of IMDB credits is huge!
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>> He'd never had a big, leading role but he arguably has one of the
>> most consistent acting careers out of almost
>> everyone else from Press Gang. His first listed role on IMDB is from 1983, when
>> he was about 17.
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>> His most recent credit was a role on the 2024 TV version of The Day Of The
>> Jackal, starring Eddie Redmayne.
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>> https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0801043/?ref_=nm_mv
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>> Vince
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>> On Sat, Feb 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM Belinda via pressgang <pressgang at lists.yoyo.org
>>> wrote:
>>      Over Christmas I was watching "The Holiday" movie and noticed the actor who
>>      played Archie in She's Got It Taped is the hire car driver who drives
>>      Cameron Diaz's character to/from Kate Winslet's house.  Always fun spotting
>>      actors from Press Gang popping up elsewhere years later.
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>>      On Sat, Feb 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM Mel Mac via pressgang <
>>      pressgang at lists.yoyo.org> wrote:
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>>          Hi all, relieved to be back too (thanks, Matt), I thought I was a
>>          goner!
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>>          I've been doing YouTube rewatches lately too, and I agree very much
>>          about She's Got it Taped. It was always a favourite of mine so was
>>          surprised by all the hate for it. The suspense was built really well
>>          and as a teen I felt very worried for Sarah. Good to know she was more
>>          safe than it seemed.
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>>          Cheers,
>>          Mel
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>>          Deehan via pressgang <pressgang at lists.yoyo.org>
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>>          Cc: Vince Deehan <vince.deehan at gmail.com>
>>          Subject: [pressgang] She's Got It Taped
>>           
>>          Hello everyone,
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>>          I'm glad I am back on the list. I got an email yesterday saying I was
>>          about to be kicked off!
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>>          Just been watching my first Press Gang episode of 2025.
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>>          I chose one of my all time favourites, SHE'S GOT IT TAPED.
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>>          Probably one of my most watched episodes.
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>>          It's a Sarah episode and those are always special.
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>>          Such a suspenseful story and I love the gritty realism. It's certainly
>>          not an easy watch.
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>>          I recall many years ago, expressing to Steven Moffat via email, that I
>>          was worried that Sarah was putting herself in danger. He told me that
>>          Frazz and Spike were always around and were close by at all times, so
>>          that they could look out for Sarah. I loved that thought.
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>>          https://youtu.be/unfybpT91qc?si=bFlIN8es6apQyMRM
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>>          Vince Deehan
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