Despite a script from the usually reliable Paul Minett and Brian Leveson this episode didn't do much for me on first viewing, or when watching S7 of 'My Family' again.
It's just not that fun seeing Ben and Susan not working together, and there's a lot of that in this episode.
If anything the B plot involving Alfie and Michael is the better one. Much like when Mike Berry replaced Trevor Bannister on 'Are You Being Served?' Rhodri Meilir was probably always doomed to be labelled a lesser replacement, but this is wrong. His character of Alfie is a massive scene stealer, and here he actually gets a proper storyline to show what he can do.
It's the best part of a so-so episode, that should've been so much better.
It's just not that fun seeing Ben and Susan not working together, and there's a lot of that in this episode.
If anything the B plot involving Alfie and Michael is the better one. Much like when Mike Berry replaced Trevor Bannister on 'Are You Being Served?' Rhodri Meilir was probably always doomed to be labelled a lesser replacement, but this is wrong. His character of Alfie is a massive scene stealer, and here he actually gets a proper storyline to show what he can do.
It's the best part of a so-so episode, that should've been so much better.