Auf Wiedersehen, Pet: The Fugitive (1984)
Season 1, Episode 8
6/10
The Fugitive
13 January 2021
Warning: Spoilers
It's the weekend and most of the lads go away for a fishing trip.

Leaving Oz behind. He opted not to go but is now upset for being left behind. He ends up confronting some vandals outside the hut.

Wayne also stays behind, he is more interested in forming another romantic attachment with a girl who works in a post office.

On the way, the lads pick up a hitchhiker. Colin who claims to be a student from England.

Later on they see Colin living rough and bring him back to the building site. Colin quickly disappears when he sees some policemen who have arrived at the building site about the vandalism.

I find it hard to believe that Oz would not go fishing with the lads. It was probably a case that at the scripting stage. You were never going to fit everyone in the car and pick up a hitchhiker.

There are some sharp one liners and it also again demonstrates Dennis's caring and trusting side. He gives Colin his hotel room key to have a shower and some sleep.

Barry picks Dennis up about his trusting nature on someone who is a stranger. Only for later on, Barry leaves keys in his motorbike and someone tries to attempts to steal it.

It is a nice enough episode, a few good laughs but nothing major. With the casting of Ray Winstone as Colin. It was easy to guess that he would be more likely to have gone awol from the army.
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