Episode #2.4

Fleabag reflects on her mother's funeral and gets closer to the Priest.

There is plenty great humour in numerous moments, but this is probably the most intensely emotional episode since the final episode of series 1.

It all builds to a scene between Fleabag and the Priest that is incredibly well performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge and for me is reminiscent of a great scene between Carmela and Father Phil in The Sopranos, only the context for these two characters is very different. All her scenes with Andrew Scott are strong as ever.

The running joke about her appearance at the funeral is great and all the scenes involving Olivia Coleman's character are superb.

There was a lot that came together between Fleabag and the Priest in this episode.

I also liked the flashbacks to Fleabag's mother's funeral and how the Godmother made an immediate play for Fleabag's dad.

It all came down the confessional. Fleabag almost admits to everything to the Priest.

For the first time you sense some kind of inner calm in Fleabag. That she has internalised her thoughts, feeling and put them in some sense of order. Maybe that is what the Priest has brought to her.

I feel like I write the same thing for most of the episodes. The show is really funny and sometimes becomes like a drama. The dialogues are sharp and cleverly written. Phoebe is so charming and the show is never boring and easy to binge with interesting characters. The editing and the music, especially in this episode, are really good. Fleabag's monologue(confession) is exceptionally written. Phoebe is both exceptional writer and actor. The show's soul is her.

I'd have given this episode 10* like I would all the other episodes except for one thing that niggles. In the cafe The Priest asks what Fleabag's Step mother to be is like. But Fleabag met the priest at the engagement party of her godmother to her Dad. It seemed like they knew each other well. Or am I missing something?

This is a really interesting episode. Using Fleabag's mother's funeral in flashback, we get to see where things fall. We then see the incredible pressure on the Priest, resisting temptation. We get to see how really fragile Fleabag is. She is constantly having to evaluate her feelings.