S11.E8

A Decent Proposal

Name: A Decent Proposal
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2011-08-12
Duration: 28 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Robert Lindsay, Zoë Wanamaker, Daniela Denby-Ashe

Episode aired Aug 12, 2011
28m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

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Gabriel Thomson and Elliott Jordan in My Family (2000)

Comedy

At Susan's mother's funeral, Arthur, the father who abandoned the family thirty years earlier, turns up and takes such a dislike to Ben he offers his daughter a million pounds to divorce him... Read allAt Susan's mother's funeral, Arthur, the father who abandoned the family thirty years earlier, turns up and takes such a dislike to Ben he offers his daughter a million pounds to divorce him. Ben and Susan agree on the understanding they will remarry but Arthur dies on them, whic... Read allAt Susan's mother's funeral, Arthur, the father who abandoned the family thirty years earlier, turns up and takes such a dislike to Ben he offers his daughter a million pounds to divorce him. Ben and Susan agree on the understanding they will remarry but Arthur dies on them, which is as well since he is broke. However the Harpers have already started divorce proceedin... Read all

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6.7/10

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An inconsistent mess of an episode

Even as a big 'My Family' fan I found very little to like about the 11th series, feeling that with the kids all grown up and moved out there was very little still to talk about.

This episode has a good premise, Susan's Dad trying to buy her out of her marriage. There are nice moments in it, albeit not many belly laughs.

Sadly though in their need to find a use for the other characters we get another attempt at black comedy in the B story, with Michael pretending to be dying. It stinks of desperation, and provides little to no laughs.

The 10th series was not too bad. I've no idea what went wrong with the 11th. Lots is the answer!