Its the end of an era and Inside No.
9 is going out all guns blazing.
Warning: thisInside No.
9review contains plot spoilers.
And we knew them all in what, under three minutes?
That has to be some kind of screenwriting record.
Well, until that final reveal it was easy to imagine.
After that, things turned excitingly unfamiliar.
Their Stepfordian replacements would slot right in to their existing lives and pose no threat of rebellion.
Stand up for civil liberties?
These three now wouldnt say boo to a goose.
How, exactly, do the alien/robot/genetic clone replacements work?
Explanations are for thenextbit of the tale, which is for us to imagine.
This tense half-hour achieved enough in its runtime without being expected to do more.
It was a guest star bonanza, for a start.
With very few lines, Siobhan Finneran made Edith a minor key tragic hero.
It felt full but not overcrowded, and with enough shifts in tone to keep us on our toes.
The twist was well-disguised but, as revealed on a second viewing, seeded.
Even without the grisly ending and our guesswork leading up to it, Boo to a Goose was compelling.
9s creators are so practised at conjuring these scenarios, they dont waste a second.
After this final series ends, Ill miss watching them in action.
9 series 9 continues on Wednesday May 15 at 10pm on BBC Two andiPlayer.
