28th December 2005
BBC One (UK)
Still Game's first Christmas special aired a few days after Christmas, UK wide in 2005. The predictably farcical adventures or Jack and Victor and company took on a festive setting as the people of Craiglang prepared for the big day.
Jack and Victor are looking forward to their Christmas dinner, prepared for them every year by Isa. It's clear to everyone watching, and a random woman on a bench in George Square, that they are taking advantage of Isa's generosity year upon year, but the pair don't even seem to notice. They disappoint Isa further and further throughout the episode, eventually alienating her completely. Left with noc Christmas dinner, they eventually make it up to Isa by joining the rest of the gang at the community centre with a brass band. It's a sweet ending to the episode, showing Jack and Victor's true heart.
Elsewhere, Winston is tricked by a ned into buying a (stolen) live turkey. Not being able to bring himself to kill it, he tries a variety of ridiculous ways to get it to die. All in vain of course. The site of Winston with a fully grown live turkey wandering around with him is bloody hilarious. And Frances gives Tam a list of 500 Christmas cards to send out. By bastardising old cards, he saves a fortune, but then fails to deliver all 500 by hand. Some "tips" from Chris the postie help him "achieve" his goal.
"Cold Turkey" is a cracking Christmas Special, and a cracking episode of Still Game. It takes all that's good about the show and puts it in a festive setting. A Christmas Cracker absolutely.
*****
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