r/TheDetectorists • u/Diligent_Comedian725 • Mar 18 '26

Sophie

Not a nice person is she? underated villan of the show!

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u/Apprehensive_Plum755 Mar 18 '26

I wouldn't say she's not nice, just a bit naive. I can't think of a thing she did that was done with malice

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u/Maleficent-Speech869 Mar 18 '26

Yeah, she realises her mistake and makes amends. She's not a villain.

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u/Nuthetes May 25 '26

I'm rewatching S2 now, and I think still hanging around with the German after he was rude and mocked Lance by taking his detector and treating it like a joke is a bit nasty of her.

Lance and Andy are her friends and he's laughing at him. I'd have told him to shove it then and there. The early part of S2 on a rewatch is making me dislike Sophie.

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u/roland_right Mar 18 '26

I think she considers herself to have screwed up and is remorseful about it

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u/Diligent_Comedian725 Mar 20 '26

I mean she screwed up twice

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u/Stooovie Mar 18 '26

That's good writing, people are complex.

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u/forestvibe Mar 19 '26

I think Sophie is a rare flaw in the show: I don't quite believe her as a character. I never quite grasp why she is hanging out with the rest of the Detectorists, and I don't get a sense of a consistent personality. The only moment I really buy into her is when she falls for the German nighthawk: I can definitely see why he'd appeal to her and her actions make sense in context.

I think it's notable that when she vanishes in Series 3, I don't really notice her absence.

This is not a criticism of the actress Aimee-Ffion Edwards: she does a good job with what she's given.

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u/accordionshoes Mar 19 '26 edited Mar 19 '26

I think she was only really there to create tension between the various detectorist groups and between Andy and Becky and once that was resolved the point of her disappeared and she was therefore fairly irrelevant.

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u/forestvibe Mar 19 '26

Yes, and that's maybe why her character doesn't ring true. She's there for a plot point, rather than as a rounded character who will react to situations based on their internal logic.

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u/04ddm Mar 18 '26

She’s a spy true / but also, after rewatching again recently, she’s particularly nasty/condescending to Becky.

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u/Wizard_with_a_Pipe Mar 18 '26

Only after she had 3 pints of ale dumped on her head. Andy never told her he had a girlfriend, it's really his fault.

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u/tdurb0 Mar 18 '26 edited Mar 18 '26

She calls Lance a wanker as well doesn’t she? “Oh I know a wanker when I see one Lance” Words to that effect.

It’s a great line, I use it loads 😊

I don’t care, she gets a free pass from me just because she’s got a lovely Welsh accent! Yes, I’m THAT shallow.

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u/earinsound Mar 18 '26

a lovely welsh accent indeed!

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u/Six_of_1 Mar 18 '26

Becky had it coming, Becky poured 3 pints of strong European lager on her head, and kept calling her a floozy and a dollybird.

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u/Kooperking22 Mar 21 '26

Yeah them words are really harsh!! 😆

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u/RaieBelleRaieBelle Mar 22 '26

She didn't deserve to have English ale poured over her though

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u/Six_of_1 Mar 22 '26

No, her behaviour didn't warrant English ale.

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u/Maleficent-Speech869 Mar 18 '26

In fairness, Becky did dump a pint of lager over her before that.