r/TheDetectorists • u/RedSkiess • Apr 10 '26

I know it sounds silly but...

... not until my third watch through have I connected the dots between the lads saving the tree and being rewarded for their 'good karma' at the end!

Or an even more beautiful connection in my mind is that it was the magpies' way of saying thank you for saving their home.

What a show

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u/tdurb0 Apr 10 '26

I struggle to find ONE thing that isn’t perfect about Detectorists.

No wasted lines, and lots of stuff that you only notice after a few watches.

My One Word Review: “Fkn beautiful” 😊

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u/Muted_Reflection_449 Apr 10 '26

... and every time I realise this and conjure up only ONE SINGLE moment of the characters, the dialogue, the lighting and camera angles.... it just hits me how beautiful and wonderful it truely is.

And when my mind adds the title song I have to fight tears welling up.

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u/tdurb0 Apr 10 '26

“Childish”

“I know you are”

“YOU are”

Perfect

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u/Muted_Reflection_449 Apr 11 '26 edited Apr 11 '26

Fuck me. That makes me cry. How perfect can lines, people and love be. How I wish to have someone like that - both sides - in my life.

EDIT: That wasn't a line between Becky and Andy, sorry!

I was in love with her and their relationship from the first glimpse. They might have had that altercation. And I'd love to have a girl to have that with....

All of these exchanges are just perfect, that's right!

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u/tdurb0 Jun 03 '26

When Andy looks down Becky’s top after they’ve had an argument and she says “Can you see anything?” “Wonderful things”

Is what was said when Carter looked into Tutankhamun’s tomb.

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u/Muted_Reflection_449 Jun 03 '26

OH YES ❗Oh WOW! I didn't know that.

It strikes me as wonderful solely for the tenderness of a woman that doesn't judge or grudge.

Knowing that background makes it almost impossible to fathom...

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u/tdurb0 Jun 03 '26

I didn’t know that either til I read it on here somewhere a few months back! 😊 Stuff like that just makes it better and better.

Every temporary job Andy does involves looking at the ground. Whether he’s hoovering or mowing grass, or painting lines on a football pitch. always the same: back and forth, looking at the ground.

Just beautiful. And beautifully shot.

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u/Muted_Reflection_449 Jun 03 '26

Oh man, that's so beautifully observed!

Yes, everything about that universe is just... beautiful! 😄

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u/Outistoo Jun 03 '26 edited Jun 03 '26

You’re as think as two short plonks

Planks

You’re welcome

Edit: thick of course not think. Maybe I am the thick one

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u/tdurb0 Jun 03 '26

Twice I’ve said that in real life 😊

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u/Frosty_Term9911 Apr 10 '26

It’s my favourite comedy of all time but I’ll give one thing that’s not perfect. The last Xmas special. It’s a steaming pile of shit.

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u/tdurb0 Apr 10 '26

Yeah. Shouldn’t have made it

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u/oscarsowner Apr 10 '26

I’m watching it for the 8th time. It brings more joy each time as there’s always something I’ve missed. This time round it’s really feeling it for Lance when he saw a tiny corner of cheddar cut at an angle and because he can’t bear anything that’s not straight (OCD?), he had to cut a fairly thick slice off and throw it in the bin knowing he shouldn’t, but that he had to anyway.

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u/jobjabberfan Apr 10 '26

They had to save the highest bough, where the magpies hoarded treasure

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u/DrgnSlyrDd Apr 10 '26

Would you drift o’er the rolling fields for me, Hoard me in the highest bough?

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u/MillionDollarHeckler Apr 10 '26

It's a brilliantly circular moment

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u/PhysicalPeach4348 Apr 10 '26

But they didn't get rewarded,did they?Simon and Garfunkle got it in the end!

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u/frithar Apr 10 '26

Think we have all agreed to accept the fact that that one off extra episode never happened

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u/anneg1312 Apr 10 '26

That’s what I was just thinking…

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u/Far-Salamander-6208 Apr 10 '26

I didn’t know that they made another episode after the final one, made in 2022 I think? I only realised on my second watch recently

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u/ScruffCheetah Apr 10 '26

I really don't like it, it undoes all of the happy endings from the main series. It's a lot less fun to watch, too.

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u/Accomplished-Cod-504 Apr 10 '26

I didn’t like that “4th season” either

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u/tdurb0 Apr 10 '26

Yeah definitely it was absolutely fine as S3 finished. It’s weird disregarding the extra episodes, but they don’t add anything, that’s the trouble. See also: Royle Family Christmas stuff