Inside No. 9: Season 4, Episode 2 Bernie Clifton's Dressing Room

You're the best

Tequila Mockingbird

no it is

mrtheevilmage

What did they do?

It's not the episode you think it is. This one actually ends on a comical and upbeat song.

Thank you Violet, Michael and Danny. One day at a time and love to you all

ReckonEyez89

Similar here, ReckonEyez. I'm stuck in this viscous cycle where I feel physically and mentally ill all the time, then drinking to deal with it but not quite knowing whether the alcohol is saving me from falling apart or being a contributing factor...(there's more to it - like I suffer with anxiety, insomnia and depression, a bad chest due to previous working conditions, hypochondria, agrophobia. And I've had it bad with 'the rona' 3 times since the pandemic started. Most of the symptoms go away when I've had a drink and a smoke so I do......but then I suppose that's what most people do when they're having a shit time of it ay? Stay strong dude / dudette 👍

danny gibson

Nudge, nudge, wink, wink. See what you did there.

Ash Jeffries

"Yewtree" is a reference to Operation Yewtree, which was the name given to the official investigation into British entertainers, particularly Jimmy Saville, for historical child sex abuse allegations.

Aissa Croft

"Me as Tina Turner with tights on my head and ping pong balls for eyes" is such a ridiculous line, nobody would portray a character like that!

Z is for Zed

Amazing reaction

Josh

I hope you get some help, Onewheel. Drinking in the morning, especially spirits, is obviously not a good thing. :(

Jay

oh god I have not seen this reaction yet but if this is the one I remeber my god this is probably the saddest episode of inside no 9 ever...I was fucking sad after this eipisde finished when I saw it back in the day

mrtheevilmage

That one always brings a tear to my eye. Such a clever episode as well, blurring out his friend on the camera when ever he turns his back, to show he's a memory. Then when the wall on brown bottles falls starts to open up, it's just very clever

Matthew

I can't begin to explain how much I cry at this episode. There are so many comedy double acts I adore (Morecambe and wise, rik and ade, the two ronnies to name a few) and it's always heartbreaking to imagine the pain of losing your comedy partner, I just can't imagine it. The bit where Reece talks about the alcoholism is one of the best acting performances I've ever seen from both men. This is definitely one of my favourite episodes.

LucyW

alcohol is evil , my neighbor just died last week cause of alcohol poisoning , he was only 43 :( 🕊️

TheHigh

Hope you're doing good mate agreed with Violet takes guts to put open up ❤

Michael Harrop

This was such a good episode I really enjoyed it.

After Work Reactions

My favourite episode of the entire show, I absolutely bawl my eyes out every time 😭 Truly a perfect half hour of television. I imagine it was extra poignant for Steve and Reece having worked together for over 20 years the idea of one of them losing the other

Michael Harrop

Wishing you the best, dude. It’s brave of you to be so honest

Violet Linnington

I've lost people I loved to alcohol addiction. Not theirs, but mine. Still have keepsakes from past friendships. Then drinking away bad memories whilst creating more bad memories by drinking too much and then drinking them away til the next incident and its on repeat

ReckonEyez89

Part two, because Patreon kept deleting my ridiculously long comment... It's hard when you have stories and funny memories but the person you shared them with has gone. It almost feels like they never really happened in a way :/ I can't bear to part with people on a bad note now, after an argument or whatever I have to make up with them before we go our separate way because deep down I'm scared that something will happen to them before we get the chance to resolve it. Ugh sorry for the novel this episode just brought up a lot of stuff. It helped get some tears out. I suppose that's a testament to what brilliant writers Steve and Reece are. They really captured that longing to resolve things with people, even after it's too late :( Thanks Josh x

BelladonnicHazeyJaneII

What a beautiful and heart breaking episode. I think this is my second favourite after 12 Days of Christine. It's so well acted, written, just everything about it. It brought up a lot of stuff for me. My best friend died when we were 16, a few months after leaving school. I loved her like my own sister. We'd never fallen out thoughout our friendship until one big argument about 2 months before she died. After not speaking to eachother for a few weeks we did make up but things weren't fully resolved. Then she had a severe asthma attack and ended up in a coma which she woke up from but was left blind and brain damaged. Seeing her in hospital like that was something I've still never quite been able to get over. It's like it wasn't her anymore. They said if she did survive she'd never recover and would need life time care. The night before they were going to move her to the special brain unit at another hospital she died from the chest infection she had. I still don't think I've grieved properly for her yet, which is weird because it's been 2 dacades :/ I think I put up a wall at the time, with being a teenager, guilt over the falling out we'd had and her being the first person I'd ever lost who I really loved and cared about. Sometimes I go over things in my head, how the conversation would go if we could talk again, wishing we hadn't argued, wishing I hadn't been stubborn so everything was 100% right between us the last time we saw eachother before her asthma attack. (when I saw her in hospital I don't think she knew who I was). Thinking about all the mad stuff we used to do and say that made eachother laugh till we were crying while everyone else thought we were mental :D they were the best times. It's like we had the same sense of humour. I've never laughed as hard as how I used to with her, since then.

BelladonnicHazeyJaneII