Derry Girls

We said goodbye to the girls with an hour-long special episode set around the Good Friday Agreement.

For instance, Dennis with his impeccable comebacks (when a child asks for some dark chocolate for his mam he responds ‘tell your mam to eat it in the dark’); Uncle Colm’s (Kevin McAleer) tale about the man who swallowed his ballot whole (“People thought he was trying to make some political statement but that wasn’t the case at all – Tommy was just an awful man for the paper"; and the moment when Sister Michael (Siobhán McSweeney) reminds the girls of the importance of exercising their right to vote. the country has taken its first step into the future.” the people of Northern Ireland have spoken... As the familiar notes of Sunchyme by Daio G begin to play, we see what the rest of the gang are up to. “Use it wisely." Our Lady Immaculate is not a democracy, it is a dictatorship.” “We have to move on, and we have to grow up, because things, well they might just change for the better.” “There's a part of me that wishes everything could just stay the same,” she says. Unsurprisingly, the Agreement is the focus of tonight’s episode, as the Derry Girls are faced with the question of a generation – and find that they don’t all see eye to eye. “Read this before the vote,” she is instructed, as a copy of the Good Friday Agreement is pushed across the desk. “Is it any good?” she asks, “Because I’ve just read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and..” she mimics having her mind blown. The list of TV shows that have outstayed their heydey is as varied as it is long, and it must have been tempting for creator and writer Lisa McGee to try hang on.

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Thank you @LisaMMcGee and the Derry Girls (and boy)", commented a fourth. As the music fades, viewers hear the historical announcement: "Yes, 71.12%… an overwhelming majority... "Beautiful, perfect ending. The show's final moments feature a montage of the main characters in the polling booth as they vote 'yes'. A mystery woman was seen receiving a letter in the mail, with it confirmed to have got lost on its way to her in the 90s. As the programme continues, the Agreement becomes the focus, as the Derry Girls are faced with the tough question and find they all differ in opinion.

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In particular, a scene in which our favourite characters shuffle to a polling booth to vote for the Good Friday Agreement, to the inevitable strains of The Cranberries, is essentially sentimental. Derry Girls’ reputation is already secure and fans will be delighted to discover what McGee, Monica-Jackson and the rest get up to next. In hindsight, perhaps it was a mistake to stretch it out to nearly an hour. This is juxtaposed with an entirely serious falling-out between Erin and Michelle (Jamie-Lee O’Donnell) over Michelle’s brother, in prison for what sounds like an IRA murder. Derry Girls is a delight in half-hour nuggets. Derry Girls is such a beloved series Channel 4 has given it not one finale but two.

The hit Channel 4 comedy series came to an end with an extended special episode exploring the key moment in Northern Irish history.

“The people of Northern Ireland have spoken. “So we have to be brave. A record-breaking turnout and an overwhelming majority. I’m not sure I’m ready for the world. There’s a part of me that wishes that everything could just stay the same. I’m not sure if I’m ready for it.