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EPISODE 8
German Title: Ein
ideales Paar (An Ideal Pair)
Script: Ian Stuart
Black
Director: Hans Heinrich
Plot: Now becoming
used to their exile on Earth and some of its strange
customs, Fulvia and Adam decide to set up home together.
With the help of Professor Evans they find a quiet
semi on a modern suburban housing estate. Each day
Adam kisses his 'wife' goodbye and waves her off
as she drives to work at the institute. But their
idyllic lifestle does not last long - Fulvia is
furious when she finds househusband Adam is hosting
coffee mornings attended each day by a gaggle of
attractive young housewives. In her turn Fulvia
goes to to the pub with the boys to tell dirty jokes
and this time it is Adam's turn to drag her away.
More of an immediate problem are two women's libbers who have tried to
attract Fulvia's support for their cause. They have used this opportunity to
steal Fulvia's paragun, and appear at Fulvia's house armed with the stolen
weapon. Unable to control it they are soon zapping the neighbourhood.
Where? Earth. A Barratt
Housing Estate. About lunchtime.
Who? Fulvia and Adam
are the ideal pair. Or is that just Judy Geeson?
Kinky? Mrs Feminist
definitely has eyes for Fulvia, plus there's definitely
something going between her and her younger female
assistant. The sight of the two struggling to control
the powerful Medusan weapon possibly has double
meaning - I may well be reading too much into it!
And Adam's coffee morning looks as if it could descend
into Scandinavian stag film territory at any second.
Notes: The series was supposedly about the
reverse of gender roles. This episode is the only
one that actually grasps that central concept and
throttles it to to death with a series of comic
set pieces. It even manages some dubious, euphemistic
political incorrectness with the introduction of
two thinly-veiled lesbian feminists (named as Rita
Garcia and Freda Heather in Ian Evans' novel). A
high or low point of the series depending on your
point of view. Played totally for laughs - there
are none of the fudged dramatic/comic conflicts
that spoil other episodes - this is the central
episode of the series and its funniest to (platform)
boot. If only the other episodes could be this good.
 With makers Portman having the international market firmly in mind, some close ups of the
feminists' placards display French and German langauge messages (even
if the long shots clearly display them all to be
in English).
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