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Gavin & Stacey followers have mentioned they’ve “goosebumps” after watching the long-awaited remaining ever episode this night (25 December).
The present returned to BBC One with a 90-minute, one-off festive episode, marking the primary time followers had been reunited with Gavin, Stacey, Smithy, Nessa and co for the reason that final Christmas particular in 2019.
Viewers have been ready 5 years to search out out what occurred after the cliffhanger ending in 2019, the place Ruth Jones’s Nessa proposed to James Corden’s Smithy.
In tonight’s episode, many have been shocked to see Smithy making ready for a marriage with Laura Aikman’s Sonia as an alternative, which got here to an abrupt cease when Mathew Horne’s Gavin stood as much as say he thought his pal was making a mistake.
A number of different friends additionally stood as much as present Smithy additionally they had doubts, but it surely wasn’t till Larry Lamb’s Mick (who had turn out to be like a father determine to him) additionally stood up in protest on the wedding ceremony, that Smithy determined to depart Sonia on the altar.
Smithy then rushed to Nessa to declare his like to her and suggest on one knee. “We’re messy and never excellent,” he advised her, “however I really like you Nessa and I all the time have. Effectively, not all the time, however more often than not… I really like you, will you marry me?”
The reply, after all, was sure – and the couple had an informal wedding ceremony wherein Nessa, in true Nessa fashion, opted to put on black.
Viewers have been in bits. “The entire group slowly standing up after which Smithy asking for Mick’s approval has gave me goosebumps,” wrote one fan on X.
“HE FINALLY CHOSE NESSA,” shared one other, whereas a 3rd wrote: “17 years later… FINALLY married and the place they need to be. Holy moly.”
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A fourth shared: “Completely good! Gutted it’s over, but it surely needed to finish at some point. It’s been a blast, thanks James Corden and Ruth Jones.”
Others mentioned it was “completely excellent” and that they “couldn’t breathe”.
Talking on the launch occasion for the episode, Corden – who writes the present with Jones – revealed how he had wished to “trick all people” with the plotline for the finale.
For a few years, the query of what occurred throughout a fishing journey between Uncle Bryn, performed by Rob Brydon, and his nephew Jason West, performed by Robert Wilfort, has been the centre of a lot fan hypothesis.
However the finale didn’t reveal the thriller, with Wilfort saying on the promotional occasion: “I’d wish to say now and endlessly, the joke has all the time been you don’t discover out.”
