Last Tango in Halifax: Season 1 (113-113)
Average Rating: 8/10
Reviews Counted: 10
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 0
Charming and sweet, Last Tango in Halifax is a moving comedy-drama that delights as it touches hearts of all ages, boasting marvelous performances by its leading actors.
Average Rating: 7.5/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 0
Charming and sweet, Last Tango in Halifax is a moving comedy-drama that delights as it touches hearts of all ages, boasting marvelous performances by its leading actors.
Season Info
Network: PBS
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Episodes
Episode One
Celia and Alan, childhood sweethearts reunited after 60 years, are stranded when Alan?s car is stolen. They phone their respective daughters, arrogant Caroline and happy-go-lucky Gillian, to pick them up. Seconds before they actually meet, the women argue bitterly over a parking space. Celia and Alan introduce them to one another and make a surprising announcement. -- (C) PBS
Episode Two
Celia and Alan are enjoying their new life together, but widowed Gillian and separated Caroline have problems with their respective children and partners. During Celia and Alan?s engagement party, Gillian?s son is arrested for assaulting his mother?s young lover. -- (C) PBS
Episode Three
Celia and Alan are enjoying their new life together, but widowed Gillian and separated Caroline have problems with their respective children and partners. During Celia and Alan?s engagement party, Gillian?s son is arrested for assaulting his mother?s young lover. -- (C) PBS
Episode Four
A police search begins for Alan and Celia, who are locked inside the hall without phone service. Fearing for their parents and unable to sleep, Caroline and Gillian open up to one another and form a supportive bond. In the morning, the curator and his assistant find Alan and Celia. -- (C) PBS
Episode Five
Caroline throws herself whole-heartedly into her relationship with Kate. Alan and Celia have lunch in the pub with Harry and Maurice. Alan can't decide which of them should be his best man, so he ends up asking them both! -- (C) PBS
Critic Reviews for Last Tango in Halifax: Season 1
Not least of all, it's about portraying older people on TV without patronizing or ridiculing them.
The best new show of the fall.
Television simply doesn't get warmer or fuzzier than Last Tango in Halifax, but the reason the six-part series works so well is that its sweetness is not unalloyed.
It's never wise to underestimate the power of charm, particularly when the charm is being exerted by two prodigiously talented actors.
Slow going at first, the web of characters in this BAFTA-honored program grows richer as it progresses, and by the time it's over, there probably won't be a dry eye in the house.
It's a sweet, touching story, a little pokey at first, but increasingly involving.
[It's] the kind of suspense usually reserved for characters with unlined faces and less baggage. These two have earned theirs.
The best option for fans of these sorts of humanely drawn series is undoubtedly PBS's Last Tango in Halifax, a charming comedy-drama about finding new love late in life and all the complications that come with any coupling.
There's little that's simple in this busy blockbuster of a series, but there's nothing mysterious about the sources of its power-a high-hearted script awash in flinty wit and two extraordinary performances.
It has a sweetness to it that could warm the cockles of even cold American hearts.
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