My current highlight of the week.
Well, there's only a few episodes left so if Rob is sick, there's not long to flesh it out. But it looks like it's just diarrhoea 
To start on the minor things, a few lovely references - dark web being one. They never seem too much, they always work and seem appropriate. The thing on Bake-off was delightfully brief.
As in the whole series I think them talking behind people's backs in the bedroom really works, and I also like how the scenes usually end on a lighter note to contrast with the rest of the episode. The lighter moments run parallel to the topics in each episode.
The near empty party, the 'miserable' text, the mid life crisis, all on the morbid side and pointing to larger themes (aging, loneliness, family arguments) brought together with carefully written dialogue. It can be a lot to take in, and if you look at it written down, it's hard to see how it works so seamlessly on screen.
Catastrophe presents a caustic outlook but it's the juxtaposition with moments of relief that make it what it is. With excellent characterisation to boot. But it's done well enough that it isn't off putting, quite the opposite in fact. It's a great programme and a shame it's ending so soon.
