I agree that he was finally challenging his mother. Context to that scene was that she clearly lived under a weight of shame and stigma and had passed that on to Ritchie, who had a quite a bit of internalised homophobia shown throughout the series (eg when he sort-of-defended section 28). He finally rejected that just before he died.
It certainly was.
wow it really got me. My oh got a bit tiery eyed at the last episode and he is real typical blokes bloke. I wish there could be more series of this to look forward to 
.I remember that scary ad from when I was a kid. I think it was from 1987. There was alot of stigma, but I guess people were scared of it, and didnt understand it then. It's horrible that people were just left to cope though, and the British and American governments pretty much ignored it for a few years, because it was mostly gay men getting it.
They could make those missing episodes.
I'd love if they did that now it's been so successful. Brilliant series.
I recently rewatched the reunion on Britbox. They should have left it after series 2, was a damp squib.
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That would be amazing,
I honestly love your idea so much. Email that to somebody pronto!
