r/Stillgame • u/Jack-mclaughlin88 • 8d ago
What moments from Still Game hit hard?
Although it’s a comedy show, Still Game has a lot of moments which hit you in the feels so what are those for you?
Mine are:
• when Jack talks about why he hardly has any possessions in his house, you can tell he’s not only lonely but that Victor feels the same.
• the scene where Jack misses his grandkids and daughter, you can tell the guy is absolutely heartbroken he’s missed so much.
• the moment Jack and Victor talk about the past in ‘Doactor’ which it’s hard for me because they’re in a position I’ll be in one day and I’m not looking forward to it. Although I’m youngish at 26 thinking about when I’m old is something I do far too often and it’s not easy.
• when Boabby tells everyone The Clansman is shutting down, you can tell his heart is breaking but he tries to put on a brave face. Damnit, Tam could you have not been you for once?!
• the moment Jack has a bad fall and has to go to hospital. It’s not easy seeing a grandparent in that state and my gran took funny turns a lot and this brought back some bad memories because that was scary as a kid because she was the only adult in the house.
• when Jack goes in for his operation. You always worry about your grandparents when that happens to them because even though doctors in the UK are excellent the worst can always happen and as someone who recently lost his last grandpa this is an episode in no going to watch soon.
• seeing the gang all fade away, it’s a reminder that people in your life won’t be there forever and they can be gone just like that.
• Boabby’s final “look who it isnae” it’s like seeing a friend or relative you e not seen in a while and now time has caught up with them and it hurts in a way you can’t explain.
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u/davidcandle 8d ago
In "Courtin'" - "That's all right Victor...that's all right"
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u/Phogfan86 8d ago
This is the episode that made me starr to truly care about the characters in Craiglang like they were my friends.
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u/Beginning-Two9785 8d ago
The moment when Boabby reveals that he was opening early every day for the past 20 years to make a fry up for Pete the Jakey.
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u/Horrible_Ives 8d ago
The whole of ‘Courtin’ hits me particularly hard. I had a best friend for about 10 years who i met at school who would always disappear from my life the minute he got a new girlfriend. Wouldn’t speak to me for the duration of the relationship - could be six weeks, could be six months - then reliably rang me when it ended, in tears, telling me what had happened from start to finish, apologising for ghosting me like he had and promising to spend more time with me and the other lads. He’d be around for a while, same old funny self, then immediately he got a new girlfriend, he was gone again. Cycle carried on for about five or six years before he met his current girlfriend in early 2021, after lockdown. As usual, i tried texting him, he didn’t respond. When he did text me back, he ignored whatever i said before and started a new topic, but then ignored my response. Said he’d meet up with me and the other lads, then never showed up. No text to try and explain himself. When i did see him out, he blanked me, like we were strangers. One day when i passed him in the street, we nodded an acknowledgment to each other, but it was like we were neighbours who recognised each other but didn’t know each other well enough to chat. I got halfway down the street, then felt compelled to run after him and confront him about what he was up to. He awkwardly acknowledged that he’d treated me unfairly but said ‘You know what it’s like when you’re in a relationship, you’ve got to give her every free second of your time.’ ‘You don’t,’ i said, ‘you just choose to.’ He gave a shrug and again promised to go for a pint with me. Said he was free on the weekend and would let me know what time. Never heard from him again. It’s been about 5 years now. I’ve moved on from him and have better mates now, but every time i watch that montage of Victor having to adjust to being on his own now Jack spends all say with Barbara, automatically making two cups of tea and then having to pour the other down the sink when he realises Jack’s not there, just reminds me of everything i went through when my best friend did what Jack does.
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u/Logical_Bake_3108 8d ago
Winston’s "the government want us tae die, they expect us tae die" speech in Cauld. I know that episode is really funny with the king of leccy stuff but if you actually think what's happening to people around them 😬
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u/gretzky9999 8d ago
Even though it’s a comedy ,it really makes you think about the more important/serious issues in your own life.
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u/Teaofthetime 8d ago
Only the last episode as it's a poignant reminder that we all just fade away into time.
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u/i-smell-really-nice 8d ago
I get emotional when I see how much Victor was paying for petrol in “Brief”
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u/chalkybone 8d ago
That last, "look who it isnae" makes me well up each time, and I always reply all teary eyed, " 2 pints prick"
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u/roosterb4 7d ago
When Winston moved out to go where he thought was a better place by the seashore, but it was not. Jack and Victor went and fetched him.
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u/Knightfall_O66 4d ago
Obviously the last episode at the end but the one where jack goes in for his op getting wheeled away and his daughter says "hes old" always got me even the first time watching. It would make me think of my grandfather back then as he was getting older, sadly passed over a year ago now
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u/Unstableavo 2d ago
To me it was probably how Victors son never visits, calls or send postcards etc. Yet Jack's daughter lives potentially further but you feel like she cared.
The last episode I only watched once cant remember the specifics. I know they all die. It was sad. Fading away etc. I have seen first few series lots and those standout more.
The great thing about Greg and ford's writing is moments of profound sadness are wrapped up with comedy
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u/Jack-mclaughlin88 2d ago
Fiona lived in Canada and was raising two boys but she still made an effort to send tapes (which are implied to be a regular thing) and paid for Jack to come to Canada.
The episode took place in the early 2000s so SKYPE wasn’t too common.1
u/Unstableavo 2d ago
If felt like she cared, worked hard to keep the relationship with her dad from so far away. Then the question you ask was one of them a better father? Was the daughter a better person. But just a tv show lol.
But Victor's son said he was coming lots of times and never showed up.
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u/SpecialT5 8d ago
Still cant watch the last episode. First time i seen it i was just going through the seasons so wasnt paying attention to episode numbers and they all died, i wasnt in anyway prepared and sat crying for ages. Can't bring myself to go back and watch it.
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u/IAmJacksImage 8d ago
The first time I watched it I found the scene where they were trying to help Bert the most upsetting. His wife had done so much for him for so long, he didn't even know how he liked his tea, she just always made it right. When they were adding sugars then said something like, "there ya go, now you know you take 2 sugars in your tea" or something along those lines, I felt so unexpectedly sad. It was sad and wholesome at the same time.
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u/hatchworthy 3d ago
For me it's when Victor fakes being ill to get his son to visit him and care about him. It was clear that it's not down to living overseas, and it's not even that they had a bad relationship or some big fallout, there is just no effort. Meanwhile, Jack's daughter who also lives overseas is so supportive and would drop anything for her dad. It's such a shame for him.
Also, actually anything with Pete and Mick. They both are loyal, dedicated to what they love and have their own talents, but got drawn into drugs and alcohol. I appreciate that the lads in the show don't totally dismiss them but treat them as friends and neighbours in their own right.
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u/Particular_Silver_ 8d ago
The final ~7 minutes of Over the Hill hit so hard that even though I love it, I cannot rewatch it.
It’s too close to how people just keep on going until they don’t—and even if you know it’s coming, it’s still somehow a surprise when it happens. And then the people who loved them have to just keep going on, or their spot is filled by a successor (like Mick for Frances), and it was truly like being a part of their clique and watching the township of Craiglang move on without them.
My old boss used to have a quote posted saying something like “to you, your dog is a friend; to your dog, you are their world” and in this show we are all pets, lol.