There’s every chance that we’ll look back on Stath Lets Flats in a couple of decades and marvel that so much talent collected in the same place at the same time. Katy Wix is a breath away from being a national treasure. Demetriou’s on and offscreen sister, Natasia, has found global fame with What We Do in the Shadows, while Al Roberts – whose recent credits include Feel Good and Starstruck – is quickly developing a reputation as the sort of actor whose appearance doubles as a reassurance of quality. The rest of the Stath cast, too, are on the up.
And this is probably just the start of a Phoebe Waller-Bridgeish rise that will see him able to put his talents to anything he likes. He’ll soon appear in the Benedict Cumberbatch movie The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, and a new Phil Lord and Chris Miller Apple TV+ series called The Afterparty, which essentially functions as a gathering point for everyone currently good in comedy. In interviews he has spoken of bouts of writer’s block and insomnia, combined with family illness, that have added to the difficulties.Īdditionally, the success of Stath, which won Demetriou three Baftas last year, has caused his career to rocket. Jamie Demetriou has been incredibly open about what a struggle the show is to write alone, and this third season appears to be the most gruelling yet. Then again, and this is just a wild punt, perhaps we’re being a bit greedy. To have a show like Stath, that not only creates an army of gibbering morons but also makes you care for them, is a gift. There was an episode told in VHS flashback that underlined what a lovely, tender family sitcom Stath is under all the shrieking idiocy. Stath’s rougher edges were sanded off by fatherhood, and if the moment that Sophie and Al finally declared their love for each other in a genuinely inept way isn’t the most adorable thing on television all year, I’ll be staggered. Although everyone in it was still unquestionably silly, they also became terrifically sweet.
The most recent series was probably its best. To create an army of gibbering morons, but also make you care for them, is a gift.
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