Henna Koste
Although time has stopped at the Vilén gas station, the series continues to operate 45 years after its publication, writes journalist Henna Koste.
There were 11 episodes of the series “Tank to full”. Yle tv2 information
I’ve gotten used to the position of my brain where, along with watching TV, I browse Instagram, Tinder or Tor. I wipe dust from houseplants, mow laundry or polish nails. Focusing on one thing is difficult.
Even if I build some kind of movie altar and decide to devote my evening to a movie, I often find myself watching the movie only with a side eye.
That’s why I didn’t expect much when I returned to my favorite series made in the 70s. Fill her up – series has not been spoiled by fast pace.
The cult series begins with several minutes of dumb school. As a child, I didn’t even pay special attention to not speaking, but I followed a recognizable relationship idyll, where the man does not dare to speak and the woman passes as a martyr.
by Neil Hardwick and Jussi Tuominen scripted comedy miraculously takes time. Set in a remote gas station, the strong and lovable characters of the series will bring a smile to your face, even if (and maybe also when) Fill her up is a product of its time.
Some passages open up from the script in a new way, even though I have refueled the series dozens of times.
Not even willpower keeps me away from my phone, which I’ve already grabbed a couple of times in the middle of the first episode.
Only of The Crown style series make me work hard, because if I don’t tap the screen, everything will be over once and for all. Sometimes, of course, I have to pause the Netflix series so I can google whether there were really rats in Buckingham Palace or what Princess Margaret looked like in her famous portrait.
Out of my memory Fill her up -dialogues do not force you to respond.
Emilia “Emmi” Vilén (Sylvi Salonen) still feels unduly dramatic. On the one hand, even more cruel, but on the other hand, the realities of life I have faced have made his behavior a little more humane.
I’m also not at all surprised that Emmi and Sulo Vilén’s (Tauno Karvonen) “backroom boy” Juhana (Ilmari Saarelainen) was the first for me man Crush. Well-intentioned but socially fumbling 35-year-old Juhana is charming, and not without reason one of the most iconic characters in Finnish TV history.
If you only watch one Fill her up – episode, see Saturday night Feverwhere both Juhana’s and Sulo’s journeys end epically.
Even though time has stopped at the Vilén gas station, the series still works 45 years after its release. We viewers have just become restless.