The final season of Secret Diary of a Call Girl sees Belle/Hannah trying to juggle even more plates than usual. Not only does she have a new relationship starting up, and her usual gaggle of clients to handle, but she's also forced to become a stand-in madam when her usual boss has a little trouble with the law. It's not a job Belle particularly wants, and some of her co-workers are more than ready to try and undermine her now she's doing it. Oh, and there's talk of a big screen adaptation of Belle's book, as well. Sooner or later it seems inevitable that some of these 'plates'are going to fall and get broken.
This final season delivers much of the raunchy but wry comedy of the previous series, as well as a number of broader, more slapstick style comic elements. This is offset by even more Drama (with a capital "D") than before, all of which gives the supposedly light entertainment a slightly stressful and ultimately somewhat melancholy tone.
I've enjoyed all four seasons of this show: it's certainly been refreshing to see a program that takes a very clear "as long as you're all consenting adults, have at it!" approach to sexuality. Even this show is not perfect on that score, but I doubt you'll find many other programs which sympathetically portray wrestling fetishists, say.
If you've got an open mind about sex, and don't mind a pretty big dose of angst with your laughs, then Secret Diary of a Call Girl delivers to the end.
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