The opening episode of the 17th season of The Last of The Summer Wine returns to one of it's core recurring themes - that of Howard and his extramarital affairs.
It seems slowly but surely over the years Howard becomes more and more a prominent feature of the show. This in itself is not bad, however a lot of the jokes in this episode revolve around his eternal struggle to maintain both a wife, and a girlfriend - and by now this is becoming a bit repetitive.
That being said, this episode is still amusing and entertaining, and if you consider it on it's own it is still a decent title. Whilst I don't see it being in anybody's list of favourite episodes it still maintains some standard of comedic integrity and although it is not outstanding it's still worth watching - especially if you are a Summer Wine fan.
If you don't take it top seriously, and refrain from judging the entire show based on just this one 30 minute episode you'll still garner some brief moments of entertainment and laughs.
6 Stars - *Good, but could be better.*