Marian de Haan wrote:

I think the trouble with 'Animals' is that is lacks any humour (I can't

see

anything funny in the way they're all ganging up to make poor Vila do the dirty job). All other episodes have these moments that make you smile and forget any bad plots / sexism / overacting etc. Animals has no humour at all and it's that factor that makes the episode so unwatchable for me.

Now you point it out--you're right about the complete lack of humour. And the scene where they bully poor Vila outrages me too. They insult him as well by offering him such paltry 'rewards'--a bath which he'd need anyway, and half a glass of wine.

Nico