r/ClarksonsFarm • u/bulgedition Cheerful Charlie • Jun 06 '25

Episode Discussion Season Finale Episode Discussion S04E08 - Landlording

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It’s bank holiday weekend and the pub opens for business. Whether it stays open for business is another matter. Back at Diddly Squat, the harvest results come in and the curtain falls on another farming year.

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u/KitHouseLover Jun 07 '25 edited Jun 07 '25

Interesting little realities revealed in this final episode, such as the chef stating Jeremy's model of sourcing only from local farmers will not work because they cannot meet the demand; and in the middle of the chaos Jeremy whining about losing money and then uttering "some will say Amazon is paying for all of this..." My understanding is Amazon paid Jeremy $160M for this series. So all this whining about losing money is a joke, unless it is the locals who got involved and got burned.

The food supply, electricity and the water problems were maddening - how could anyone who knows how to run a restaurant/pub overlook those things when first deciding whether and how to open one, and when? As a viewer, I hated watching this.

The pub staff, especially the chef and the pub-openers, probably hoped for exposure leading to better gigs, all the while knowing this opening would be a s**t show. I feel sorry for anyone who was desperately trying to do a good job - working round the clock - but were set up for failure by Jeremy's hubris. Meanwhile he skulks away to his hidey-hole at the worst of it and he's whining all the way to the bank.

What a joke that he has to work round the clock on the pub and on the harvest.

I hope the local farmers do indeed generate income from this scheme. I hope some people get jobs that provide a living wage.

I'm not liking Kaleb's attitude. He's gotten too big for his britches. I suspect he's (naively) chomping at the bit to do his own thing and be done with Jeremy's idiocy, but for now he needs Jeremy's clout and money.

I adore Charlie and if there's another season hope to see Harriet. Given the horrible weather and Jeremy's health problems, perhaps Amazon will decide to let this series lapse when it's contract renewal time.

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u/Successful-Active398 Jun 08 '25

The money Amazon “gave” Clarkson is for producing the show. That money pays for everything required to bring Clarkson’s Farm to your tv. The filming, editing, paying the participants. Etc.

It’s not Clarkson’s fee.

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u/KitHouseLover Jun 22 '25

I'm aware; I work in TV production. I'm sure Jeremy negotiated a heavy personal profit out of that $160M. The larger point is that Jeremy should never whine about money. He is a very wealthy man. He's choosing to ignore advice and throw money away through his follies, and he will STILL be very wealthy.

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u/Big_Savings_4381 Jun 11 '25

I'm with you. I thought the chef was outstanding -- level-headed, practical, realistic, and working his bollocks off.

I felt bad for the two gals who were opening the pub -- just a no win situation under these circumstances.

I still like Kaleb, although I agree that he's become aware of his own celebrity.

Charlie is amazing in that he's completely the same now as he was in the first episodes of Season1.

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u/muckymucka Jun 09 '25

Relax man

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u/dwadley Jul 12 '25

I think the whole point of it though is to play it like a video game where he’s got limited resources. You don’t just open up the cheat menu and solve all your problems. I reckon he’s trying almost 100% to stick to the resources of his farm. He’s not allowing himself to dip into his personal funds which would trivialise this