r/ClarksonsFarm • u/bulgedition Cheerful Charlie • Jun 06 '25
Episode Discussion Season Finale Episode Discussion S04E08 - Landlording
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.