As Time Goes By - Complete Series 6
Every series of British sitcomAs Time Goes Byis an astonishing  pleasure. Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer star as Jean and Lionel, two  long-ago sweethearts who fell out of touch during the Korean War,  then--due to a chance re-meeting--rekindled their romance in their late  middle age.Series 6mostly revolves around Jean's reluctantly  retiring from her business, along with the stumbling romance of her  daughter Judith (Moira Brooks) and their friend Alistair (Philip  Bretherton, particularly strong this series). The plots of the show are  often gossamer-thin--one entire episode revolves around circumventing the  nosiness of Jean's sister--but it doesn't matter. The rapport between  Dench and Palmer holds a treasure trove of alternating comfort and  prickliness. It only takes a half-finished sentence and a disgruntled look  to be screamingly funny. They're as attuned to each other as dancers;  their waltz throughAs Time Goes Byis a pleasure to behold.--Bret Fetzer