The least interesting boxset of the bunch, there's very little to actually recommend Volume 5. It contains some of the most pedestrian and tedious storylines the show ever did (the Factory, Tracey Morris and her father, Dor kidnapping Elizabeth) and has some rotten guest characters along the way (Gail, Agnes, Kay).
There are one or two nice moments (the breakdown of Dor and Kevin's marriage is a real weepie, excruciatingly slow though it may be), and even a bad episode of Blocky still kicks the crap out of the rest of television, but there's nothing that's truly memorable in this set of episodes - not for the right reasons, anyway. I actually had to refer to the DVD sleeve to even remember what took place in this set!
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