I just didn't see the point in showing the incident from different points of view. I might have missed something but it just seemed irrelevant to me, like an attempt to force a narrative into the series even though it didn't fit. The show works better as an almost-sketch show rather than focussing on specific characters as far as I'm concerned.
It felt like everything that needed to be said and done was tied up in the second series and the third one was done out of some
sort of obligation with no real care for the characters. The Ross/Pauline scene was unnecessary and to the detriment to the characters without even being funny beyond its shockiness and the idea of Mrs Levinson running a beauty salon totally goes against her character from the first two series (and could they really do anything with her to better the "Mum!" moment in series 2?). I'll give it a go again at some point but I really didn't care for it much at all.
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