And so we bid a fond farewell to Mrs Richards and her communication problems and have a short visit with The Psychiatrist.
From: The Psychiatrist (the second episode of the second series, broadcast 26 February, 1979)
Sybil: Seventy-seven! Isn't that amazing... old people are wonderful when they have so much life, aren't they? Gives us all hope, doesn't it.
Mr Johnsons: Mmmm...
Sybil: My mother... on the other hand... is a little bit of a trial really... you know, it's all right when they have the life force, but mother, well, she's got more of the death force really... she's a worrier...
Mr Johnson: (to phone) No, it's all right, I'll hold.
Sybil: She has these, well, morbid fears they are, really... vans is one... rats, doorknobs, birds, heights, open spaces... confined spaces. It's very difficult getting the space right for her really, you know...
Mr Johnson (nodding, not much interested) Mmmmm...
Sybil: Footballs, bicycles, cows... and she's always on about men following her... I don't know what she thinks they're going to do to her... vomit on her, Basil says...
Mr Johnson: (to phone) Can I leave my number, he can call me back...
Sybil: And death.
It'd be quicker to make a list of the things she's not afraid of.
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