New Best Friend

Name: New Best Friend
Released: 1994-02-24
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Lulu, Miranda Richardson, Meera Syal, Patrick Barlow, Harriet Thorpe

Series: Absolutely Fabulous

Season: Season 2

Episode Number: 4

Air Date: 02/24/1994

Duration: 30 min

Edina frantically organises her cluttered house in order to host old friends Bettina and Max, who were once obsessed with minimalism. Feeling ignored by Edina, Patsy leaves in search of another lunch partner. When Bettina and Max arrive, Edina is disappointed to learn that they are now the hysterical, neurotic parents of a newborn baby. As the couple wreak havoc, Edina quickly leaves the house. At a restaurant, Edina and Patsy compete against each other by attempting to befriend famous people: Patsy invites herself to lunch with Britt Ekland and Zandra Rhodes, while Edina forces her client Lulu to have lunch with her. Both lunches end awkwardly. Back home, while Saffron and Mother comfort Bettina, they hear Edina and Max having sex over the baby monitor. After the couple finally leave the intended result of Edina's fling she and Patsy make peace.

★ 6.4 / 10 (6 votes)