Gavin and Stacey finale had some characters noticeably missing (Picture: BBC)
*Warning: This article contains spoilers from the Gavin and Stacey finale.
The Gavin and Stacey finale brought back so many familiar faces who made the ending ‘perfect’ but fans have spotted two integral characters missing from Smithy’s wedding.
Five years after Nessa (Ruth Jones) got down on one knee to propose to Smithy (James Corden), we finally learned what happened next.
Gavin (Mathew Horne) interrupted the big moment and Smithy fled the scene before he had a chance to answer. The next day Nessa discovered he was back with Sonia (Laura Aikman) and they just pretended the proposal never happened.
Since 2019, fans have been praying Smithy said yes and complained Christmas had been ruined when it turned out he was marrying Sonia instead.
Thankfully, Gavin saved the day just before the nuptials and told Smithy he was making a mistake. One by one, Smithy’s family and friends stood up in agreement and he jilted Sonia at the alter to chase after Nessa who was boarding a boat about to start a new life at sea.
The Gavin and Stacey finale was watched by 12.3million viewers(Credits: Tom Jackson/PA Wire)
He caught her, proposed and Gavin and Stacey wrapped up with the couple getting married at Pam and Mick’s house and having their ceremony at the pub.
It was a roller-coaster and then some for fans who wept at the perfect ending.
However, they also noticed two huge characters missing from the chaos.
Before his wedding, Smithy celebrated the ‘most important day of his life’ – his stag do.
All the boys were there apart from one key member – Deano (Matthew Baynton).
Deano wasn’t at Smithy’s stag do in Gavin and Stacey (Picture: BBC)
X was flooded with fans asking for his whereabouts, with Cerys Thirwall posting: ‘My only question regarding gavin and Stacey: WHERE WAS DEANO????’
Sandy! asked: ‘deano our welsh speaking king in gavin and stacey WHERE ARE YOU?’
Another X user, fran, asked actor Matthew Baynton ’could they not afford you?’
Nessa’s dad didn’t turn up to her wedding (Picture: BBC)
Others noticed another face missing from Smithy and Nessa’s wedding – Nessa’s dad (Ifan Huw Dafydd) .
Given his mysterious past, fans joked he could be ‘in jail in Thailand’ or ‘caught up as a comatose extra on Holby City’.
Still, it felt odd he missed his daughter’s wedding and there was no explanation as to why.
Dick Powell was written out of the Gavin and Stacey script (Picture: BBC)
Then again, so did Smithy’s sister Rudi (Sheridan Smith) even though she did make it to his wedding to Sonia.
Ruth Jones confirmed the original script also included Dick Powell but his part had to be cut because ‘there just wasn’t room for him’.
Regardless, Gavin and Stacey blew all expectations out of the water, breaking its own viewing record and becoming the most watched Christmas TV show in over a decade with 12.3million people tuning on Christmas day.
Gavin and Stacey is available to stream on BBC iPlayer.
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