Glenn in S2: I never knew my mother. Glenn in the Specials: My mother died on Christmas Eve. Could this mean that some aunt or stepmom turned out to have been Glenn's mom? And what of his "foul-mouthed" mother who hasn't talked since the stroke? (I believe that last one was only mentioned in a deleted scene, so may not be considered canon). Personally, I like to think there's a lot of drama going on between Glenn and his mother.
Yes, I’m sorry this has taken forever for me to reply. Agreed about So Much Drama with Glenn and his mother(s), but who knows how much was real.
Well, when he’s talking to Hugh about his step-mother (I think the quote is ”We didn’t have that kind of relationship”), I’m more apt to believe him because Glenn and Hugh do way back, but who knows what’s real when it’s Glenn and Darling Julius. (Or Glenn and Malcolm which under the circumstances could have been Glenn attributing a quote for dramatic effect.)
I mean, I could believe Glenn’s story about his Christmas Eve from Hell was just a very dry joke because what else are you going to do when it’s the middle of the night and basically the only thing in the world you have in common with Mr Nicholson is the cricket? And Glenn did certainly already have form in the Making Fun of an Oblivious Julius department:
And then there is a whole other thing about Glenn and his mother/step-mother (and presumably also whoever was the mother of his kid we heard about that one time) that I think can be inferred from the way he keeps trying to please – I’m trying hard not to use the word flaky here – women who are pretty much utterly repelled by him from the word go i.e. Robyn and then Nicola.
Women, who he, after a whole bunch of just cringingly awkward flirtation, then pretty much ends up despising in return bringing it all full circle.
Which for me is Glenn and women in a nutshell.