Miss Fisher Snippets (230)
Instead of the usual Phryne and Jack (or Dot and Hugh), I am celebrating Valentine’s Day this year with a post of Phryne and Mac since it’s not just a day for romance but for friendship as well.
Like many other aspects of the books and the show, there were discrepancies between Book Mac and TV Mac, but one consistency was that she and Phryne had known each other for years. It made total sense for Mac to be the one waiting on the dock when Phryne stepped off the gangplank in S1E1 and teasing her about “traveling light”. I love the sassiness of the TV Mac and credit it to both the script writers and the casting of Tammy MacIntosh.
Are Essie and Tammy real-life friends? I have no clue. Judging by their on-screen chemistry, though, I dare say that they get along just fine. Therefore, when I saw the photo of them to the left (taken in 2019 at the Australian TV Week Logies), this quote popped in my head. It’s fun seeing them reunited on the red carpet, but it would be amazing if they reunite on screen, especially as Phryne and Mac.
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p.s. An early Happy Birthday shoutout to Tammy MacIntosh (it’s February 16). We celebrate you today and always.
(Posted 14-Feb-2025)














