“Unveiling Secrets: What Really Happened on Gavin and Stacey’s Mysterious Fishing Trip?”

After 17 years, Christmas day gifted us a captivating blend of nostalgia and closure as we bid farewell to our beloved show, Gavin and Stacey. The finale, brought to life by the talented James Corden and Ruth Jones, seemed like it would tie everything up in a neat little bow. But—wait for it—not everyone is feeling that post-episode glow! While some storylines reached their sweet resolutions, there was one pesky mystery that remains an enigma: the infamous fishing trip between Jason and Uncle Bryn. How could they leave us hanging after all this time? It’s almost like they reshuffled the cosmic order of unresolved sitcom plots! Join me as we dive into the final hurrah of this cherished series, where we explore why the fishing trip saga continues to elude fans and what the cast has to say about keeping that joke alive. Intrigued? Well, let’s reel in those details! LEARN MORE.

After 17 years, Christmas day brought many of us the gift of closure.

Saying goodbye to our favourite show with James Corden and Ruth Jones wrapping it all up in a bow for us so we got the perfect ending.

Although, not every Gavin and Stacey fan is over the moon with what went down in the final ever episode last night (25 December).

That’s because, while Gwen (Melanie Walters) might have finally found love and while Nessa (Jones) and Smithy (Corden) finally ended up together, one thing in particular was left wide open. The mystery of the fishing trip, obviously.

This long-running joke has been going since the early days of the show, and we’ve never known what really went down between Jason (Robert Wilfort) and Uncle Bryn (Rob Brydon).

And plenty of us were naive enough to think we might have actually got an answer in the finale. Wrong.

So, the cast have explained the reason as to just why the details of that fishing trip have never been revealed.

Did we really think we were going to find out? (BBC)

They did really tease us though, as a scene during that Dave Coaches’ (Steffan Rhodri) surprise made out like we might actually find out.

We did get a few new titbits of information, however, as Bryn told Dave he would have to be the one to explain the fishing trip in order to prove he truly loved Gwen.

“From what I was told, it was cold. The tent was up and the sun was down. The fire was blazing,” he began to explain. “And the soup was bubbling in the billy can…”

But in true Gavin and Stacey fashion, he was interrupted by the smoke alarm going off over a burning omelette.

And so, plenty of fans spent the end of their Christmas day fuming they were still in the dark.

It was left to Dave to explain. (BBC)

Wilfort explained at a cast Q&A that’s exactly the way it should be.

“I’d like to say now and forever: the joke has always been you don’t find out what happens on the fishing trip!” he said.

“I’m sorry, everybody, but that has always been the joke, and it always will be because it’s funny. It’s funnier that way. And I was so pleased that we didn’t reveal it, because we’ve never known what it is.”

Well, may the theories over Jason and Uncle Bryn’s mysterious fishing trips live on, even if there’s no more Gavin and Stacey ever again.