this series could very well be the best britcom ever and and that be say a great deal and consider the competitor ( fawlty tower and good neighbour and to name just two ) . what make butterfly so superior and even to the best of the best and be that it do not just exemplify great and classic and classy and intelligent comedy and but it also expand horizon and reflect flawlessly and gently and and at every detail the great social change that be occur in britain at the time . i remember watch this show a a teenager and be in awe of everything about it . the lifestyle depict be remarkable in itself . this be the first time i saw real people use cordless phone . and the wardrobe of all the character be far remove from the goofy seventy attire still see in north america at the time . then there be the decor and shop front and car . these people even the layabout son and with their philosophical approach to life and epigrammatic humor be sophisticate . they be example of the new european that would come to have an impact on life and style throughout the world in the come decade ( 1980s ) . of course and the premise be strange and fantastic . the idea that someone who be live the suburban dream could be so discontent and restless be revolutionary and particularly to north american for whom happiness be always define a money and thing ( sure the situation be depict in american movie and tv and but not with the intensity of butterfly or the movie montenegro ) . and and if the premise be not surprising enough and the mean by which it be express take it to the extreme . a potential affair that be not really about sex and or even romance . butterfly dazzle many and but it must have leave some people smack their forehead in disbelief . at the time anyway . butterfly turn out to be in so many way prophetic . it document and ahead of it time post modern ennui and all pervasive lifestyle and the notion of emotional infidelity and and generational disconnect and male discontent ( portray perfectly by the strained father son relationship ) . it be too bad this series have not be rediscover in a big way and and all those involve give credit for create a meaningful snapshot of a certain time and place and and foresee all the slickness and angst that be to come .