It was a Prime Minister's Questions like never before - or was it?
With Boris Johnson self-isolating after being in contact with a covid-positive backbencher, he was beamed in to the Commons today on a video link for his weekly grilling.
It didn't take long for the novelty factor to wear off and the usual dynamics to set in - which largely involves Mr Johnson failing to answer the questions aimed at him.
He may have seemed more confident and bullish in the safety of a back room with easier access to his notes - but that didn't make his attempted answers any more satisfactory.
Sir Keir Starmer is in the middle of a hugely difficult Labour row over former leader Jeremy Corbyn, but he seemed at ease again in the chamber as he grilled the Prime Minister over his comments on devolution, his government's eye-watering PPE purchases and the lack of support on offer for people who are self-isolating.
The Labour leader was excoriating about Mr Johnson's reported comments to northern Tory MPs earlier this week that devolution had been 'a disaster.'
Sir Keir said: "The single biggest threat to the United Kingdom is the Prime Minister every time he opens his mouth."
Raising the issue of support for those asked to self-isolate because of the virus, the Labour leader pointed out that only 11% of people are self-isolating when asked to, blaming the Statutory Sick Pay on offer of £95 a week for making it impossible for some.
He asked the Prime Minister if he would be able to survive on that amount during his current isolation period.
Mr Johnson trotted out his usual tired line about how the government has 'put its arms around people' - which is perhaps not the most appropriate motif during a time where social distancing is essential.
Again failing to answer the question, he decided to try and attack the Labour leader for now 'supporting test and trace' - which of course had very little to do with what was asked.
Starmer moved on to raise the remarkable story broken this week of a Spanish businessman who acted as a middle man in a government purchase of PPE at the height of the first wave - and was paid a staggering £21 million from the public purse for his efforts.
When asked if he felt this was an appropriate use of taxpayers' money, the Prime Minister appeared to try and blame the Labour Party for the pressure they were putting on government at the time to find urgent PPE for healthcare staff.
Not for the first time in the session Mr Johnson referred to his opposite number as Captain Hindsight - as if he was somehow supposed to know about the government's huge and questionable payouts for PPE procurement before they were revealed in US court documents this week.
It may have been a unique episode of Prime Minister's Questions, but it wasn't really any different to what we have now got used to seeing when these two men come to the dispatch box (physically or virtually).
The Labour leader once again asked valid and pertinent questions about government policy, decisions made and the strategy for the fight against coronavirus and was once again met with diversions, cheap slogans and a total lack of answers.
Plus ca change.
