Peep Show (now with added Mitchell & Webb Look)

Now caught up with almost every episode - have only series 4 ep 6 and series 5 ep 1 to watch, which we'll do tonight.

I wouldn't say series 4 is quantifiably 'worse' than 1-3, but the dead dog thing is very, very close to being a jump-the-shark moment, and makes other things (getting Matt the personal trainer sacked, etc) look worse by reflecting badly upon them with hindsight. The desperation in Jeremy's eyes as he took a bite out of the dog made us laugh, but it wasn't a... it was laughing because it was ludicrous and stupid rather than because it was funny, you know?

Looking forward to seeing how the wedding goes...

i think i saw in the credits that this ep wasn't written by bain and armstrong BTW

The latest episode or the dog-eating episode?

sorry, the recent one.

Dom right about Jeremy, he now has no redeeming features, so isn't as funny

Jeremy that is, errrrrrr, not Dom

I can kind of accept Jeremy becoming less sympathetic / more psychotic over the arc of the program; he's been completely divorced from society and most normal social contact for five years now, it makes sense that he's going pretty insane.

Completely divorced from society? He's had two totally hot girlfriends for a start!

Exactly! Nothing normal about that!

(zing retracted)

I wouldn't say series 4 is quantifiably 'worse' than 1-3, but the dead dog thing is very, very close to being a jump-the-shark moment, and makes other things (getting Matt the personal trainer sacked, etc) look worse by reflecting badly upon them with hindsight. The desperation in Jeremy's eyes as he took a bite out of the dog made us laugh, but it wasn't a... it was laughing because it was ludicrous and stupid rather than because it was funny, you know?

Totally OTM.
Also I think there needs to be a Jeremy episode where he tries, properly, for a bit, to do something normal. I liked when he did Mark's stag do for him.

Yeah; that effort he made, putting all Mark's favourite things together, was really touching. of course he fucked it up, but he's Jeremy.

It was touching when he got Mark that violin with Johnson's stolen credit card as well. He loves Mark more than vice versa.

It's reciprocal love, they are both incapable of living without the other, Mark just doesn't realise it.

That's the message of this series, yeah. They do seem to be laying it on a bit hard though. Some suggestions that they're taking a lot of inspiration from Curb Your Enthusiasm and its "series arcs", which is visible in at least the last two series.

I'd never have dreamt from the first 4 series that I'd be finding Peep Show borderline erotic - but first the Dobby scene and then the dominant band manager yesterday...

Maybe it's helping me to re-connect with a overlooked sordid part of myself.

Please tell me you're not including wanking over a banknote in that.

ha ha - ailsa, I nearly spat out my lunch laughing!

No - for some reason I only seem to empathise with Mark's inadequacies..

Which sadly probably confirms that Guardian comment that all blokes watching Peep Show would like to be Superhans, believe they're probably more Jez, but are actually Mark.

all blokes watching Peep Show would like to be Superhans

Haha WHAT?!

the other time jez tried to do something normal (that i can remember) was when superhans got him a job in a recording studio - loved that episode

This episode was excellent.

It was so Series Two. I loved it. We haven't had such an outright episode-stealing female supporting character since ... probably the defendant in Jeremy's jury duty episode.

"mummy, coffee, hurry fucky uppy"

I like how the only reason they got a deal in the first place was because Psycho Dominatrix Woman had a load of record company budget to spend before the end of year, might as well waste it on these losers.

"sitting on a rock, crying and wanking"

That was a great flight of fancy, that sex therapist plane crash thing.

I think my favourite line came when Mark was mulling over the virtues of being told what to do in bed. "Is this humiliating? It is a bit humiliating. I guess the upside is that what I was doing before was humiliating in ways I wasn't even aware of".

Sixth series has been commissioned. I fear it may be one too far.

"one"

tbf, this last one was better than series four.

Peep Show recently beat BBC4's The Thick of It, ITV's Benidorm, and also The IT Crowd to be named best sitcom at the 2008 BAFTAs.

wd

there was only one bad ep in this series of peep show, and i've forgotten what happened in it, and there was an excellent self-referential gag where mark says "i'm really pushing the envelope!!" but i've forgotten that now too.

loltastic:

http://i26.tinypic.com/bfrggh.jpg

"So, what was your news?"

This was awesome. The Jeremy episode I wanted finally came, although it was a BIT weird. I loved the 'reveal' gag that they don't usually do, of Jeremy talking about the cult and then they reveal SuperHans in an identical buttoned up shirt.

There was one line that had me laughing for ages, I can't remember what it was though... I'll have to watch it again!

http://i26.tinypic.com/bfrggh.jpg

Can someone shove the Mortal Kombat "FINISH HER" text over this? We may have an image macro if we do.

"you put up a document on that baby, and you are really looking at that document"

"I can't fire people, I'm British Leyland in 1976"

What we need is an animated gif, but I can't do them.

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r1/kwanting/Animation1-3.gif
Not my work

A++++++

Insta-meme

david mitchell has been writing the funny sports bit in the observer for the last few weeks. here's the last one:

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/06/14/televised_traffic_is_nothing_b.html

"It's like something out of an Injury Lawyers 4U advert. Doubtless a whiplashed Raikkonen will be suing 'no win no fee' for thousands of pounds, almost enough to buy an F1 tyre: 'and the good news is, they've re-sited that pit lane.'"

(am trying to find the other two but searching for david mitchell on the guardian web site throws up a lot of book reviews and lit blog stuff...)

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/05/31/hohum_kiwis_could_try_haka_to.html

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/06/07/no_talent_but_britain_has_sple.html

watched first 4 episodes of series 4 last night... first one where they visit sophie's parents was classic, second with project zeus was not too far behind ("great, now I'm getting an angry lapdance"), 3+4 were kinda meh.

oh look series 5 is on dvd now.

also this thread needs more animated gifs

like jez's job interview tic from series 1

The best episode in S4 was the school reunion, by a mile.

dholliday

June 7, 2008 3:44 AM
Hamburg/deu

Um...I sort of lost track here, but I love Peep Show so thanks for that!
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Royal to marry Peep Show actress!

booo