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LTTP: Peep Show - The dream is over, I am detritus
- Thread starter DorkLord54
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It's ages since I looked at it so recently I followed a link to a scene, probably posted on ERA somewhere. In it, the David Mitchell character pissed all over another person's desk as an act of vengeance. I just don't find that relatable. I did find one or two funny scenes from time to time, but every time I tried to relax and enjoy it I'd be slammed against the fact that these people are the worst of humanity, and are putting more effort into it than most of us put into trying to be decent to one another.
When the jokes relied on gross shock shit, which the wedding episode had, then yeah. Safe to miss that.
TERFing would be terrible but it seems more like Webb is calling out Mermaids (a trans charity who has gotten grants from the British government and prepared educational materials for its school teachers) for making spurious scientific claims and, Webb feels, fast-tracking children who don't want to conform to traditional gender roles into the heavy interventions of medication and surgery. Mermaids got in trouble for this and now the College of GPs and Tavistock (the NHS gender service) are distancing themselves from them, GIDS (the NHS' "Gender Identity Service") dropped Mermaids from their recommended resources, and the Big Lottery Fund is reconsidering its grant.
Webb is basing his concern off the work of journalist Janice Turner, who could well be wrong. I don't know what she found in Mermaids' materials that was so objectionable/false. But if she is refuted I imagine he'd take a different stance, as he holds no truck for traditional notions of "manliness" and gender roles, as someone who is in fact currently on tour for a book he wrote about how much those ideas suck and had a terrible impact on him, and how all masculinity is toxic, called How Not to Be a Boy. Here is is talking about it:
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2521747174717088
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Wait, you said you've only seen the first series. You got plenty of time before it gets bored with itself.
The Nether Zone episode is so damn good. Posting the pizza through the letterbox had me in stitches.
When Mark has to drive Sophie to the hospital is a personal favourite. "You're driving like a dick!"
He looked like he was singing...
He couldn't have been singing.
He seems to reject the concept of trans children on the basis that he believes Gender isn't something that should matter or be acknowledged.
Which is a well meaning argument but irrelevant when those children feel the same way. In addition he is ignoring a lot of proven science on gender dysphoria on the basis that he personally doesn't feel like it is a thing. It's like denying global warming cus it's cold outside.
Like I don't view my masculinity as a defining part of my identity but I still like to think of myself as a man. Liekwise I wouldn't tell someone else that veiweing themselves as a man is wrong.
Certainly at least, he shouldn't be supporting Graham Lineham who makes up and spreads actual BS.
My favourite English sitcom for sure (closely followed by I'm Alan Partridge).
I prefer the subtle observations and relatable jokes about the mundanity of life to the set pieces like the dog/canal, which are too far fetched.
I prefer the subtle observations and relatable jokes about the mundanity of life to the set pieces like the dog/canal, which are too far fetched.
Unbelievable show.
It honestly is nowhere near hitting its stride, OP. You're in for such a treat around the mid-show part.
A proper finale "special episode", set like 10 years later, would be amazing.
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It honestly is nowhere near hitting its stride, OP. You're in for such a treat around the mid-show part.
Yeah, not gonna lie I think it actually has one of the weakest final episodes of any show I've watched. It doesn't feel like a final episode, just like a mid-season episode. They probably had grander plans they moved on from.
A proper finale "special episode", set like 10 years later, would be amazing.
Oh really?
Fuck
OP, thank you for letting me know the show moved to Hulu. I had been in the middle of a rewatch on Amazon Prime and then one day it was just not available anymore and I was pretty salty.
I personally thought the dog episode was a bit too much and the show falls off after that, but the first few seasons are really special.
I personally thought the dog episode was a bit too much and the show falls off after that, but the first few seasons are really special.
No, completely and utterly false. I would say the final season is the weakest, but it still has a few decent scenes in it.
Oh, man. If you just finished one season, you have so much incredible shit coming your way. Project Zeus. Tube up the nose. Dobs. The wedding. The Quantocks. The twins.
"There's no name for this situation, it's so unusual!"
"You want to...trick the boiler?"
"There's no name for this situation, it's so unusual!"
"You want to...trick the boiler?"
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Easily my all time favorite show. My wife and I watch the entire series about once a year. We reference the show all the time. You are in for a real treat if you are only one season in. I still find new jokes or absurdities several views in.
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I'm going to guess flanderized in the sense that they become bigger assholes as the show goes on, which kinda sucks since right now the only reason they really come off as deplorable is because you can hear their inner monologue.
They become parodies of themselves. In S1-3, they're somewhat relateable, and their escapades are somewhat believable. Like you could imagine meeting someone who had at least one of these things happen to them. The later seasons are just off the rails. It's no longer funny cos it's true, it's funny because it's ridiculous.
You're in for a treat.
Watch the whole series though. I'll agree that the last season is the weakest but it's still worth watching it all.
The Christmas episode is one of my favorites. It's also the only time you see Mark's parents.
Watch the whole series though. I'll agree that the last season is the weakest but it's still worth watching it all.
Cauliflower is traditional!
The Christmas episode is one of my favorites. It's also the only time you see Mark's parents.
I've spent my life tricking the oven and radiator and i'm not about to change that.
One of the few shows I can rewatch multiple times. Checkout Mitchell & Webb and Bruiser for some familiar faces doing sketch comedy.
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Isn't their sketch show where the 'Are we the baddies?' gif comes from?
Yep, first episode. That first episode also had the amazing "Numberwang" and "Oh. That's a bad miss!"
The final season was ok. Wouldn't say awful, it did have one of my favorite jokes that referenced a call back to season 6
I work with someone who casually mentioned that he was in an early episode of Peep Show. I thought he was bullshitting, but there's a scene where they're talking in front of the TV, and he is on the TV as a reporter. His dialogue isn't audible but he's there. I was impressed.