Peep Show - Series 6 Page 13

'The Shock of the New' as Robert Hughes might say.

First of all: \O/ Yay! Peep Show's back!

Second of all: Wow, where is this going? The writers are obviously shaking things up and taking Mark and Jeremy in a new direction. Aside from the immenent fatherhood, the main protagonists had reached a level of 'comfort', which is bad for comedy, so they're dropping them in the shit to create more conflict.

I like it.

Tonight wasn't a LOLZ-fest, but it's set things up for the rest of the series and I'm intrigued to see what will happen.

Still my favourite sitcom on telly.

It started of like a normal episode of Peep Show but when the fire alrm went off and everyone went outside and were told by Johnson that they have no job, the tone and the feeling of the show turned into your average 'not-filmed-in-front-of-a-studio-audience' sitcom, like 'Free Agents'

Quote: zooo @ September 18 2009, 11:14 PM BST

Was she the one eyeing up Mark's ergonomic keyboard?

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Yep.

There were some great lines of internal monologue in tonight's episode.

This is the type of opener that, by shaking things up with two characters we've grown to love through 30 shows, is always going to spook the horses to some extent. It sounds stupid, but this episode will probably get more laughs when watched after the series has ended - when loyal fans know that the world of Peep Show has come through the run intact. Which I'm sure it will. Odds-on people will find episode 2 much funnier.

EDIT: And, of course, it is great to have this show back on TV.

That new editing style is kind of funky! I thought my TV was on the blink to start with but then I realised it was meant to be like that. To me it didn't really feel like I was watching it from the characters' perspective like it always used to.

I thought it took a while to get going with only a few laughs before the ad break but after that it was pretty solid stuff. I think quite a few episodes have Mark and Jeremy in separate situations, intertwining at various points but this episode like the going back to uni one had them both in it together. Although thinking about it, in the uni episode they both had their own agendas. So I think this new episode was pretty unique.

Shame the Super Hans cliffhanger from the last series didn't pay off but maybe there will be more to come of that? I didn't feel that they really utilised Super Hans that well but I guess we don't really know much about his current lifestyle, is he off the drugs?

Mark's redundancy should make for some interesting storylines though

I wasn't really expecting them to explain how the "cult" business with Super Hans was resolved (whilst we were away from their lives, as it were). Sure there would be a story to tell, but the reason the character of Super Hans works is because we're told so very little about him. He's a character whose life (when he's not with Mark and Jeremy) is best left to the imagination.

Quote: catskillz @ September 18 2009, 11:35 PM BST

There were some great lines of internal monologue in tonight's episode.

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Absolutely. There was a lot of really good stuff that will be more satisfying on repeat viewing. First time, I (like many perhaps) was so swept along by the unusual narrative that I wasn't concentrating as much on the actual comedy.

Lovely stuff. Peep Show is back and as wonderful as ever. I'm really happy with the mini-shake up, having Mark lose his job, even if it only puts him on the buffers for a while. It's such an obvious idea to explore, when you think about it, and quite a surprise it's taken six series for them to give it a look!

My favourite part was when Mark and Dobby were spunking on each other.

Quote: Tim Walker @ September 19 2009, 12:12 AM BST

I wasn't really expecting them to explain how the "cult" business with Super Hans was resolved (whilst we were away from their lives, as it were). Sure there would be a story to tell, but the reason the character of Super Hans works is because we're told so very little about him. He's a character whose life (when he's not with Mark and Jeremy) is best left to the imagination.

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Yes, like the twins for example.

Quote: Alfa @ September 19 2009, 12:50 AM BST

Yes, like the twins for example.

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Sorry?

Quote: Tim Walker @ September 19 2009, 12:51 AM BST

Sorry?

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When they were doing the little rally, you saw Dobby with a guitar in front of the audience, I wondered for a moment if she was going to do one of the songs she does in her live shows. But she didn't. I'll think of some more things that didn't happen during the episode to further enthrall you all later.

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Whatever you're talking about, I doubt it's relevant to a thread about Peep Show. If it's what I think you're implying, then please, don't be mendacious about this subject on a public forum. Thanks.

Quote: Matthew Stott @ September 19 2009, 12:56 AM BST

I'll think of some more things that didn't happen during the episode to further enthrall you all later.

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I've no doubts that you will, Matthew.

Quote: Adam Blaize @ September 18 2009, 10:51 PM BST

It didn't feel as though I was watching Mark and Jeremy; I felt like I was watching David Mitchell and Robet Webb; if that makes sense. I enjoyed it but I felt as though it took a while for the episode to really decide what it was doing. There was also some new editing technique where it suddenly went extra fast when someone would turn around.

Jeremy didn't feel as feckless and dickish in the way he normally does. There were also less interior dialogue moments in this episode.

On the whole it was funny in parts, but this series looks like it might take a while to find it's feet I think.

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Quote: Tim Walker @ September 18 2009, 10:57 PM BST

Well, this was in some ways quite a major shake-up from where we left them in series 5. Like the idea of Mark being brought down to earth with a bang within just a few minutes of us seeing him at his most successful and assertive (and obnoxious) ever. It was a good twist to suddenly pull the rug out from under a major fixture of Peep Show life - i.e. Mark's financial and career stability.

Sense the writers will try to move the characters' lives a bit further along their sitcom journey in this series. (Compared with the relatively gentle, subtle progression they have shown in series 1-5.)

It was a nice touch the way that the second Mark is unemployed Jeremy is suddenly (almost subconsciously) nicer to him. They might bond a bit more if Mark is brought "down" to Jeremy's level for a while. On the other hand, in a world of uncertainty it may be Mark who looks the lesser emotionally and mentally endowed of the pair.

Very interested to see where this series goes. Not the funniest episode of Peep Show ever, but an important one I think. Almost like setting-up new characters in a pilot episode, this had to set-up quite a major change in situation.

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Agreed.

Thought it was a very solid episode and nice to see that the writers and the actors haven't lost the characters.