It was an improvement this week but still not very good. What I suppose would be the big laugh of the episode with the hypnotised guy and the cheque man with the fear of dogs was far too contrived and obvious to be funny I found. Even when they were hypnotising the guy to be the dog, it felt shoe-horned in there when he just blurted out "when anyone says dynamite you will act like a dog".
I knew someone would say that that was obvious, contrived, telegraphed (or one of other dozens of put-downs), but I genuinely didn't make any connection until Darrel actually jumped at the guy's legs.
Ah as soon as the guy started going on about his fear of dogs it was obvious to me. I think that fact that I haven't been able to "get into it" means I'm being more analytical than usual though.
Quote: Ronnie Anderson @ September 17 2009, 7:16 PM BSTI remember you saying in another thread that you're quite a successful comedy writer and was wondering if you tended to write the type of simplistic comedy that seems to be getting commisioned at the moment before showing it to a producer or if you stuck to your guns creativity wise and wait for it to be kicked about by producers etc...
I've always tried to do the latter with varying degrees of success. I have fought long and hard over one show in the past and lost at every turn. It's very unpleasant and there isn't anywhere near enough cash to help ease the pain.
I feel really sorry for the cast.
It's just so confused. It should be studio-based, it shouldn't try to mix jokes about abortion with silliness, it should be stopped altogether.
Just watched the second episode. Still enjoying it, not analysing it - better than the first ep, and looking forward to watching the series. There's so much more stuff worse on TV than this.
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ September 17 2009, 2:55 PM BST*And in the corner, a man in sunglasses named Renegade Carpark cocks a sub-machine gun, smiles and waits.
So long as you used lube.
This episode was very baggy in the middle. It tightened up towards the end and Havers got a bit of a look in but it still wasn't very funny. It's main problem is that it isn't really about anything. Many of the threadbare gags feel derivative and the bulbous-headed thick scouser is accurate but annoying.
Sian Reeves has been completely wasted so far and even Steve John Shepherd was shit this week. His character had no good lines at all.
Was better, enjoyed the kung fu!
Utter moronic brain dead rubbish - Nigel Havers shame on you!
It was like one long joke - except without the funny part.
I was waiting for a laugh, had slight titter (can't remember what it was now).
Within 2 minutes I decided it was complete crap, I kept watching, but hell it was awful.
It's like a bad Coming Of Age or Grownups (bring Warren Brown in to strip and it might get more viewers).
Even Emmerdale has more funny parts than this!
Edited by Aaron.
I thought this was the best episode so far. I think that its biggest problem is not being in front of a studio audience as the humour is intentionally broad and silly. Maybe then the character of Asif wouldn't seem so ridiculous.
Also, the thing that really struck me was that all of the cast look like they could be related.
Really do not have the will to watch any more episodes of this show. 
Yes, another fairly dreary episode. There were a couple of laughs but far too few for a sitcom, and not really 'big' enough. I think I'm with the argument that this should have been filmed in front of an audience. It's just too silly for that realistic pretence that a closed-set sitcom creates.
There was something else terribly high-brow that I was going to say, but I can't for the life of me recall what it was.
it is getting better by the week!
Well it's not gone downhill.
