Peep Show

Peep Show series 7 episode 4 review

Too many jokes here followed a similar pattern and, in the end, the gamble with the format simply didn't pay off.

Peep Show 7.4 review

Overall, this was a highlight of Series 7 and a great way to focus the talent of writers Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong.

This glorious series outdoes itself with each episode and tonight's is a tour de force, a lesson in the sitcom as men in confinement, with Mark and Jez spending much of it locked in a hallway. Mark is desperate to escape as he has to attend his son's christening; Jez, meanwhile, is determined to order pizza. Myriad highlights include Jez's insouciant disregard for the mathematics of permutation - "just try all the variations," he advises Mark, who can't quite remember a phone number off the top of his head.

The fourth episode of the seventh series of Peep Show airs tonight - for those who haven't cheated and watched it online already. The cult sitcom is perfect communal viewing so it's really worth waiting until it airs every Friday on Channel 4. Tonight's is a corker. It's the day of baby Ian's Christening. Will Mark (David Mitchell) and Jeremy (Robert Webb) get there in time? Well, no... They are trapped in the air-locked corridor of Jez's love interest Zahra's apartment block with no obvious way to escape. Farce ensues, while the hilarious friction between the two main characters once again reveals the brilliance of Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong's scriptwriting.

Imbecilic men-boys Mark and Jeremy are locked inside Jez's (occasional) girlfriend's flat, trapped in the hallway on the very morning that Mark's son is christened. He's obviously anxious to get to the ceremony because he doesn't have much going for him as a father: "All I have in the dad-bank is my record of punctuality." But humiliation is heaped upon humiliation, in true, excruciatingly funny Peep Show style as the pair (David Mitchell and Robert Webb) tussle over the delivery of a pizza. Jeremy is infuriatingly laid-back about their predicament, until the arrival of his beloved Zahra's egregious boyfriend forces both Mark and Jeremy into unwanted intimacy in a shower.

There was a punch-the-air moment at the end of last week's episode: Mark got one over on Ben on Jeremy's behalf and also cleared the air with girlfriend Dobby. This week, though, our lads are cut no slack; in fact, they spend most of it trapped in the hallway of Zahra's block of flats when they should be at the christening of Mark's son. Cue David Mitchell showing us all how he can boil over in spectacular style.

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Peep Show 7.3 review

This third episode was entertaining and well-written, as usual, but didn't offer much unique to comment on.

Peep Show series 7 episode 3 review

New character, Kenneth, provides one of many belly laughs in one of Peep Show's finest episodes...