At a loose end and a low ebb, I spent the evening with a group of celebrated mathematicians to work out ๐Ÿ‘‘ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—˜๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐Ÿ‘‘

Peep Show is arguably the greatest sitcom to ever come from these shores, and this was good fun.

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๐Ÿ”Ÿ | ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ (season two, episode one, 2004)

The first world-class episode. It features skinny dipping, an orgy and an interminable hippy dance class. Some of it was just so Rainbow Rhythms, and some of it was just so not Rainbow Rhythms!
9โƒฃ | ๐—๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—œ๐˜ (season two, episode two, 2004)

Mark experiences everyone's worst nightmare - making friends with someone who turns out to be a tremendous racist - while Jeremy tries to impress the hirsute Gog with his awful music.
8โƒฃ | ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด (season four, episode six, 2007)

I'm not sure what the best moment of this episode is - Mark trying to get run over and calling a motorist a "jizzcock" and a "pisskidney", or Jeremy pissing himself in the church - but it is seminal.
7โƒฃ | ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ญ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ (season seven, episode four, 2010)

Mark and Jeremy get trapped in a stairwell en route to Mark's son's christening. Like Robinson Crusoe, only with a feeble attempt to kick down a door and pizza posted through a letterbox.
6โƒฃ | ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ (season seven, episode five, 2010)

There have been some nasty characters in Peep Show, but none as cruel as Dan Corrigan. "Could you not slip a muzzle on your woman, please, Mark?" is awful stuff, but gripping TV!
5โƒฃ | ๐—๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜†'๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ฒ (season five, episode three, 2008)

Saz, Mark's loudmouth Aussie paramour, is a great one-off characters, and the scene with her girl's night in is outstanding. "Hey, Mark! Get back in here so Lindsey can jerk you off!"
4โƒฃ | ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฟ (season five, episode one, 2008)

The one where Mark meets Dobby, but the scene where Mark sees Sophie for the first time since their wedding is 10/10 stuff. "That's right, stare at Hess, throw fruit at Hess, pacing his prison yard."
3โƒฃ | ๐—๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜†'๐˜€ ๐— ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐˜† (season five, episode four, 2008)

There are so many good moments in this episode - "Gunny", Jeremy and his mum ("Mummy, coffee, fucky-hurry-uppy!") - but the scene where Mark gets raped by a "thirsty gay" is outrageous.
2โƒฃ | ๐—๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด (season three, episode five, 2005)

Jeremy serves on a jury and dates the woman he's judging, while Mark pretends to take an eccie. World-class stuff from start to finish, especially when Mark kicks the layabouts out of his flat.
1โƒฃ | ๐—›๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† (season four, episode five, 2007)

Mark's stag-do is interrupted when Jeremy runs over a dog and spends the episode trying to dispose of it. Mark discovering the dog in the bin, and their attempts to burn it, is just superb.
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