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Lots of great points. The turning point for me is when three things happened: Finally, the most important: 3) once Mark and Sophie's relationship ended, the show didn't have a narrative engine to keep it going. Each season (except for season 5) had overall arcs and individual stories related to new characters.
I think it'd have taken away from Peep Show to recast. It's a lot more grounded than other sitcoms. Big Suze and Michelle were replacements for Nancy and Toni, and they worked fine. And I'm convinced that Angus is a similar stand-in for MacLeish.
Peep Show S1 and Always Sunny S1 both have a different vibe to the rest of the show. I know there's some wacky hijinks in both but they've both always felt more grounded than their later seasons. Reply reply More replies More replies
I have very little bad to say about this wonderful show. My small criticism would be the overuse of Mark saying "I win" to himself (e.g. "I win - sort of", "I win - in the most minor way possible". Sometimes it's used as an episode ender and doesn't feel like a good enough joke to use multiple times. Share Add a Comment.
The moment before Jez pops in with Mark alone in the back of the wedding car, looking traumatised at himself in the rear view mirror. The realisation that a large chapter of his adult life has finished and all his humiliations, obsessions and lies have amounted to this disastrous moment alone. Reply reply.
A lot of comedy relies on empathy from the audience, and being relatable, and I think peep show, due the the brilliant writing and camera style puts the audience into the main characters shoes better than any other comedy, and thus beats out The Office/Curb Your Enthusiasm/Todd Margaret or whatever for best comedy of that style.
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