I love how it's even (deliberately) shit on a conceptual level; The previous episode was about killer fog and this episode, straight after it, was just killer fog with a different colour.
When I watched his episode for the first time, I had a sort of weird revelation. As crappy as it was intended to be, I actually really cared about the show inside the show. Like, I actually wanted to see more of it, because I liked the characters and the plot intrigued me. It was still funny as a parody, but it started to become really endearing.
Same for me. I cannot say I was really moved by emotion sequence but despite the absolute ridiculousness of the serie, I was sometimes feeled a little bit sad for the protagonists, thanks to the over-the-top acting and making.
If Dag thinks that the only way to contain this is to boil her then I'm backing him 110%. That means I can backtrack 10% and still be completely behind him.
I‘m completely with you potholes.. hmm and Dag on this one. Maybe finishing her off with a ‚boil in the bag’ cheese sauce would have been what she would have wanted 🥦🧀
They tried all the positions. On top, doggy, and normal. Exhausted, they collapsed on the recently extended sofa bed, then a Hell Beast ate them LMAO Best line of the series
among the ten million other brilliant things about this show, the fact that Dean is supposed to be older than the rest of them is one of the funniest things to me...
The music throughout this series is just incredible, no matter how many times I watch it, it always sticks out as fantastic. That fucking epic intro theme, One Track Lover, the face-off in the Scotch mist, Dag's awesome sax solo on the hospital roof, and just all of the bgm and musical cues in general... it's a great show already but damn, Andrew Hewitt did a fucking glorious job with the music. There's so much to enjoy in the show that the score gets overlooked too often in my opinion.
With melodies originally whistled by Garth Marenghi himself, it's hard to go wrong. He's actually one of the few people who's whistled more melodies than he's heard.
Oh damn only 2 MONTHS !! until it's been 10 years since I've found a great quality version and decided to put it on TH-cam. I had no hope this would still be up and available a decade later !!
appreciate this, whenever i wanna watch the series i just play a playlist with these vids on it. youtube's been great for finding this and old black adder eps.
"... a courtesy for which they had yet to thank me" The wonderful petulance and self obsession. A truly wonderful series which never got the acclaim it deserves.
Just be patient.. rocky horror show took a while to bubble up into our collective Psyche.. you watch 1 televised Marenghi Novel and you‘re hooked.. A couple of weeks ago I never knew the guy.. now i‘m a fan.. keep it good, clean horror fun Garth 👍🏼
This is a 5 year old comment at this point but I NEED to illustrate just how genius Darkplace is. You get the self-absorbed comment about not being thanked in the beginning. Then, towards the end of the episode, Sanchez DOES thank Dagless for the lift after thanking him for saving his life. So Marenghi did write in the thanks he felt he deserved, while saying "don't mention it", as if he is so considerate that he needs no thanks. AND THEN, in the epilogue, Dagless says he'll have to look after everyone "not that I would get any thanks" like he is annoyed at the lack of appreciation. Marenghi isn't just written as a narcisist. Even his narcissism is written with comedic iteration.
when Sanchez orders two double scotches and the bartender pulls them out from under the bar instead of pouring lmao so many hilarious little touches in this show
shits mad outta character for both of em 2, cuz thruout tha preceding eps, sanch hits on/sexually harasses liz p constantly & she steady either welcomes it or is at least neutral to his attention lol
@@awnaur0no919thats part of the joke tbf, the sudden crush on Liz is both a way on how Garth can't help himself thirst over his woman oc character and place himself into Sanchez's view point
The reprise of "One Track Lover" over the end credits gets cut off mid-line. Outlandish and playing the low-quality angle for laughs, literally to the very end. Bravo, Darkplace.
Way too often directors cut mishaps out that would have made the material less sterile if they left them in, would have worked, might even have been a great addition.
Even though they intended to make more eps, there is s bit of finality in the tone of this episode. The music, the last interview about the wailing of television etc......strangely, I found myself tearing up a little
***** I actually get people the dvd for birthdays and Christmaspresents hehe. You have the dvd right? Its got commentary tracks on all episodes in character, and they are bordering on being funnier than the actual episodes.
*huge pause* 'sorry i thought you was gonna speak' This pretty much made me laugh harder than anything in some years. It's just so simple and true after not actually asking any proper question, which for some reason so many people do.
Why are there not more of these? I mean, it's everything I usually hate about shows like this, but done so completely perfect. The casting is amazing, the humor isn't lost in the forced absurdity. It's brilliant. And there are only six of them?
I want to throw a party where this show plays on a loop the entire time like a "Christmas Story"... There would be other stuff too, like water or coffee... and some pork pies... and WHISKEEE!
That scene with the priest is one of the scenes that make this my favorite episode. Not to mention One Track Lover absolutely slams. AND THIS IS THE LAST EPISODE?!? Damn it! This is so unfair...
Poor Liz needs some non-running mascara for every time the boys move her to tears (7:45). But then, she is a hysterical woman as Garth would point out.
I just noticed a detail at 8:20 I think the skin sample is actually the material they use for the grass for the hospital diorama in the intro and establishing shots.
Garth is such a prolific writer, and takes the grand tradition of literature so seriously, I feel like he'd kick me out of his house if I called the doctor's monster: Frankenstein.
oh my god, the reasons why he went into medicine, hahahaha I love how he decides to tell sanch that she doesn't love him rather than the truth about her dying, how often we see this in movies, dumbest stuff ever
The brilliance of this show is that there is a pun in every single line. Sometimes obvious, sometimes cryptic. But it's always there. Sheer brilliance I say.
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I love how Liz instantaneously has runny eyeliner when Sanchez tells her to shut her mouth.
The fact that both are just single tear trails makes it even better hahaha
It’s a nice touch.
I believe it was a continuity error.
i was not prepared for how much One Track Lover kicks ass
Based on melodies originally whistled by Ghart Marenghi
5:49 MMMMMMmmmmmmmm. Yepp
Same! I think it was TOO HOT!
th-cam.com/video/8BwQBjJvN5Y/w-d-xo.html
matt berry is a really good musician actually. hes released a few albums. th-cam.com/video/mX-X2gofJ7E/w-d-xo.html
Richard Ayoade rapping is the single best thing I have ever seen, heard or experienced.
His rapping can solve all racial tension everywhere for all time, if only people would listen.
its very similar to flight of the conchords eh
Oh, yes!
@@kev3d what?
And giving a good advice to Sanchez while doing it.
my favourite line "when they told me my wife had died, I could barely finish my lunch."
fucking love this show and this line is one of the reasons why that is.
"Hayzeus Christie"
I have had three wives. Out living them is my goal...
Damn, it's so easy to not even register these things, because these things are a huge mass of subtle, fleeting eastereggs. Pardon my English.
I know! Easy to miss but hilarious line.l 😂 love it too.
I love how it's even (deliberately) shit on a conceptual level;
The previous episode was about killer fog and this episode, straight after it, was just killer fog with a different colour.
@Giovanni Picariello - Learning and Other Stuff He states it in the end.
@@andrew_owens7680 Excuse me, the first one was clearly a fog and the second was gas. :)
Will the mist clear? I haven’t the foggiest.
This was a killer gas, not a fog. Huge difference.
@@phdtobe yeah, the previous gas only killed the set techs, and their barely real people!
"We don't even know each others names..."
"Linda."
"DOCTOR SANCHEZ!" :D
15:34 *fires shotgun into ceiling* "Knock it off you two, this is a hospital!"
hahahaha love it
One of my favorite Reed lines.
Also like he's standing in front of a cigarette machine. A cigarette machine in the hospital?
campinatorxbox 1 Keep in mind it was the 80s.
@@MarcosElMalo2 you're right I didn't think about that.
When I watched his episode for the first time, I had a sort of weird revelation. As crappy as it was intended to be, I actually really cared about the show inside the show. Like, I actually wanted to see more of it, because I liked the characters and the plot intrigued me. It was still funny as a parody, but it started to become really endearing.
The characters have more depth and arc than in most shows around. And they are likeable too, indeed.
@@Ardakapalasan If only there were more seasons... maybe one of the actors' acting might have improved and really made the others look even worse.
That's the subtle gold beneath the superficial appearance. This show has serious under- and overtones.
Same for me. I cannot say I was really moved by emotion sequence but despite the absolute ridiculousness of the serie, I was sometimes feeled a little bit sad for the protagonists, thanks to the over-the-top acting and making.
Welcome to Stage 2 ;)
The way Garth consistently wrote it so that he looked great in every action scene is hilarious.
"you've been in the gym, nice shot buddy"
I have to admit, Thorton's shotgun is really useful in this series.
Knock it off you two, this is a hospital!
@@JosephJoesephIM NOT GOING TO STAND HERE AND DANCE FOR YOU! I DON’T HAVE TO! 😂😂
@@TheWaynos73I WANT TO SEE BOTH OF YOU IN MY OFFICE FIVE MINUTES AGO (awkwardly checks watch)
I heard that his performance in the series served as inspiration to a generation of gun-wielding action movie superstars.
If Dag thinks that the only way to contain this is to boil her then I'm backing him 110%. That means I can backtrack 10% and still be completely behind him.
I was reminded of USrael in that moment. (Although that's more like ∞%.)
you could, steam her?
I‘m completely with you potholes.. hmm and Dag on this one. Maybe finishing her off with a ‚boil in the bag’ cheese sauce would have been what she would have wanted 🥦🧀
They tried all the positions. On top, doggy, and normal. Exhausted, they collapsed on the recently extended sofa bed, then a Hell Beast ate them
LMAO Best line of the series
Took 11 minutes to get to the "She'll be a complete vegetable" joke but it was worth it.
among the ten million other brilliant things about this show, the fact that Dean is supposed to be older than the rest of them is one of the funniest things to me...
"Old timer!"
I couldn't figure out if Dean was in SE asia with them or not, 🤔. Its implied in a few scenes but then not mentioned in others.
"The Rusty General!!!...."
@@DavidLLambertmobile Dean mentions fighting in the Korean War and Dag says in one episode he fought in the Vietnam War
Well his pubes are gray and white, meaning that pube on the pipe wasn't from him.
Parody aside, the song is pure gold. Dean's rapping is lit.
The music throughout this series is just incredible, no matter how many times I watch it, it always sticks out as fantastic. That fucking epic intro theme, One Track Lover, the face-off in the Scotch mist, Dag's awesome sax solo on the hospital roof, and just all of the bgm and musical cues in general... it's a great show already but damn, Andrew Hewitt did a fucking glorious job with the music. There's so much to enjoy in the show that the score gets overlooked too often in my opinion.
+kinggimped Stig Baasvik really did an incredible job.
+kinggimped The music actually won an award in the UK the year the series originally aired.
With melodies originally whistled by Garth Marenghi himself, it's hard to go wrong. He's actually one of the few people who's whistled more melodies than he's heard.
kinggimped plus the slow version of the theme is amazing
I dunno, I still think Merriman Weir is way better.
R.I.P. Darkplace
"Cancelled for a rerun of Who's the Boss"
Seriously??
That would be like further underlining the show's serious message.
It was Angela.
Every time I finish the last episode I get sad.
awh did they really only make 6 episodes of this brilliant show?
awww thanks mate!
The show is so underrated
I didn't know it was the last...
oh fuck, i can't believe you've done this
Me too.
“No I think I’ll wash my hair...and I have a headache.”
By law or by binding UN resolution, there should be 100 more episodes of Dark Place
Start writing
I love how garth marenghi wrote the priest character to say hes more sensible than god
SENSIBLÉ SEÑOR !!
Isn't the same priest who tried to turn people into monkeys in episode 4 ?
"IT"S ALL WE KNOW, RICK!"
@@rKhael53 Yes, and we see a return of the cook who was murdered in episode 2, as well.
@@rKhael53 I think he also shows up in the funeral scene of episode 1
Oh damn only 2 MONTHS !! until it's been 10 years since I've found a great quality version and decided to put it on TH-cam. I had no hope this would still be up and available a decade later !!
appreciate this, whenever i wanna watch the series i just play a playlist with these vids on it. youtube's been great for finding this and old black adder eps.
When I need a laugh, this is where I come. Thanks for putting it out there.
You're a legend, man. Thanks for allowing anyone to watch this masterwork of a series
Legend!
11 now
"Come to Padre, Embrace the Infinite"
Low key genius writing lol
stay holy.
"... a courtesy for which they had yet to thank me" The wonderful petulance and self obsession. A truly wonderful series which never got the acclaim it deserves.
The world wasn't ready for Darkplace.
Just be patient.. rocky horror show took a while to bubble up into our collective Psyche.. you watch 1 televised Marenghi Novel and you‘re hooked.. A couple of weeks ago I never knew the guy.. now i‘m a fan.. keep it good, clean horror fun Garth 👍🏼
This is a 5 year old comment at this point but I NEED to illustrate just how genius Darkplace is. You get the self-absorbed comment about not being thanked in the beginning. Then, towards the end of the episode, Sanchez DOES thank Dagless for the lift after thanking him for saving his life. So Marenghi did write in the thanks he felt he deserved, while saying "don't mention it", as if he is so considerate that he needs no thanks. AND THEN, in the epilogue, Dagless says he'll have to look after everyone "not that I would get any thanks" like he is annoyed at the lack of appreciation. Marenghi isn't just written as a narcisist. Even his narcissism is written with comedic iteration.
Why is Darkplace one of a kind? Why haven’t any other comedy groups done something like it? It’s just amazing.
when Sanchez orders two double scotches and the bartender pulls them out from under the bar instead of pouring lmao so many hilarious little touches in this show
Matt Berry's singing voice.
Check out his singing in the series Snuff Box!
"Exhausted, they collapsed onto the recently extended sofa bed. Then a hell-beast ate them." Writing simply doesn't get any better.
Also, a pigeon was there.
Nobody writes like Garth Marenghi, nobody.
“Why won’t she be mine?”
1 minute fifty-two seconds later...
“You shut your mouth, Liz!”
shits mad outta character for both of em 2, cuz thruout tha preceding eps, sanch hits on/sexually harasses liz p constantly & she steady either welcomes it or is at least neutral to his attention lol
Makes sense, a few minutes later she turned him down when he tried to ask her out. He's mad at her and Rick.
It can happen... *click*... like that.
@@awnaur0no919thats part of the joke tbf, the sudden crush on Liz is both a way on how Garth can't help himself thirst over his woman oc character and place himself into Sanchez's view point
The scene with the priest OMG.
There are so many great things about that scene.
You could... steam her
Embrace the infinite
Stay holy.
The finger cross 😂😂
"You're the most sensitive man I know. And I know God."
"One Track Lover" is still so incredible hahah
"He glided in liquid smooth " XD
"At this frequency."
@@designbureau3530 "Her mossy clef"
and then a hellbeast ate them
Of course, Garth is a connoisseur of Heaven and Hell. The man prays to himself.
@Max William Lauf with less whinning
Marc irvine That laugh actually hurt
You are the most sensitive man I know, and I know God.
"But we don't even know each-others names!"
"Linda"
"DR SANCHEZ."
Julian Barratt is one of the most underrated actors in the planet. His delivery of every line is pitch perfect.
The best British sitcom I've seen only second to "Spaced".
Ayoade is one brilliant bloke..
Try IT Crowd too.
Alright guys, Spaced, Red Dwarf and the IT Crowd are all brilliant too! (Plus Black Books, Green Wing and Father Ted :)
I love whenever her makeup randomly appears. Always perfectly timed
It's not at all random.
I watched them all in one sitting. Hilarious.
I wish I was more attractive like Dagless
"It only got one season, which is great because that's how you become a cult classic"
-Mike LaFontaine
~"My best friend's woman is gonna die. She's turning into brocoli."~
~"Oh, Jesus Christi..."~
The reprise of "One Track Lover" over the end credits gets cut off mid-line. Outlandish and playing the low-quality angle for laughs, literally to the very end. Bravo, Darkplace.
This whole series is pure genius!
“Garth’s place in history is assured.” Truer words have never been spoken.
15:47 that way the gun hits the door is just so funny
Way too often directors cut mishaps out that would have made the material less sterile if they left them in, would have worked, might even have been a great addition.
Even though they intended to make more eps, there is s bit of finality in the tone of this episode. The music, the last interview about the wailing of television etc......strangely, I found myself tearing up a little
"I'm just so happy D: " *squeaky breathing sound*
"If Wonton hears about this, my ass is grass and he's got a lawnmower, ya dig?!
Nooooooo, the funny bit is " and HES got A lawnmower"
Yes I corrected myself quite a long time ago but forgot i posted it on here. I'll get to that, thank you!
***** NP. this show is so layered! Shame people dont know about it or give it a chance!
I know! I've managed to get a few people to watch it but a few just isn't enough!
***** I actually get people the dvd for birthdays and Christmaspresents hehe. You have the dvd right? Its got commentary tracks on all episodes in character, and they are bordering on being funnier than the actual episodes.
Ok so them making a song with Sanchez IS LITERALLY THE GREATEST THING EVER
“Sorry, I thought you were gonna speak.”
Surprisingly good delivery.
What I do sometimes get a tin of soup, heat it up, poach an egg in it. Serve that with a pork pie sausage roll.
Brad B sounds ...odd haha
I need to try this
I'll get a Wimpie 😒
Watched the entire series today! Wow, this show had me in stitches. Richard Ayode is brilliant. He deserves to be praised more as a director.
"Embrace the infinite" what a great way to start a hug
"Get me Dr. Dagless NOW! Yes I'll hold!"
Personally my favorite joke in the whole episode.
"It's my 'Romeo and Juliet' but less whiny."
Something about the line “here, let me cut up your pork pie” really got me
'Tell Reed what colour it is!'
'Olive green what of it..!'
Loved this line. He says it with such confidence.
*huge pause* 'sorry i thought you was gonna speak' This pretty much made me laugh harder than anything in some years. It's just so simple and true after not actually asking any proper question, which for some reason so many people do.
that was actually heartwarming at the end.
It really is.
That was soo emotional. "You and he were.... buddies weren't you?" Need I say more? Need I say more?
The part where the chefs wheel her dead body out " to be prepared " is simply brilliant.
He loves wind, and he loves the sound of tinkling and he loves you.
Made me spit out my breakfast, favourite line of the show 🤣🤣
The Padre really roughed Dagless up with that hug.
yes....yes he did... make me wonder why he would be in the jeep...
Why are there not more of these? I mean, it's everything I usually hate about shows like this, but done so completely perfect. The casting is amazing, the humor isn't lost in the forced absurdity. It's brilliant.
And there are only six of them?
I believe it was low ratings... which is moronic. But there's a comfort of it only being 6 eps. It ended in a high note.
Most BBC shows have very limited runs.
Then the yanks take them and spread them thin for ten seasons.
Or they just get cancelled.
It was too ahead of its time.
6 episodes is normal for a season in the UK.
It‘s like police squad for medics.. as Sanchez would say ‚the americans will dig this humourrr for surrre‘
That complete and utterly terrible rack-focus at 3:20 is one of the greatest subtle visual gags I've ever seen
When I heard that my wife died I could barely finish my lunch!
That's gratitude for you
After all this time I've only now realized there is no road leading up to the Hospital...
the delivery at 13:02 gets me every time "hjesu christi..."
oh, damn, wrote that already, 3 years ago
Brilliant stuff. It is an injustice that this only ran for six episodes yet that Neighbours shite never fck'n ends.
Thats 80s song and line ,,You shout your mouth Sanch! That was funny!"...pure comedy gold.
12:59 "hjesu christi" made me literally LOL. best lina and delivery of the series
I want to throw a party where this show plays on a loop the entire time like a "Christmas Story"... There would be other stuff too, like water or coffee... and some pork pies... and WHISKEEE!
+jnwestray78 What thinking the same thing... like a Halloween party or something.... but I don't have any friends to throw a party for sadly...
Poached egg and soup?
That scene with the priest is one of the scenes that make this my favorite episode. Not to mention One Track Lover absolutely slams.
AND THIS IS THE LAST EPISODE?!? Damn it! This is so unfair...
"He glided in, liquid smooth." What a cool line.
"You could steam her..." WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU LOL THAT IS POSSIBLY THE GREATEST LINE OF ALL TIME
11:38 One of my favourite moments. You expect him to open up, and then that dead-pan "Dr Sanchez"... I laugh every time I think about it
I like how the hospital building is in the middle of a swamp, with no roads leading in or out..
shes smooth like ice, cold to the touch
Poor Liz needs some non-running mascara for every time the boys move her to tears (7:45). But then, she is a hysterical woman as Garth would point out.
"the cosmic spores of course represented AIDS" lmao
They needed more music videos in this series...They really, really did!
Dang, Sanchez thanks Rick for the ride.. Heartwarming ending
The song was the best part of the series, it was so random and perfect
I completely lost my shit when Sanchez broke out in song.
I just noticed a detail at 8:20
I think the skin sample is actually the material they use for the grass for the hospital diorama in the intro and establishing shots.
Garth is such a prolific writer, and takes the grand tradition of literature so seriously, I feel like he'd kick me out of his house if I called the doctor's monster: Frankenstein.
ONLY SIX EPISODES?!?!?! This show was brillant!! It deserves more!!
I love that they put in so much effort into making it look terrible, the attention to detail is just incredible!
7:41 is one of the funniest cuts ever. I must have rewatched that cut to crying makeup 10 times.
"Literacy, Numeracy...the 3 L's, they've all gone down"
SECOND SERIES! It could still happen. We need this show more than ever.
No! It must remain as it is, a television legend.
oh my god, the reasons why he went into medicine, hahahaha I love how he decides to tell sanch that she doesn't love him rather than the truth about her dying, how often we see this in movies, dumbest stuff ever
I love that they have a bar with a cigarette dispenser in a hospital
Are you the gas expert? Thanks for all the help trying say Linda!
The brilliance of this show is that there is a pun in every single line. Sometimes obvious, sometimes cryptic. But it's always there. Sheer brilliance I say.
I love how Dagless stops before Sanchez says wait
I discovered this show yesterday, just finished it 30 seconds ago, and already miss it so much.
You know Matt Berry said “yeah I’ll do the show but , I get to do a song”
The music video, though
its the best
Superb in every department. Up there with the greatest comedy of all times.