@@davidz3879 yeah that's the point buddy that's why it's relatable because everyone would like to meet someone like that and bat out of their league it's relatable from mark's perspective
I actually cried watching this episode back when first aired back in 2004 because it showed that Mark could have followed a path in life where he excelled and was happy and that he still could have still chosen that path if he had the courage to step outside what he has been programmed to see as a responsible path, but his father's bullying has destroyed his ability to do this
@@davidz3879 he could have rented the flat out or studied part time. Yes it would not have been easy but people do things like give up careers and stability in order to find new directions. Where there is a will there is a way. Mark's tragedy is that he has been so beaten down he doesn't see that
Might be number 1 for me. It's the most backstory heavy episode in many ways, right down to Mr Rasheed's shop and the out of date humuus incident that only Mark seems to remember. It grounds the show in time a bit, as sort of a hangover from the 90's, especially with Jez's bitter rant about Britpop and Four Weddings. A lesser show would've just made Jez and Hans' music stuff be the type of landfill indie that was concurrent with when these episodes were made. Also Peter Capaldi's oh-so-clever professor might be my favourite one time character, just pitch perfect "slaying the middle-brow sacred cows" and pretending not to have heard of Four Weddings. Mark stalking April shows the strength of earlier seasons feeling high stakes with massive elation and crazy risk taking, as well as the inevitable humiliation and cringe. The show definitely became more dry and cynical as it went on, which is completely in keeping with characters growing out of naivety, but I did miss some of that manic excitement episodes like this have.
There are many people who don't know about popular films, TV shows etc. because they don't pay any attention to it & insist that they're inherently inferior to novels.
I never knew that about the kid in the bus scene, I thought they just put that there cos kids on public transport do just blankly stare at you for no reason 😂
I do like how this episode is pretty much an 'origin' story for the guy's relationship and develops the characters even further. 2:51 Jeremy's Manager is pretty much a re-working of this episode [Mark tags along with Jez to get a woman, Jez gets the opportunity to replace Hans in performing] but there is enough changes [such as Mark being involved more in the music plot] so it's not too noticeable.
I think this is April/Mark relationship is very relatable for me, a loser who had the chance to score the hot chick that is nice and has the same interests, but fails. Story of my life.
Oh my god Andrew I literally cannot wait for the rest of your list! I always feel like us Peepers are a secret society and I love that! FYI my top 3 are: Mark Makes a Friend, Conference and (Mark's) Wedding
Great to see this episode. Look forward to more deep dives into Peep Show to come. I like how you put the episode into context of the show as well as a stand alone episode.
Maybe because I came of age in my 30's just like Mark and Jez do, but I am addicted to this show and it's been ten years! What are they doing now. I miss them much.
I always wondered, was it EVER actually a thing for a shoe shop worker to have to feel a customer's foot??? Great video as always Andrew. A favourite episode of mine too. The line where Jez reads Professor McLeesh's books is so funny he's so petty and straight up dumb Pathetic ending with Mark leaving April's room hahaha
Yes it is/was! I can remember being in junior school and having a huge crush on a teenage girl who worked in a shoe shop who would feel my feet like April felt Mark's feet when measuring them
Great work. I love to watch, listen to and read content by people who really go into the minutiae of Peep Show plots and characters. University Challenge is up there with my favourites.
I do wish they'd kept April as just this one-off character as I felt her return in series 9 was a bit forced for yet another dull love triangle which by that point we know will fail so just ends up feeling like a big waste of time [and she's suddenly into cocaine because all of Mark's girlfriends have to suddenly be into partying].
@@davidz3879 Anything other than a love triangle would have been good-maybe more of Johnston at the bank or Mark seeing more of baby Ian [although I think they should have just done a 1 hour special to wrap things up rather than a full series].
I agree, it felt a bit forced. As did Jez’ love triangle that season. I did think by that point the formula revolving around their respective romantic conquests had worn out a bit.
@@Y-two-K Yes! But those are a lot more common on TV. I also really appreciate The Beastie Boys mentions. License to I'll was the soundtrack to my high school.
I really like this episode because it's very thematically coherent and well-paced. Mark, Jez and April are all self-saboutaging due to their low confidence. This is why Jez's b-plot doesn't feel like a total distraction. He'd a more transparent version of the same character flaw that causes Mark to stalk a stranger, lie about his motives, and obsess over Sophie and that causes April to brush off every red flag. The "shy, low-confidence guy with a shared passion in your interests and seemingly naïve motivations" persona that Mark presents himself as is a lot less frightening when you consider she can't hear all the sleaziness of his inner monologue. The performance is what sells that timidity and optimism - it would feel a lot less likely if she wasn't holding herself so tense, her speaking so anxious. I can see it being relatable and nonthreatening to a young person who actually has that kind of personality. Similarly, you can imagine this being romanticised over the decade before they next met. Mark is pretty reprehensible on paper, but the hope that he could maybe turn his life around and be a more genuine person by connecting with people and pursuing his happiness - and subsequent catharsis of him causing his own return to misery - really makes it easier to swallow. You can't help but feel bad for someone that desperate and self-destructive. He isn't at "Merry ChristMark" levels of calculating and unhinged at this point in the series, after all. Side note: it may seem unrealistic that April would be interested in Mark at all, but I had a crush on David Mitchell when I was a teenager too. Mitchell having a surprisingly large number of fans inspired a section of That Mitchell and Webb Book. It's also about a stalker, as it turns out.
Why do you think that Jez has low confidence? He has the opposite problem. How & when does April self-sabotage? Mark & April are both very interested in history. Without that in common, it's highly unlikely that she'd be attracted to him. DM has many fans because he's rich & famous; that's not surprising. He wasn't popular before he became famous.
Off the top of my head another example is Tim Key who had been in 'Alan Partridge' for a while [as Sidekick Simon] before appearing in series 9 of Peep Show.
I really like how back in the day it was funny that Mark was a stalker (kind of) but this episode aged so well that it's obvious he's sick in the head.Still, April's super sweet with him. To the point that I do wonder if a lot of girls fall in love with their stalkers to this very day.
What I never understood was Mark saying 'Ah, well I kept myself pure for Sophie'. Does that mean that Mark is a virgin? Even on screen he had sex with Valerie in season 1.
I guess he means as he's not used to sleeping around that he wants to focus on Sophie, which makes him doing that [or at least trying to] in series 5 all the more out of his comfort zone. Maybe he's also trying to forget about Valerie given the choaking!
Why was the coach journey so long? Mark & Jez live in South London, if the Executioners Bong are touring in Southampton and Portsmouth as well as Dartmouth, we can presume its on the south coast. That's not more than 2 hours surely?
5:15 although Jeremy is the one to break out I'm pretty sure Mark shows him the latch to get out and its implied he knew the whole time they were in there that that was the way out. Not really important just a small detail which shows that Mark's 'actions have consequences' view to the point he was willing to suffer too even if it risked his chances with April
For me, it's a bit higher up in my top ten - coincidences aside. I maintain that, through everything, April is the one. Sophie he didn't love, and all he wanted was a mirror of himself. There's also a bit of tension, which is nice, towards the end between Mark and April - the will he won't he.
(Acknowledging that this is two years old) This video sums up everything as I would like to think I would. Certainly what I would have done, if you hadn’t nicked it and done it back to me. My only critique is that you didn’t mention or emphasize the cubits. I think the talk of cubits pushed him over the, albeit eternally precarious, edge.
I disagree. I think one appearance was fine for her, even though I really liked the character. Also, David, I'd appreciate if you could condense your comments a bit. There's no need to leave 6 different top level single sentence comments when paragraphs exist. Also, it's rather necessary to thumbs-up all of your own comments every time too.
@@SteRDLK The timeline of Peep Show is hard to reconcile given some of the jumps between series not matching up with 'real time' [like the end of series 5 to the start of series 7 having to take place within 9 months due to the pregnancy when 2 years passed in real time etc.].
@@davidz3879 Big Suze is a more prominent character, which in my opinion is a welcome. Sophie's character development is really interesting and mark and her relationship is at its more interesting. In my opinion definitely the best series, also why did you like your own comment?
Can anyone help me attribute a quote to a scene? I’ve got Jez saying “I can see them, I just can’t GET them” in my head. I’ve asked my wife which scene she thinks it is and she can’t remember either. Help!
Mark could have considered actually becoming a mature student part-time, like bt taking evening classes back in London. He could have stopped obsessing over Sophie by realising other women can like him. Jez could have simply not tried to nick a chocolate bar lol
@@theMoporter At this point, Mark has never been in a relationship & he's clearly always been unpopular. In s1 & 2, Sophie, Valerie & April are the only girls who show any attraction towards him - Valerie & April only briefly. He therefore concentrates on pursuing Sophie.
Jez would have been fine if he hadn't done the shoplifting as he'd have got to the gig on time. Maybe if Mark had fessed up about not being a student [as unlikely as that is given he couldn't do that about the wedding in series 4] maybe he could have had a long distance relationship with April [as she does seem to like him] but that's assuming she'd have been cool about him lying!
Mark calculating how low he could go when paying for a bottle of wine really told us a lot about Mark’s penny pinching nature, and is consistent with his “Four naans Jeremy?” outrage in another episode around this era.
I never really liked this episode solely for Mark's behaviour towards April. Mark is a desperate man at the best of times, but this was probably his lowest point and it was just weird and offputting to me. Felt slightly out of character for him imo
Totally in character IMO. Finds a girl into history and convinces himself that she's "the one". Abandons her forever despite his obvious feelings for her because he's too cowardly to come clean
In universe explanation is that she has work commitments [she mentions them before saying 'I'd love to see the English Rivera!]. Real life reason is that Rachel Blanchard's schedule was limited [hence why she only cameos in this episode+ 'Jeremy's Big Break' while being absent from 'The Man Show'].
@@davidz3879 She was quite busy around 2004 according to IMDB credits [including a regular role in USA Drama '7th Heaven']. She dropped out of series 3 to do the Samuel L. Jackson film 'Snakes on a plane'. The commentary for 'Wedding' indicates she was only in the UK for a couple of weeks for series 2 and 4 [as they wanted her in a bit more in 4 but her time was limited] and her stuff was block filmed which might explain why Nancy didn't return after 4. She's always been very busy in USA TV including 'Flight of the Concords' the same year as series 4. [Recently she was in the Ben Affleck film Deep Water and a regular on Amazon Prime's 'The summer I turned pretty' and was one of the leads in a 50 episode USA show You, Me, Her before that].
I never knew that about the kid in the bus scene, I thought they just put that there cos kids on public transport do just blankly stare at you for no reason 😂
Andrew you're missing that April has the magical combo of beauty and low self-esteem.
shes my type
It's a great line, probably a little more relatable than we'd like it to be.
The perfect combo
@@mankytoes How is it relatable? It's rare. The vast majority of people who are of well above average looks are very aware of it.
@@davidz3879 yeah that's the point buddy that's why it's relatable because everyone would like to meet someone like that and bat out of their league it's relatable from mark's perspective
I can't wait for Gregory's Beard to be number 1 and number 2 being Quantocking II
I know you're stalking my Top 10 Episodes list, I tracked your IP address.
@@axw Oh no um please Mr Andrew please I'm sorry don't hurt me
Do you realise your username makes it blatantly obvious that you are a man 💀 feeeeemales 💀💀💀
The world is just people walking into rooms and saying things.
I actually cried watching this episode back when first aired back in 2004 because it showed that Mark could have followed a path in life where he excelled and was happy and that he still could have still chosen that path if he had the courage to step outside what he has been programmed to see as a responsible path, but his father's bullying has destroyed his ability to do this
How could Mark still have chosen that path? How could he pay his mortgage whilst studying for a history degree at Darty?
@@davidz3879 I think they mean him originally taking aincient history instead of business studies at university originally
@@louisadare8235 The OP says that Mark could still have chosen that path.
@@davidz3879 oh well, that’s all ancient history now
@@davidz3879 he could have rented the flat out or studied part time. Yes it would not have been easy but people do things like give up careers and stability in order to find new directions. Where there is a will there is a way. Mark's tragedy is that he has been so beaten down he doesn't see that
"You know how I feel about capitalism"
"Yes, confused"
Is one of those great exchanges I had completely forgotten about
The secret ingredient to this great episode is Crime.
Is this what it takes to get a free education? Bloody hell, who's in charge?
It is not stalking. Mark just followed love with a spice of crime.
It's notoriously risky when sitcoms have episodes set in an alternative location but this works brilliantly.
It made me so happy in season 9 that Mark finally hooks up with april. Such a relief
Though he does blow it with her for good in the finale...
It’s just that he’s going to prison for being complicit in the kidnap of her husband
Might be number 1 for me. It's the most backstory heavy episode in many ways, right down to Mr Rasheed's shop and the out of date humuus incident that only Mark seems to remember. It grounds the show in time a bit, as sort of a hangover from the 90's, especially with Jez's bitter rant about Britpop and Four Weddings. A lesser show would've just made Jez and Hans' music stuff be the type of landfill indie that was concurrent with when these episodes were made. Also Peter Capaldi's oh-so-clever professor might be my favourite one time character, just pitch perfect "slaying the middle-brow sacred cows" and pretending not to have heard of Four Weddings. Mark stalking April shows the strength of earlier seasons feeling high stakes with massive elation and crazy risk taking, as well as the inevitable humiliation and cringe. The show definitely became more dry and cynical as it went on, which is completely in keeping with characters growing out of naivety, but I did miss some of that manic excitement episodes like this have.
There are many people who don't know about popular films, TV shows etc. because they don't pay any attention to it & insist that they're inherently inferior to novels.
Jez’s Four Weddings speech/rant is definitely a highlight of this episode, and nicely illustrates the shallowness of his nostalgia for his uni years.
@@Jimdixon1953 He's not studious, so all Jez's good memories of uni involve having fun. There's no quim likes to party, like the quim down in Darty!
I never knew that about the kid in the bus scene, I thought they just put that there cos kids on public transport do just blankly stare at you for no reason 😂
I do like how this episode is pretty much an 'origin' story for the guy's relationship and develops the characters even further.
2:51 Jeremy's Manager is pretty much a re-working of this episode [Mark tags along with Jez to get a woman, Jez gets the opportunity to replace Hans in performing] but there is enough changes [such as Mark being involved more in the music plot] so it's not too noticeable.
One of the best uses of the internal monologue in the whole series is the set up of the ancient history joke on the bus
Please do a once-over on The Thick of It!! Would be fantastic
That would be mint! Plus Jesse Armstrong was a writer for The Thick of It.. So it shares the same charm
The secret ingredient is Darty
There's no quim likes to party, like the quim down in Darty.
I think this is April/Mark relationship is very relatable for me, a loser who had the chance to score the hot chick that is nice and has the same interests, but fails. Story of my life.
The shop that Superhans steals the chocolate from is literally right across the road from an office I used to work at on Charlotte street in London.
Oh my god Andrew I literally cannot wait for the rest of your list! I always feel like us Peepers are a secret society and I love that! FYI my top 3 are: Mark Makes a Friend, Conference and (Mark's) Wedding
can we not be called that please
@@beesree39 lol what's your suggestion?
Great to see this episode. Look forward to more deep dives into Peep Show to come. I like how you put the episode into context of the show as well as a stand alone episode.
Maybe because I came of age in my 30's just like Mark and Jez do, but I am addicted to this show and it's been ten years! What are they doing now. I miss them much.
The sax solo that Jez plays on another occasion, when the band are practising at the flat, well it's not jam, more like marmalade.
I always wondered, was it EVER actually a thing for a shoe shop worker to have to feel a customer's foot???
Great video as always Andrew.
A favourite episode of mine too.
The line where Jez reads Professor McLeesh's books is so funny he's so petty and straight up dumb
Pathetic ending with Mark leaving April's room hahaha
Yes it is/was! I can remember being in junior school and having a huge crush on a teenage girl who worked in a shoe shop who would feel my feet like April felt Mark's feet when measuring them
@@rorz999 "keep feeling my foot"
"I wanna get in on merit"
"I don't think you'll make it in on merit"
Great work. I love to watch, listen to and read content by people who really go into the minutiae of Peep Show plots and characters. University Challenge is up there with my favourites.
April definitely gets me going
I do wish they'd kept April as just this one-off character as I felt her return in series 9 was a bit forced for yet another dull love triangle which by that point we know will fail so just ends up feeling like a big waste of time [and she's suddenly into cocaine because all of Mark's girlfriends have to suddenly be into partying].
If she hadn't returned, what would Mark's main storyline have been in s9?
@@davidz3879 Anything other than a love triangle would have been good-maybe more of Johnston at the bank or Mark seeing more of baby Ian [although I think they should have just done a 1 hour special to wrap things up rather than a full series].
I agree, it felt a bit forced. As did Jez’ love triangle that season. I did think by that point the formula revolving around their respective romantic conquests had worn out a bit.
Sad he missed his chance, life is all about taking every opportunity and I wish we all could
I'm genuinely excited to see how this top 10 plays out. Love your channel Andrew!
As an American who peaked in the 80s, I got a huge charge out of hearing Jez mention Ghostbusters.
I feel the same with way Beatles references in the show lol
@@Y-two-K Yes! But those are a lot more common on TV. I also really appreciate The Beastie Boys mentions. License to I'll was the soundtrack to my high school.
Great review and excited to see the other 9!
I really like this episode because it's very thematically coherent and well-paced. Mark, Jez and April are all self-saboutaging due to their low confidence. This is why Jez's b-plot doesn't feel like a total distraction. He'd a more transparent version of the same character flaw that causes Mark to stalk a stranger, lie about his motives, and obsess over Sophie and that causes April to brush off every red flag.
The "shy, low-confidence guy with a shared passion in your interests and seemingly naïve motivations" persona that Mark presents himself as is a lot less frightening when you consider she can't hear all the sleaziness of his inner monologue. The performance is what sells that timidity and optimism - it would feel a lot less likely if she wasn't holding herself so tense, her speaking so anxious. I can see it being relatable and nonthreatening to a young person who actually has that kind of personality. Similarly, you can imagine this being romanticised over the decade before they next met.
Mark is pretty reprehensible on paper, but the hope that he could maybe turn his life around and be a more genuine person by connecting with people and pursuing his happiness - and subsequent catharsis of him causing his own return to misery - really makes it easier to swallow. You can't help but feel bad for someone that desperate and self-destructive. He isn't at "Merry ChristMark" levels of calculating and unhinged at this point in the series, after all.
Side note: it may seem unrealistic that April would be interested in Mark at all, but I had a crush on David Mitchell when I was a teenager too. Mitchell having a surprisingly large number of fans inspired a section of That Mitchell and Webb Book. It's also about a stalker, as it turns out.
Why do you think that Jez has low confidence? He has the opposite problem.
How & when does April self-sabotage?
Mark & April are both very interested in history. Without that in common, it's highly unlikely that she'd be attracted to him.
DM has many fans because he's rich & famous; that's not surprising. He wasn't popular before he became famous.
Lovely stuff, as always! Any chance of doing some The Thick of It content?
I'm pretty sure Peter Capaldi is the only actor to play a one off character who was already famous.
Off the top of my head another example is Tim Key who had been in 'Alan Partridge' for a while [as Sidekick Simon] before appearing in series 9 of Peep Show.
That is tickety-Boo
I really like how back in the day it was funny that Mark was a stalker (kind of) but this episode aged so well that it's obvious he's sick in the head.Still, April's super sweet with him. To the point that I do wonder if a lot of girls fall in love with their stalkers to this very day.
Well Stockholm Syndrome is a thing...
I have a broad foot
Love the channel a lot Andrew and was watching some old videos, so can we PLEASE get some more people just do nothing content! Anything will suffice
Ayyy been waiting for this!
The was the perfect one for mark., I'm glad they brought her back.
You're channel kicks ass!
What I never understood was Mark saying 'Ah, well I kept myself pure for Sophie'. Does that mean that Mark is a virgin? Even on screen he had sex with Valerie in season 1.
I don't think Mark has ever been in a serious relationship before.
I guess he means as he's not used to sleeping around that he wants to focus on Sophie, which makes him doing that [or at least trying to] in series 5 all the more out of his comfort zone. Maybe he's also trying to forget about Valerie given the choaking!
Why was the coach journey so long? Mark & Jez live in South London, if the Executioners Bong are touring in Southampton and Portsmouth as well as Dartmouth, we can presume its on the south coast. That's not more than 2 hours surely?
As far as I know, there's a train line to Dartmouth from London anyway, though I suppose that may not have existed back then.
@@k-leb4671 National express is a lot cheaper than trains [especially as Mark is tagging along] but the journey is a lot longer
5:15 although Jeremy is the one to break out I'm pretty sure Mark shows him the latch to get out and its implied he knew the whole time they were in there that that was the way out. Not really important just a small detail which shows that Mark's 'actions have consequences' view to the point he was willing to suffer too even if it risked his chances with April
For me, it's a bit higher up in my top ten - coincidences aside. I maintain that, through everything, April is the one. Sophie he didn't love, and all he wanted was a mirror of himself. There's also a bit of tension, which is nice, towards the end between Mark and April - the will he won't he.
The king returns 👑
Andrew, my friend. If you’ve seen The Mighty Boosh I think it’s worth thinking about doing a Once Over on it.
(Acknowledging that this is two years old) This video sums up everything as I would like to think I would. Certainly what I would have done, if you hadn’t nicked it and done it back to me.
My only critique is that you didn’t mention or emphasize the cubits. I think the talk of cubits pushed him over the, albeit eternally precarious, edge.
Charles Dickens used co-incidences all the time, as I'm sure Mark would tell us, so the ones here are cool with me.
Does anybody know where this university is set because i can't find it.
Belting a new series 🔥
Dartmouth, Dartmouth, Dartmouth, Dartmouth, Darty, Darty, Dartmouth, Dartmouth
Yeh this is a great episode. 👍🏻
great List. great Show
and April was the hottest Peep Show girl! maybe tied with Big Suze
Good episode
Where were the Darty scenes filmed?
Epsom College mostly except for some exterior shots
Please don’t take so long for number 9 Andrew 😟
Valerie should also have returned.
@@CatherineWarr It wouldn't have been an issue if she'd returned a few years later in her 20s.
I disagree. I think one appearance was fine for her, even though I really liked the character. Also, David, I'd appreciate if you could condense your comments a bit. There's no need to leave 6 different top level single sentence comments when paragraphs exist. Also, it's rather necessary to thumbs-up all of your own comments every time too.
@@CatherineWarr I think on the basis Jez is turning 40 in the last season, they'd be around 25-27 in season one?
@@SteRDLK The timeline of Peep Show is hard to reconcile given some of the jumps between series not matching up with 'real time' [like the end of series 5 to the start of series 7 having to take place within 9 months due to the pregnancy when 2 years passed in real time etc.].
I liked Valerie shame she never came back
God April was a knockout
Do a Columbo!
S2 is the second best PS series; s4 is the best.
S3 is the best David
@@hs0008 How so? Toni & Nancy aren't in it.
@@davidz3879 Big Suze is a more prominent character, which in my opinion is a welcome. Sophie's character development is really interesting and mark and her relationship is at its more interesting. In my opinion definitely the best series, also why did you like your own comment?
@@hs0008 I agree - S3 is the best. Also, David will always ignore when people mention that he likes his own comments lol
@@rorz999 oh I see 😂 fair enough, glad we agree on that
Nice.
Doesn’t Mark’s backgammon t shirt have a year on it? If so, the number of years ago isn’t that ambiguous.
Wish I had a copy of Rhombus
Can anyone help me attribute a quote to a scene? I’ve got Jez saying “I can see them, I just can’t GET them” in my head. I’ve asked my wife which scene she thinks it is and she can’t remember either. Help!
It's when he's looking at some clothes in the washer or dryer
@@w8m4n You’re the best! Haha thank you… was driving us nuts.
@@Alexmaystudio haha I know how that feels
How could Mark & Jez have made things work out well for both of them in this ep?
Mark could have considered actually becoming a mature student part-time, like bt taking evening classes back in London. He could have stopped obsessing over Sophie by realising other women can like him.
Jez could have simply not tried to nick a chocolate bar lol
@@theMoporter At this point, Mark has never been in a relationship & he's clearly always been unpopular. In s1 & 2, Sophie, Valerie & April are the only girls who show any attraction towards him - Valerie & April only briefly. He therefore concentrates on pursuing Sophie.
Jez would have been fine if he hadn't done the shoplifting as he'd have got to the gig on time. Maybe if Mark had fessed up about not being a student [as unlikely as that is given he couldn't do that about the wedding in series 4] maybe he could have had a long distance relationship with April [as she does seem to like him] but that's assuming she'd have been cool about him lying!
Mark calculating how low he could go when paying for a bottle of wine really told us a lot about Mark’s penny pinching nature, and is consistent with his “Four naans Jeremy?” outrage in another episode around this era.
To be fair, ordering four naans IS insane.
@@theMoporter haha! Yes you’re right. Especially Peshwari naan, they’re really rich.
@@Jimdixon1953 incredibly rich and creamy
Well you gotta make that calculation. Wine can be incredibly expensive
I never really liked this episode solely for Mark's behaviour towards April.
Mark is a desperate man at the best of times, but this was probably his lowest point and it was just weird and offputting to me. Felt slightly out of character for him imo
Totally in character IMO. Finds a girl into history and convinces himself that she's "the one". Abandons her forever despite his obvious feelings for her because he's too cowardly to come clean
His various efforts to avoid marrying Sophie, without telling her he doesn't want to, then going through with the wedding, are lower points.
Mark was eventually proven right. His plan totally worked and by series 9 she probably was the one.
It's in character. Mark is pretty terrible all the time, that's what makes him fun!
@@gridlo Not really as he messed up with April when he was older anyway.
Why doesn't Nancy accompany Jez & Mark to Darty?
In universe explanation is that she has work commitments [she mentions them before saying 'I'd love to see the English Rivera!]. Real life reason is that Rachel Blanchard's schedule was limited [hence why she only cameos in this episode+ 'Jeremy's Big Break' while being absent from 'The Man Show'].
@@jamesatkinsonja What was she filming at the same time as s2 of PS?
@@davidz3879 She was quite busy around 2004 according to IMDB credits [including a regular role in USA Drama '7th Heaven']. She dropped out of series 3 to do the Samuel L. Jackson film 'Snakes on a plane'. The commentary for 'Wedding' indicates she was only in the UK for a couple of weeks for series 2 and 4 [as they wanted her in a bit more in 4 but her time was limited] and her stuff was block filmed which might explain why Nancy didn't return after 4. She's always been very busy in USA TV including 'Flight of the Concords' the same year as series 4. [Recently she was in the Ben Affleck film Deep Water and a regular on Amazon Prime's 'The summer I turned pretty' and was one of the leads in a 50 episode USA show You, Me, Her before that].
Thank god she did not can not stand the character
@@leejones8582 What do you dislike about her?
I put s2 e1, Dance Class above this.
series 2 is a chore cause of Nancy but this episode is good
Nancy is brilliantly insane what you talking about?
The weakest episodes of Peep Show are better than the best episodes of some sitcoms. Every episode has at least one quotable line.
Mark misdescribes Betty Blue as a sex & suicide film because there's no suicide in it.
The film's audience takes care of the suicide bit after watching it.
@@NotoriousLightning It's not a happy film, but it's very good.
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I never knew that about the kid in the bus scene, I thought they just put that there cos kids on public transport do just blankly stare at you for no reason 😂