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"If I don't pay it's ok" is the only motto anyone will ever need. Been rewatching this is preparation for the last ones. I do remember series 7 and 8 being pretty underwhelming on first viewing, but I'm looking forward to seeing how they stack up next to the rest of the series in a binge watch. I originally watched most of the show when I was 16 or so, so I'm both picking up on a hell of a lot more and finding everything a lot more depressingly relatable now. gently caress all these people and their lives. stev fucked around with this message at 11:08 on Nov 8, 2015 |
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I very much doubt there'll be a definitive "ending", good or bad. They'll probably end up exactly where they started. Which in itself is sad enough.
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bango skank posted:I didn't notice until my second run through the series that Mark eventually does run away and get a whole bucket of KFC(on his way to the arcade while Sophie is giving birth.) So I guess he's joining Al-Qaeda for the finale?
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Nov 9, 2015 22:23
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Rewatching series 8 (which is actually a lot better than I remember), why did Dobby moving in require Jez to immediately move out? Could Mark not have bought a double bed?
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Nov 17, 2015 21:41
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Khablam posted:e: to quantity why gently caress... But... US Netflix.  Anyway really liked the opener overall. Mark and Jez plotting together almost consistently throughout was a bit odd, and Jez's 'sorry in funny voices' routine was the least funny thing I've ever seen, but otherwise good stuff! EDIT: And the repeated Candy Crush bit wasn't nearly disparaging enough to not have been a paid promo. gently caress that. stev fucked around with this message at 21:05 on Nov 18, 2015 |
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Nov 18, 2015 21:02
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After Dobby's reaction to Jez's speech, here's how the next few episodes will play out: - Dobby will dump the American for beating up Mark. - She'll assume that her and Mark are back on because she's realised that she actually loves him. - Mark will be too embarrassed to say anything. - Something terrible will happen or Mark will spend the rest of his life pretending to enjoy a loveless relationship. Or maybe Jez and Mark will end up together I don't know. 
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Nov 19, 2015 20:32
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One Swell Foop posted:I for one was surprised to find that Fakenham is indeed a town in Norwich and not a fake name like Madeupton or Manford Thirtysixborough Fakenham is miles from Norwich. 
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Nov 20, 2015 19:55
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Hijo Del Helmsley posted:...no, even the Mob didn't go after the families. That reminds me of this Mitchell rant. I'll never forgive him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIorjslBgJk
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Nov 21, 2015 14:03
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Great episode. Some proper classic farce comedy there. Mark should have just ordered a takeaway and said the oven's hosed, but I don't watch this show for sensible solutions to problems.
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Nov 25, 2015 23:38
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Mark turning around and thinking 'last blink of the evening! Enjoy it' was just the best.
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Nov 26, 2015 17:05
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The Ombudsman aren't civil servants Mark. You dick. It's a shame this series didn't start one or two weeks later. Having the whole series end in December and not finishing on a Christmas or new years episode is a shame. I know season 7 did it already but proper good Christmas telly is hard to come by these days.
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Dec 5, 2015 16:53
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Hijo Del Helmsley posted:The season 7 Christmas episode got more than enough mileage out of the idea. True that. It also has arguably one of my favourite Mark/Jez exchanges in the whole series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ38jTQcO1k
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Dec 5, 2015 17:04
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As far as penultimate episodes ever go that was a bit poo poo. Also how did they put Mark into an endgame 'which old love will he choose' story without bringing Dobby back? They set that up massively but did nothing with it.
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Dec 9, 2015 23:34
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Y-Hat posted:And while this has nothing to do with her character, she's someone you can point to when people want an example of ugly actors/actresses on British TV. Wow gently caress this hard. She looks like a normal person. Almost like an actual human being.
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Dec 10, 2015 11:04
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MoPZiG posted:Remind me: wasnt there a possibility that Ian is in fact Jez's kid? Yeah but they did a paternity test and he's Marks. Unless she lied.
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Dec 10, 2015 16:07
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Lot 49 posted:Thinking about the end of this show is The one where Mark befriends a neo-Nazi, the visit to Sophie's parents (mostly for the happy birthday bit, which is wonderful in every way) and the Christmas episode.
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Dec 11, 2015 13:06
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Disgusting Coward posted:The way Valerie says "gently caress your shoes!" in the third episode never fails to crack me up and as such it is the best episode. God yes. I sort of wish she was a semi-recurring character.
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Dec 11, 2015 13:41
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They both do other stuff. David Mitchell hosted HIGNFY today and recently resumed writing Guardian articles. He also sometimes pretends to like Lee Mack. No one likes Lee Mack.
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Dec 12, 2015 01:11
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EL BROMANCE posted:I'm moving house again and it's still my dream that I somehow find my copy of the US pilot so I can share it with the world. It's naturally on an unmarked disc and is the worst thing ever. I love that it doesn't even attempt to use the central conceit that the show itself is named after. Also how in the gently caress does something made post-2000 end up in that state? It looks like it was made in the early 90s and a VHS copy was filmed with a VHS camera.
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Dec 12, 2015 14:18
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Gorn Myson posted:I actually liked him way more on the re-watch. Once you realise that Mark is a creepy oval office, Jeff's dislike of him becomes increasingly reasonable. Jeff is right to dislike Mark, but he's the sort of person that I can't stand. There's something about him. In the party episode, the massive poo poo in the toilet didn't phase me, but when it's revealed that Jeff did it I almost retched. Something about his shits are particularly disgusting. There's a lot of people like that. Jay's dad in The Inbetweeners is the same, especially when he shits.
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Dec 19, 2015 17:36
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Nah any one of the series could have been the last one. 8 ended with Dobby leaving forever and Mark and Jez hating each other. That's a perfectly fine way to end it. Actually series 7 wouldn't really have worked because it's a somewhat happy ending for Mark.
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Dec 22, 2015 12:24
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When Jez does horrible things it's usually from a point of child like ignorance. He knows what he's doing is wrong, but doesn't really understand the severity or the consequences. Mark will take the time to think through why something is wrong and bad and then decide he still wants to do it.
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I always thought the dislike of Sophie was waaaaaay exaggerated. At the very least she's a perfectly normal person in the first season or two, and at worst she's an alcoholic and not a great mother.
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