Thursday, June 21, 2012

The IT Crowd - 4x02 - The Final Countdown

    This might be my favorite episode of the 4th season.  Jen wants to find out what's going on at high level meetings she no longer is invited to.  Roy wants to let an old friend of his know that he isn't a window cleaner.  And the A plot is Moss, having achieved renown on Countdown, a quiz show, is inducted into a secret club for noteworthy Countdown players.
    I don't care much about Roy's plot.  It's actually a bit annoying, since it seems to be so closely modeled on Seinfeld plots, but his character doesn't work for it as well.  Jen's plot is mildly funny, not so much for her performance, but for Matt Berry's work as Reynholm.  He doesn't get too much dialogue, but we get to see him dance, which is entirely worth it.
    Moss's story is just fantastic.  All of the performances, the direction, everything is just perfect.  There are memorable jokes all over the place, including a fantastic word - tnetennba.

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