Episodes, anyone?

[NonnoMum]

My new favourite programme? Anyone else into it?

Nearly didn't bother after watching the first two episodes, thinking Meh! But I think episode 3 has really hit the mark and was laugh outloud funny!

It's really growing on me. I loved the cock bit in this week's episode, almost wet myself! Really liking it.

The blind wife was also that eevil woman in Spooks, wasn't she? The one who threw her Dick-VanDyke lookylikey boss off a tall building.

Not seen ep 3 yet, but this might be make-or-break time for Episodes.

I'm enjoying it but agree that is does seem to be missing something...

didnt much like the first one.you must watch episode 3 on the iplayer!!.... the cock bit was HILARIOUS. " my eyes are up here!"

"...I'm not a piece of meat!" I LOVED episode 3!!! .

Not convinced. Interested enough to keep watching. Love that the head of comedy doesn't get comedy though

i do like it when actors play pisstakes of themselves, like duncan from blue in plus one!

This is making me depressed..it's so close to being really, really good...but it's not.

Tamsin Greig's character is like a Bella Emberg stereotype - constantly miserable, bitchy, nothing is ever good enough. I do love Joey MLB though.

Interesting that quite a lot of you have the reaction that it is potentially really good but also lacking something. That's what I think too. I wonder if it is because it really does try to straddle the British comedy ear and the US one. It can't really succeed in both can it? I think the writers are American but that there has been a lot of work with the Brit actors to get the right comedy voice, and the result is a little bit nowherey.

I loved the cock bit too. And the sweary outburst at the end of the earlier episode.

Thw writers/directors could have taken a few tips from Larry David. Agree that it's almost there, but has had the impro/spontaneity sucked out of it.

Well the vomit on the shoulder had a certain spontaneity I reckon. I nearly died laughing!

Yes I liked the shoulder vomit! The cock bit went on too long IMO.

Eleison I think you've got it, they've fallen between two stools.

I love this - I think Matt Le Blanc is brilliant. I read somewhere that he is playing a sort of "darker" version of himself and what I really like about it is because you expect him to be funny a la Joey and he isn't always. He often leaves the laughs to others.

I actually think the humour is very subtle rather than necessarily laugh-out-loud funny. I don't think it's meant to be straight comedy, I think there is more to it. It's definitely worth keeping going with this - it gets better every week.

This is being shown on Showtime in the U.S. and I heard a U.S. reviewer say it was 'nothing we haven't seen before'. I found that a bit odd, I wasn't aware of any other shows particularly looking at how the U.S. takes great UK shows and badly remakes them--have I missed something?

Did BBC really just broadcast a warning about 'language' for this show because it had the word 'vagina'????

I can't think what other words it might have referred to.

Since when is vagina offensive?

They had an unannounced cunt a couple of weeks ago.

It was good. Painful how Beverley is positioned as 'difficult' and a battleaxe because she is trying to do her job well. It is a v sharp picture of sexism.

at 'unannounced cunt'

I hated this last night. Tamsin Greig is the most annoying actor I've ever seen anyway, but last night even more annoying. Steven Mangan = painful. They are the most unconvincing couple. And the end bit just seemed sick somehow, really tragic. What is going on with this?

Given up with it, just didn't take to it after two episodes. I agree with Sugar, Tamsin and Steven mangan are really unbelieveable as a couple, they just wouldn't choose each other in real life and it shows.

Mmm, maybe i am getting old but was shocked at the end of this weeks episode.

I have been sky plussing it and really like it.
Can't wait for tonights er episode to see how Sean's cyber nookie pans out. Poor Tamsin/Beverley.

I love this, I havent seen Mon ep yet, going to watch it later tonight.

Felt her pain at catching him having a wank at the end.

I've been enjoying this too! I think it's been so well crafted.

This week's episode explains the opening of the first episode. I can't wait for the final episode! Oh the fallout...

I'm still watching, but struggling with it. I don't think the Greig/Mangan style fits it at all. There are some very clever lines, but their delivery of many of them just doesn't work. I find some of it a bit uncomfortable, I.e. when a joke falls flat, it feels awkward.
PS it was written by american AND British writers, NOT just Americans

we're still watching it, quite like it. think matt leblanc is good, and the lady from the network, carol, like her too.