The Thick of It

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Back on form! Hurrah for Malcolm Tucker and his creative swearing. I laughed so hard tea came out of my nose.
'What is this? Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Cunt?'
'I can be a fucking Hutu'

Am loving this series - I assume the episodes will alternate between the coalition with the rather likeable world-weary accidentally racist Tory, and the tech-savvy, ambitious lib dem, and then the wonderful (and ever so slightly sexy) Malcom trying to subtly oust the useless Nicola.

wonderful stuff! Last night's episode was brilliant!

Sexy? Malcolm? Sexy? [shocked]

Oh yes.... I also think the real Alistair Campbell is a bit of whoar as well (hangs head in shame)

Malcolm's attempt to describe Star Wars...

"What's that film you like? The one about the fucking space hairdresser and the cowboy. He's got a tinfoil pal and a pedal bin. His father's a robot and he's fucking fucked his sister. Lego. They're all made of fucking lego."

Glad to see him walking in to work and joking with Sam! And he was working the glasses and shirtsleeves look... happysigh.

And tonight's guest on 'I don't give a fuck about baby horses' is...me

Ah, mushypeas and Olimp, you are not alone in your Malcolm love. I definitely would. Especially with the shirtsleeves and glasses.

The Star Wars description was utter genius, along with "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Cunt" (Malcolm really knows how to use that word best) but I love love love Blinky Ben so much, he got some cracking lines. Just his face makes me laugh, but then that might also be because he has been the recipient of some of my favourite insults in the whole series - Jamie telling him that he "doesn't deserve to live" after his Newsnight car crash, and Malcolm handing him a computer keyboard and telling him to stand in the corner and play with it.

The set up is sort of working but I can't wait to see them all together. Malcolm and Terri were always such a joy together, and I miss Ollie and Glenn arguing.

Oh, and is it just me, or does anyone see a slight spark between Nicola and Malcolm? I could always picture something happening between them if they were both very drunk...

I'm aghast at the perversity of taste here - you should all be ashamed of yourselves and hide in corners!

I love the line 'ah, don't put Ben on the back benches - he'll just wank and eat Pringles'