Fun episode. The waiter is the guy who hired Mac and Charlie to do office work right? Presumably he got fired after Charlie burned half the mail. Looking forward to seeing the school principal's downward slide in future seasons.

(late but) the show will end with Dennis rejoicing after murdering the other four then getting electrocuted by Charlie's crappy wiring.

(late but) the show will end with Dennis rejoicing after murdering the other four then getting electrocuted by Charlie's crappy wiring.

Loved this episode. Charlie's quasi-monologue was a great showcase and it was great to see some Mac time as well.

Loved this episode. Charlie's quasi-monologue was a great showcase and it was great to see some Mac time as well.

Watching several years later I think the grading is reasonable. The episode as a whole was funny and had an interesting premise plus lots of gags, so I would have gone for a B+ until the last 5 minutes.

Watching several years later I think the grading is reasonable. The episode as a whole was funny and had an interesting premise plus lots of gags, so I would have gone for a B+ until the last 5 minutes.

Episodes like this make me really glad Glen, Rob and Charlie use a writing team and don't try to do everything themselves. (Granted they may have come up with the trapped concept.) It felt fresh and got the essence of the characters plus some fantastic one liners. Dee's manipulation of Charlie was spot on. When he…

I dread to think what makes Frank's blood thin and black.

Favourite moment of this episode was the reveal of the stunt doubles for Frank leaping over the car and Dennis fighting.

You have a pretty weird view of socialism - Britain is not a socialist country. If you want to make a generalisation based on a single show format I propose another one - in the UK and Ireland luck and circumstance is something that happens to you, which the class system ingrains. It is Tim's shitty luck that means…

Actually you're right, it was more a 'dramedy' than a sit-com, despite the office setting and quirky side characters. There are shows in the US doing this, like Orange is the New Black. I can see why the Emmys changed the comedy category to half hours. That's the thing about having so many channels/sources of fiction,…

I've tried hard to block out all memory of that show, specifically that on more than a few occasions I actually found myself chuckling at it. (Same for My Family and My Hero if I'm honest.)

Since E4 and ITV 2 came along to sweep up the teen series the % of American content on Channel 4 and ITV has fallen but some weeks it does feel like Britain is only making police dramas. Not Safe For Work was a great sitcom, I hope that gets a second series.

Dammit I did mean Peter Cook!

I really think that would be a great note to finish on. The resetting and general awfulness mean we don't really root or care for any of the characters so I wouldn't shed a tear if there is a second refridgerator full of heads. Or if Charlie's electricity siphoning and trash burning finally blows them all up.

I love how much Extras foresaw the success of Mrs Brown's Boys.

Peter Sellers was actually very popular in America. He was just too misanthropic and alcoholic to thrive like his partner Dudley Moore.

Noooo there are so many terrible British comedies. The mainstream prime time on the big channels can be shockingly broad, with a lot of slapstick. The Thick Of It had a far smaller audience than shows like Not Going Out or Three Pints of Lager.

Give it a go, when it's good it's great. I'd maybe just skip the first season as it repeats a lot of the British one.