Season 3 Episode 5, "Jurying"

"Look, maybe I didn't play by the rules this time."

Jez starts a relationship with a criminal while Mark gets roped into going to a rave.

- This one, more than others, can be either annoying or perfect, depending on my mood. I suppose that says more about me than anything else, but there it is.

- There’s yet another scene in a grocery store with Mark and Jez. This happens in a lot more episodes than you would think. I might go so far as to say that of all sitcoms, this show features the most scenes in a grocery store. I quite like that, as roommates in real life often go there together.

- This one introduces us to the reckless Sophie that shows up more often later. I really like this side of her character. It’s very believable that she would turn to this as she enters her 30s and life hasn’t worked out how she expected.

- The actress playing Carla, the defendant, is perfect. She really does seem trashy.

- The guy playing the foreman of the jury is a judge in the movie, “Magicians.” Yet another Peep Show/Magicians connection.

- The guy playing Sophie’s gay friend, Dom, is perfect, yet… where does he go? I don’t see him in any scenes beyond the first one he shows up in, although he’s supposed to have gone clubbing with them, surely?

- The scene with Mark, the homophobe, talking his way into a gay bar is pretty good.

- Mark’s speech on the necessity of capitalism is one of the character’s finest moments. It really encapsulates everything he believes. And it’s true.

"There are systems in this world for a reason!"

Quotes:

- Jeremy, on his philosophy as a juror: “Whatever it is, I’d let them off.”

Mark: “Jeremy, don’t try and upset me.”

- Jez: “This isn’t wrong, just illegal. Like drink driving.”

- Jez, mockingly: “’Oh, I’m the foreman. Only I get to talk to the judge.’ Fuck you.”

- Mark, reluctant to try E: “Is there not a slim chance I might… die?”

- Mark, pretending to be on E: “I might be getting the famous ‘munchies.’”

Sophie: “Really, on E? I’ll get you some water.”

- Mark, to the ravegoers squatting in his house: "It's only through the miracle of consumer capitalism that means you're not lying in your own shit, dying at 43 with rotten teeth, and a little pill with a chicken on it isn't going to change that.

Now, come on. Fuck off.”

UK Stuff:

- Skinner and Baddiel: A comedic duo.

- Rymans: A stationery store.

- Goose Green: The site of a Falklands War battle.

- Hen night: A bachelorette party. Jez likens women’s prison to this.

- Sugar: Alan Sugar, who Wikipedia tells me is a “British entrepreneur, media personality and political adviser.” He has Donald Trump’s role on the UK version of “The Apprentice.”

War references:

- Mark likens himself, positively, to Rommel.