Amph The IT Crowd

Tonight was the final episode of The IT Crowd, did anyone else catch it? I thought it was a great episode that didn't feel like it had been three years since we'd seen them last. It ended with a lot of feels too.

 

You should change the title to "The In Crowd" and then accuse someone of being a mod favorite.

 

I didn't watch it last night, no, but I definitely will. I loved it during it's four series run (2006 - 2010). It brought to the fore and celebrated geek culture before The Big Bang Theory pulled the same trick for a bigger audience (Channel 4 here versus CBS - no contest). So I like to look at it as a trailblazer. It made stars out of Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade and Katherine Parkinson. Noel Fielding and Matt Berry have also done well out of it. Plus, when it started Chris Morris was a regular. Quite a coup. It's sad that the show has come to an end, but by all accounts it's coming to an end at a time of its choosing. An end because the three leads simply didn't have the time for a full fifth series, not because the show was getting worse or Channel 4 / the viewers didn't want a fifth series.

 

RICHARD AYOADE

 

What was great was the last episode didn't feel like a gimmick or that it was forced in any way like some kind of reunion show. The pace and interaction between them all picked up like it had never stopped.

It felt like they really just wanted to give the series a proper ending.

 

I liked that this was a show the featured geeks and geek culture that didn't use it as a crutch for laughs like The Big Bang Theory. The IT Crowd had great episodes that didn't rely on "geeks are weird" for plot points; it was really well-written, and it shows.

 

Yes. Nothing 'ordinary' ever happens to Roy, Moss or Jen. The Big Bang Theory (whilst excellent) puts its characters into 'real situations'. The IT crowd deliberately avoids that.

 

I always forget that 'The Boat That Rocked' was retitled for its North American release.

 

I think they are throwing out the IT Crowd like yesterday's jam.

No that doesn't make sense since jam last for ages.