Inside No 9......

[hitmouse]

Oh, and should I try Psychoville? At some point while watching Inside I found myself thinking "huh, these two are really good, I should try watching more of their stuff", but then possibly my least favourite episode was Death Be Not Proud, which felt like a kind of mean-spirited gawk at the freak thing in a way that League had sometimes been guilty of but is mostly absent from Inside, and then after looking it up that turned out to be a sort of Psychoville crossover. So that tells me that maybe I shouldn't try watching it?

 

[belboid]

Inside No.9 (Favourite Episodes)

Series 1, Episode 1 - Sardines
Series 1, Episode 2 - A Quiet Night In
Series 1, Episode 4 - Last Gasp
Series 1, Episode 1 - Sardines

Series 2, Episode 1 - La Couchette
Series 2, Episode 4 - Cold Comfort
Series 2, Episode 5 - Nana's Party

Series 3, Episode 2 - The Bill

Series 5, Episode 6 - Wise Owl

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Must admit that even after rereading the plot summary I have no recollection of Last Gasp at all. Which may be a good excuse to watch it again

 

[Thistlewaite]

Must admit that even after rereading the plot summary I have no recollection of Last Gasp at all. Which may be a good excuse to watch it again

Honestly, it is an incredible episode. I was so hooked at the time. Going to rewatch the above episodes myself, this month!
Let me know what you think!

There's a lot of good ones, I'd say Sardines, Wise Owl, Zanzibar, Wuthering Heist and Bernie Clifton's Dressing Room are all up there for me. I think I like the funny ones, although it's a tricky thing where part of what I enjoy is being wrongfooted so it wouldn't really work if they were all like that. Going to nominate Empty Orchestra as maybe the most underrated? And yeah, Riddle of the Sphinx and the Bill are great plotwise. Interesting how after series 5 or maybe 6 they dropped the convention of having the last one always being full horror?

I like Sardines too but probably not enough to include it on a list twice? Also sounds like you might've lost two series somewhere.

Good spot! I missed out those series as I honestly had nothing nice to say about them

 

[T & P]

Never seen Psychoville. I’ve watched only two or three episodes of The League of Gentlemen and really liked them. My OH however, who absolutely loves Inside No 9, can’t stand the sight of League of Gentlemen. Not because she thinks it’s not good, but because it deeply disturbs her for reasons that she can’t or won’t vocalise.

 

[Thistlewaite]

Never seen Psychoville. I’ve watched only two or three episodes of The League of Gentlemen and really liked them. My OH however, who absolutely loves Inside No 9, can’t stand the sight of League of Gentlemen. Not because she thinks it’s not good, but because it deeply disturbs her for reasons that she can’t or won’t vocalise.

A common reaction I believe.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Never seen Psychoville. I’ve watched only two or three episodes of The League of Gentlemen and really liked them. My OH however, who absolutely loves Inside No 9, can’t stand the sight of League of Gentlemen. Not because she thinks it’s not good, but because it deeply disturbs her for reasons that she can’t or won’t vocalise.

I love Inside No 9. Even the weaker ones are still good. And I loved League of Gentlemen at the time, but I rewatched some of it during lockdown and was surprised to find that it had aged badly. Some bits still work, like the Dentons and Benjamin, and there are touches that still draw a laugh like the revolving sign outside the Jobcentre saying Dole/Scum, but other bits that might have seemed edgy at the time now just seem juvenile and crass.

 

[T & P]

I love Inside No 9. Even the weaker ones are still good. And I loved League of Gentlemen at the time, but I rewatched some of it during lockdown and was surprised to find that it had aged badly. Some bits still work, like the Dentons and Benjamin, and there are touches that still draw a laugh like the revolving sign outside the Jobcentre saying Dole/Scum, but other bits that might have seemed edgy at the time now just seem juvenile and crass.

Yeah, I can certainly thing of one or two things that feel far more suited to a Little Britain episode than the stuff you can expect from Shearsmith and Pemberton.

 

[Knotted]

Christmas special tonight

 

[8ball]

Christmas special tonight

I’m still on series 2.

 

[RainbowTown]

The Wise Owl episode is still one of the darkest and most original things I've seen on TV. That Pemberton and Shearsmith somehow managed to make it grotesquely funny as well is testament to just how good a writers and performers they are. Looking forward to this Xmas special.

 

[T & P]

I was hoping for a longer running time on the pretence it’d be a Xmas special out of greed because I love the series so much. But even though it was the standard length and went too quickly, I enjoyed that. Not one of their all-time greatest but pretty decent.

 

[hitmouse]

Had been avoiding this thread until after I watched it for fear of spoilers. But coming to the thread now having seen it, I can confirm that

Spoiler

it's pretty decent

 

[stavros]

There was even an out-and-out laugh moment (the Paul Hollywood line).

 

[belboid]

I will look forward to catching up on this soon, hopefully tonight. It would seen almost appropriate as we just went out for dinner with Mark Gatiss!






(the word 'with' is doing some rather heavy lifting here)

 

[T & P]

Season 8 starting this Thursday

 

[surreybrowncap]

I've already seen the first two episodes of Season 8.

This was at the BFI with Q&A afterwards..

1) Mother's Ruin
2) Paraskevidekatriaphobia -( A fear of Friday 13th)

Why not Enneaphobia? - A fear of the number 9!!

I'm looking forward to their On The Buses take.......

 

[Maggot]

 

[T & P]

I enjoyed tonight’s episode. Not mind blowing by their standards, but a good dark comedy tale

 

[T & P]

On a slight derail, I love both this and League of Gentlemen, but whereas my OH loves Inside No. 9, she finds the latter not just unenjoyable but often unsettling. Neither of us have seen Psychoville. How does it compare with the other two? Is it closer to the clever narrative of Inside no. 9, or the surreal fucked up characters and storylines of League of Gentlemen?

 

[krtek a houby]

On a slight derail, I love both this and League of Gentlemen, but whereas my OH loves Inside No. 9, she finds the latter not just unenjoyable but often unsettling. Neither of us have seen Psychoville. How does it compare with the other two? Is it closer to the clever narrative of Inside no. 9, or the surreal fucked up characters and storylines of League of Gentlemen?

We found it a hoot. It's episodic and possibly a bit more League than 9...

 

[Maggot]

On a slight derail, I love both this and League of Gentlemen, but whereas my OH loves Inside No. 9, she finds the latter not just unenjoyable but often unsettling. Neither of us have seen Psychoville. How does it compare with the other two? Is it closer to the clever narrative of Inside no. 9, or the surreal fucked up characters and storylines of League of Gentlemen?

It's closer to League, but not as surreal or fucked up. You should give it a go - unless either of you have a fear of clowns.

 

[surreybrowncap]

Full episodes of Psychoville are available on Dailymotion...
This still makes me laugh....

 

[Knotted]

Psychoville like League of Gentle is about grotesques albeit serialised and a little less crass. I rate it above League of Gentlemen which really hasn't aged well. I still say "I did a bad murder" when ever I fuck up even though nobody gets it.

 

[Plumdaff]

I was fairly convinced that at least one of them had the same NCT course leader as me, because Joy Aston from Psychoville was almost a documentary. I loved it, haven't seen it since it aired though.

 

[Knotted]

re Psychoville this gives me the chills:

 

[Ranbay]

Great , that’s another thing to worry about

 

[hitmouse]

Think I've mentioned it upthread, but I thought one of the worst episodes of No 9 is the one that turned out, when I looked it up, to be a Psychoville crossover. So I'm taking that as my yardstick, if you and/or your partner enjoy that episode then it's probably worth watching further, but doubt I'll bother.

 

[T & P]

I really enjoyed tonight’s episode.

 

[Ranu]

Thought it was disappointing this week, possibly because I sussed it out in the first few minutes.

 

[surreybrowncap]

Yeah - it was a bit obvious early on..
Found myself just waiting for an unexpected twist..
Maybe something like the man actually having a mouse head!!