An episode that only half works because the storyline about Roy being sexually assaulted by a sports therapist during a relatively straight forward massage isn’t as funny as it’s meant to be. This wrong turn has a knock-on effect on both Moss’ reaction to Roy’s recounting of the incident and the later courtroom finale… neither of which work because what happens to Roy can actually be quite upsetting in real life and Chris O’Dowd’s emotional performance is a little too convincing.
This apparent attempt to pay tribute to Chris Morris and Brass Eye has the unfortunate effect of slightly undermining the seriousness of sexual assault, rather than satirising media witch-hunting.
Occasional poor editing choices mean that a few other moments in the episode stumble, but apart from that Jen’s romantic storyline is classic IT Crowd stuff which didn’t deserve to be pitted against such a dark companion story.
What happened, Graham? I await his DVD audio commentary with anticipation.
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