It centres around a dead body, but the final series of Stephen Merchant's Bristol comedy is bursting with life
It centres around a dead body, but the final series of Stephen Merchant's Bristol comedy is bursting with life, the comedy thriller about low-level lawbreakers who are thrown together on a community payback scheme and become embroiled with proper villains. So it speaks volumes about co-creatorNevertheless, the new series does offer a handy recap.
With the gang having outwitted drugs boss “The Dean” by getting him arrested after secreting 10 kilos of cocaine into the boot of his car, Merchant and his team of writers had two problems facing them in their third outing. How were they going to set each character on a new journey and – more importantly – how would they inject some fresh jeopardy into their lives?
The latter answer comes in the form of that familiar trope in comedy thrillers – a pesky dead body and how to dispose of it. The cadaver in question belongs to one of Tthe Dean’s henchmen, but it would be a spoiler to say more. Well, John sues his dad for workplace bullying, Lady Gabby is in a hurry to have a baby and Myrna has a second chance at love with an old beau . Meanwhile, Ben has a new girlfriend, their tentative relationship muddied by the sudden reappearance of heart-breaker Rani. That’s surely enough to be getting on with.is an ensemble show and works best when the gang are bouncing off each other, but any scene involving Merchant or Gunning is comedy gold.
Any comedy-thriller, however, requires a fine balance between the two genres. And while you don’t co-author this century’s most influential sitcom,, without knowing how to craft a gag or two, what is perhaps more impressive here is the thought that’s gone into the mechanics of the thriller. And with The Dean detained while awaiting trial, a threatening new villain is required to do the footwork. Enter Ricky Grover , who is great fun as a bent copper with a gleefully cynical sense of humour..
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