Oh my. It’s a real slap in the face that Denholm ignores the IT team. Jen is a shouty cat, and the boys need some help understanding the mysterious ways of women.

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Jen goes on a disaster date with Bill “The News” Crouse. Tiny food from Spain. Kathy Morganforman. Moss lies: “Jen is dead” to discourage Bill. Woman with hair on her eyes. Jen on a mail cart.

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Jen had a nice weekend. Roy stole a monitor. Don’t Google the question, Moos (how can you two live like this?). Roy doesn’t like goats and food. The red door hides the snippet storeroom.

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Roy goes on a date and he’s socially challenged with shit on his head. Jen laughs. Spider. Co-worker Daniel is going to be on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. Nerds aren’t interested in sports. Roy decides women only want bastards. He puts a psychotic personal ad online.

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Jen sees and wants red shoes so bad. An old woman falls down the stairs. Denholm calls a meeting and declares war on stress - in a freaking bicycle outfit. Jen’s shoes barely fit. The IT guys make stress class stressful. Jen shows off her new shoes.

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The first episode of The IT Crowd had me hooked from the start, with the pixel art, computer-blippy theme song, and the introduction of Jen, the IT manager (who knows nothing about computers) on first day of work at Reynholm industries, where beautiful people do absolutely nothing. Jen faces off with Denholm Reynholm, a very odd boss, and slowly comes to the realization that she’ll be stuck in a basement managing two socially challenged nerd’s nerds.

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Is it worth getting a big pay raise to become personal assistant to the smarmiest boss in the world? Many sitcom episodes have contemplated this, but not while lampooning Roman Holiday, and the boss later pleads, “Please dress like my sexy dead wife!” There’s also a gigantic hand-stool (well, I don’t want one of those) and a corporate promotional video with a subliminal message.

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“If you type Google into Google, you might break the Internet,” says Jen. Bad bra, new bra, public humiliation by way of television appearance, hot tits.

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Let’s make fun of: new, lovey-dovey couples, the awkwardness of inviting co-workers to your home, the disfigured, the recently divorced, peter-files, and - well - the differences between men and women.

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More blunt skewering of social conventions as this episode deals with movie piracy and the anti smoking brigade, with some digs at homosexuals, Russians, Germans, gigantic home entertainment systems, and cannibals. Yeah, I’m not exactly sure how they crammed all that into one show either.

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