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.
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.
“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.
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.
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.