The IT Crowd sitcom centres around the lives of an IT support
staff working away in the forgotten dingy basement of a large
company, Reynholm Industries. Roy (the slob) and Moss (the geek)
lurk in the basement fielding support calls in the tradition of
IT department the world over... "the beatings are bi-weekly".
Jen's been recruited by the big boss Denholm, to manage the
department... but her lack of knowledge of anything computer-ey
may hinder her career development path... Is it in, on, out or
it? There's a lot going on behind the scenes of the software
development community!
This fab Channel 4 comedy continues into its second series and is
written by Graham Linehan, the co-creator of her Ted, and
Black Books.
The IT Crowd Cast: Roy - Chris O'Dowd (Red Cap); Moss - Richard
Ayoade (Nathan Barley); Jen - Katherine Parkinson (Doc Martin);
Mr Denholm - Chris Morris (Brass Eye and On The Hour).
All episodes in series (version) 2 are on this DVD.
From .co.uk
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In the cluttered basement of a corporate skyscraper dwells the IT
department of Reynholm Industries, composed of three misfits:
Slacker Roy (Chris O'Dowd), technogeek Moss (Richard Ayoade), and
Jen (Katherine Parker), an ambitious but incompetent executive
who knows nothing about technology yet wound up as head of the
department. As the second season begins, these three have settled
into a friendly relationship, but the revelation of financial
misdoings turns the corporation itself topsy-turvy. Each episode
takes a simple premise and escalates to absurd heights. Moss
decides to take a cooking class and ends up friends with a German
cannibal; Jen finally gets a new boyfriend... who turns out to
have an extremely unfortunate name; Jen's bra doesn't fit well,
sending Moss on an inventing spree that may skyrocket Jen up the
chain of command. The best episode opens the season, when a trip
to the theater turns into a festival of appalling
misunderstandings; it's a perfectly orchestrated farce that
culminates in Roy trapped in a wheelchair despite having no
injuries at all. Perhaps the only off-note is a goth IT guy named
Richmond who recurs but rarely meshes with the rest of the
tightly wound plots. But that's a minor quibble, as the rest of
the cast is excellent. Ayoade turns introverted genius into comic
gold, in a similar vein to Jim Parsons on The Big Bang Theory;
fans of that show should definitely give this British cousin a
look. Created by the delightful writer/director Graham Linehan,
who previously worked on her Ted and Black Books. --Bret
Fetzer, .com
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Synopsis
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From the creators of her Ted (
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) comes this second series of The IT Crowd, the popular British
sitcom thats taking the country by storm. Relegated to a dingy
basement, Moss, Jen and Roy are their companys last line of
technological defence; they are the IT crowd. Episodes include
'The Work Outing', 'Return Of The Golden Child', 'Moss The
German', 'The Dinner Party', 'Smoke And Mirrors' and 'Men Without
Women'.
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