The Thick Of It S3 Ep8 REACTION!
Added 2025-02-05 17:00:08 +0000 UTCRevenge of the Malcolm
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The questionable "antics" befriending a 15 year old, hiring them when they became legal, sleeping with them and paying them a 6 figure sum of money. How does he try save face during all of this? By coming out as gay and using it as a distraction from the "rumors".
SnakeYikes
2025-02-20 15:15:45 +0000 UTCThe line I only thought about recently through these reactions, was when Malcolm talked about the "rumours on Huw Edwards"
Sam Popplestone
2025-02-17 19:59:35 +0000 UTC>.>
James West
2025-02-14 21:06:09 +0000 UTC"Hello, Phillip Schofield, I f*** lobsters for money." Brilliant line and that joke has gone on an unexpected journey. At the time of this series 3 (2009) Philip Schofield, in the public perception, was a prime-time TV presenter/personality, and I am sure I recall at the time, his reputation was clean cut. So this joke was super funny at the time because of that. But then life imitates art... and recently he became disgraced because of some questionable 'anticts'. So that joke was extremely funny then and has accidentally become even funnier now. Armando Iannucci is a genius, and who knows what he knew at the time!!
janepotsie
2025-02-14 20:39:34 +0000 UTCDavid Haig is absolutely awesome in that show, King Boomer would definitely love that character!
janepotsie
2025-02-14 20:38:22 +0000 UTCSame!!
janepotsie
2025-02-14 20:22:06 +0000 UTCI'll be watching all these reactions again once you finish it all. So good.
Daniel Monney
2025-02-12 19:18:14 +0000 UTCA quick precis of the real world political landscape between season's 3 & 4. Labour lost the general election, The tories got the most seats but didn't have a majority so formed a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats. The Labour Party was expected to elect David Miliband (Who Dan Miller is sort of based on) as their new leader as he was seen as charismatic and Tony Blair like but instead they elected his brother Ed who turned out to be pretty bad at the job.
Neal Murdoch
2025-02-09 19:11:57 +0000 UTCDavid Haig was not in Friday Night Dinner...Matt Holness 'Garth Marenghi' was
MrPhil_K
2025-02-09 17:48:39 +0000 UTCThe Bandit shirt though
Spoingus
2025-02-08 02:43:39 +0000 UTCTom Hollanders cockney accent is up there in the leagues of shitery with Johny Depp and Dick Van Dyck
Gil Johnston
2025-02-07 10:51:47 +0000 UTCI was going to comment similar. It is like he got to rant and use all the words his character in Thin Blue Line would have liked to use
Ryan Lynch
2025-02-06 13:28:11 +0000 UTCI think in nearly every scene Julius is in, he's obsessing over food of some sort. This scene in particular is brilliant.
Richie
2025-02-06 10:48:15 +0000 UTCThose moments where he loses his temper and just starts laughing to rein it in... genuinely unsettling
antlermagick
2025-02-06 09:14:09 +0000 UTCI own a couple of Malcolm's "Snuggly Fleece". They were part of Sainsbury's TU clothing range, which is indicative of the budget for this show. Anyway, if you like Tom Holland, may I recommend watching "Rev"?
ER
2025-02-06 02:58:19 +0000 UTC"I am the man that makes the bhaji go away" is one the finest expressions of power I've ever heard.
Curse These Metal Hands!
2025-02-06 01:02:47 +0000 UTCThe Thick of It - arguably the best ever made and I'm so pleased to have found a way to enjoy these for the first time again... I'm very excited for the next season and the intensity remains high - bring it on...
Michael
2025-02-05 23:46:57 +0000 UTCOh, have I been waiting for this since the cliffhanger. But, fuck me, you really love Bluey that much?
Joe Thornhill
2025-02-05 23:43:58 +0000 UTCBoth
Julian T
2025-02-05 23:11:54 +0000 UTCThought the Tom in The Night Manager was Hiddleston not Hollander?
Fordy7169
2025-02-05 23:09:32 +0000 UTCNo that's Mark Heap as the neighbour Jim with the dog.
Fordy7169
2025-02-05 23:08:42 +0000 UTCTintin’s sexy sister is one of my favourite throwaway Malcolm lines
Kieran B
2025-02-05 22:26:06 +0000 UTCIt saddens me that nothing I ever say will be funny enough to get a Malcolm Tucker reaction from you haha
Craig McCulloch
2025-02-05 22:12:30 +0000 UTCMakes my evening when you upload a Thick of It reaction 😂 Wish I could see it all again for the first time
PrinceMorque
2025-02-05 21:36:27 +0000 UTCHe’s the guy with the big Alsatian who keeps calling round in Friday night dinner!!
rtkeane
2025-02-05 21:28:49 +0000 UTCProb not for reaction but still some of the best tv made in the golden era of anything went. Cracker, Prime Suspect etc all couldn't beat this
rtkeane
2025-02-05 20:30:44 +0000 UTChttps://youtu.be/K3epDCq2nMQ?si=xPC7LgWo0VKrGgwH
rtkeane
2025-02-05 20:29:43 +0000 UTCNight manager is excellent but came out at start of the plague of great story and set up and full finish and wrap up in 5min. It was set up for second season that never came.,.. but seriously worth a watch. And if we are going serious then you need the original Between the lines from bbs in 90's not the woke 20's version thats blood brilliant. lots of stuff on security services and their behaviour. That and the original house of cards....
rtkeane
2025-02-05 20:25:03 +0000 UTCSuch a good show. There are so many brilliant high points in season 4, so very much looking forward to your reactions to that. The Thick of It is brilliant at introducing strong characters throughout the run of a season - Julius Nicholson, Steve Fleming, Jamie etc. I know this is Armando Iannucci's show, but the role of Jesse Armstrong shouldn't be underestimated - the mighty Succession was the same - it takes multiple viewings to get all the good lines and jokes.
Richie
2025-02-05 20:01:03 +0000 UTCKB have you seen The Night Manager? It features Tom Hollander, Hugh Laurie and Olivia Colman. I think it would be a great option for a non-comedy reaction.
Julian T
2025-02-05 19:49:12 +0000 UTCMe too, i'll be sad when it ends.
David Williams
2025-02-05 19:00:22 +0000 UTCYes 'The Thin Blue Line' is a good, silly, non-expletive-ridden show from the 90's. Rowan Atkinson plays the uniformed chief inspector and David Haig (the unhinged Steve Fleming in TTOI) plays his equivalent old-school plain clothes (CID) detective chief. KB It's a show you and the Queen would like I think due to the silliness.
Fordy7169
2025-02-05 18:53:31 +0000 UTCLesson learnt KB, never attempt to ingest anything whilst watching this show because a funny line is never far away LOL. Yes Tom Hollander played a different character in this from what he played in the movie. Going forward try and remember the significance of the General Election being called in this episode and how it affects which side becomes the next Government and the characters.
Fordy7169
2025-02-05 18:47:48 +0000 UTCPrediction @ 4.30 - This new guy turns out to be such an unbearable prick that they actually start to miss Malcolm and demand to have him back. My predictions usually aren't true, but I'll still give it a go.
Oliver
2025-02-05 18:46:12 +0000 UTCGlorious. CHOO-FUCKING-CHOO! David Haig is absolutely brilliant in this as Steve Fleming. Completely unhinged! Well, on to S4 we go - and still so much greatness to come. A total joy to watch with you as always. I tire of saying that, but it needs to be said - you're great and I've loved all these journeys with you.
Phil Robinson
2025-02-05 18:24:00 +0000 UTCIt's been said on the previous episode but you should react to The Thin Blue Line. It's got Rowan Atkinson and David Haig the guy who plays Steve Fleming here. He has a rant every episode but cleaner due to it being broadcast earlier lol
D R
2025-02-05 17:18:42 +0000 UTCSame, I'm always hearing little jokes I missed first time around.
1234
2025-02-05 17:14:35 +0000 UTCEvery time I watch these back I pick up little jokes I missed the first time round. It's gold.
Dave Williams
2025-02-05 17:10:05 +0000 UTCI await these every week!
Dave Williams
2025-02-05 17:09:22 +0000 UTC
