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I can't believe you're trying to make me get a job not in the media. You're such a bastard.

—Jeremy, ""Jeremy's Broke""

Jeremy's Broke
Series 05, episode 03
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Episode details
Date aired 16 May 2008
Previous episode Spin War
Next episode Jeremy's Mummy


Jeremy's Broke is the third episode of series 5 and twenty-seventh overall episode of Peep Show.

Summary[]

JLB meeting

Mark moments after being snared by a binder clip.

Jeremy is out of money, and Mark begins to ration him after Jeremy eats his Cumberland Sausage which he cooked for himself for his birthday. Mark plans on having a birthday party, so he signs up for speed dating to get a date to his own party.

Mark's birthday party

Johnson, Suze, and Jez at Mark's party.

Mark attends the speed dating event and is told by the speed dating coordinator that nobody has selected him. Disappointed, he approaches an Australian woman named Saz at the bar and she tells him that her boyfriend just kicked her out. Desperate, Mark invites her to live in the flat, effectively displacing Jeremy.

Jeremy decides to get money by donating his sperm, but he can't find any good porn in the sperm bank. He decides to masturbate to an image of Queen Elizabeth on his money, but the money falls on the ground and he is greeted by the image of Elgar, which ruins his session.

Mark, seeing how badly Jeremy is being affected by his escapable poverty, agrees to give him some time to find another place. Meanwhile, Saz throws cocaine-fueled parties at the house, one of which takes place when Sophie arrives to return Mark's stuff. Sophie gets angry at Mark for living with another woman so quickly after their wedding.

Meanwhile, at work, Mark ensnares himself on the lip with a binder clip while distracted and attempting to stare daggers into Jeff and Sophie, flirting during a JLB meeting. It takes several seconds for Dobby to eventually rescue him. The ensuing embarrassment is almost too bad for Dobby to bear as both Jeff and Johnson laugh at Mark's expense. Attempting to convert the situation into a positive, she asks if she can go with him as his date to his own birthday party, but Mark inexplicably tells her he has a "girlfriend."

Across town, visits Big Suze, and begs to stay with her, but she tells her she's with Johnson again. Initially she suggests that Jeremy go to the "men's refuge" where her sister works, but Jeremy sees an opportunity to steal Johnson's debit card instead. Conveniently, he has left it out for Suze, with a post-it attached providing the pin number. As he sneaks away with Suze in the other room, Jeremy promises himself he'll go to get "just one sandwich."

Jeremy proceeds to go on his "victimless crime" of a shopping bender at the local Awesome Games. Among his aimless effects: headphones, a rotisserie chicken, a kilo of cheddar, bottle of Cristal, and a Wallace and Gromit DVD. At the store he proves he is even worse at being a thief than being poor, as the cashier reminds him that he has the debit card inserted the wrong way around.

The next morning, Saz is an emotional wreck, and in desperation, she agrees to be Mark's girlfriend so that she can stay living in his flat. Mark tries to have sex with her, but she says, "maybe later?"

Mark's party is later in full swing at The William IV London Pub and Gerrard observes that Mark has invited a lot of people "he didn't know he liked." What's worse is Saz is clearly not keen on Mark, and winces while he leans in to kiss her. And now Sophie is there at the party with Tolly, and Dobby is there with Skunky Pete. Johnson shows up and asks Mark if he feels that Saz is "the one"; right at that moment Saz starts dancing sexily in full view of all the party guests.

Jeremy arrives wearing an expensive suit and a violin as a birthday present for Mark. Johnson, who Jeremy did not expect to see at the party discovers and exposes the fraud with Big Suze bearing witness. To save face, Mark agrees to pay for the damages.

At what is now the lowest moment of Mark's miserable birthday party, just as all his almost-loves have paired off to a slow song, Saz tells tells Mark to "fuck off" as she makes out with Jeff.

Supporting cast[]

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✝︎ non-speaking part(s)

Trivia[]

  • Sarah Niles, who plays the therapist Dr. Sharon Fieldstone in Ted Lasso, appears here playing the cashier at the convenience store, who reminds Jeremy to insert Johnson's debit card chip-side in.
  • Two scenes involve Jeremy looking at the picture of the famous English composer Edward Elgar printed on a £20 note. In July 2010, Elgar £20 notes were withdrawn from circulation and replaced by a new design featuring the 18th century economist Adam Smith, which was introduced in 2007. In 2020, the £20 notes were replaced with ones featuring English Romantic painter J.M.W. Turner.
  • The pin to Alan Johnson's credit card is "8008," spelling out "boob."
  • Big Suze's flat number is seen in this episode: "72."
  • There are always two sausages on Mark's plate regardless of how many Jeremy eats.
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