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The Best Episodes of Peep Show

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Peep Show follows the lives of two men from their twenties to thirties, Mark Corrigan, who has steady employment for most of the series, and Jeremy "Jez" Usbourne, an unemployed would-be musician.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Peep Show Season 4 Episode 5 - Holiday
    9.8/10(6 votes)

    #1 - Holiday

    S4:E5

    Jeremy takes Mark on a stag weekend, with a rented canal boat. There, they meet two sisters, Aurora and Lucy, and their father. Jeremy falls in love with Aurora, whilst Lucy becomes sexually attracted to Mark. The father offers Mark a job in India, a way out of his impending marriage to Sophie, whilst Jeremy accidentally kills, and then eats a bit of Aurora's dog.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain

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  2. Peep Show Season 3 Episode 3 - Shrooming
    9.4/10(5 votes)

    #2 - Shrooming

    S3:E3

    Jeremy plans to throw a secret magic mushroom party in the flat, where he hopes to seduce his ex, Big Suze. But when Mark suddenly comes home from work with gastric flu, Jeremy's plans go to pieces.

    Director:Tristram Shapeero
    Writers:Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain

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  3. Peep Show Season 4 Episode 6 - Wedding
    9.4/10(7 votes)

    #3 - Wedding

    S4:E6

    It's Mark's wedding day. He is torn about whether he should go through with it or not. Jeremy discourages him but Mark continues. On the way to the reception, Sophie breaks down and runs away. Jeremy comforts Mark as the 'El Dude Brothers' are reunited.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain

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  4. Peep Show Season 3 Episode 6 - Quantocking
    9.3/10(6 votes)

    #4 - Quantocking

    S3:E6

    Mark worries he and Sophie are drifting apart and proposes. Elsewhere Super-Hans decides to give up drugs, and Jeremy once again gets intimate with past love Big Suze.

    Director:Tristram Shapeero
    Writers:Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain

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  5. Peep Show Season 2 Episode 5 - The Man Show
    9.0/10(3 votes)

    #5 - The Man Show

    S2:E5

    Mark becomes depressed about Sophie living with Jeff, but Jeremy is not sure that self-mutilation is the answer. Besides, Jeremy and Jeff are getting on horribly well.

    Director:Tristram Shapeero
    Writers:Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain

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  6. Peep Show Season 8 Episode 6 - Quantocking II
    9.0/10(4 votes)

    #6 - Quantocking II

    S8:E6

    Dobby is offered a job in New York by ex-boyfriend Simon. Uncertain about the offer, Dobby suggests that she and Mark spend a weekend in the country. The perfect time, as far as Jeremy is concerned, to get a few things off his chest.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Peep Show Season 9 Episode 6 - Are We Going to Be Alright?
    9.0/10(5 votes)

    #7 - Are We Going to Be Alright?

    S9:E6

    It's the last ever Peep Show from the El Dude Brothers. Jeremy is turning 40 - and it's hitting him hard - while Mark makes an audacious attempt to win the woman of his dreams.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Peep Show Season 2 Episode 2 - Jeremy Makes It
    8.8/10(5 votes)

    #8 - Jeremy Makes It

    S2:E2

    Jeremy is hired by an old school friend to make a soundtrack for a film he's making. Mark makes a new friend at work who turns out to hold a fair amount of prejudice. Meanwhile, Sophie spends time with Jeff.

    Director:Tristram Shapeero
    Writers:Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain

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  9. Peep Show Season 2 Episode 6 - Wedding
    8.8/10(5 votes)

    #9 - Wedding

    S2:E6

    Jeremy and Nancy are getting married, for visa reasons. Mark, determined to save his friend, will do whatever it takes to stop them...

    Director:Tristram Shapeero
    Writers:Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain

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  10. Peep Show Season 3 Episode 5 - Jurying
    8.8/10(6 votes)

    #10 - Jurying

    S3:E5

    Jeremy gets called for jury service but soon complicates things by falling for the defendant. Elsewhere, Mark & Sophie go clubbing.

    Director:Tristram Shapeero
    Writers:Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain

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  11. Peep Show Season 4 Episode 4 - Handyman
    8.8/10(5 votes)

    #11 - Handyman

    S4:E4

    Jeremy meets his hero, techno musician Russell "The Orgazoid". He ends up working as his handyman, which leads Mark to become suspicious, as it seems that Jeremy's job consists of making smoothies for him. Meanwhile Mark meets Sally at his school reunion, one the few girls who actually ever liked him. It turns out that she has married one of Mark's childhood tormentors, Foz. Mark decides to try and seduce Sally whilst Sophie is away on a business trip.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain

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  12. Peep Show Season 6 Episode 2 - The Test
    8.8/10(5 votes)

    #12 - The Test

    S6:E2

    Mark makes a final play for Dobby, the object of his desires. Meanwhile, Jeremy meets a new love, Russian émigré Elena. Both guys are determined to impress, but one of them is an expectant father. And when the pregnant Sophie spills the beans, both Mark and Jeremy's worlds change forever.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain

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  13. Peep Show Season 9 Episode 3 - Threeism
    8.8/10(9 votes)

    #13 - Threeism

    S9:E3

    Jeremy's love life takes a surprising turn, as Mark is dealing with his own matters of the heart.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Peep Show Season 9 Episode 5 - Kid Farm
    8.8/10(6 votes)

    #14 - Kid Farm

    S9:E5

    Jeremy and Hans publish their first track on a football video on YouTube, but they disagree of the authorship of the lyrics. Mark takes his kid Ian for playtime in the Kid Kave, and tries to balance between miserable stability with Sophie, or a potential relationship with April.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Peep Show Season 5 Episode 2 - Spin War
    8.7/10(6 votes)

    #15 - Spin War

    S5:E2

    Mark and Sophie return to work, while Jeremy renews his acquaintance with the depraved Super Hans, in yet another filthy, funny episode.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain

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  16. Peep Show Season 7 Episode 1 - St Hospital's
    8.7/10(6 votes)

    #16 - St Hospital's

    S7:E1

    Mark and Jeremy are at the hospital awaiting the birth of Mark's baby. Sophie is determined to have a natural birth and doesn't want Mark to transfer any of his anxiety to the baby. Meanwhile, Jeremy is convinced he will never get over losing Elena, until he meets Zahra, whose boyfriend is in a coma.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain

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  17. Peep Show Season 3 Episode 2 - Sectioning
    8.6/10(5 votes)

    #17 - Sectioning

    S3:E2

    Mark and Sophie are finally beginning to go steady when Sophie is moved away from London for work. Mark is devastated, so Sophie offers phone sex as a solution, which Mark nervously accepts. Meanwhile, Jeremy is forced to consider getting an old friend sectioned.

    Director:Tristram Shapeero
    Writers:Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain

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  18. Peep Show Season 7 Episode 5 - Seasonal Beatings
    8.6/10(7 votes)

    #18 - Seasonal Beatings

    S7:E5

    Mark has invited his parents over for Christmas dinner. Everything has been planned down to the last detail but Jeremy has become over excited and Dobby and Super Hans show up as unexpected guests.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Peep Show Season 1 Episode 6 - Funeral
    8.5/10(6 votes)

    #19 - Funeral

    S1:E6

    In the last episode of the series, death and terminal illness prove to be the keys to romantic success for Mark and Jeremy. Jeremy gets in with the Christians and Mark finds the perfect venue for a first date with Sophie - a funeral. Everyone's having a great time until the paramedics arrive.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain

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  20. Peep Show Season 5 Episode 6 - Mark's Women
    8.5/10(6 votes)

    #20 - Mark's Women

    S5:E6

    Mark gets into online gaming and live role play with Dobby and wonders whether she may be The One. Meanwhile, Mark and Sophie finally sort out their annulment. Jeremy joins a cult.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain

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  21. Peep Show Season 6 Episode 5 - The Party
    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #21 - The Party

    S6:E5

    As a last desperate hurrah before the baby arrives, Mark and Jeremy decide to throw a party. Mark sees it as his final opportunity to reignite his relationship with Dobby, while Jeremy imagines it's a chance to make Elena insanely jealous. But as the evening proceeds, it all becomes a bit of an emotional roller-coaster.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain

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  22. Peep Show Season 2 Episode 3 - Local Zero
    8.4/10(5 votes)

    #22 - Local Zero

    S2:E3

    Jeremy wants to get closer to Nancy so he tries to impress her by joining in her volunteer work which involves working in a soup kitchen for the homeless. Mark manages to get Johnson to think he is an alcoholic.

    Director:Tristram Shapeero
    Writers:Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain

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  23. Peep Show Season 5 Episode 4 - Jeremy's Mummy
    8.4/10(5 votes)

    #23 - Jeremy's Mummy

    S5:E4

    Jeremy's tortured relationship with his very sweet mother comes under the spotlight. It emerges that Jez has been living off handouts from his mum for years and now he's in line for half of her £40,000 bequest from an aunt. Jeremy's need to self destruct kicks in immediately, as does Mark's inability to stop his excruciating attempts to ingratiate himself with any mature grown-up. He adores Jeremy's mum and hero-worships her Scots Guardsman boyfriend.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain

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  24. Peep Show Season 7 Episode 3 - A Beautiful Mind
    8.4/10(5 votes)

    #24 - A Beautiful Mind

    S7:E3

    Jeremy holds a book group at the flat in an effort to try and impress Zahra but apart from Mr Nice, Jeremy has never read a book. Mark is concerned by not being able to satisfy Dobby's sexual needs and decides to get some help for the problem.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain

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  25. Peep Show Season 8 Episode 1 - Jeremy Therapised
    8.4/10(5 votes)

    #25 - Jeremy Therapised

    S8:E1

    Mark has asked Dobby to move in with him, and Jeremy is faced with the prospect of moving out to make way. But Jeremy has been dragging his heels and Mark is increasingly worried that Dobby will move in with his rival, Gerrard instead.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Holiday" is the best rated episode of "Peep Show". It scored 9.8/10 based on 6 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, it aired on 5/11/2007. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "Shrooming".