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The Best Episodes of Peep Show

Every episode of Peep Show ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into 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 3 Episode 3 - Shrooming
    9.4/10(5 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Peep Show Season 3 Episode 6 - Quantocking
    9.3/10(6 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. Peep Show Season 4 Episode 6 - Wedding
    9.2/10(1304 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 4 Episode 5 - Holiday
    9.1/10(1311 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. Peep Show Season 9 Episode 3 - Threeism
    9.0/10(991 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. Peep Show Season 7 Episode 5 - Seasonal Beatings
    8.9/10(935 votes)

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

    #7 - 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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  8. Peep Show Season 4 Episode 1 - Sophie's Parents
    8.8/10(1027 votes)

    #8 - Sophie's Parents

    S4:E1

    Mark continues to dread the impending doom of his wedding day, still questioning his actions from the previous season. Both Mark and Jeremy meet Sophie's parents and brother- leading to disaster with arson, sex with a parent and drunken arguments.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain

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

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

    #10 - 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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  11. Peep Show Season 2 Episode 1 - Dance Class
    8.5/10(1075 votes)

    #11 - Dance Class

    S2:E1

    Can you love two people at the same time? Jeremy believes you can, and his gorgeous new American girlfriend puts his taboo bashing beliefs to the test. Mark believes you can only love one person. Besides, he and Sophie, the object of his unrequited love, are getting on really well, especially since he starting hacking into her emails.

    Director:Tristram Shapeero
    Writers:Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain

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  12. Peep Show Season 2 Episode 4 - University Challenge
    8.5/10(1039 votes)

    #12 - University Challenge

    S2:E4

    Mark, determined to forget Sophie, makes an effort to go out with April - but manages to blur the line between enthusiastic new boyfriend and stalker. Jeremy joins a new band, Executioners Bong, but insists that he is neither a roadie nor the equivalent of Bez.

    Director:Tristram Shapeero
    Writers:Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain

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  13. Peep Show Season 6 Episode 2 - The Test
    8.5/10(824 votes)

    #13 - 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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  14. Peep Show Season 7 Episode 4 - Nether Zone
    8.5/10(805 votes)

    #14 - Nether Zone

    S7:E4

    Mark's baby's christening day arrives and he arranges to take Jeremy to the church with him. The duo end up getting locked in the hallway of Zahra's flat though.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Peep Show Season 4 Episode 4 - Handyman
    8.4/10(885 votes)

    #15 - 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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  16. Peep Show Season 6 Episode 5 - The Party
    8.4/10(767 votes)

    #16 - 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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  17. Peep Show Season 1 Episode 1 - Warring Factions
    8.3/10(10 votes)

    #17 - Warring Factions

    S1:E1

    Mark and Jeremy find themselves in competition for the same woman: Toni from next door. This is not the entire problem with Mark and his love life, rather, he is also lusting after Sophie, a co-worker, but finds himself at a loss with how to put his feelings into action. Jeremy is also pre-occupied, but not with love, with his music.

    Director:Jeremy Wooding
    Writers:Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain

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  18. Peep Show Season 1 Episode 5 - Dream Job
    8.3/10(6 votes)

    #18 - Dream Job

    S1:E5

    Jeremy tries to wow Toni with his new job in a music studio while Mark gets passed over for promotion in favour of Sophie, and goes slowly round the twist. They then attempt to solve each other's problems with the help of phone stalking and pepper spray.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain

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  19. Peep Show Season 2 Episode 2 - Jeremy Makes It
    8.3/10(1047 votes)

    #19 - 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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  20. Peep Show Season 5 Episode 2 - Spin War
    8.3/10(848 votes)

    #20 - 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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  21. Peep Show Season 5 Episode 6 - Mark's Women
    8.3/10(776 votes)

    #21 - 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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  22. Peep Show Season 9 Episode 6 - Are We Going to Be Alright?
    8.3/10(677 votes)

    #22 - 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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  23. Peep Show Season 6 Episode 6 - Das Boot
    8.2/10(721 votes)

    #23 - Das Boot

    S6:E6

    Time is running out for Jeremy as Elena and Gail's marriage is imminent. However, he thinks there may be a way to get Gail off the scene and win Elena back. Meanwhile Mark, although conflicted about becoming a father, is worried that Jeff is becoming a potential rival dad. He decides that he's going to learn to drive so that he can take Sophie to the hospital when the baby arrives. Sophie is delighted, but learning to drive doesn't prove that easy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain

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  24. Peep Show Season 2 Episode 6 - Wedding
    8.1/10(908 votes)

    #24 - 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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  25. Peep Show Season 4 Episode 2 - Conference
    8.1/10(868 votes)

    #25 - Conference

    S4:E2

    Johnson returns, immediately taking a shine to Big Suze, proposing a deal involving her to Jeremy. Mark is caught up in Johnson's "Project Zeus" with his reputation at the workplace hanging in the balance. Geoff makes his first appearance of the season, and Sophie spends some alone time with Jeremy in the hotel room.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain

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Best Episodes Summary

"Shrooming" is the best rated episode of "Peep Show". It scored 9.4/10 based on 5 votes. Directed by Tristram Shapeero and written by Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, it aired on 11/25/2005. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Quantocking".