TV Series Review: The IT Crowd
The IT Crowd (2006)
EXIT CARDS (13 questions)
- The conventions that make up the genre were technical and technology (IT) staff working in a big company but they were always left behind. They are known as Roy, Maurice and also Jen. Jen knows nothing about IT. The show focuses on their daily work environment as well as each character’s side story.
- The show is classified as a comedy genre. No hybrid genre identified.
- This show somehow was going great for the first official episode and it got me hooked. However, towards the end of the season, it got a little bit draggy and the jokes were kind of boring.
- The plot sets place in a work environment for IT department and the staff members are always facing different situations for each episode. In a simple word, each episode has a new story/plot.
- The show always begins with a new plot or storyline for each new episode. There were some episodes that set in the current time and there were also some episodes with flashbacks. There were also episode with both times occurring simultaneously like in the season 1 episode 5 where Jen shared a story about her date night situation to Roy and Moss. Then her partner showed up at her office the next morning.
- I think the show has several loopholes and is lacking. From my own perspective, the jokes are kind of scripted and there were also some unfamiliar terms or probably I was the only one who did not get the reference. Nevertheless, each new episodes are still entertaining though the jokes were sometimes predictable and repetitive.
- There were no hero or heroine but they had main characters. There were three main characters namely Roy, Moss and Jen. Each of them has different personalities and characters.
- Conflict occurred in every episode. Each episodes has a different plot thus different conflicts happened. For instance in episode 5 of season 1, the guy named Bill can be seen as an evil/bad character because he was spreading rumours about Jen, the main character.
- All episodes for each season of this show has no delay. Every new episode came with a new plot and storyline.
- The enigma, delay and resolution of each episode vary. However, as a whole, the show does not have delay as it starts with a new episode.
- Elements of older stories that are retold in the narrative for this show can be identified through the usage of old-school props like the pc monitor, the dress up and style, and in the episode 4 of season 1, Richmond told his past to Jen before he ended up behind the red door.
- There were no myths included in the show.
- Symbolic archetypes can be seen in one of the earliest episodes where Jen decided to ask Moss and Roy to clean up the workplace and also the window to let the sunlight come into the office. Dark archetype symbols can also be seen from the character Richmond where he became a goth guy and dressed up and make up like the gothic—black colour. However, there was no correlation between these and myth as the myth does not occur in the show.
EXIT CARDS (13 questions)
- The conventions that make up the genre were technical and technology (IT) staff working in a big company but they were always left behind. They are known as Roy, Maurice and also Jen. Jen knows nothing about IT. The show focuses on their daily work environment as well as each character’s side story.
- The show is classified as a comedy genre. No hybrid genre identified.
- This show somehow was going great for the first official episode and it got me hooked. However, towards the end of the season, it got a little bit draggy and the jokes were kind of boring.
- The plot sets place in a work environment for IT department and the staff members are always facing different situations for each episode. In a simple word, each episode has a new story/plot.
- The show always begins with a new plot or storyline for each new episode. There were some episodes that set in the current time and there were also some episodes with flashbacks. There were also episode with both times occurring simultaneously like in the season 1 episode 5 where Jen shared a story about her date night situation to Roy and Moss. Then her partner showed up at her office the next morning.
- I think the show has several loopholes and is lacking. From my own perspective, the jokes are kind of scripted and there were also some unfamiliar terms or probably I was the only one who did not get the reference. Nevertheless, each new episodes are still entertaining though the jokes were sometimes predictable and repetitive.
- There were no hero or heroine but they had main characters. There were three main characters namely Roy, Moss and Jen. Each of them has different personalities and characters.
- Conflict occurred in every episode. Each episodes has a different plot thus different conflicts happened. For instance in episode 5 of season 1, the guy named Bill can be seen as an evil/bad character because he was spreading rumours about Jen, the main character.
- All episodes for each season of this show has no delay. Every new episode came with a new plot and storyline.
- The enigma, delay and resolution of each episode vary. However, as a whole, the show does not have delay as it starts with a new episode.
- Elements of older stories that are retold in the narrative for this show can be identified through the usage of old-school props like the pc monitor, the dress up and style, and in the episode 4 of season 1, Richmond told his past to Jen before he ended up behind the red door.
- There were no myths included in the show.
- Symbolic archetypes can be seen in one of the earliest episodes where Jen decided to ask Moss and Roy to clean up the workplace and also the window to let the sunlight come into the office. Dark archetype symbols can also be seen from the character Richmond where he became a goth guy and dressed up and make up like the gothic—black colour. However, there was no correlation between these and myth as the myth does not occur in the show.
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