The one hundred sixteenth TV show: #640 Peep Show
For some series, it feels like it's easier to judge when you reach the end of them - and in this case having had a break before watching the final season. While it starts off as mostly covering two loser friends trying to make their way through life, the main thread now is how terrible these people are. A lot of it stems from the filming style. Everything is filmed from the point of view from characters in the scene. We hear the inner monologue of Mark and Jeremy, the two leads played by David Mitchell and Robert Webb. It shows the double layers of all of their decisions and in particular how manipulative Mark is (Jeremy being misguided more often).
The filming style defines a lot of the feel of the show. Not only is a lot of the acting focused on the face as characters talk to each other, the way their gaze changes tells stories as well - both zooming in and out, but also looking up and down from time to time. If nothing else, the status differences that come from it are portrayed so much better than anything else would. It feels very intimate, which makes these depraved stories become a lot more human - bad behaviour feels more acceptable but also comes out of their motivations far better. It's a unique show, with a good arc throughout that works well, and played well - you care about the characters, as much as you hate them. Not unlike Sunny, but coming from a different type of motivations.