That Mitchell and Webb Interlude

Just briefly (because it's late and I'm tired and still basking in that hazy post-episode glory that clouds my ability to be rational) -- David Mitchell and Robert Webb can do anything. The last Peep Show of series 7 was unadulterated brilliance. The writing, of course, had a lot to do with it; the way recurring characters were utilized was effective and gave everyone a chance to shine -- Dobby at the beginning and end, Super Hans!, Big Suze, even Sophie, even Gerard.

But M&W, wow. Not just anybody could've pulled those last scenes off, let me tell you...

At first it was hard for me to separate Mitchell from Corrigan, Rob from Jez, because Peep Show was the first thing I'd seen with them in it. Then I worked my way through Bruiser, The Mitchell and Webb Situation, and finally That Mitchell and Webb Look. I learned that the act can write as well as it performs, which is to say, positively wonderfully.

And then tonight I finished the final episode of That M&W Look. And I was blown away again. Because they had be completely convinced for those last minutes -- their dramatic chops are superb. There have been moments in other sketches in which one has to play completely straight for the other, and I noticed then, too, how good they are; but it was that last M&W Look sketch that won my admiration and respect.

Mitchell and Webb are my favorite comedy double act. They're two of my favorite actors. I'm so glad I stuck with "that weird POV show with the British guys," because they are so fantastic.

ETA: Oh, and I didn't even mention the Peep Show episode "The Christening," which would go on my Top 10 Episodes of 2010 list, if I'd made one. Undoubtedly.

ETA2: Yo check this shit out: