Second up, came the episode that perhaps is "Inside Number 9's" most popular and memorable episodes and an immediate display of the variety that the show would go on to offer.
Two burglars, Eddie (Steve Pemberton) and Ray (Reece Shearsmith) attempt to silently break into the isolated house of Gerald (Denis Lawson) to steal a painting. But they have chosen a poor night to attempt their crime, as Gerald is joined at home by his maid Kim (Joyce Veheary) and his girlfriend Sabrina (Oona Chaplin) who over the course of that evening, decides to end the relationship.
Almost entirely without dialogue "A Quiet Night In" uses a variety of other methods to get its story across, including mime, slapstick and the score. The burglars are more bungling than vicious and their ability to stay hidden rather than try and subdue the household comes to the fore. Lawson and Chaplin are in a different story entirely, an older man whose younger lover is bored with him and though reconciliation seems temporarily in the air, the night ends in violence. Then Kayvan Novak arrives, as a "deaf and dumb" (the shows words) character, selling cleaning products. The twist involving him doesn't really stand up to much scrutiny, if you give it any serious consideration, but it is unexpected when it comes.
Desperately funny but still with the prerequisite darkness it was a killer start to this first season.
Two burglars, Eddie (Steve Pemberton) and Ray (Reece Shearsmith) attempt to silently break into the isolated house of Gerald (Denis Lawson) to steal a painting. But they have chosen a poor night to attempt their crime, as Gerald is joined at home by his maid Kim (Joyce Veheary) and his girlfriend Sabrina (Oona Chaplin) who over the course of that evening, decides to end the relationship.
Almost entirely without dialogue "A Quiet Night In" uses a variety of other methods to get its story across, including mime, slapstick and the score. The burglars are more bungling than vicious and their ability to stay hidden rather than try and subdue the household comes to the fore. Lawson and Chaplin are in a different story entirely, an older man whose younger lover is bored with him and though reconciliation seems temporarily in the air, the night ends in violence. Then Kayvan Novak arrives, as a "deaf and dumb" (the shows words) character, selling cleaning products. The twist involving him doesn't really stand up to much scrutiny, if you give it any serious consideration, but it is unexpected when it comes.
Desperately funny but still with the prerequisite darkness it was a killer start to this first season.