Jen the Fredo 

Jen has to entertain a group of visiting sexist yuppie executives looking for a raunchy good time. Her solution is a role playing game with the IT Crowd. Moss also uses the game to help Roy get over his breakup with the love of his life.

Director:

Graham Linehan

Writer:

Graham Linehan

Stars:

Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Chris O'Dowd	...	Roy Trenneman
Richard Ayoade	...	Maurice Moss
Katherine Parkinson	...	Jen Barber
Matt Berry	...	Douglas Reynholm
Dolly Wells	...	Miranda
Charlie Baker	...	Phil
Simon Snashall	...	John 2
Ed Weeks	...	John 1

Storyline

To further promotion chances Jen becomes the firm's entertainment manager and is asked to accommodate three of Douglas's business associates, John, John and Phil. She plans to take them to a show but Roy points out that they want sexual entertainment and likens Jen to Fredo, the pimp in 'The Godfather' films. In the event the trio are heartily entertained by Moss's new 'Dungeons and Dragons' game and, at the same time, Douglas receives the Shithead of the Year award from the feminist committee, having been nominated by Jen. He throws it out of the window, narrowly missing Jen, who assumes he is trying to kill her, given the fate of Fredo in the film.

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Plot Keywords:

bad breakup | dnd game | dnd player | playing dnd | dnd | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 June 2010 (UK)

Filming Locations:

Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

25 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

When discussing the photos of Roy (wherein his ex-girlfriend has been photoshopped out) Moss quips "It's like someone broke up with Stalin." Under Josef Stalin's oppressive rule, it was alarmingly common for those who fell out of favor with the Communist regime would simply disappear, and all records of their existence would be doctored or erased. Most notably, these people were often edited out of photographs, leaving obvious gaps where a person once stood.

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Goofs

At the end of the episode, Douglas throws his trophy out the window. When we see the same shot from outside a moment later, the window is closed.

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Quotes

Moss: Compiling a playlist for a roleplaying game I'm hosting. Important to get the right atmos.
Jen: Okay, I don't know what you're talking about.
Moss: Kinda of like a Dungeons and Dragons thing.
Jen: Ooohhh... is this something to do with sex?
Moss: Ha! Far from it, Jen! No, you see, in role-playing, one person is a dungeon master, or game master, or keeper. He or she controls the world and tells the players what they're experiencing, whether battling a coal monster, or kicking back in a smelly old tavern with some ...
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Connections

References The Godfather (1972)

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Soundtracks

Funkytown
(uncredited)
Music by Christian Marsac
Audio Network PLC

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