after the office and extra revitalise british comedy and and after the success of disturb chris morris work while brasseye and jam and the i. t. crowd be a lofty step backwards for all involve . morris and noel fielding and richard ayoade and matt berry have all be far well elsewhere . and while graham linehan sentimental sitcom leaning rope in his surrealist writing partner and arthur mathews and to make father ted a genuine classic and without mathews and linehan be free to indulge in the sub friend or seinfeld sitcom he be always in danger of make . it fact and writing be so hackneyed and predictable that the series feel like a real life version of when the whistle blow . graham linehan say that i. t. be fertile comedy ground that no one else have cotton on to . he use the analogy of a bag of money sit in the center of the room which nobody have notice and pick up . it never occur to him that smarter mind than his have pass on the opportunity for a reason . several in fact . computer aren not interesting and office base comedy be obsolete after the office and sitcom be dead and everyone hate audience laughter ( he insist that it be film in front of a live studio audience and but really and who care . it awful . ) etc etc . character be broad and one dimensional and you can see the joke come and and there be only two stand set . the majority of on screen antic take place in a grotty basement set and decorate to resemble a teenager bedroom . roy ( the obligatory irishman and certainly no dylan moran or dermot morgan ) and his cohort moss be play as child a adult . the catchphrase be you aving a laug . i mean and have you try turn it off and on . be about as far a the show delve into information technology . jen the arbitrary female and and broad fail professional woman stereotype ( obsess with shoe and long suffering in a quest to find a man ) be proof ( if any be need ) that graham can not write female part . expect many scene where jen lament her life while roy play video game . there be a few episode that exceed the suffocate s ( h ) itcom format and and be funny and even quotable . but a the character be stock and there be no room for any development or investment . be british mean that it be able to push thing far than the american dross it ape and at time excel past it and but that really isn not say much . the cast be more than competent and and do their best with what little they be give . it a cry shame that linehan do not apply these scenario and actor to another series of big train . and that chris morris do not pen nathan barley earlier .