Wow Glenn gave a really good insult there! "A leak of this magnitude would require one essential item that Ollie lacks, and that's a spine." The writers for "The Thick of It," along with the cast who provide additional material, out do themselves constantly! :)
More to the point, there's some excellent character building in those final two episodes. Even more to the point, the whole show had great character building, which the finale really makes use of.
While I liked a few of Ollie's jokes, I found him to be the most loathsome character in this entire series. Which I believe was the intent from the writers.
UltraAporia With Malcolm Tucker, he's obviously not a nice person, but he does everything he can for the good of his party. Ollie seems like a nice person but would rob his own grandmother for personal gain
My most irritating character was Terri. Her complete obliviousness and uselessness contradict so much with her bloated sense of importance that it drives me livid. I was hoping someone would absolutely tear her apart earlier like Fergus and Glenn did later in the fourth series.
I can't stand Ollie. He and so many other characters in this series were PERSONALLY ambitious. I like Malcolm best because he's not, neither is Glen, and I like him, too.
I like how Glenn throughout series 4 was just shat on by everyone but then when it came to the inquiry he lied his arse off, except for the stuff about Ollie, and ended out coming off the best to the committee.
When he ask Ollie to let him " come in from the cold" like hes a cold war double agent hahah"its like alien vs predator over in opposition" kills me every time
This scene has always reminded me of the scene in The Sopranos (I think at the end of season 1) where Junior's been arrested and the Feds give him a chance to say that he was just a figurehead and Tony was really running things, but he just mocks Tony instead. The pride, contempt, resentment, and residual loyalty felt by the veteran towards the protege who screwed him over are equally well encapsulated in Glenn's final words about Ollie. Really funny and really moving.
I love how Ollie is getting all jittery and Goolding zeros in on him and asks: "Who leaked the e-mails?" and ollie just spills. Total coward. And Glenn's apology at the end... There's a note of true sadness there. Glen tried his ass off for what he believed in and what lasting effect did he have? Ollie as the new Malcom. Fuck.
I felt a genuine slither of discomfort when you see Ollie’s meet and greet at the end of the series, he truly devolved through the course of the series; the beaucracy and abuse hardened him from a snide jobsworth into the king of the castle
Well, technically Malcolm wanted Ollie to make Glenn leak a PIECE of the email chain, not the whole stuff. The goal was to compromise Nicola Murray (leader of the opposition in s4) and put her out to pasture... to drink milk with the cows, presumably. The whole point of Malcolm's s4 arc was to get rid of Nicola and replace him with the party big shot (Dan Miller), because Nicola was hopeless, politically inept. A quiet bat-person. Glummy mummy. Just to quote the most popular ones. She ended up leader at the exact same moment that the universe blinked. You should really watch the whole thing, though. :)
The main reason Malcolm was in trouble was that he was found in possession of Mr Tickel's National Insurance number and his NHS number. The fact that Malcolm had the NHS number meant that he had obtained access to Mr Tickel's medical records. It's unknown if he genuinely wanted to help Mr Tickel. When Nicola was the party leader, she wasn't willing to call the Government out on what they were doing to him. It's possible the records were leaked just to make the government look bad.
@TheRealRogerEbert The way I always understood it is Manion only leaked the fact that the records were obtained illegally - he wasn't the one who did it. In fact that could almost upgrade him from a leak to a whistleblower (although of course he only did it to get the heat off him). Generally speaking, Manion comes off as a guy with a pretty sound moral compass and dignity (which is strange to say of a Tory-in-all-but-name, but hey, that's part of what makes this show interesting). He is incompetent in a lot of ways, but he really does dislike the more "slimey" aspects of politics (see: the whole Nicola's daughter story).
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Poor Glenn, he really thought that Ollie and he were friends, only to realise that neither he nor Malcolm give a toss about him, and yet he still can't bring himself to really drop Ollie in it by accusing him of leaking, and just settles for insulting him. Glenn and Peter are the only people in the entire show with a conscience
“As we enter the third week I find Mr. Tickell’s attention seeking tent based twattery even more annoying than weeks one and two” - Peter Mannion So much for that
+TheRandomshite123 I think he was speaking more to principle. Peter refused to use the bullying story despite it being expedient to him and Glenn refuses to accuse Olly (although that said it would be somewhat self-serving him not doing that).
I love Glenn, he was the kindest of all the cast in the series lol 😂 and I always felt sorry for him as a single dad whose son is disabled taking so much shit and giving as good as he got also. What a fucking legend.
0:10 I feel so sorry for Glenn , first Hugh throws him under the bus, followed by Ollie here with Coaltion era DOSAC treating him like he doesn't exist..
It was actually Glenn that leaked though wasn't it? The enquiry about special needs schools in the early series is even more heart-breaking for Glenn :(
you can see how this show has influenced succession, especially this scene haha. feels very much like near the end of s2 with the cruise ship enquiry. even ollie’s character reminds me a little bit of greg’s character, just more american. i don’t think jesse was a writer during this season, but i love both shows, they both work really well 🙂
In fairness, Olly would have got his comeuppance after the series ended. Malcom set him up to be the new fall guy. He’d crash harder than any of them. Shame we never saw it.
I love James Smith. His work in this and then in Grandma’s House (as the fabulous “Clammy” Clive Freeman, alongside Rebecca Front again incidentally) are two of my favourite comedy performances. “I AM A MAN!” As an aside Clive is definitely what would have happened to Glenn had he accidentally killed a homeless man On Green Lane in Ilford and then become an alcoholic. I kind of see Glenn and Clive as existing as the same person, just on different time/space continuums.
If you can watch this and keep a straight face you can't be human, "slimes his way into a crack every night" god, how do they keep a straight face in the background
I always watch this scene with the idea that Glenn was both making his leaking of the email sound grandiose while also protecting Ollie with some residual compassion he may have felt for him. He could clearly have distroyed himself and Ollie but decided to leave it ambiguous.
Ollie was the most loathsome of the characters truly a repugnant character and the fact at the end he got Malcolm job pissed me off and on the fact Malcolm is the only one who gets punished pissed me off as well great show terrible ending
To be fair, Malcolm had actually broken the law by acquiring and leaking Tickel's medical records in an attempt to make the government look bad. Peter, Ollie, Terri and Glen did too by lying during the inquiry but evidence of this didn't seem to be available.
Malcolm said Ollie wouldn't last 18 months in his job. So in the end its a pyrrhic victory for him. Nobody won anything by the end, but this is the game they chose to play.
0:35 that woman with dark hair & glasses in the background I'm sure is/was an extra in Skyfall (the Bond Movie) London Underground scene, on the tube as Bond runs past through the carriages... sure it was her, i could be wrong.
The only F word was.......fun. *Looks like he wants to die inside*
Glenn is fucking great. The actor that plays him is perfect.
I love him even more as Clive in Simon Amstell's little sitcom that he did.
Wow Glenn gave a really good insult there!
"A leak of this magnitude would require one essential item that Ollie lacks, and that's a spine." The writers for "The Thick of It," along with the cast who provide additional material, out do themselves constantly! :)
More to the point, there's some excellent character building in those final two episodes. Even more to the point, the whole show had great character building, which the finale really makes use of.
"Do cows drink milk?"
HAHAHA the writing is absolutely priceless...
ElectricJohnny nope
Baby cows do
I don't know, probably.
@@adamgrimsley2900 Baby cows would love to, but we steal it and give them this powdered shit
Calves
While I liked a few of Ollie's jokes, I found him to be the most loathsome character in this entire series. Which I believe was the intent from the writers.
UltraAporia
With Malcolm Tucker, he's obviously not a nice person, but he does everything he can for the good of his party.
Ollie seems like a nice person but would rob his own grandmother for personal gain
My most irritating character was Terri. Her complete obliviousness and uselessness contradict so much with her bloated sense of importance that it drives me livid. I was hoping someone would absolutely tear her apart earlier like Fergus and Glenn did later in the fourth series.
shut up, no you didn't. It's not a movie for a start.
I vote goes to Stewart Pearson.
I can't stand Ollie. He and so many other characters in this series were PERSONALLY ambitious. I like Malcolm best because he's not, neither is Glen, and I like him, too.
I like how Glenn throughout series 4 was just shat on by everyone but then when it came to the inquiry he lied his arse off, except for the stuff about Ollie, and ended out coming off the best to the committee.
When he ask Ollie to let him " come in from the cold" like hes a cold war double agent hahah"its like alien vs predator over in opposition" kills me every time
The last episode where he's just eating yogurts and emptying the bins
I love Sureka's face while Glenn is clumsily and artificially welcoming her back to grilling him.
I don't know why but the line, The only F word is fun cracks me up.
The silence afterward is priceless.
And his face looking away
3:24 The extra behind Glenn can't help but crack up at his verbal artillery.
Nice never noticed that before because I really fancy Malcolm's secretary/PA Sam - the lady sitting on the right.
They’re supposed to be laughing though, they’re supposed to be reacting to what he’s saying, they all do it several times throughout the trial
Shes gone at 'manworm' lol
This scene has always reminded me of the scene in The Sopranos (I think at the end of season 1) where Junior's been arrested and the Feds give him a chance to say that he was just a figurehead and Tony was really running things, but he just mocks Tony instead. The pride, contempt, resentment, and residual loyalty felt by the veteran towards the protege who screwed him over are equally well encapsulated in Glenn's final words about Ollie. Really funny and really moving.
He simply slimes his way into the nearest crack every night.
😂😂😂😂
lol loved this scene. Glenn couldn't describe Ollie any better.
“A man worm” and “A writhing mollusk are two phrases I need to bring into my daily life
Must be nice for Edmure to not be the one making mistakes.
Edmure and Brutus, no less
Please don't bring up GOT on a Thick of It clip, just like you wouldn't piss in a fine wine.
@@h.a.b.arguille1896 Season 8 doesnt count
I love how Ollie is getting all jittery and Goolding zeros in on him and asks: "Who leaked the e-mails?" and ollie just spills. Total coward.
And Glenn's apology at the end... There's a note of true sadness there. Glen tried his ass off for what he believed in and what lasting effect did he have? Ollie as the new Malcom. Fuck.
I felt a genuine slither of discomfort when you see Ollie’s meet and greet at the end of the series, he truly devolved through the course of the series; the beaucracy and abuse hardened him from a snide jobsworth into the king of the castle
If it wasn't for the fact he hates Tories Ollie Reeder could almost be Dominic Cummings.
Glenn Cullen was the best character in the show.
At least he's Hugh's Glenn. All Ollie is is Ben's Glenn.
On Ollie: "He's talking out of hi- out of his other cheeks, if you..."
Loved his aside glance afterwards.
Big hugs
"And that's a spine"
Excuse me why the fuck am I almost in tears over this
The acting is so good.
"The only F word was run" hahaha
the only F word is fun
XD
The chick with glasses behind Glenn laughing at his bull crap responses 🤣
man worm
That's like asking does a cow drink milk?
Does it?
Probably
Love that exchange
I've never really watched the series, who actually leaked it>
Meme Machine Glen
And Terri
Glen and Terri under the instructions of Ollie who was instructed by Malcolm
How can you say that? Oh yes, Malcolms behind it. Malcolm made him do it.
Well, technically Malcolm wanted Ollie to make Glenn leak a PIECE of the email chain, not the whole stuff. The goal was to compromise Nicola Murray (leader of the opposition in s4) and put her out to pasture... to drink milk with the cows, presumably. The whole point of Malcolm's s4 arc was to get rid of Nicola and replace him with the party big shot (Dan Miller), because Nicola was hopeless, politically inept. A quiet bat-person. Glummy mummy. Just to quote the most popular ones. She ended up leader at the exact same moment that the universe blinked.
You should really watch the whole thing, though. :)
"the only 'f word' was fun"
Can I just mention the woman at 2.16
The jitters of work 😅
poor Glenn
What episode is this?
It's episode 6 of season 4 (it was the penultimate episode).
“He is a man-worm”
Who actually did the leak? I don’t remember (the leak being Mr Tickle’s medical records or something I think?)
The main reason Malcolm was in trouble was that he was found in possession of Mr Tickel's National Insurance number and his NHS number. The fact that Malcolm had the NHS number meant that he had obtained access to Mr Tickel's medical records.
It's unknown if he genuinely wanted to help Mr Tickel. When Nicola was the party leader, she wasn't willing to call the Government out on what they were doing to him.
It's possible the records were leaked just to make the government look bad.
@TheRealRogerEbert The way I always understood it is Manion only leaked the fact that the records were obtained illegally - he wasn't the one who did it. In fact that could almost upgrade him from a leak to a whistleblower (although of course he only did it to get the heat off him). Generally speaking, Manion comes off as a guy with a pretty sound moral compass and dignity (which is strange to say of a Tory-in-all-but-name, but hey, that's part of what makes this show interesting). He is incompetent in a lot of ways, but he really does dislike the more "slimey" aspects of politics (see: the whole Nicola's daughter story).
The leak in question here is the leak glen and Terri did together on her machine. He promised her a tea shop lol
to get into the mindset of someonea so ...spirtually... .. ugly. the writting is to good.
Sad thing is, Langhan was the best at this.
Not my favourite character but superbly acted.
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What series is this wtf i dont remember this
In the Thick of it
Blinky no.... what series, as in its not in series 1,2,3 or 4
@@erinperise - 4, the finale.
Dave Hughes are u joking 🤣
Is that oliva collman behind him on the right?
No.
@Bilal Khalid now that I look again you're right 😂😂😂
Out of his other cheeks
apparently we are genetically programmed to recognize faces... glad my software is all in order, cheers :)
the best joke in the series is, rhymes with sullen
not even a real comedian;
Big hugs
Does a cow drink milk?
Well does it?
Probably.
Oh Glenn
“big hugs” is simply one of the funniest lines in any TV show ever
Poor Glenn, he really thought that Ollie and he were friends, only to realise that neither he nor Malcolm give a toss about him, and yet he still can't bring himself to really drop Ollie in it by accusing him of leaking, and just settles for insulting him. Glenn and Peter are the only people in the entire show with a conscience
and Malcolm!
And the Fucker!
“As we enter the third week I find Mr. Tickell’s attention seeking tent based twattery even more annoying than weeks one and two” - Peter Mannion
So much for that
+TheRandomshite123 I think he was speaking more to principle. Peter refused to use the bullying story despite it being expedient to him and Glenn refuses to accuse Olly (although that said it would be somewhat self-serving him not doing that).
People always forget about the Fucker...
Glenn is a proper gent. He could have shafted Ollie but he didn't. Fantastic tv.
@Bilal Khalid as they say in Brixton
@Bilal Khalid The words Glenn and Gangster together, sheer brilliance (yet true). It Tickeled me……
That woman's face in the background is brill. Continually trying not to corpse and failing :0)
"Big hugs" always makes me laugh lmao
I love Glenn, he was the kindest of all the cast in the series lol 😂 and I always felt sorry for him as a single dad whose son is disabled taking so much shit and giving as good as he got also. What a fucking legend.
big hugs
Hehe hello writhing mollusk (ur avatar no?)
Writhing mollusc.
Who is she? She looks like Lorraine Bracco, but a lot more captivating :D
I would have loved if they found some way to show Ollie's reactions to what Glenn was saying about him.
0:10 I feel so sorry for Glenn , first Hugh throws him under the bus, followed by Ollie here with Coaltion era DOSAC treating him like he doesn't exist..
It was actually Glenn that leaked though wasn't it?
The enquiry about special needs schools in the early series is even more heart-breaking for Glenn :(
Summed Ollie up perfectly. The scene when he resigns is great too
you can see how this show has influenced succession, especially this scene haha. feels very much like near the end of s2 with the cruise ship enquiry. even ollie’s character reminds me a little bit of greg’s character, just more american. i don’t think jesse was a writer during this season, but i love both shows, they both work really well 🙂
In fairness, Olly would have got his comeuppance after the series ended. Malcom set him up to be the new fall guy. He’d crash harder than any of them. Shame we never saw it.
'And I would like to be put on record and apologise to this committee for being the man who brought him into the world of Politics'
"Glenn, Glenn for number ten!"
the woman in the grey dress is lovely
Amen.
"Ollie running things? Not that strunz. Not in this life."
Fuckin' wits ova here
How most of those extras kept a straight face is beyond me
I love James Smith. His work in this and then in Grandma’s House (as the fabulous “Clammy” Clive Freeman, alongside Rebecca Front again incidentally) are two of my favourite comedy performances. “I AM A MAN!”
As an aside Clive is definitely what would have happened to Glenn had he accidentally killed a homeless man On Green Lane in Ilford and then become an alcoholic. I kind of see Glenn and Clive as existing as the same person, just on different time/space continuums.
3.26 the extra laughs!
1:05 quality!
If you can watch this and keep a straight face you can't be human, "slimes his way into a crack every night" god, how do they keep a straight face in the background
The chick with the glasses almost loses it a few times.
I always watch this scene with the idea that Glenn was both making his leaking of the email sound grandiose while also protecting Ollie with some residual compassion he may have felt for him. He could clearly have distroyed himself and Ollie but decided to leave it ambiguous.
“Have you ever leaked?” 😂😂😂😂😂
Glenn Cullen on Ollie Reed on his capability to leak is one of the best lines of the series. 3:06
Big hugs.
Ollie was the most loathsome of the characters truly a repugnant character and the fact at the end he got Malcolm job pissed me off and on the fact Malcolm is the only one who gets punished pissed me off as well great show terrible ending
This isn't Hollywood, it's what happens in the real world.
That's why I like the ending, it is very bleak and depressing which fits the black humour of the whole series.
That's politics
To be fair, Malcolm had actually broken the law by acquiring and leaking Tickel's medical records in an attempt to make the government look bad. Peter, Ollie, Terri and Glen did too by lying during the inquiry but evidence of this didn't seem to be available.
Malcolm said Ollie wouldn't last 18 months in his job. So in the end its a pyrrhic victory for him. Nobody won anything by the end, but this is the game they chose to play.
Brilliant series
He's talking out of his other... Cheeks, if you will
I just noticed! I think thats Edmure Tully from game of thrones!!
From the leader of Alan Partridge’s house band to Chief Advisor at DoSAC, blimey!
Writhing mollusk or an NPC
Who would come up trumps guys?
The Duke of Edinburgh at the beginning. 🤣🤣🤣
Future Alastair Campbell is there, how appropriate
Watching the actors in the back trying hard not to corpse.
Why he remains me a lot of cousin Greg
"Big hugs" haha!
Big hugs 😂😂😂
Great inquiry
Who did leak the PFI?
Glenn did at the request of Fergus.
0:35 that woman with dark hair & glasses in the background I'm sure is/was an extra in Skyfall (the Bond Movie) London Underground scene, on the tube as Bond runs past through the carriages... sure it was her, i could be wrong.
Oh shit I think you're right