12 Hugely Disappointing Seasons Of Beloved TV Shows

Peep Show is easily one of the greatest British TV shows since 2000; a believable and hilarious look at the miseries of life and filmed in a unique POV style. It's a testament to the show's quality that the show mostly remained just as compelling throughout its nine seasons, but there was one notable dip.

Peep Show was always at its best when it had a specific plot to focus on. For example, seasons one to four benefited from the focus on Mark's (David Mitchell) relationship and engagement to Sophie (Olivia Colman) and the excellent season six worked because it focused on Jeremy's (Robert Webb) affair with a Russian woman. Season five dipped a little because it was between any major plots and season seven similarly suffers from a lack of narrative drive.

Season seven of Peep Show is unusually weak by the standards set by seasons one to six. Episode four, in which Mark and Jeremy get stuck inside a house, is quite funny but the rest of it is incredibly forgettable. Season seven was just a series of recycled subplots (such as Jeremy's new relationship) with the comedy usually proving limp and uninspired, making for easily Peep Show's weakest season. Luckily, seasons eight and nine got it back together, although the series never quite reached the highs of those first four seasons again.