Every Inside No. 9 Episode Ranked From Worst To Best
13. Lip Service
Plot: A man (Pemberton) hires a professional lip reader (Sian Clifford, AKA Fleabag's sister) to spy on his wife from a hotel room in order to work out if his wife is cheating on him.
Location: A hotel room.
Lip Service is a stone-cold banger.
The episode is remarkably smart; it is constantly dropping huge plot twists yet every single one of them feels believable and earned. Lip Service also pulls off an incredible tonal juggling act. It is hilarious, deeply moving and completely shocking - frequently all at the same time.
As a result, you'll laugh out loud, you'll be very touched by certain scenes but by the end, you'll be staring open-mouthed at the screen thinking "What the hell just happened?!"
Well, that's Inside No.9 for you.
Factor in terrific performances, especially from Fleabag's Sian Clifford, and brilliantly tight visuals and you've got the greatest episode of season six, and an Inside No. 9 classic.