Box set: Spaced: The Complete Series
Barcode 883929019748
Release Date 7/22/2008

Spaced: Season 2
Paramount (2001)
TV Series  /  Comedy
In Collection
#560
0*
Seen ItYes
IMDB   8.6
173 mins UK / English
DVD 
Simon Pegg Tim Bisley
Nick Frost Mike Watt
Jessica Hynes Daisy Steiner
Mark Heap Brian Topp
Julia Deakin Marsha Klein
Aida the Dog Colin
Lucy Akhurst Sophie
Katy Carmichael Twist Morgan
Clive Russell Damien Knox
Theo Park Amber
Reece Shearsmith Dexter
Jonathan Ryland Cromwell
Rowena Cooper Brian's Mum
Edgar Wright Man on Tube Next to Daisy
Gemma Padley Francesca
Director
Edgar Wright
Producer Nira Park
Karen Beever
Writer Simon Pegg
Jessica Hynes
Cinematography Martin Hawkins
Andy Hollis
Musician Guy Pratt

Spaced is a sitcom like no other. The premise is simple enough: Daisy (Jessica Stevenson) and Tim (Simon Pegg) are out of luck and love, so pretend to be a couple in order to rent a flat together. Downstairs neighbour and eccentric painter Brian suspects someone's fibbing, and almost blows their cover with their lecherous lush of a landlady, Marsha. Fortunately he soon falls for Daisy's health-freak friend Twist, while Daisy herself goes ga-ga for pet dog Colin. Tim remains happily platonic with lifemate Mike; a sweet-at-heart guns 'n' ammo obsessive. The series is chock-full of pop culture references. In fact, each episode is themed after at least one movie, with nods to The Shining and Close Encounters of the Third Kind proving especially hilarious. Hardly five minutes goes by without a Star Wars reference, and every second of screen time from Bill Bailey as owner of the comic shop where Tim works is comedic gold. The look of the series is its other outstanding element, with slam-zoo
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/23/2001  1.  Back
Daisy returns from her Eastern travels to find Mike has been living in her room, and that the enigmatic stranger she met on the way may have been even more mysterious than she thought. Turns out that he swapped bags with her, and she's now being followed by secret agents keen to get to the contents.
Director:  Edgar Wright  Writer:  Simon Pegg  / Jessica Stevenson 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/2/2001  2.  Change
The fighting between Marsha and her daughter Amber escalates, until Amber finally storms out, leaving Marsha with an empty room. Meanwhile, Daisy is still out of work, and Tim has been fired for getting a bit too worked up about The Phantom Menace. The two of them head to the dole office together, but after Daisy is refused any money, things look bad. Especially when they arrive home to find Mike has moved upstairs into the now spare room.
Director:  Edgar Wright  Writer:  Simon Pegg  / Jessica Stevenson 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/9/2001  3.  Mettle
Mike and Tim are through to the quarter finals of Robot Wars, but trouble is brewing as a rival team who didn't get through decide to sabotage their efforts. Meanwhile, Brian is invited to do an installation at an art gallery, and Marsha goes along to offer support and enjoy the free booze.
Director:  Edgar Wright  Writer:  Simon Pegg  / Jessica Stevenson 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/23/2001  4.  Help
Tim is delighted but nervous as anything when Damian Knox of Darkstar Comics asks him to bring in his portfolio. The last time they met Knox cruelly put down Tim's work, hence Tim drew a less than flattering portrait of him. Daisy puts this drawing into Tim's portfolio, trying to help, and leaving Tim with a short time to retrieve the drawing, with the assistance of Mike and Tyres.
Director:  Edgar Wright  Writer:  Simon Pegg  / Jessica Stevenson 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/30/2001  5.  Gone
When Sophie has to cancel a date with Tim at short notice, he and Daisy decide to go out for the evening, leaving Mike and Brian in charge of walking Colin. Tim and Daisy's adventures include bumping into Tim's old enemy Duane Benzie, a group of angry teens who are trying to score, and losing their keys.
Director:  Edgar Wright  Writer:  Simon Pegg  / Jessica Stevenson 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    4/6/2001  6.  Dissolution
The gang go out for dinner to celebrate Daisy's birthday, and Marsha gets very suspicious as Tim flirts constantly with Sophie and seems to pay no attention to Daisy. She eventually tells Daisy that she saw the two of them kissing, leading Daisy to admit that she and Tim aren't really a couple and never were. Marsha is devastated to find out that they'd all been lying to her, and storms out of the restaurant and then the flat.
Director:  Edgar Wright  Writer:  Simon Pegg  / Jessica Stevenson 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    4/13/2001  7.  Leaves
When Tim, Daisy and the others discover that Marsha has put the place up for sale, they panic and start trying to make plans to find her and win her back. Meanwhile, Daisy is offered a job on a local newspaper back home, and decides to take it, and Sophie is also leaving for a new job - though hers is in Seattle. After successfully getting through to Marsha, Tim finds the note from Daisy saying she's leaving. He is forced to send Mike to take Sophie to the airport whilst he rushes to the train station to persuade Daisy to stay.
Director:  Edgar Wright  Writer:  Simon Pegg  / Jessica Stevenson 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins  8.  Outtakes
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