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—Jeremy, ""The Affair""

The Affair
Series 06, episode 04
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Episode details
Date aired 9 October 2009
Previous episode Jeremy in Love
Next episode The Party


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Elena at Mark and Jez's pad.

The Affair is the fourth episode of series 6 and thirty-fourth overall episode of Peep Show.

Summary

Walking back to the apartment, Mark overhears Elena on the phone with someone who she refers to as her "long distance partner". It is immediately apparent that her relationship with Jeremy is an affair, which Mark is now aware of while Jeremy is not. Mark tells Elena that she must tell Jeremy and her contention is that it would be easier for her if he told him.

Mark later goes to see Johnson, whose live-in relationship with Big Suze in his recession-friendly abode is crumbling. Johnson is creating a startup needing about £2k of seed money and Mark agrees to fund the venture.

Mark later goes back to the flat and is upset that Elena has not told Jeremy of her situation. Cornered, Elena unloads the news on Jeremy, who is upset until he realizes that Elena's partner, Gail is a woman. Now, Jeremy no longer cares that he is sharing her, because it's "hot". He enjoys sneaking into her room and hiding from Gail.

Gail owns a Mexican restaurant and offers to hire Mark. To his horror, Johnson and the team from Sales Direct (Colin and Naz) have booked a dinner at Banditos to discuss their partnership. Johnson, disgusted that his partner is working at a Mexican restaurant, rebuffs Mark and indicates that he no longer wants to work with him. All the while, Gail is unimpressed with Mark's inattentive server style and attitude.

Jeremy continues his affair with Elena, which turns out to be problematic as Gail seems to be getting closer and closer to finding out. One day while the two are about to get at it in the bedroom, Gail comes home and Elena forces Jeremy onto the balcony. Before shutting the door however, Jeremy confronts Elena as to whether or not she loves him. She gives a half-hearted answer.

Suze then later shows up to the flat, upset with Johnson's treatment of her and wanting to talk to Jeremy. Mark is naturally left to defend Jeremy's integrity in his stead. Johnson has tracked down Mark at the flat in order to celebrate the new partnership with Sales Direct and to backtrack on his rejection in favor of the £2k seed money. As Mark hands over the cash, Johnson sees that Suze is in the apartment and is once again disgusted at the apparent conspiracy against him.

Jeremy, recently snuck out of Gail and Elena's flat, is walking down the hall, half-naked as Johnson leaves Mark. Johnson socks Jeremy in the stomach and walks away. Horrified, Suze says that Jeremy "doesn't deserve that," to which Mark replies that while he got it for the wrong reasons, he probably did.


Supporting cast

Unknown performers


Trivia

  • Jeremy's phone number can be seen as 07909167174.
  • Big Suze says she's auditioning for a stage version of the film Crash (2004). In the series 3 episode Sistering, she had been cast in a stage version of the other Crash (1996) by David Cronenberg.
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