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"Warring Factions" is the first episode of the first series of Peep Show.

I am the lord of the bus, said he.

—Mark Corrigan

Synopsis[]

Channel 4 & All 4[]

Despite being bullied on the street by the local children, Mark sets himself the task of sleeping with Toni from next door, basing his seduction technique on the Battle of Stalingrad...[1]

Netflix[]

Despite being bullied on the street by the local children, Mark sets himself the task of sleeping with the divorcee next door.[2]

Plot[]

Jeremy finally finishes his new song, This is Outrageous, and is very proud of himself. He is currently crushing on his next door neighbor Toni, which includes watching her from afar. Mark gets on the bus in hopes of seeing his work crush, Sophie, and she accidentally sits on his hand on the bus. Mark is too embarrassed and uncomfortable to remove his hand, which makes Sophie uneasy.

Peep Show Warring Factions

"No logo in the foam."

On his way home, Mark encounters some kids who call him "clean shirt" and try to provoke him into speaking to them, which results in them calling him a "paedo".

When Jeremy is out of the house with his bandmate, Super Hans, Mark makes his move on Toni and invites her back to his apartment to listen to Jeremy's music with the promise of Toni's favorite cereal, Alpen. Toni tells Mark that her sister has cancer, and Mark tries miserably to comfort her. They both end up laughing at Jeremy's song when they listen to it. When Jeremy walks in, he is furious at Mark and Toni, and expresses himself by writing "Judas" with raw meat on Mark's bed.

Peep show toni

They later attend a party at Toni's flat, where all of the attendees are her neighbors. Toni suggests playing party games but Mark and Jeremy are both more interested in finding ways to have sex with her. When Jeremy meets Toni's sister, Paula, he realizes she is in the music business and figures that if he sleeps with her, it could get him somewhere in his career. When Mark realizes that Paula is Toni's sister, he warns Jeremy that she has cancer. Jeremy suddenly feels reluctant to sleep with her, but obnoxiously offers her sex in exchange for career advancement, and makes a remark about her having cancer. It turns out that Paula is Toni's half-sister, and Toni's sister with cancer isn't at the party. Jeremy is angry at Mark because he believes Mark only said this to play a joke on him.

Mark and Jeremy are ejected from the party after humiliating themselves and Paula, and they go home defeated. The next day, Mark finally confronts the obnoxious kids by chasing them down the street, which Sophie sees through the window of the bus.

Supporting Cast[]

✝︎ non-speaking part

Uncredited performers[]


Trivia[]

  • Toni's flat is actually the same flat as the one used for Mark and Jeremy's, the production team just redecorated it.
  • According to the lobby directory, Apollo House goes up to the 10th floor, but in later series the interior elevator shots show the topmost floor being the sixth.
  • When Toni (Elizabeth Marmur) stands in front of the elevator in the lobby, the directory clearly shows that flats 1-8 are on the 3rd floor. But in later series, it is revealed that Mark and Jeremy live on the 5th floor, and their flat is number five. Furthermore, when we later meet Gail (Emily Bruni) in series 6, it is shown that she lives several floors below Mark and Jez even though (according to this directory) her flat number is sixteen on the 4th floor.
  • In the pub scene where Super Hans is speaking to Jeremy, Hans mentions people like Mark 'clicking their fingers to the Lighthouse Family'. Earlier in the episode, while Mark is entering the bus, we hear he is listening to 'Ocean Drive' by The Lighthouse Family.
  • In their first ever show-conversation on the bus, Sophie mentions Jeff, the source of Mark's work anxiety for the entirety of the show -- albeit we will not meet Jeff until episode 2.
  • Sonny Muslim, who plays Clean Shirt Boy, will reappear in S5E1, Burgling.

Transcript[]

See the full transcript for this episode on the Peep Show Transcripts Wiki.

References[]


ve Episodes
Series 1
Warring FactionsThe InterviewOn the PullMark Makes a FriendDream JobFuneral
Series 2
Dance ClassJeremy Makes ItLocal ZeroUniversity ChallengeThe Man ShowWedding
Series 3
MuggingSectioningShroomingSisteringJuryingQuantocking
Series 4
Sophie's ParentsConferenceGymHandymanHolidayWedding
Series 5
BurglingSpin WarJeremy's BrokeJeremy's MummyJeremy's ManagerMark's Women
Series 6
Jeremy at JLBThe TestJeremy in LoveThe AffairThe PartyDas Boot
Series 7
St HospitalsMan JamA Beautiful MindNether ZoneSeasonal BeatingsNew Year's Eve
Series 8
Jeremy TherapisedBusiness Secrets of the PharaohsThe Love BunkerBig Mad AndyChairman MarkQuantocking II
Series 9
The William Morris YearsGregory's BeardThreeismMole-MappingKid FarmAre We Going To Be Alright?
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