Damn, Americans are getting more and more sensitive, they are like that kid at the kindergarten that has the overprotective mother that sits outside and waits in her car.

Douglas is supposed to be an idiot, he’s supposed to be sexist and bigoted….it’s part of his character throughout the entire time he was part of the show. The way April was portrayed was supposed to be equally ridiculous. You’re taking this way too seriously.

"They should have cut that out". Yes, so the people who actually appreciate comedy genius would never get to see it. Cancel culture right there!

The Iran joke is WAAAAAAAY funnier than the internet joke. These two are just trying to keep the wokes happy

You're entitled to your opinion. But honestly, there is room for comedy in such topics and we can joke about these things without directly mocking the people involved.

Be offended, we will continue to take life not too seriously. So sad

I think people misunderstand this episode with the whole transgender thing, isn't the whole joke of Douglass's character being that he's a complete idiot and an immature man-child? That the lesson of this episode besides the internet joke is that his reaction over finding out April is a man shows his immaturity to the extreme and that by the end (credit scene) he misses April and still loves her? Obviously the episode didn't need a physical fight to achieve this lesson, but I think that's playing upon the immaturity off Douglass as a character.

honestly, it was hilarious when i first saw it in 2008, and it's still hilarious af, as is the entire show. absolute classic. if you don't find certain things funny, its ok, to each their own. there should not be any boundaries set upon comedy, or we are all fucked. to me, there's a place for laughing at absolutely anyone and every group there is. also, a sitcom is not supposed to be tasked with giving great representation of anything omg, it's supposed to make you laugh and feel good. there's plenty of demeaning white cis female portrayals out there, but somehow i don't ever get offended cos it's not about me, it's the character. laugh at yourself, and no one will ever bring you down.

I'm going to start this debate: How was it bigoted?

You didn't get offended by anything in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia but get offended by this? Really, if you don't like a show you just need to stop reacting to it.

There is a message in here about acceptance if you dig for it.

It was brilliant all the way through, nothing at all upsetting, this is the least offensive show around.

Totally unrealistic premise. Everyone knows the Internet is a series of tubes.

Creator/writer for The IT Crowd, Graham Linehan, played the guy who screamed “We’re all going to die.”

Whilst I understand the comments about this episode being bigoted, for the most part, it's relatively progressive in its portrayal of a transgender woman in 2008. It might be a bit dated in terms of the language that is used and the montage including her standing in the pictures you put your face in (see James Acaster) as the man isn't great. However, for the most part, I see a transgender woman who is portrayed as a real woman and not as a man in a wig as you might have seen in previous sitcoms. Who is trying to be accepted in society and if we're being realistic transgender people weren't as accepted in 2008 as they are today, so she's trying to be herself whilst being clear to Douglas about her identity. The fight scene might also be seen as problematic but is a question no one really has the answer for when it comes to transgender women in sports, Dave Chappelle has made jokes about it because comedy is the only place where it can really be explored. So why is it more problematic when making the same joke in a tv programme as a stand up special? Also, let's be clear that Douglas was never meant to be a likeable character that you route for so his somewhat transphobic attitude isn't really a problem as you're not supposed to like him as a character anyway. As a society, we become more progressive and accepting with each passing day which is great but it doesn't mean we should discard every single piece of media that doesn't meet current standards.

Cut out so much good stuff; like the interview portion was great. It wasn't bigoted since all the jokes were made against the bigoted view. This is where people don't get satire and understand the target of the jokes.

IASIP has the same joke and you didn't get offended. Weird.

Your to sensitive

I'm British and find all the sexual innuendo's hilarious. The Americans getting all squirmy lol

I hate when people call this episode bigoted because I would dare those people to show one way in which being trans is represented in a negative light. There is none. The show represents Douglas as the intolerant, unaccepting arsehole who gives up his dream woman because of a silly petty thing such as she used to be a man. Douglas is the only person to come out of this episode negatively. April even gets her own back by publishing a smear article about him and the final scene shows him crying because he knows what he has given up, and he misses her. He is in a worse place because of his own actions. No one to blame but himself. So tell me again how the episode is bigoted?

We all saw you smiling and not trying to laugh at the "questionable parts". Don't worry the world is changing its opinion on this topic. Soon it wiil be safe to laugh. 😂

the fight scene was the funniest thing id seen in the series, yeah its fashionable to appear woke, ive not met any transgender ppl that would be offended by this portrayal, (perhaps its a generational disconnect). i will add the pure hatred for the character Douglas on your faces every time hes on screen kinda gives away a preconceived bias. he is ofc meant to be facetious and despicable, pretty sure thats a regional disconnect with comedy. id suggest watching Black Books or Black Adder, (both classics), but they center around "meanies" too.

I see nothing inappropriate but I'm not a thin skinned person.

From day 1, Douglas has been portrayed as the most annoying, most unlikeable sexual predator. No mention of how many people the german cannibal could have eaten in a previous season. Both these subjects were probably better done (funnier) in League of Gentlemen, with the butchers and barbara.

Feel for the guy here, he must be laughing so hard inside and is oppressed externally.

USA forgot the meaning of the word comedy.... It is really sad.

I don't get what is supposed to be so offensive about the episode. Douglas (who plays someone who is supposed to be generally offensive), falls for April who he doesn't realise used to be a man. Note that April is the more mature of the pair. When he finds out April used to be a man he acts immaturely and ends the relationship. But at the end of the episode he misses April. So the episode seems to if anything be sympathetic to the trans character.

Which show is next? The Young Offenders? The Inbetweeners? Derry Girls? Miranda?

Loved the episode, disliked the review at the end. Being woke is the new fascism.

Why skip and whole fight??

It's funny how so many Americans don't laugh at the dirty bits.

I always found the bit with April being a man funnier than the 'internet' scene anyway so stuff that in your pipe and smoke it.

Douglas really missed April in the end though...

This episode didn't show trans in a negative light. It showed up the bigots in a negative light. April deserved better and she rightly kicked Douglas' ass. The cherry on the top was when Douglas realised he'd dumped the only person he felt emotionally close to because he's an idiot. Something about these shows is that there's a payoff for everything you see on screen. Something American shows don't always do. Moss and Roy got their payoff when the entire room fell for their prank; something that was the opposite of what they expected, but was 1000 times better. Douglas is a womaniser. He finally found the woman of his dreams. His stupidity caused him to lose that woman, and the pay off is him sitting alone in bed crying over her.

Geeesh ..don't mention the best scene in the entire episode because its offensive?.. .. wokey lightweights

You are a comedy free area. If it’s too salty for you don’t watch any of it it’s not for you….. I don’t agree with censorship so just don’t bother in future.

On first viewing I don't think the trans issues presented in the episode are all that bigoted... but as you look more at the episode with the knowledge that trans people found it offensive then some of the issues start to come to the fore... I think the whole premise that Douglas struggles with the idea of his girlfriend being trasngender is probably relatable to a lot of men... However there are aspects of the episode that play upon April still having very stereotypically masculine qualities, and her genuine anguish at not being seen as a woman is played as melodramamatic comedy and with a laughter track over it. Likewise Douglas regrets breaking up with April - but this too is played for laughs. The fact that April and Douglas end up in a fist fight where they are evenly matched physically is there to hammer home that despite having undergone reassignment April is still in the eyes of the show and its writer, a man. And given Graham Linehan's subsequent comments about trans people, paints this episode in a very poor light. Channel 4 here in the UK took the decision to remove the episode from its streaming service which given that they are perhaps the UK's Wokest TV studio is unsurprising.

I always thought Oman would've bin a better country to use for the joke

Struggling to find a reaction here... 😁

Boo, this episode through and through was great.

Stop choosing to be offended by things.

The look on your faces trying to show how unfunny you find the April storyline because some snowflakes conditoned you to be triggered is the only fun part of your reaction.

The legacy of the show would be so much better if they'd not taken this episode down a pointless and problematic path. I'm glad you enjoyed the other storyline, which is one of the funniest of the show for me. The comments are full of people angry that you didn't love something that wasn't acceptable (by 2008 standards, never mind 2023) but thanks for giving us your honest reactions instead of just pretending to love everything, and thanks for seeing the good and the bad and drawing attention to both.

I think there’s a place for bigoted and generally unethical characters like Douglas on TV, provided they are handled correctly, and their immoral actions are portrayed in a negative light. The Douglas plot wasn’t handled well, from either a comic or ethical perspective: the jokes were mostly lazy stereotypes, and they used the bigotry of Douglas itself to be funny. Then again it’s not completely bad because it does display Douglas as being in the wrong to some degree, it could just make it more clear how serious the issue is. Ok the other hand, The internet prank is LEGENDARY 😂

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I absolutely hate Douglas. I find him completely unfunny and every scene he is in is worse for it. The creator of the show is well know for his anti-trans views online which eventually got him banned from Twitter.

I don't care about any scene with Douglas. The main plot with Jen's speech stole the show and overshadows him in this episode. He was inappropriate, awkward, and not at all funny, as always. Moss, Roy, and Jen were as good as ever, probably better.

Haven't watched this reaction yet but judging by comments here I want jump right in and say-- Fuck them, completely with you. Douglas is disgusting and makes this episode near-unwatchable, which sucks because I find the entire internet subplot with Jen hilarious. I was also really disappointed when I first watched this episode because I was pleasantly surprised at first, when Douglas was initially really accepting of April. I thought that was going to be this one redeeming thing about his character, such as it is-- that yeah, he's a massive lech, but he's equal opportunity about it, like he's genuinely open to sleeping with everyone, no judgment. But then the joke just ended up being that he's both an idiot and bigoted, and that whole fistfight, the way they treated April in that... I can't even get into it. I always want to recommend the IT Crowd to people because of Moss and Roy, but everything involving Douglas makes it really fucking hard.