The comedy is hit and miss, but it’s a bit uneven in the way that there’s some light-hearted comedy in the office, and then when the cast have to do home visits, such as Rose dropping in on down-at-heel Rhona ( Tilly Vosburgh), it leans in the direction of drama, so it’s an odd mix. So, you get an idea of the flavour of the humour, and they even try to cram a minor plotline in there, with Nitin forced by his inappropriately bossy boss Denise ( Georgie Glen) to write a report, spying on all his colleagues to work out who’s goofing off all day. Nitin ( Himesh Patel): “Are you transitioning?”, to which comes the response, “Hysterectomy(!)”Īnd when they have a regular meeting which involves a policeman sitting in to give a cop’s angle, Al whispers to Rose in a discussion about biscuits: “He’s got three chocolate fingers under his helmet”, she replies: “Ooh, that’s a clever trick(!)” We’re like sex workers but without the intercourse”Įlsewhere, Ingrid ( Morwenna Banks) is having an operation tomorrow “by which time I’ll no longer be a woman”. Meanwhile, ever-returning temp Nat ( Isy Suttie) is back again, but she refers to temps as “Interim workers. For example, in the first episode, Al ( Alan Davies) is always hassled by his off-screen girlfriend, while Rose ( Jo Brand) hates her ex-husband, Lee ( Nick Hancock). There’s some cringe-comedy and plenty of sarcasm as the staff deal with their clients as well as their own lives being in a mess. So far, I’ve seen the first two episodes, and both have begun with various calls coming in from the public including one-liners such as “What’s the alcohol allowance for a 12-year-old?” and “You’ve taken all the kids into care. Too much is expected from them, and the moment something goes wrong, the press jump on them. Damned is a new sitcom about social workers who are damned if they do, and damned if they don’t.
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