This series has been a bit disappointing but the Bowie bit made me nearly choke to death with laughter.
"..pug, pug..pug, pug.."
Brilliant.

comic genius. I think the series is amazing, but it is more of a subtle humor.

I think I just prefered it when he was an extra. Plus he seems to be morphing into David Brent ever so slightly.

I agree, the show lost edge when he started going on with the show. The premise as is was good enough.

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Yeah season 2 doesn't quite have the magic of season 1, at least not yet, I'm hoping it will build. Looking forward to the Daniel Radcliffe one next week.

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Also pretty neat to hear Bowie just singing and riffing on the piano.

Yeah.
And I actually like that tune

I wonder if they were concerned about the "gimmick" getting stale. Big stars being showing their true colors...the switch might have been to try and keep it fresh.

Or there may be a timeline, like The Office. Maybe it was only meant for 2 seasons.

The Office retained it's theme throughout the 2 seasons. The Extras show the character moving from being an extra to writing his own show, which is basically a more slap stick version of the Office. It's not something I really liked through the show, though it's nice to see how bad the office could have been if there was more interference in it's vision.

I'm sure I read somewhere that he wants to do a 3rd series. Bad idea.

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Bowie + Gervais = awesome.

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That was the only episode of season 2 I really liked, it felt like the character learned his place. Should have been the last episode, I reckon.

Aside from the cameos, the second season suffered cause he was now just a prick - as opposed to the underdog prick. Maybe if you were a sitcom officionardo, the whole 'laugh-track comedy show' joke would have been amusing past the first 5 mins.

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Ant you are seriously going to have explain your downvote.

David Bowe is amazing. I actually like that song, and it was hysterical.

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