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Spaced: The Complete Series (1999) Starring and written by Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes

You like pop references and lead characters eating copious amounts of junk food, drugs, and video games while wasting (living) their lives in the middle of a suburban jungle? Sure you do because you, we, the public ate up the movies that Simon Pegg co-wrote, namely “Shawn of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz.” It’s time to dig up the past, DVD style.
“Spaced,” a BBC comedy from 1999 that was co-written and co-starred Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes (Son of Rambow) is a pop reference heaven. Tim and Daisy pretend to be a professional couple to rent a furnished apartment. Tim is an aspiring comic book artist and Daisy is an aspiring journalist and writer. He plays video games all day and she pretends to write and when they aren’t doing either of those activities they are messing around with their friends, watching movies (Star Wars) and having ADVENTURES!---and by adventures I mean quests into the land of reality where people exist and the world they love (their own) must be shared with others demanding tea, biscuits, and Lord help them, a human response or two.
This comedy is one of the more accessible, (closer to American humor) friendly BBC shows so there is more of a general appeal. The pop culture references to comics, skateboarding, raves, drugs, video games (Tomb Raider 3), and behavior towards their friends and neighbors is in line with what television gives us now, rude (or real) responses to rude or real people (think Curb Your Enthusiasm but not neurotic). The camera angles, lighting, and directing of the series is also original. Yes, the scripts are great but if it wasn’t for the originality in the look as well, this good script could have been taken down a dumb (Kevin Smith) path.