The Thick of It/Awesome

For such a straight-laced show, there are several moments of sheer awesome. Most belong to Malcolm Tucker, but other characters occasionally get their moments, too.

• Malcolm's "YOU WILL SEE ME AGAIN!", where he demonstrates that when every odd is against him, he's a full-on Determinator.
• Nicola Murray calling out the business of politics itself as a "male obsession" with fighting and fucking.
  • Malcolm's counterattack, in which he dismisses Nicola's opinion with a "Spare me your psycho fanny!" and has her believing that Peter Manion's sincere apology was just a cover for a lot of snickering behind her back.
• "Wake up and smell the cock!" Malcolm emerges the victor over Nick Hanway and keeps his job at the end of Spinners and Losers.
• When Nicola's daughter is almost expelled from school for bullying, Peter Mannion is put under pressure to use the story against Nicola, but he refuses on principle: "If you have to wade through all this shit to win the election then I'm happy to lose it!"
• "STEVE! There's one thing I can do..." Steve Fleming is convinced he's finally found a way to strip Malcolm of his power, but being a Smug Snake he just can't keep it to himself. In his bragging he rather stupidly explains the entire plan to Malcolm in great detail. Malcolm responds by uttering the ominous words above, but rather than elaborating on his own plan he just disappears with a little smile before convincing the Prime Minister to call an early general election.
  • Malcolm: In twenty minutes' time, the Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is going to announce that he is calling the election.
• And there's the show's very first moment of awesome, where Malcolm decides he's had quite enough of Julius Nicholson's shit. "Would you gentlemen care to join me for a little circle jerk?" A few phone calls later, he's started rumours that Nicholson is in line to become Foreign Secretary. A few more, and he's convinced the PM that Nicholson himself is starting the rumours, and that Julius needs his wings clipping...
  • Malcolm: Sleep lightly.
• The Description Cut He's Back moment.

Glenn: Malcolm will have grabbed his fake passport by now, he'll be on a plane to Brazil and he's about to spend the rest of his days as the world's scariest dentist.
*cut*
Malcolm: Derek! Get the fuck down to ITN and start briefing the shit out of them!

• Terri, of all people, gets one in 3.06, when she dares to point out (correctly!) that Malcolm's been making the wrong calls all episode. (Admittedly, she's not quite bright enough to realize precisely what she's just done, but on grounds of sheer nerve alone --)
• "You off to clear your desk Steve? Don't forget your lucky gonk and your "World's Shittiest Dad" mug.

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