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Game On is your typical 1990s flat based sitcom with all the standard 90s jokes and themes you'd expect like inappropriate jokes and Brit Pop. It's in my view a little underrated and it is a shame they did not make more but the series is wrapped up nicely in the last episode. The writers could have easily gotten 5 or 6 strong series out of this but I believe the actors did well and went onto bigger things.
It has a small similarity to Men Behaving Badly and as it's a flat based/friends sitcom is bound to have some comparison, but the characters are very different as well as the story lines. The only thing it shares is its mostly based in a single flat and deals with relationships and careers of a small group of friends. This is a sitcom about 20 somethings failing to achieve or move forward in the mid 90s.
*Minor spoilers below*
There are essentially three main characters:
Matt: Matthew Malone owns the flat that the friends live in after buying it with inheritance money and friends Martin and Mandy rent rooms off him. He has recently developed an agoraphobic condition and does not leave the flat... EVER! He is very relying on Martin and Mandy to bring him shopping and uses TV as his main interaction with the outside world though he hates half of what he watches. He is a typical 90s brit pop loving laddish guy who is yet to advance past the age of 15 mentally. Matt is convinced he is the superior male and a catch, a lot of his jokes and humour come from him not actually leaving the flat but believing he is able do things like take on a heavy weight boxer or join the marines because he is street smart. He is convinced of his own physical attractiveness and his ability with girls means he is always giving Martin advice. Matt would actually be attractive to most women if he wasn't an immature idiot as he is a good looking guy. A lot of Matts humour comes from his playful bullying of ginger friend Martin and the fact he has met his match with the other friend Mandy who he would quite happily sleep with. The actor changed in series 2 and 3 who played Matt but I think the character remained strong played by both. I'd consider him the main character having a bit more screen time than Martin and Mandy.
Martin: Martin Henderson is Matts childhood friend from school and though he is pushed around a lot by Matt they do have a genuine friendship. Martin is the typical average nice guy trying to please people but is obviously plain and simple in tastes. He is often taken advantage of by Matt with only Mandy as his main ally. Martin considers himself boring which is mostly true but he has a decent paying job and is just let down by his own self confidence more than anything. Most of his humour and jokes come from the fact he is a virgin, fails at meeting girls and he too often takes Matts advice on life. Martin has the most character development and develops into a bit of a cringey annoyance when he gets a girlfriend in series 2. He is always bullied into making tea for Matt.
Mandy: Mandy Wilkins is slightly older than Matt and Martin, she is best friends with Martin's sister, she doesn't actually pay rent but gets away with living in the flat as Matt is convinced he may one sleep with her. She see's both Matt and Martin as little brothers who she cares for but both get on her nerves quite a lot. Most of the stories and humour with Mandy involve her bickering with Matt and the fact she cannot stop sleeping with random men. Mandy is in fact quite academically intelligent but due to her love of men and clothes she has found herself stuck in a secretarial position and always in her overdraft paying off credit cards.
I love Game On as I said its underrated each episode has a different story but some themes and character development do carry on between each episode. Everything is so 1990s and pre internet era!
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