So, there we have it – the end of the best British sitcom of recent years.

Like it or not, Peep Show is finished – and what a brilliant series it went out on. Did Mark and Jeremy get their happy ending?

Of course not. Things left up exactly as they probably always should have – with Mark and Jez, alone and resigned to each other, slumped in the lounge watching TV.

It was a brilliant, hilarious, and understated end to the show, and entirely in character.

Here’s our pick of the best lines from – gulp – the last ever episode of Peep Show.

1) “I’m going to make Jeremy turn 40 whether he likes it or not” – Mark, as he prepares to buy Jez a birthday card

2) “Of course she won’t call me. I made the fatal error of letting her get to know me” – Mark, still deflated after nine series

3) “40 is basically 50, and 50 is dead” – Jeremy panics about getting older

4) “I’ve got to try and keep up with Joe. He’s so ****ing full of life” – Jez resents his younger boyfriend

5) “Do I smell corporate lube? Am I about to get organisationally ****ed?” – Mark panics about his job security

6) “I’m sorry Mark, you’ve just stepped into the arena naked. In a matter of seconds, wild beasts are going to fly to your delicate areas and tear you to shreds” – Johnson does nothing to quell Mark’s nerves

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7) “Jeff, Jerry and Johson: a trilogy of ****s” – Mark loses his job

8) “He can’t hurt me with his Rice Krispie blitz. London can take it” – Mark, having cereal flicked in his face by Jeremy

9) “Molly, she’s a beast mate. Marmite in the marge. She’s a slob. My peppermint shower gel, just laying on its ****ing side, oozing, what’s that about?” – Super Hans vents his marital problems

10) “I suppose it might be better than having a cry in a Cornetto” – Mark makes a plan to get April back

11) “Be the canary! Full ****ing Delia!” – Super Hans encourages Mark to make his declaration of love

12) “Hello dad, you’re living inside me now, are you?” – Mark resigns himself to getting old

13) “I’m a misshapen potato. An oddball” – Mark undersells himself in his love speech

14) “I’ve won! It’s like I’m Napoleon invading Moscow and the Tzar’s ****ed off to Ibiza! I’ve conquered the whole of Russia! I’ve only gone and won!” – Mark’s chat with April goes well

15) “Sucky ****y is not a long-term plan!” – Mark is unimpressed at Jez’s meddling

16) “When I was doing the invites it became clear that you’ve betrayed everyone you’ve ever been close to” – Mark explains the odd turn-out to Jez’s surprise party

17) “It’s complicated. We’ll probably never fully understand – like Stone Henge” – Jez struggles to reveal the truth

18) “B******s to it. I’m gonna van it to Macedonia, finally set up the moped rental” – Super Hans is dumped by Mollie

19) “What next? Bring back smallpox? We all had fun with the smallpox, didn’t we? Is it time smallpox had a reboot?” – Mark worries about wolves being reintroduced to Britain

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