Men Behaving Badly - Season 2 (British TV Series)
The second series of the popular British sitcomMen Behaving Badlybrought a change in personnel, but the comedy remained the same: Two men  at the mercy of their own worst impulses. Gary (jug-eared Martin Clunes)  and his new roommate Tony ('70s flashback Neil Morrissey) both lust after  their blonde upstairs neighbor Deborah (Leslie Ash), often humiliating  Gary's "sort of" girlfriend Dorothy (Caroline Quentin) along the way.  Deborah initially took a fancy to Tony, but a clumsy make-out session and  some poorly timed comments turned her interest sour. Gary tries to steal a  collectible record of Dorothy's, insults his secretary until she quits,  makes a drunken pass at Deborah when they're trapped in an elevator, and  generally acts surly, sneaky, and shiftless--all to good comic effect,  thanks to Clunes's surprisingly subtle performance. Tony doesn't quite  achieve three dimensions in this series, but Gary's boorishness, though  laughable and embarrassing, somehow maintains its humanity. By avoiding  outright absurdity (while creeping awfully close to it),Men Behaving  Badlykeeps its audience emotionally engaged as well as entertained.--Bret Fetzer