- Date First Aired: 01/01/2015
Dorien is being pressured by her publisher on what her next book will be. Apparently, erotic memoirs are so 5 minutes ago, and she's now expected to write what she knows, even though all she knows is sex. During this, Travis is having difficulties with a psychology project about the topic of nature vs nuture. Sharon meanwhile, has gotten a new job as a school dinner lady and she has to obey a 19-year-old who makes Kim Jung Un look like Simon Cowell. When she shows a concept for separating everyone, Travis subjects everyone to an IQ test.
As she's taking her test, Dorien is informed by her book publisher that they now expect a spy novel off her. The tests come back and it's revealed that Sharon's a genius and Garth is an idiot. Travis thus invites Sharon to meet a physiology group, where he uses her as a test subject.
Back at home, Sharon laments that she's wasted her life but Dorien inspires her to become an intelligence officer.
The girls hold a mock interview which Sharon manages to pass. Later, Tracey comes across Garth at a Gentleman's Club, who laments that he has now gotten the short end of life. Sharon is offered a job... as another dinner lady. It is then that Tracey reveals about Dorien's plan. Pissed, Sharon puts Dorien's face into the cake that had been made for her.
Tropes In This Episode:
- Alliterative Name: Dorien descirbes her lipstick as being "Porno Pink".
- Bad Boss: Sharon's new boss according to her:Sharon: Well, you won't want my job, mate. I work for a 19-year-old who makes Kim Jong-un look like Simon Cowell.
- Bait-and-Switch: Sharon initially seems to be describing Kim Jong-un in the opening minutes of the episode, until she reveals that he runs The X Factor, revealing that she's actually talking about Simon Cowell.
- Book Dumb: It's revealed that despite the fact that Sharon and education do not mix, Sharon is considered to be a genius.
- Brief Accent Imitation:
- Sharon puts on a posh accent when bemoaning her failure to get a supervisor job she had been hoping to get.
- Sharon briefly uses Sean Connery's accent (poorly) when considering the idea that she could be a spy.
- Family-Friendly Stripper: Garth goes to a stripper's club, which does have one stripper pole-dancing, but absolutely no exposed tops at all.
- Food Slap: After Sharon learns of Dorien's plan, she is so pissed that she shoves Dorien's face into the cake which had been prepared for her.
- The Ghost: Keeley, who gets the supervisor job over Sharon.
- Gratuitous Italian: Both Celine and Dorien (seemingly) end the video conversation relating to Dorien writing spy novels with a "Ciao".
- Happy Ending Override: In the last series, Garth had gotten a successful pop-up restaurant off the ground. Whilst the last episode had established that his girlfriend had left him, this episode goes on to reveal that his restaurant didn't last long before going bust.
- Improbably Low I.Q.: Garth manages to get an I.Q. of 17 from his I.Q. test.
- My God, You Are Serious!: When Tracey asks if she can help with Travis' psychology project, he laughs her off... until he realizes that she's being serious.
- The Name Is Bond, James Bond: Sharon during her mock interview, in a Shout-Out to James Bond.Sharon: The name's Theodopolopodos. Sharon Theodopolopodos.
- Nature Versus Nurture: This forms the basis of Travis' project. He concludes that, yes, a poor upbringing can indeed have a negative impact on a person's potential, even if they have a high IQ.
- Noodle Incident:
- Dorien mentions having been dangled upside down by her ankles quite recently.
- Apparently, the headmaster threw a brick at Sharon on her last day of school.
- One-Shot Character: Celine and Lucy.
- Pop-Culture Pun Episode Title: The title is a riff on the movie There's Something About Mary.
- Recognition Failure: Tracey has no idea who Kim Jong-un is and has to be told about it by Sharon, although the wording suggests that she might have actually been inquiring about Simon Cowell.
- Revealing Reflection: During Sharon's mock interview, Travis tries to scare her by going behind her and popping a balloon. However, Sharon saw him coming through Tracey's glasses and catches him before he could do so.
- Right Behind Me: Dorien has a video conversation with Celine relating to creating spy novels, although Dorien doesn't want to. At the end, she forgets to turn off the video chat and ends up calling her a woman who wouldn't know literary if it had bitten her on the backside right in front of her.
- Stealing from the Till: Sharon briefly mentions how she and Fat Angela have a system for nicking stuff at World of Quid, never quite realizing that it's wrong to do so.
- Strange Minds Think Alike: Somehow, both Tracey and MI5 ask the same question involving breaking the news of a dead cow to a farmer during both's interviews.
- Teens Are Monsters: Sharon's new boss, a 19-year-old who apparently makes Kim Jong-un look like Simon Cowell.
