Line #11 Recap/InsideNo9S2E1LaCouchette


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/la_couchette.jpg]]
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3	A night train crosses France with a mixed group of passengers in couchette number nine. Loutish drunk Jorg noisily annoys uptight professor Maxwell before bickering marrieds Kath and Les Cook arrive, to be joined by sweaty Australian back-packer Shona with free-loading lay Hugo in tow. As they are about to have sex a body tumbles from the top bunk but, for various reasons, some passengers are reluctant to immediately report the death. When the train arrives at its stop the motive of one of them becomes clear.
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6	!!This episode contains examples of:
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8	* AllForNothing: Maxwell kills Yves and prevents everyone from stopping the train because he believes Yves is his competition. He isn't.
9	* AllThereInTheScript: The ending credits name the dead man as Yves.
10	* BigFun: Shona.
11	* BilingualBonus: Maxwell and Jorg's conversations in German.
12	* BitchInSheepsClothing: Maxwell.
13	* BottleEpisode: The entire episode takes place in the cramped space of an SNCF couchette cabin, mirroring the [[Recap/InsideNo9S1E1Sardines first episode of the previous series]], which features twelve people locked in a wardrobe.
14	* BunnyEarsLawyer: Jorg may be a drunken slob, but he's also an esteemed doctor good enough to be considered for a prestigious position with the World Health Organization.
15	* ChekhovsGunman: Jorg is introduced as an annoying but secondary passenger who at the end turns out to be Maxwell's UnknownRival.
16	* ForeignCussWord: Jorg yelling "verpiss dich!" ("fuck off!") at Les.
17	* ForeignLanguageTitle: "La Couchette".
18	* {{Gasshole}}: Jorg.
19	* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Shona fits this image.
20	* HerrDoktor: Jorg, it transpires.
21	* ItsAllAboutMe: Hugo.
22	* JerkassHasAPoint: When Hugo points out that stopping the train would cause everyone to miss their appointments, they're forced to admit he's right.
23	* LackOfEmpathy: Quite a few characters are rather cavalier about the fact that one of their fellow passengers has died, but Maxwell takes the cake; not only is he able to remain completely calm and at peace after murdering someone, but when everyone briefly thinks Kath has thrown herself under the train he just complains that she's made him miss his appointment.
24	* LysistrataGambit: Shona won't let Hugo into bed with her after he convinces the others not to report the body.
25	* MurderByMistake: Maxwell murdered Yves believing him to be Jorg[=/=]Meyer.
26	* NationalStereotypes: Maxwell attributes Jorg's constipation to "too much beer and bratwurst."
27	* OfCorpseHesAlive: While the characters don't deliberately do anything wacky with the corpse, it's still used for plenty of visual comedy.
28	* PottyEmergency: Jorg is in this state throughout most of the episode.
29	* ReallyGetsAround: Shona proclaims she'll sleep with anyone if they lend her their toilet paper.
30	* ShoutOut: Kath compares the situation to the ''Literature/MurderOnTheOrientExpress''.
31	* SleepMask: Maxwell has one, though it ultimately doesn't help him get any sleep.
32	* ThrillerOnTheExpress: The whole premise.
33	* UpperClassTwit: Hugo.
34	* WhamLine: Maxwell quietly apologies to "Dr Meier", only to get one of these from Jorg:
35	--> '''Jorg''': Ja? Ich bin Doktor Meier...
36	* WomenAreWiser: Kath and Shona are the ones most insistent on reporting the body.

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