Help is the fourth episode of Series Two of Spaced.
Overview[]
Tim faces a race against time when Daisy accidentally jeopardises his career. Elsewhere, Daisy and Marsha decide to get fit, and Brian decides to tell his mother the truth about his chosen career.
Synopsis[]
After previously laughing him out of the studio, Dark Star Comics want to see Tim's portfolio again. As he checks through it, Tim sees a derogatory cartoon he did of Damien Knox, head of Dark Star, that he drew when angry at his previous rejection. He removes it, but Daisy unwittingly puts it back into the folder just as Tyres comes to courier it over to the studio. Tim, Mike and Tyres plan a raid on the office to get it back, but on retrieving it Tim finds that Damien's' attractive personal assistant, Sophie, had already removed the offending cartoon before passing it on. Damien is impressed by Tim's work and offers him a position at Dark Star, while Sophie asks Tim out on a date.
Meanwhile, Brian's mother comes to visit. It transpires that he has told his parents he is a successful lawyer, since he thinks they would be ashamed of him being a penniless artist. When she says she and his father are a little disappointed he didn't follow his childhood dream of being a painter, Brian finally comes clean about his life.
Inspired to get fit, Daisy invites Marsha for a run with her and Colin. After both succumbing to their competitive natures Marsha reveals how, in her youth, she almost became an Olympic athlete but was knocked down and broke her leg while out training one day. The drunk driver offered her some vodka to 'help with the pain', which eventually led to her alcoholism and the end of her Olympic dream. As they take a rest, Colin runs out in front of Damien's car. Daisy tries to grab him and misses but Brian, who is passing with his mother, runs out and saves Colin. Daisy who was hit but not badly hurt, calls Damien a "Massive Wanker" (the same slogan which was on Tim's derogatory drawing of him).