Extras/Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson
Season 1, Episode 5
Airdate	August 18, 2005
Written by	Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
Directed by	Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
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Extras — Season One

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Samuel L. Jackson is the fifth episode of the first season of Extras. Maggie tries hard to not seem racist while Andy makes an unwanted friend.

Cast: Ricky Gervais (Andy Millman), Ashley Jensen (Maggie Jacobs), Steve Speirs (Dullard), Michael Wildman (Danny), Patrick Malahide (Minister)

With: Samuel L. Jackson

Co-Stars: Grace Kingslene (Actress), David Ricardo-Pearce (Jobsworth AD), Nick Ball (Waiter)

Plot Overview

Andy and Maggie are playing police officers in a production with Samuel L. Jackson. While chatting with Andy Maggie interrupts to flirt with an actor off the set. At the catering table Andy is accosted by another extra who's clearly looking for a friend, but tells really depressing stories. After he helped Andy get some lines he asks Andy to take him out one night. After lying to him about visiting his mother's grave Andy grudgingly agrees to go out for some food with him, but while eating gets more and more depressed by the situation until he eventually blows his top and sticks his face in his food and leaves. Maggie goes on a date with the actor she likes, but is pre-occupied by the fact that he's black and tries to hide the golliwog doll on her shelf making him end the date early. The next day in trying to repair the damage she'd done she manages to come off worse when trying to tell Samuel L. Jackson that he was in the Matrix when he wasn't, and Andy trying to come to the rescue only made it worse. After this painful conversation they both get asked to leave the set, Andy missing out on lines yet again.

Notes

Music

Music this episode:

• Omar - There's Nothing Like This

Trivia

Allusions and References

• Vera Drake: Vera Drake is a film about family and abortion.
• Crimewatch: Crimewatch is a British television series where crimes are reconstructed by actors in the hope that members of the public might be able to phone in and help in the investigations.
• Rosa Parks: Rosa Parks was and African American woman who famously refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white person and was arrested for it. This lead to a boycott of the buses and was a major event in the Civil Rights movement.
• Sir Trevor McDonald: Trevor McDonald is a Trinidadian born British anchorperson and presenter.
• O.J. Simpson: O.J. Simpson was an African-American football player and actor who was charged and aquitted of murdering his wife and her friend.
• Golliwog: Golliwog was a character in childrens literature from the 19th century that is by modern standards politically uncorrect as many feel it's offensive to black people.
• We Will Rock You: We Will Rock You is a famous song by Queen, and later the title of a Musical by Ben Elton using Queen songs that met with poor reviews.
• The Matrix: The Matrix is a popular sci-fi action film from 1999 with Lawrence Fishburne in it, who Maggie confuses with Samuel L. Jackson.
• Pulp Fiction: Pulp Fiction is a popular Quentin Tarantino film starring Samuel L. Jackson.