The Speech

The Speech is the 4th episode of Season three of The IT Crowd.

Plot
'Containing Spoilers'

After winning Employee of the Month, Jen finds herself less than inspired to write the required acceptance speech, and becoming arrogant from her victory, asserts her power in the IT department. When she eventually turns to Roy and Moss for help, they see an opportunity to humiliate her in front of the whole department when they lend her a visual aid, on loan from the top of Big Ben and completely demagnetised by Stephen Hawking himself – "The Internet". The duo tell Jen that the Internet, a small black box with a blinking red light, is completely wireless, and that if the red light on the top of the box stops flashing, the Internet will be destroyed. Douglas finds the love of his life in the form of April. However, problems follow when he mishears her making a tearful confession that she "used to be a man" (as opposed to Douglas hearing her say she was "from Iran"). Taking a seat to see Jen's destruction, Moss and Roy find their prank has backfired when the shareholders hang on Jen's every word about the destruction of the Internet. Meanwhile, a fist fight has begun between April and Douglas, resulting in the destruction of "The Internet". The panic that ensues among the shareholders finally gives Roy and Moss the spectacle they craved. The episode ends with Douglas sitting alone with pizza, sobbing. April has written a magazine article about him, titled "Arsehole".