Linehan being a huge transphobic ass is such a letdown. The IT Crowd episode with "the internet" was one of my favorites, and I didn't interpret the joke as being anti trans, since it relied on Douglas being both a dunce and a jerk for humor. Despite the edginess, I guess, of the interviewer lady acting like a stereotypical man, I thought the entire point of it was to laugh at Douglas for both not listening when she tried to be upfront and for getting so hung up on it when he finally realized. I mean, at the end, he's crying about losing her, despite getting in a fight that's entirely his fault, even if there's some tropes being used.

Guess I was wrong, though.