Plotlines:
- Jane turns up at patricks house, he assumes for sex, although he tells the boys that he tried to get rid of her and she invited herself in.
- the boys also discuss films with lots of screen nudity and what female stars names they can think of that mean screen nudity.
- Jane goes to the house as she think patrick is lonely and wants to bond with him. She walks into a room and discovers it to be filled with tapes with girls names of them - his sex tapes.
- Jane asks patrick if he has room for one more tape. Steve is annoyed that he has a tape of susan.
- Jane is telling the same story to the girls. Susan is equally worried about the sex tapes. Sally is annoyed as she wanted to sleep with patrick and now thinks Jane is in her way. She brings up his size again as the reason she wants to sleep with him.
- Jane reveals she didnt sleep with patrick as he had another girl in his bedroom.
- Susan turns up at patricks flat and wants to know the tape is in safe hands. He says he has told steve and will tell her the same thing - that tape stays in that cupboard. She is thrilled until steve suddenly screams and emerges from the bedroom shouting 'she's never done that with me'. Letting susan know they are watching the tape. She walks into the room and sees that jeff is in their watching the tape. Susan asks how long they have been watching the tape and steve explains 5 minutes. Susan is furious because it isnt her on the tape. The boys havent been looking at her face. Susan is then annoyed that patrick has taped over her.
- Susan goes to put the tape back in the cupboard and finds sally hid in there. Sally also has thought that the tape is of susan.
- jane turns up to seduce patrick, mainly because of what the girls have told her about him.
- Susan is so upset with steve for even agreeing to watch it she dumps him. She also talks about how he nearly has proposed but he was more worried that she would say yes because he isnt ready to settle down.
- The boys discuss how steve has lost susan and he is devestated. Jeff asks how he is feeling and steve says 'flushed' linking back to the first episode once again.
- Steve is asleep in his own room, susan comes to see him and asks him to propose. She also tells him she may or may not say yes, just like how she may be naked under the coat. she removes her coat revealing she is naked. Steve says there is only one way he will know this isnt a dream just as he does jeff sits up next to him. Leaving the epiode on a cliff hanger as to what happens next.
That is the end of the 1st series. It ends on a sort of cliff hanger but nothing major like i have seen in other shows but we do not know if susan will say yes or if steve will ask her.
Overall the series is clearly heavily a comedy. It focuses heavily on a small amount of people and only introduces one or 2 other characters that only appear in the one episode. It focuses heavily on the relationship between 2 of its characters with the others providing b plot storylines aside from epsiode 5 which focuses on jeff who is primarily the light relief character. It is easy to see why this show was refered to as the british friends as it is quite simila although i find it a lot more sexual than friends. \
In terms of writing, it is clear the writer wanted to limit the amount of characters so that the first season doesnt bombard the audience with to many people to remember, it would take an audience a couple of episodes to get a feel for the characters and decide on their favourites so this seems like a good strategy. The locations are fairly repetitive throughout the series and this helps to establish structure for the audience and also is quite normal for people - most people have a favourite place they would meet with friends at - favourite bar, pub, coffee house or restraunt - so it is normal and helps the audience relate to the charcters.
stay safe,
helen
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