Main Cast:
Will - Nerdy, ex posh school 16 year old, Sarcastic, Intellegent,
Simon - awkward, 16, Cynical, Grumpy, Friendly, Romantic,
Neil - bit stupid, 16, Gullible, Happy and positive,
Jay - compulsive liar, 16, Immature, obsessed with Sex,
Supporting Cast:
Carli - Simon's Love interest, 16, Attractive, Normal, Uses simon's interest in her to her advantage. Has a boyfriend who is older called Tom.
Mr Gilbert - The head of 6th form. Bitter, Tall, strong build, Witty and sarcastic, Dislikes his job,
Mark Donovan - School bully, 16, Will's Nemesis, polite and friendly infront of parents and teachers.
Storylines: Episode 1 - First Day
- Will is new at school. He has joined from a private school as his parents have split and cant afford it anymore. He is offered friendship by other newbies who he refers to as the freaks. He tries to make friends with Simon, the boy who has been assigned to look after him but he is rebuffed.
- Will is forced to wear a badge to show he is new, he is bullied for it. He also makes a fool of himself in front of the deputy head when trying to be 'cool' by criticising him and swearing.
- Mr Gilbert tells the class not to attend the 'school tradition' of drinking at a local pub on the first day of 6th form. Will tries to find out about going but is again rebuffed by Simon.
- Jay, Neil and Simon discuss sex. Jay tells a fabricated story of him sexploits.
- The school bullies take pictures of Will on the toilet which are spread around school.
- Will asks simon for directions, he initially refuses but after seeing him heckled he tells Will to follow him, but from a distance. Will then sits with the freaks in the 6th form centre while Simon, Jsy and Neil sit together.
- Simon doesnt want to go to the pub thing and the boys are disapointed, however his crush, Carli asks him about going which entices him to go as he wants to spend time with her. He gets a boner when she smells his aftershave and jay ponts this out to the entire 6th form centre leading Simon to get the nickname of boner.
- Will is introduced to Neil and Jay by Simon 9 minutes in. They dont really like him and see him as a posh nerd. Will tries to arrange to meet the boys at the pub but they decline.
- Simon is worried they wont get served at the pub, Jay tells the boys he has a fake ID and not to worry.
- Will's mum comes to collect him from school, all the boys notice and tell will how attractive she is but will is more embarrassed his mum has picked him up.
- All the boys are seen asking their parents to borrow £20 in different ways, Will asks outright, Neil guilt trips his dad who says they are struggling to money but gives him £10 - he is told not to spend it on the fruit machines but he says he cant promise this - he later spends all the money of the fruit machine. Jay is almost caught looking at porn so shouts at his mum not to come in his room but then quickly follows it up with asking for the money. Simon shouts at his mum when she tells him his hair has too much gel, he storms out and then comes back in to ask for the money. Will points out by voiceover that the word borrow means to spend and never give back - probably something done by a lot of teenagers watching the show.
- Will turns up at the pub at the same time as the boys and simon allows him to join them.
- The boys show up at a quiet pub with only a few locals. Jay offers to get the drinks in. The boys ask for a pint while will opts for a guiness. Jay's Id works as he pretends to be australian but is only able to buy a drink for himself. Will tries to buy the drinks, but also fails so tells the barman he has to allow them to buy cider with a meal so tries to order that from the carvery, but is also refused. Wills gets a man from the pub to order the cider and meals by buying his drinks for him.
- Neil tells the man he lost a tenner on the fruit machine leading the man to use it and win.
- Carli texts simon asking where he is leading the boys to realise they are at the wrong pub.
- Simon is heckled by his new nickname of 'boner' when he arrives at the pub.
- Simon finds Carli and meets her boyfriend, Tom and lies telling them bith he is already drunk from the earlier pub. Carli and Tom leave together and Simon is left alone.
- Will tries to get served at the new pub but is again refused leading to an argument where will reveals all the students ages to be 16 and everyone is thrown out leading his peers to be furious with him.
- The lead school bully, Donavan, tells Will he is a dead man and will get revenge.
- Jay tells Will he doesnt want to be seen with him as he's an embarrassment and him and jay leave. Simon stays as he has offered to wait with him till his mum arrives. The 2 boys bond over Wills outburst and talk about Carli having a boyfriend.
This series uses the voiceover of main character Will to narrate the story and move it along. This is a good choice as will is the new character so we are brought into the series with him and therefore are discovering the school through his new eyes also. This makes us, the audience, feel close to will which is what u want for your main character.
The difference between this pilot and coupling as this focuses heavily on one character who he follow on his journey. It uses clips from other episodes in the future to give you an outline of whats to come without revealing to much and uses flashbacks at the end of the episode to summarise whats happened. Coupling focused on 2 stories and then brought them together while inbetweeners focuses soley on one story throughout the episode.
Hopefully i will find more useful points as i work through the series.
Stay safe,
Helen
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