Bunk Off is the second episode of Series 1 of The Inbetweeners. It first aired on 1 May 2008 on E4.
Synopsis[]
Will, Simon, Jay and Neil bunk off school. They head to Neil's house to get drunk, where Simon has a vodka-induced romantic revelation about his childhood sweetheart.
Plot[]
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Will throwing a frisbee to Neil Sutherland
The episode starts off with Will McKenzie talking about parks, whilst he and his friends are hanging about at their local one. One of Will's friends, Jay Cartwright insulted the group, calling them homosexuals because they were playing with a frisbee, instead of playing football. Will then replied by saying that football is homosexual behaviour, putting it in the context of "chasing men around a field with your top off" and then asked what could be more gay. Jay then responded to Will, by simply saying "You.". Because Jay was not convinced that it was actually a fun activity. Will said that "girls love frisbees". Another member of Will's friend group, Simon Cooper said that girls indeed do not love frisbees and that Will was only saying that because he was scared to play football because their school bully, Mark Donovan was playing and he does not want him to break his legs.
Will throwing a frisbee up in the air
Neil then saw an attractive group of girls walking by and told Will, Jay and Simon, by saying "Oh, my God. Check out the juggasaurus rex.", in reference to the fact one of the girls had big breasts. Simon then noticed one of the girls was his love interest, Carli D'Amato. Will, wanting to help Simon out, then shouted to Carli, yelling at her to catch the frisbee, before throwing it up so high in the air, showing an atmosphere, with short shots of Jay, Neil and Simon looking up at the frisbee.
Will trying to get his frisbee back
However, Will had managed to throw it so high up in the air, that it was impossible for Carli to catch. Instead of the frisbee going in Carli's direction, it was going in the direction of a disabled woman. The boys' faces turn from curious, to complete horror; knowing exactly what was about to happen. Jay and Neil start running away. The frisbee then hit the disabled woman's head and she started making weird noises in distress. A girl wearing blue was looking at Will, with her jaw dropped. Simon started to cringe. Will then said in a quiet voice "Oh my God. I'm so sorry" and started jogging towards the girl he had hit, constantly apologising. The other woman, pushing the wheelchair, most likely her carer; was Polish and did not understand English. She kept yelling at Will. Before Will and Simon left, Will tried to get his frisbee back and at first gently held on to the frisbee, but the disabled girl would not let go, whilst making strange noises.
As Will was trying to get his frisbee back, Donovan noticed what he was doing and thought he was stealing from the disabled girl, so he told everyone who was playing football with him that Will was stealing the disabled girl's frisbee, when it was all misunderstood. They all started to chase Will. As the group was getting closer, Will gave up and he, along with Simon, started running from them, whilst yelling "I'VE GOT A RECEIPT!".
The next day, Will and Simon meet up and lie to Mrs. Cooper that it is a sixth form non-uniform day. She was very skeptical about this. Simon, impersonating his mother, phones into the school office to say that Simon is ill with food poisoning; but the school secretary puts him through to Mr. Gilbert. He is not 100% convinced. They meet up with Jay and Neil, and Will, dressed in Simon's dad's suit; manages to buy them all alcohol - despite being underage. They head back to Neil's house and begin drinking. To their surprise, Neil's Dad, Kevin returns home with a friend earlier than expected, but Will, who is very drunk; bullies Neil's dad and his friend about his alleged homosexuality, notably calling him a “bumder” (a portmanteau of “bummer” and “bender”). Neil's dad is furious and the boys are thrown out.
Simon then realises how much he loves his childhood friend Carli D'Amato and is desperate to tell her. They go round to Carli's house and, after some convincing from Will and Jay, he sprays "I love Carly D'Amato" on her driveway in spray paint, only to be embarrassed when Carli and her friends turn up. However, when Carli sees Simon's friends laughing at him for his elaborate gesture, she invites him to her house where he gets drunk and ends up being sick all over the kitchen and on her little brother. When they get back to Will's house, they are confronted and given a ticking off by their parents and Kevin. Simon and Will put the blame on Kevin touching them inappropriately as an excuse for their actions that day with the ‘help’ of a ragdoll spontaneously found in the lounge, even though it is really quite the contrary.
The episode concludes the next day at school when Mr. Gilbert explains that as sixth form students they are no longer under any legal obligation to attend school and that they can waste their time if they want to, but with Simon and Will phoning school and pretending to be their parents, they are told that what they have done is fraud and are last seen sitting outside the headteacher's office.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Simon Bird | Will McKenzie |
| Joe Thomas | Simon Cooper |
| James Buckley | Jay Cartwright |
| Blake Harrison | Neil Sutherland |
| Greg Davies | Mr. Gilbert |
| Emily Head | Carli D'Amato |
Trivia[]
- When Jay rides Simon on the sofa at Neil’s dad’s house shortly before Neil’s dad arrives home with Steve, the incantation he sings about Carli’s privates on Simon’s face is to the tune of London Bridge Is Falling Down.
- Carli compares Simon’s graffiti to Banksy’s work, once she comes around after the initial shock of seeing it outside her parents’ house.
Goofs[]
- When Will got berated by the disabled girl’s carer after he accidentally hit her with the Frisbee, subtitles should have been added at the bottom, because she shouted in Polish (like in Will’s Birthday, when Patrice and Will spoke in French and this was subtitled in English).