Will's Birthday | |
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Season 2, Episode 3 | |
Air date | April 16, 2009 |
Written by | Damon Beesley and Iain Morris |
Directed by | Ben Palmer |
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Will's Birthday is the third episode of Series 2 of The Inbetweeners. It first aired on April 16, 2009 on E4.
Synopsis[]
It's Will's birthday, and he's planning a suitably grown-up dinner, with a few friends, and any girls they can persuade to come. Unfortunately, Will's do clashes with a more popular party...
Plot[]
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Jay steals a flyer for a "sexy" party being held by Louise Graham from their school and the boys decide to go. However, the party clashes with Will's sophisticated birthday dinner and Will eventually persuades the others that his dinner is more important. The boys all attempt to get a date for Will's dinner, but everyone seems to be going to this party being held, with Will's love interest Charlotte rejecting his dinner. Simon introduces his “sort-of French exchange” Patrice that he has to look after for a while, and Will's mum takes a particular shine to him. Will's birthday comes and his present from his mum is a black vest that his mum thinks looks cool.
The day doesn't get much better as his dinner comes along and there isn't a female in sight. After being branded “paedophiles” by a group of drunk underage girls and finding an angry stripper on the doorstep, Will agrees maybe going to Louise's party is better than nothing. The boys are denied entry to the party with the exception of Patrice, who abandons the group without a second thought. The Inbetweeners bar Will decide to climb the fence, with Will deciding to crawl under the fence (crawling through dog poop in the process.) Having to take his jacket off, which really stinks as it's covered in dog poop, he is revealed to be wearing his black vest and gets ridiculed by many people at the party for doing so. Will then gets a shock when he finds Patrice and Charlotte about to have sex, causing him to leave heartbroken.
With the other boys not having any luck either, the group decides to just cut their losses and leave. As they turn to go, however, they find Mark Donovan (who had just turned up) standing menacingly behind Will. Spotting a golden opportunity for revenge, Will informs the bully where he can find Charlotte. Mark promptly tells him to get lost and Will, knowing what is about to happen, wishes everyone a fun night before gladly obliging. As Donovan marches upstairs, the Inbetweeners leave the house enmasse abandoning Patrice to his fate.
What happened next isn't known but if Will's narration comment is anything to go by, his plan worked and shortly after they left Mark discovered Patrice together with Charlotte. Donovan then proceeded to beat Patrice "savagely", which presumably ruined Louise's party and destroyed her popularity. It is not clear if Donovan faced any consequences for his actions, but it is reasonable to assume that his actions resulted in ramifications for both him and Gilbert. Simon, however, probably avoided trouble by pointing out (truthfully) that he wasn't anywhere near the scene when it happened and that Patrice ditched them of his own accord. Will, however, considered what happened to be his best gift of the year!
Upon leaving Louise's, the group are granted a brief respite from their misfortune. Although Simon initially displays some concerns, the others (especially Will) couldn't care less. As far as they are concerned, Patrice brought this on himself. Will is miserable at how his birthday turned out, but the boys are soon able to turn things around by cracking a few jokes about Will's sex life (or rather lack of it) and Neil's Dad's sexuality. Deciding to end things on a good note, Simon suggest that they go back to Will's and spend the rest of the night playing video games, a prospect that they all look forward to.
Unfortunately, just as things are looking up, they hear an angry voice behind them. Looking around, the Inbetweeners discover that they have just walked past the residence of the drunken girls Patrice tried to chat up. As promised the ringleader sets her older brother on them, the infuriated man chasing after the group with a cricket bat in hand. As the boys run for their lives, Will rounds off the live action sequence, declaring "This is the tin hat. Worst birthday ever!"
In his final recap, Will reflects back on the events of the episode. Following this encounter with the brother, his birthday or "Dog s**t, singlet heartbreak day as [he's] now come to think of it, was over and it's fair to say it hadn't been the best". Nevertheless, he did learn one very important thing from all this; "If you go round to Neil's, don't play with his Lego!"
Cast[]
Actor | Role |
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Simon Bird | Will McKenzie |
Joe Thomas | Simon Cooper |
James Buckley | Jay Cartwright |
Blake Harrison | Neil Sutherland |
Vladimir Consigny | Patrice |
Belinda Stewart-Wilson | Polly McKenzie |
Robin Weaver | Pamela Cooper |
Victoria Willing | Mrs. Cartwright |
Jessica Harris | Michelle |
Isabella Laughland | Louise Graham |
Emily Head | Carli D'Amato |
Emily Attack | Charlotte Hinchcliffe |
Henry Lloyd-Hughes | Mark Donovan |