The Gig and the Girlfriend

"The Gig and the Girlfriend"
The Inbetweeners episode
Episode no. Season 3
Episode 2
Directed by Ben Palmer
Written by Damon Beesley & Iain Morris
Produced by Christopher Young
Production code 3:2 (2)
Original air date 20 September 2010[1]
Running time 22 minutes[2]
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"The Gig and the Girlfriend" is the second episode of the third series of The Inbetweeners. It first aired on E4 on 20 September 2010.

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Plot

In an attempt to woo an attractive girl from the year below named Tara, Simon agrees to go with her to see the band Failsafe at a pub. He further tries to impress Tara by telling her he will bring cannabis to the concert. The group take drugs, and all react differently. Neil takes sleeping tablets, Will cannot control his body movements, Jay is dazed and confused, and Tara throws up on Simon. In another one of his lies, Jay claims he can get drugs anytime from his dealer. When Simon asks Jay for some cannabis, Jay tells him that his dealer has gone to Afghanistan to get harder drugs, despite having told Simon 15 minutes ago that he could easily get hold of some. In order to regain his friends' trust after his string of lies in the past, Jay goes to Donovan for some weed, but is given tea and accepts it out of fear.

As a subplot, Will and Simon stop believing Jay's "bullshit claims" after his dad rumbles one of his stories about having sex in a caravan (which does not actually happen, "Jay gets it on with the cushion"). When the boys arrive at the gig, Jay decides to prove Simon and Will by trying to get drugs at the venue. After a short search, Neil spots a dealer and he and Jay head over to him. After a short argument with the dealer, he sells them the drugs and all except Will who refuses to smoke it, and Neil who took some of his dad's sleeping medicine, smoke them out the back. While inside, Jay starts teasing Will about not taking the drugs until Will eats whats left of them.

Simon accidentally injures Tara during a moshpit, and, not helped by a mixture of her being "stoned and concussed" leads to her feeling faint, queasy and throwing up over herself and Simon just as she is about to kiss him. After she's been sick, the two kiss, only for Tara, still feeling ill, to stop and throw up everywhere again. Whilst tending to her, she starts getting excited when Simon starts going "Grrr". Eventually Will starts to feel the effects of the drug and becomes frightened and loses control of his hands. When he asks for an ambulance, Jay refuses out of fear of being arrested, Neil starts falling asleep and Simon is too busy eating Tara's face to care. With no other choice, Will gets up onstage and asks that they either call for an ambulance or his mum. He is then led off the stage by the bouncers as he looked "proper mental". When Will is being taken into the ambulance, Jay runs away in panic thinking the blue light is a police car while Simon kisses Tara, his first girlfriend.[3]

Cast

Actor Role
Simon Bird Will McKenzie
Joe Thomas Simon Cooper
James Buckley Jay Cartwright
Blake Harrison Neil Sutherland
Hannah Tointon Tara
Emily Head Carli D'Amato
Greg Davies Phil Gilbert

References

  1. ^ "The Inbetweeners - Monday 20 September - Programme Guide". Radio Times. http://www.radiotimes.com/ListingsServlet?event=10&channelId=158&programmeId=129572016&jspLocation=/jsp/prog_details_fullpage.jsp. Retrieved 8 September 2010. 
  2. ^ http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-inbetweeners/4od
  3. ^ "The Inbetweeners - Episode 3.2". The British Comedy Guide. http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/inbetweeners/episodes/3/2/. Retrieved 3 September 2010. 

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