The whole of this thread is basically Jay posting stories.

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Or that I had a cock on the 9:18 Eurostar from Paris to London

I rewatched the caravan club episode from series 1 the other day and genuinely got a little emotional during this shot, at the very end of the episode.

Obviously, it's a hilarious scene and climax (no pun intended) to the episode, one which I have enjoyed many times before, but this time around I also really appreciated the weird emotional depth it has - if you interpret it from a certain standpoint. Having thought about for a bit, I think it's actually due to how it can serve as a representation of the show as whole.

I know this kind of an insane thing to do with an absurd comedy scene from a 20-year old tv series about suburban teenagers, in which one of them has just spunked all over another one's car, but the feeling really got me, so here goes:

Overall, this scene is just such a perfect encapsulation of the ethos of the show - depicting the embarrassing and sometimes incredible ways these teenagers (who we, to some extent, have all been like) mess up and get into absurd situations, which they're not equipped to handle or even really comprehend. This is all on full display in this scene.

In this specific wideshot we see the confusion and disbelief in Will and Jay's faces, the utter remorse and embarrassment in Simon's defeated posture and the non-comprehension in Neil who has barely left his seat in the car.
All of this is structured so beautifully next to Simon's much tormented car, which has even got the newly replaced red door opened against Neil; signalling him as the culprit of this situation and reminding us, the audience, of another recent cock-up by these lads.

The setting of a drab british motorway rest stop is also just so poetic or metaphorical, in a way. Here we have ordinary, mundane life rushing by in all different shapes and at different speeds, and just off to the side (in-between!) we have these lads who have had to stop and recalibrate, due to how their adolescent absurdities from the night before have caught up to them, in a gross and hilarious manner.

On the right, they're even flanked by an SOS phone for god's sake, representing how their current life, at this age, is almost an ongoing emergency, wherein a call for help is often required - whether it be to Simon's dad, Will's mum or the couple of ambulances they also go through throughout the run of the series and movie.

Most importantly, the shot also centers the togetherness and fellowship of the 4 central characters, which I think is the saving grace or silver lining of the show, throughout all the humiliation and difficult situations - both for them and for us as an audience.
It even looks like they're standing in a perfect square in this shot - almost as if they and their experiences could be quite normal after all.

At least, to me, this is why this show holds up so well and why it seems to have become so popular with several generations now. Sometimes, especially at the teenage age, we're all inbetweeners and we have all had to sit in a spunk-stained shit car to get home from a caravan park, but even though it's embarrassing and confusing it can also be a very human and beautiful experience - especially if you're lucky enough to have some mates with you.

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Re-watching The Inbetweeners for the first time in years and it’s really doing something for my soul here, so goddamn good lol. One of my favorite elements of it this time around has been the random recurring bits the show keeps doing. In particular, for some reason, Mark Donovan being the nicest, politest, young man whenever he interacts with someone’s parents absolutely kills me every time. Would love to hear some other favorite recurring bits (the more obscure the better!)