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Will decides to organise one last trip for the gang before they go their separate ways. Our four heroes pack the clapped-out Fiat for a camping trip in the countryside. Will draws on his Scout training; the same however, cannot be said for Jay, Neil and Simon who aren't prepared for the great outdoors at all.

This episode contains examples of:

  • Alcohol-Induced Idiocy: Simon drunkenly breaks into Carli's house in order to express his feelings for her. Unfortunately, he breaks into her little brother's room instead.
  • Hidden Depths: Jay, it seems, is pretty good at Monopoly — although Will's convinced he's cheating.
  • Horrible Camping Trip: Jay and Neil burn all of Will's possessions and Simon's car ends up rolling into the lake (after which a confused Neil smashes the back window with a rock). Finally, the lads projectile-vomit all over each other inside the tent after eating some badly-undercooked sausages, courtesy of Neil.
  • Hoist by His Own Petard: Jay's phone-swap-and-send-embarrassing-message game only embarrasses him the most; Neil is too elated he's not going to be a dad to know he might have an STD, Will's mum didn't appear to notice her message (or is Genre Savvy enough to know what was going on) and Carli's response to the one for her seems positive. Compare to Jay's response from his dad revealing he went to a therapist because the message sent to him implied incestuous feelings.
  • Jerkass Has a Point: While Mr. Gilbert's dismissive attitude towards Neil possibly getting a woman pregnant is callous and unhelpful, he's also not wrong that there's neither a lot he can do about the situation nor is it really his responsibility to clean up the messes that students make in their private lives outside of school, especially seeing as how Neil is now an adult.
  • Mistaken for Paedophile: A drunken Simon attempts to express his love for Carli by climbing through her bedroom window at 3 in the morning. Unfortunately, he ends up in her kid brother's bedroom. This later leads to a very awkward conversation between Simon and his father, who spends several hours googling "chemical castration", about why it is never OK to touch children.
  • Rage Breaking Point: Simon finally snaps when Jay and Neil cause his car to end up in the lake. He cools down when Neil offers him a lager.
  • "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Simon delivers an epic one after Jay and Neil let his car roll into the lake. Not even Will is spared.
    Simon: YOU ARSEHOLES! YOU TOTAL PAIR OF FUCKING WANKERS!
    Neil: It's alright, Si. We'll just wait for the morning and rescue it when the tide's out.
    Simon: IT'S A FUCKING LAKE, NEIL! THE TIDE ISN'T GOING OUT! I'VE WASTED MY LIFE HANGING OUT WITH YOU FUCKING MORONS! I CAN'T WAIT TO MOVE TO SWANSEA! I FUCKING HATE YOU! FUCK OFF! FUCK OFF!
    Will: Come on, Si. Come out of the water and dry off. I'm sure we'll think of something.
    Simon: YOU NEVER THINK OF ANYTHING! YOU'VE JUST GOT AN ACCENT THAT MAKES US THINK YOU'RE CLEVER, BUT YOU'RE NOT! YOU'RE JUST AS MUCH OF A FUCKING IDIOT AS THESE TWO!
    Will: Bit harsh.
    Simon: YOU WANKERS! YOU TOTAL, TOTAL WANKERS!
  • The Unreveal: The details of Carli's response to Jay's text from Simon's phone are never revealed. Though, considering that they are together at the start of the first movie, it's probably — despite the events of this episode — positive.
  • Vomit Indiscretion Shot: Simon, Jay and Neil projectile vomiting all over each other inside a tent as a result of eating undercooked sausages.

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