The boys take the day off from school and end up getting drunk at Neil's house; Simon makes a drunken call to Carli to profess his love.
This episode contains examples of:
- Alcohol-Induced Idiocy: Will drunkenly insults Neil's dad and Simon realises his feelings for Carli and tries to win her over - and ends up vomiting everywhere.
- Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: Simon's dad lists all the bad things Will and Simon have done, before Will adds in the one thing he missed:Mr Cooper: You've lied to your mothers, bought alcohol illegally, abused Neil's dad, stole my suit, defaced the pavement outside Carli's. Am I missing anything?Will: We also hit a spastic with a frisbee.
- Cover Up Purchase: Will buys armfulls of crisps from the off-licence and, as an afterthought:And I'll also probably need some...alcohol as well.
- Deconstruction: Of Ferris Bueller's Day Off, showing how foolhardy it is to skip school with your mates when your parents and teachers aren't complete idiots.
- Disappointed in You: Understandably, Will's mum, Simon's parents and Neil's dad are disappointed with Will and Simon for skipping school, as well as everything else they did. Simon's mum even says to him earlier that if she finds out he's lying, she won't be angry, but she will be disappointed.
- Everyone Has Standards: Mark Donovan and his friends chase after Will and Simon under the assumption they were stealing a frisbee from a disabled woman. In reality, Will accidentally threw the frisbee at her and tried to take it back after a failed apology.
- Gargle Blaster: Jay mixes Simon up a cocktail consisting of whiskey, vodka and crème-de-menthe into a plastic bottle in order to get Simon drunker before he goes over to Carli's house. He and Will are so royally sloshed by the time they arrive at Carli's that Will ends up explaining about dirty bombs and terrorists to Carli's seven-year-old brother and Simon ends up throwing up over both the kitchen and the seven-year-old brother. The drink is so potent that Carli wonders if she can smell bleach.
- Grand Romantic Gesture: Simon sprays "I love Carli D'Amato" on her driveway in spray paint, only to be embarrassed when Carli and her friends turn up. And it goes downhill from there.
- Oh, Crap!:
- Simon, Jay and Neil's reaction when Will's frisbee hits the disabled girl and again when Will drunkenly insults Neil's dad.
- Will and Simon when they see Simon's parents' car and Neil's dad's car outside Will's house and realise that their parents know they skipped school.
- Perfectly Cromulent Word: Will, in the middle of a drunken tirade against Neil's dad, calls him a bumder, later explaining that it's a cross between 'bummer' and 'bender' (both of which are perjorative British slang terms for a homosexual man).
- Precision Bumder Strike: Will's misguided attempt to create a new insult, which he uses on Neil's dad before hurtling out of the house.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Jay and Neil scarper when Will's frisbee hits the disabled girl.
- Skipping School: As the title suggests, the lads bunk off school. In the end, Mr. Gilbert doesn't care that they skipped school because sixth-formers, at the time, were under no legal obligation to attend school, but Simon and Will end up being sent to the headteacher for Simon's atrocious attempts at impersonating his mother.
- Tempting Fate: Will says things can't get any worse after he and Simon leave Carli's house...only to see their parents' cars outside his house and realise they're in trouble.
- Vomit Indiscretion Shot: A drunken and heartbroken Simon engages in this all over Carli's kitchen counter. And little brother.
