Rewind three days earlier and the crew are heading down to JP’s palatial residence for a weekend of unbridled hedonism. All except Howard who is locked in a battle of wills with BT technical support, and Heathsley. The hybrid creature formerly known as Heather and Kingsley. But by some quirk of fate they separate and Kingsley goes off to join the gang and more importantly Josie. Speaking of the pussyman, Kingsley seems to have reverted back to his straight man role which is uncomfortably similar to The Inbetweeners’ Simon. Joe Thomas plays a great straight man but it was a treat to see him spread out a bit with Kingsley’s pseudo-hippy persona in previous episodes. So Kingsley reverting to a doormat again feels like a massive step backwards. Oregon’s thread in this episode is another misstep. Following on from her rivalry with Derek ending up with his mag being shut down and she becomes the centre of a Twitter storm. It plays out to no consequence and seems like it’s there to serve as filler. Incidentally, this has the shortest episode running time yet this series. Yet for all of its structural faults, I found myself really enjoying this week’s instalment. There’s some great dialogue between the freshers, and one reference to a Robin Williams film had me belly laughing. There’s some nice character moments when JP and Josie reminisce about their past lives. JP talking about the time he went to the Millennium Dome and Josie about the small town wedding she and Dave had planned that’s going ahead without her. It does lose a bit of steam towards the end when its revealed JP is burning his childhood possessions, apropos of nothing. Read Jake’s review of the previous episode here. Follow our Twitter feed for faster news and bad jokes right here. And be our Facebook chum here.
