The Inbetweeners (US), Ranked

Will is still reeling by being defriended by his now unrequited love, Charlotte Allen. To spend time with Charlotte, Will believes the only way is to "purchase" her at the upcoming senior class slave auction, where the popular senior class members auction themselves off as slaves to younger classmen as a fund-raiser. The one problem is getting enough money to ensure that he can't be outbid. The only one of his friends that has any substantial money whatsoever is Simon, who has $100 given to him by his father which Mr. Cooper expects to get back in his regular $10 per hole golf match against his son. What Mr. Cooper doesn't realize is that Simon has always purposefully lost to him as he is a sore loser, and Simon would rather keep the peace with his father. Regardless, Simon gives Will the money, which means that Simon needs to break the golf peace with his father this year, or else. Jay pleads to go to the golf club with them so that he can use its jacuzzi for a very specific carnal purpose. Jay's time in the jacuzzi ends up being a little different than he expected.

Simon is excited but nervous when he learns that Carly and her family are moving into his house temporarily while their own house undergoes some renovations. His excitement and nervousness turns to fear when he is told by his friends that his bedroom still looks like that of a little kid, which has the potential of derailing his pursuit of her forever. Jay promises to help Simon "de-kid" his bedroom if Simon helps him in his latest quest: to be voted class clown. Being voted class clown is a Cartwright family legacy, where both his father and older brother were voted class clown time after time. Mr. Cartwright believes being voted class clown is borne out of insecurity, which doesn't help Jay's feeling of self-worth, which he feels he would have if he was voted class clown. However, Jay doesn't foresee the true comic genius of fellow nominee Nicky D. Will has his own problem, namely being bullied by Donovan, even though Will hasn't lately pursued Donovan's ex, Charlotte Allen. Will gets no meaningful help from either his friends or anyone in authority, i.e. Mr. Gilbert, in this matter, so he decides he has to take matters into his own hands, or something else from his body.

In a story reminiscent of a timeless film noir, Will questions his friends in an attempt to discover who lit a school trash can on fire and clear his name of arson. As the mystery of the fire unfolds, we follow the guys and their dates as they search for an elusive party Jay promises will be the bash of the season. But following Jay's lead turns out to be a big mistake, when they end up back at Simon's house where his little brother is taking full advantage of their parents being away.

Will falls in love at first sight with fellow student, the generally unattainable Charlotte Allen, that attraction strengthened by her seemingly liking him. Their first meeting coincides with Will's want to join a school club to raise his social standing. That want changes slightly to joining a club that Charlotte too would want to join. After Will takes a chance by friending Charlotte on Facebook so that he can view her private profile - she who in turn accepts his friend request - he comes to the conclusion that he needs to start a cooking club, one of the few things listed as an interest under her profile. But incidents on Facebook end up being a source of problems for Will, especially with regard to Charlotte and her jealous ex-boyfriend, the psychotic and violent Donovan. Meanwhile, Simon, who initially scoffed at the idea of joining a club, changes his tune when Carly shows interest in Will's cooking club. And Jay, who has never had a wet dream, decides to forgo all other avenues of sexual pleasure until he achieves a nocturnal emission.

In an attempt to move on from Carly, Simon tags along with Jay's family and the rest of the gang on a trip to an RV resort -- a vacation Jay promises will be full of hot girls ready and willing to de-virginize the guys. Once they arrive however, they realize that Jay is, once again, over exaggerating. Though they're faced with a cramped camper, a totally lame rec room party, and a huge misunderstanding with an angry father, a few of them still manage to get a little action.

As it is a job that no one else wants, Will is able to convince Mr. Gilbert - quite easily - to let him be the chair of the homecoming dance committee, and appoint Simon, Jay and Neil as the committee members. The guys believe in doing this job, all their romance problems will be solved. Will feels the prestige of the job in and of itself will be enough to impress Samantha. By the time the actual dance rolls around, Simon believes he has to do something grand to profess his love once and for all to Carly, who is still having problems with Bobby. Bobby feels he isn't ready to be in a committed relationship with anyone, especially as he is thinking about going away to college the following year. Despite he being the one who broke things off, Jay wants middle school student Brie back, and believes that inviting her to a high school dance will be enough to achieve his goal. Neil just wants to be able to spike the punch, against Will's wishes. Despite a rocky start which includes Will being further bullied by Donovan to allow his band to perform at the dance, the dance is a success... sort of.

Will is upset that the school has sold out to corporate interests and has allowed a major corporation to build the school's new library, which is first and foremost an advertisement for the company, and not so much a library since it doesn't seem to have any books at all. Based on the guys' idolization of Jonno, Mr. Sutherland's Aussie deck builder, Will decides to hold a protest against this sell out to the corporation. But Will may get a slightly different perspective on the situation from his science lab partner. Meanwhile, Carly and Bobby's relationship seems to be hitting the skids, but now that he is in a relationship with Lauren, Simon decides not to pounce on Carly in her vulnerable state. Simon may regret his decision when he learns of a flaw in Lauren's nature.

The class goes on a field trip to a local tourist enterprise that specializes in absurd Civil War reenactments that defy logic and historical accuracy. The establishment offers the sale of ludicrous items in the "gift shop".

What ends up being the guys' plan for the day is to go to the student body fundraising car wash so that Will and Simon can fawn over Samantha Morrison and Carly respectively, and then go to the spa to use the gift certificate that Will's mother gave him. Never having been to a spa, the guys figure it will be a great place to pick up girls. At the car wash, Samantha tells Will that she won't go out with him because dating a virgin is too much pressure. And since Carly, who is still having problems in her relationship with Bobby, needs a ride home after the car wash as Bobby won't drive her, Simon sees it as his opportunity to move in on her as he agrees to pick her up at the end of the fundraiser. Because of these revelations, Jay and Neil go on a quest at the spa for someone with who Will can lose his virginity, while in reality Jay tries to find someone for himself in the process. And Simon can't enjoy whatever relaxing spa treatments he gets as he is so worried about missing his appointed time to pick up Carly.

Jay believes he and his friends can raise their social status by getting drunk on a school night at the bowling alley, where they never card anyone. After that plan fails miserably, they move onto the next spur of the moment scheme to raise their social status: go clubbing downtown, as Carly is having a girls' night out doing so. Carly and her friends are able to get into the club since they know the bouncer, and she invites the guys along. In addition to Simon being able to be close to Carly without her boyfriend Bobby being there, Will believes he received signals from Sloane, one of Carly's pretty friends, that she wants to spend time with him at the club. Although Carly, her friends and the guys are able to get into the club despite being underage, the guys find that club life is a foreign concept to them, as is much of downtown nightlife.

Because his mother can no longer afford his private school education ever since his father left them, Will Mackenzie has just started his first ever stint in public school at Grove High School. Purely out of luck, Will falls into a crowd with Simon Cooper, Jay Cartwright and Neil Sutherland, who are by no means the popular kids but are also not the outright socially shunned. They in part allow Will into their group because they are attracted to his pretty mother, Polly Mackenzie. Simon's goal in life is to get his life long friend, Carly D'Amato, to be his girlfriend, despite she already having a boyfriend. Jay is always boasting about his sexual conquests, which his friends know is a pack of lies. And beyond his friends kidding him about his father's homosexual orientation (regardless of if it's true), Neil seems to be one or two steps behind everyone else in terms of comprehension. Their first bonding experience is skipping school together, which Will has never done. Initially not knowing what to do away from school, they end focusing on how to get a hold of some alcohol while being underage, and how Simon can best get Carly as his girl.

Simon believes that getting his driver's license and having his father buy him a car - a promised sports edition of whatever the car model - will place him on an even playing field with Bobby Walsh, Carly's boyfriend of two months, in the competition for Carly's affections. As such, he, Will and Jay decide to head out to Sunshine Mountain Amusement Park in his new car to butt in on Carly's two month anniversary date with Bobby, for Will to have his Sunshine Mountain dream of riding in the front car of the Triscareatops roller coaster, and to hang out with Neil for the day, he who has a job at the park. Things don't start off well for Simon when he sees that the sports edition car his father bought for him is not exactly the chick magnet he assumed. Things just get worse as they have some issues with other motorists en route to the park, and have some car troubles once they arrive at the park which gives Simon some extra baggage for the day. Will and Simon end up having competing priorities, Simon's which ends up being affected by some misdirected water.