Fresh Meat Episodes 1-4 Synopses

1 September 2011

Episode 1 - Sam Bain & Jesse Armstrong

The housemates move in. Josie sleeps with JP despite fancying Kingsley.

One by one, the six new students destined to be housemates congregate before term begins - although second year Howard has of course already been in solitary residence for some unspecified time. There are already some surprises in store: to his considerable bemusement, Kingsley manages to pull at the pub, but to his dismay finds the object of his attention is in fact recruiting for her Christian group. Oregon wastes no time locking horns with her lecturer, Professor Shales, at her first English tutorial - although is startled to find she has also allowed Vod to claim ownership of her first essay. And Josie ends up in bed with JP - a random encounter after which, to her horror, she realises he is in fact there to stay. Still, at least Howard is able to relinquish his outcast status - an accolade now awarded to the mysterious Paul Lamb - "the invisible man".

 

Episode 2 - Tony Roche

Kingsley's hopes of sex with Josie are dashed by the arrival of Dave.

The housemates are in social Siberia so they decide to throw a party, spearheaded by Josie in the hope that she and Kingsley will get together - a plan scuppered when Josie's boyfriend Dave turns up unexpectedly. Josie is saved from further embarrassment when Kingsley steps in to prevent one of JP's nobhead friends revealing that she slept with him. Meanwhile Oregon continues to cultivate her "alternative" image, dented slightly by the revelation that she has a car. JP tries to impress his old schoolmate "King" Ralph, and Howard winds up having to pretend to be Vod's boyfriend to fend off the unwanted attentions of a drummer ....

 

Episode 3 - Penny Skinner

After slagging him off to Vod, Oregon ends up having sex with Professor Shales.

Oregon and Prof Shales's flirtation reaches bizarre new levels when he pays her to clean his oven. Enticed by Ruth the alluring drama queen, Kingsley rashly switches courses to drama. Josie enrols the other housemates in a charity dating scheme and is devastated when her date fails to show, although it later emerges he died shortly before, and she finds herself mourning the death of the potential partner she never met. Meanwhile JP worries that he might have forced himself upon his charity date, and Vod and Howard, suspiciously paired with one another, go on a date to an all-you-can eat buffet ...

 

Episode 4 - Keith Akushie and Penny Skinner

Kingsley admits his virginity to Josie and agrees to lose it with her, but has sex with Ruth first.

Kingsley is forced to confess to Josie that he is a virgin, and she offers to 'cure' him. But the deal is undercut when Kingsley unexpectedly winds up having sex with drama queen Ruth. Unable to fess up to Josie, Kingsley nevertheless goes ahead with the plan. Oregon is unimpressed with Shales's cheap efforts at romanticism at a Travelodge while Vod is forced to actually do some work and has an epiphany; enjoying the book she was meant to read. JP takes Howard under his wing in an attempt to "humanise" him, but becomes increasingly dependent on him when they go on an expedition to acquire illegal substances ...