News "Incels need the Inbetweeners/The show is full of embarrassing depictions of sexual rejection/Could the reboot save teenagers from the manosphere?"

[Oneitiscel]

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/tv/2025/10/incels-need-the-inbetweeners

Today, a moment of sexual rejection might push a boy into the manosphere. Back in 2008, it would lead him to the sweaty, cringe-worthy world of The Inbetweeners.

We watched them navigate friendship, sex and chugging so many energy drinks that you shit yourself in an A-level exam. It was uproariously funny, deeply relatable and a prolific meme generator.

Now, it’s getting a reboot. Creators Iain Morris and Damon Beesley announced they’ve struck a deal with production company Banijay UK, and said, “It’s incredibly exciting to be plotting more adventures for our four favourite friends (ooh, friends)”. It’s not yet known whether the project will involve a new TV series, a film or even a stage adaptation, but it will be the boys’ first proper outing in over a decade.

We can’t know what larks Morris and Beesley have in store, but I don’t really want to watch a heavily bearded Jay wanking in a stationary cupboard, or a balding Simon vomiting on the head of his own child.

However, if this new project manages to direct today’s insecure teenage boys to the show’s original three series, that’ll be a great thing. What The Inbetweeners at its best managed to do was normalise the mortifying adolescent attempts to learn about sex through trial and oh so many errors.

The Inbetweeners weren’t role models. They were always perving on someone’s mum or reluctantly accepting a blowjob from a character called “Big Kerry”. They were morally bankrupt, desperately selfish and terrible friends to one another. But the show made it clear they were always the architects of their own downfall: they weren’t the victims of the female sex.

Now, male influencers like Andrew Tate prey on young boys who think the world is stacked against them. On forums, men claim women have made them involuntarily celibate, by rejecting them to pursue partners with a “higher market value”. Some push the 80/20 rule, mentioned in Adolescence, that 80 per cent of women are attracted only to the top 20 per cent of men.

Adolescence may have raised some important questions in 2025, but some of the answers can be found in the silly, jibing satire of The Inbetweeners. If today’s boys go back to watch the adventures of Will, Simon, Jay and Neil, they’ll realise the humiliations of teenage life aren’t because girls are conspiring to deny them sex. These howlers are actually rites of passage – and precious anecdotes for when they can one day, legally, go down the pub.

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"EastEnders ‘confirms’ Adolescence style story as Joel incel plot headed for darkest turn yet"

https://metro.co.uk/2025/08/27/eastenders-confirms-adolescence-style-story-joel-incel-plot-headed-darkest-turn-yet-24007625/ The special, which will debut on the channel and iPlayer later in the year, will explore the worrying growth of misogynistic attitudes amongst young men, and how it is...

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"The Last Incel review – the hate, horror and comedy that lurk online" / Soy play meant to raise awareness on "incel ideology"

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/may/18/the-last-incel-review-pleasance-theatre Pleasance theatre, London Jamie Sykes’ queasily entertaining play dramatizes the contemptible views found in ‘incel’ forums – but also elicits sympathy for its characters, whose loathing is directed inwards as...

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The latest episode from season 7 of the show "FBI" titled "Blkpill" revolves around LE pursuing incels on a forum targeting woman who reject them.

Here is the full episode View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AoT6wNe7UM

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An interview with Chris Patrick Hansen, the director of the recent incel-themed play "Blackpill"

https://www.theatreworks.org.au/post/in-conversation-with-chris-patrick-hansen-blackpill Q. What should audiences expect when they come to see BLACKPILL.? A. BLACKPILL. is an interrogation of online female-hating subcultures, with a specific focus on the incel (involuntary celibate - or...

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Blackpill (Theatre Works’ Explosives Factory) – Theatre Review

https://theblurb.com.au/wp/blackpill-theatre-works-explosives-factory-theatre-review/ View: https://www.instagram.com/p/DDrdUrDSEDE/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet A young employee, Eli (Oliver Tapp), is sacked from his sales job for his intimidatory social media posts outside work to...

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A second season of Netflix hit show "Adolescence" has been confirmed by producers

View: https://x.com/DEADLINE/status/1909977803669282832?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2025/4/9/adolescence-season-2-in-the-works-via-brad-pitts-plan-b

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The Savant: 'Jessica Chastain’s new online hate groups thriller looks terrifyingly brilliant' / "The series explores the dark world of incels."

https://www.stylist.co.uk/entertainment/tv/the-savant-thriller-series/1004419 View: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BrHoA5uTE/ The rise of incel ideology has been at the forefront of national conversations for a few years now, notably in Netflix’s hit drama series Adolescence. The...

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"Hulu's King of the Hill revival takes on manosphere grifters in the style of Andrew Tate in its ninth episode"

View: https://x.com/slashfilm/status/1953170629479346435 https://www.slashfilm.com/1930128/the-king-of-the-hill-revival-best-episode-target-andrew-tate/ Now a true-blue member of Gen Alpha, G.H. is glued to his phone and can't be bothered to pay his mother Didi (Ashley Gardner) any attention...

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[ManOfVengeance]

their idea of saving teenagers is by censoring media that promotes a prevalent unfair truth in our society.
What morally upstanding people they are.

 

[TheRotKing]

their idea of saving teenagers is by censoring media that promotes a prevalent unfair truth in our society.
What morally upstanding people they are.

They can't change the Truth but they can always lie.

 

[Dr. Autismo]

Funny thing about the Inbetweeners.

Everyone in the show hated will and treated him like shit because he was short and ugly, but Simon, who's a normie, and Neil, who's a tallfag, got the most foids than will or jay

 

[endoftheskies]

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/tv/2025/10/incels-need-the-inbetweeners

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Just how many incel rehabilitation programs have been published within the last year alone? It has to be over half a dozen by now....

"EastEnders ‘confirms’ Adolescence style story as Joel incel plot headed for darkest turn yet"

https://metro.co.uk/2025/08/27/eastenders-confirms-adolescence-style-story-joel-incel-plot-headed-darkest-turn-yet-24007625/ The special, which will debut on the channel and iPlayer later in the year, will explore the worrying growth of misogynistic attitudes amongst young men, and how it is...

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"The Last Incel review – the hate, horror and comedy that lurk online" / Soy play meant to raise awareness on "incel ideology"

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/may/18/the-last-incel-review-pleasance-theatre Pleasance theatre, London Jamie Sykes’ queasily entertaining play dramatizes the contemptible views found in ‘incel’ forums – but also elicits sympathy for its characters, whose loathing is directed inwards as...

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The latest episode from season 7 of the show "FBI" titled "Blkpill" revolves around LE pursuing incels on a forum targeting woman who reject them.

Here is the full episode View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AoT6wNe7UM

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An interview with Chris Patrick Hansen, the director of the recent incel-themed play "Blackpill"

https://www.theatreworks.org.au/post/in-conversation-with-chris-patrick-hansen-blackpill Q. What should audiences expect when they come to see BLACKPILL.? A. BLACKPILL. is an interrogation of online female-hating subcultures, with a specific focus on the incel (involuntary celibate - or...

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Blackpill (Theatre Works’ Explosives Factory) – Theatre Review

https://theblurb.com.au/wp/blackpill-theatre-works-explosives-factory-theatre-review/ View: https://www.instagram.com/p/DDrdUrDSEDE/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet A young employee, Eli (Oliver Tapp), is sacked from his sales job for his intimidatory social media posts outside work to...

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A second season of Netflix hit show "Adolescence" has been confirmed by producers

View: https://x.com/DEADLINE/status/1909977803669282832?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2025/4/9/adolescence-season-2-in-the-works-via-brad-pitts-plan-b

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The Savant: 'Jessica Chastain’s new online hate groups thriller looks terrifyingly brilliant' / "The series explores the dark world of incels."

https://www.stylist.co.uk/entertainment/tv/the-savant-thriller-series/1004419 View: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BrHoA5uTE/ The rise of incel ideology has been at the forefront of national conversations for a few years now, notably in Netflix’s hit drama series Adolescence. The...

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"Hulu's King of the Hill revival takes on manosphere grifters in the style of Andrew Tate in its ninth episode"

View: https://x.com/slashfilm/status/1953170629479346435 https://www.slashfilm.com/1930128/the-king-of-the-hill-revival-best-episode-target-andrew-tate/ Now a true-blue member of Gen Alpha, G.H. is glued to his phone and can't be bothered to pay his mother Didi (Ashley Gardner) any attention...

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this is why they take such offense at us. they know their actions, they just don't want us to mirror them back at them. that is why they deingrate and insult us, and chastise us.

 

[PolnischeKartoffel]

Treating us like shit and winning shitty prizes

These teenagers just don't want to be humiliated longer

 

[PersonalityChad]

Just how many incel rehabilitation programs have been published within the last year alone? It has to be over half a dozen by now

They're obviously getting scared and are desperate to convert as many zoomercels as possible to the feminist cult

 

[Oneitiscel]

They're obviously getting scared and are desperate to convert as many zoomercels as possible to the feminist cult

I don't understand why these studios insist on reusing the same trendy theme over & over again, to the point where it has turned into a cliche. The "evil inkwell" plot has been exhausted in 2025. Why do I have to reminded again as to how unacceptable my beliefs and predicaments are by the entertainment industry?

 

[IWWorkER]

These howlers are actually rites of passage – and precious anecdotes for when they can one day, legally, go down the pub.

I hate it so much when they say this shit.
Chads dont go through any rite of passage, foids just throw themselves at them; and as for us, there is no "passage" because we end in the same spot we started in.
People who use the phrase "rite of passage" should be hanged.

 

[DoomThreeKoala]

Just how many incel rehabilitation programs have been published within the last year alone? It has to be over half a dozen by now....

Bongistan is getting worse.

 

[NonNTFailure]

dnw bs truecrime slop written by boomer & foid hands

 

[guitarcel]

I hate it so much when they say this shit.
Chads dont go through any rite of passage, foids just throw themselves at them; and as for us, there is no "passage" because we end in the same spot we started in.
People who use the phrase "rite of passage" should be hanged.

 

[Leon98]

They're obviously getting scared and are desperate to convert as many zoomercels as possible to the feminist cult

 

[Hope repellent]

Yknow what we need?
Pussy