FINAL EPISODE SYNOPSES
Episode 1- The First Day of Summer
Synopsis (as seen on Sky Guide): It’s the first day of summer at the
Pleasure Park Amusement Park, but a warning of closure from the local council
threatens to ruin team moral.
Main plotline/obstacle: Frank and Debbie receive a letter telling them
the council want to close the park for redevelopment. They call a meeting to
tell all the staff, but they struggle to tell everyone because they don’t want
to lower the team moral on the opening day.
Key events in this episode:
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Frank and Debbie receive a letter telling them the local council want
to close the park and redevelop the land as a brand-new, state of the art
shopping centre. The council hopes this will bring more people to Fairwood,
which is a fictional seaside town in Lincolnshire.
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Newbie Daniel starts his first day as a ride operator at the park. He
struggles to fit in until he meets Harry, who introduces him to Emily. For Daniel,
it feels like love at first sight, even though he doesn’t know anything about
her. Emily’s best friend Katie can tell straight away that Dan likes her, and
she teases Emily with this information, but Emily doesn’t bite.
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Regular customer Reggie is at the front of the non-existent queue eager
to be the first person through the gates, but he can’t find his tickets.
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The opening day doesn’t go smoothly when, after a team briefing about
the letter they’ve received, Frank and Debbie accidently lower team morale.
Episode 2- The Inspection
Synopsis (as seen on Sky Guide): Ned is tested when a surprise health and
safety inspections threatens to close the park forever. Daniel tries to make a
move on Emily, but Jake gets in the way.
Main plotline/obstacle: A surprise health and safety inspection puts
the future of the park in jeopardy when Ned struggles to get the park a pass
rating. A failure could give the council a good reason to close the park
immediately.
Key events in this episode:
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A surprise health and safety inspection causes chaos across the park as
Ned tries his hardest to make sure the park passes. A failure could give the
council a good reason to instantly close the park. Most of the staff don’t care
about health and safety, but after a few near misses, the park passes the
inspection, much to Ned’s relief.
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Frank enlist the help of Jimmy, and the two of them visit the council
offices to try and convince them to keep the park open. Frank and Jimmy
contradict each other throughout the meeting, which only confuses the
councillors more.
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Daniel decides to make a move on Emily and ask her out, but bully Jake
gets in the way. He tips a mop bucket of dirty water all over Daniel seconds
before he approaches Emily. Emily laughs, but her friend Katie, who feels bad
for Daniel slaps Jake in the face and warns him to back off.
Episode 3- The Brand-New Advert
Synopsis (as seen on Sky Guide): In a last chance bid to make the park
popular again, Frank hires two internet celebrities to create a new advert for
the park, but will it work out the way he had hoped?
Main plotline/obstacle: Frank and Debbie hire YouTube stars Alfie Deyes
and Zoe Sugg to create an advert for the park, in the hopes that they’re
younger appeal, and millions of followers, will make the park popular again.
However, it turns out their ideas for the advert are a bit bonkers, a fact all
the staff struggle to cope with.
Key events in this episode:
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Frank and Debbie hire two YouTube stars to create a brand-new advert
for the park in the hopes that it will make the park popular again, and help
keep it open. The two stars they hire, Alfie Deyes and Zoe Sugg, end up coming
up with some crazy ideas that most follow online trends, like making Frank do
the cinnamon challenge. Jimmy is left in charge of looking after the stars,
which he struggles with because they’re young vocabulary is difficult for him
to understand. The advert flops.
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Daniel is asked to star in the advert by Zoe, which brings him to the
attention of the whole park, including Emily, when he’s made to do the Ghost
Pepper challenge. This involves eating a very hot pepper. Daniel runs around
the park trying to find anything that can reduce the heat in his mouth. He is
eventually given a large milkshake from Emily, well he steals if from her
actually. This ends up being the first time they talk properly.
Episode 4- The Really Famous Guy
Synopsis (as seen on Sky Guide): Debbie tries her best to keep the
park’s famous visitor happy, which she finds difficult when nobody else knows
who he is. Daniel tries his luck with Emily again.
Main plotline/obstacle: A really famous guy visits the park to have a
fun family day out whilst filming a TV show in the area. Debbie is left in
charge of keeping him happy as a good review from him could keep the park open.
Unfortunately, he ends up having an awful day because nobody seems to know who
he is.
Key events in this episode:
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Debbie is left in charge of looking after a really famous guy when he
visits the park. She hopes that if he has a good day, he will give the park a
positive review on social media. Unfortunately, he ends up having a terrible
day. Most of the staff ignore him, or treat him like crap because they don’t
know who he is. They treat him like they treat every customer, badly. Turns out
he was in a TV advert for underpants in the 70s, and only Debbie remembers him.
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Reggie is on park, and he definitely knows who the really famous guy
is. He won’t leave the guy alone, which only adds to the awful day the guy is
already having.
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Daniel tries one final time to ask Emily out, this time using Harry as
his wing man. Harry talks to Emily and tries to sell Daniel too her, but he’s
creepy demeanour scares her off.
Episode 5- The Good Old Days
Synopsis (as seen on Sky Guide): Frank’s old-fashioned values threaten
the future of the park when he makes a few changes whilst Frank and Debbie are
away.
Main plotline/obstacle: Whilst Frank and Debbie are away at a meeting,
Jimmy decides to make some changes to the park in the hopes that it’ll take the
park back to what he calls ‘The Good Old Days’. Unfortunately, the good old
days aren’t that good anymore, and the general public are put off by Jimmy’s
old-fashioned values.
Key events in this episode:
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Frank and Debbie visit the council offices to discuss the future of
Pleasure Park. Although this is happening, it is not featured in the episode.
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Whilst Frank and Debbie are away, Jimmy makes some changes in the hope
that they will improve the park, and take it back to what he calls ‘the good
old days’. Unfortunately, his old-fashioned views irritate, upset, and scare
off most of the customers. It’s at this point that Jimmy finally realises that
maybe Frank has been doing the right thing all along.
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Ned begins to think he has no future at Pleasure Park, so he applies
for a job elsewhere. He spends the whole day trying to find somewhere private
to have his skype interview. Every time he finds somewhere, he’s interrupted.
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Daniel decides to give up trying to ask Emily out. Every time he tries,
he fails.
Episode 6- The Awards Night
Synopsis (as seen on Sky Guide): Frank and Debbie throw their annual
Pleasure Awards, and the future of the park is finally revealed.
Main plotline/obstacle: It’s judgement day for the park, but Frank and
Debbie continue as normal and throw their annual Pleasure Awards for their
staff. The council crash the ceremony to deliver a verdict on the future of the
park (like they’re announcing the winner of an award e.g. gold envelope etc).
Just before the result is revealed, Frank receives a phone call from an unknown
person who has seen the new TV ad and wants to invest money in the park. This
will keep the park open for the next year, but will Frank accept the offer with
the unusual T&Cs? (similar to Bad Education episode)
Key events in this episode:
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It’s the end of the summer season, and despite the fact that the future
of the park hangs in the balance, Frank and Debbie continue as normal and throw
their annual Pleasure Awards.
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A series of events caused by Jake trying to get his own back, lead to
Daniel and Emily being left at the top of the Giant Wheel, where they get to
have a good chat, and eventually, with alcohol as an influence, a good kiss
too.
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Katie finds out what Jake has done and gives him a good kick between
the legs before getting Daniel and Emily down from the Giant Wheel,
interrupting their drunken kiss.
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Ned wins a special award for being an unsung hero. This makes him
emotional, and once he’s alone, he calls the people that interviewed him for a
new job, and tells them he no longer wants it.
- The local council crash the ceremony to deliver their verdict. As
they’re about to do so, Frank receives a call from an unknown caller who offers
him a huge investment in the park. There is however a catch, he will have to
leave his post as manager and hand that role over to the investor. This will
ensure the park stays open, but will Frank accept the offer?
These synopses allow for good story arcs across the series. These arcs are:
- Frank and the team try their best to stop the park from being closed for redevelopment.
- Daniel has a crush on Emily, but keeps trying and failing to ask her out.
- Jimmy thinks he knows better than Frank but soon realises he may be mistaken.
- Reggie continues to visit the park every day.
- The terrible new advert for the park, ends up possibly saving it from closure.
- Ned goes through a 'rollercoaster' of emotions trying to decide whether he should stay at the park or not.
I feel these arcs will allow for a good series, with enough stories left for it to continue beyond one series. They also allow for good character development, and they are interesting and funny.
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