Thorpe Park (The Inbetweeners) ride, who are seen driving away slowly whilst making insulting gestures, leaving Simon no choice but to phone his irritated father for help. Thorpe Park (The Inbetweeners) Thorpe Park is the third episode of the first series of "The Inbetweeners". It first aired on 8 May 2008 on E4 and had 305,000 viewers. Simon is about to take his driving test, but does not feel confident that he will pass; even so, Will, Jay and Neil are over-optimistically discussing the possibilities of one of their group owning a full driving licence. Before Simon takes his test, the others have already
Neil Simon and therefore enduring interest without eschewing the comic mode." She concludes, "It is my firm conviction that Neil Simon should be considered a member of this company ... an invitation long overdue." McGovern attempts to explain the response of many critics: Similarly, literary critic Robert Johnson explains that Simon's plays have given us a "rich variety of entertaining, memorable characters" who portray the human experience, often with serious themes. Although his characters are "more lifelike, more complicated and more interesting" than most of the characters audiences see on stage, Simon has "not received as much critical attention as he deserves."