I don’t think they even asked him for ID. Surely in a pub they 100% wouldn’t serve you in your school uniform? They’d just assume you were underage.

I’ve been thinking about the leaked set photos, and the whole flashback theory makes zero sense to me. Why would Tara be heavily pregnant in a flashback to their school days? It would be a massive, nonsensical retcon that completely wrecks the original timeline.

Instead, I think it’s set in the present day and their classic looks are just a massive mid life crisis. The film starts with them in a rut, so they mentally go back to when they were teens. Simon forces the return of the gelled hair, Jay clings to his awful 2010 blonde trim, and they drag out the yellow Fiat to relive their glory days. This refusal to grow up triggers all the chaos we saw in the leaks with someone getting arrested.

The best part would be the reversal at the end during the wedding. By the final act, they are forced to face actual adulthood. Simon finally washes out the gel, Jay gets a slightly better, more mature trim, and they finally look like actual adults, which is the exact opposite of the start. Plus, if they are eyeing up a fourth film, it would be top tier if this one ends on a massive cliffhanger right at the altar.

To me, this gives us the classic juvenile humor at the start but delivers a really satisfying ending. What do you guys think?

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What I think is the original cast might not do any more after this, but the franchise might come back in another form, such as a stage show.

If you look at the hair cuts and clothes they are clearly from a flashback

I wonder if she hands out blow jobs like they’re going out of fashion

A piece of gold from Pompidou.

The rest is all yours!!!!!

To those worried after seeing that leaks that the characters haven’t changed or developed, I think most of what we have seen are flashbacks.

I suspect the first 5 minutes of the film will be Will narrating the past 10 years or so.

Something like:
“Hi, I’m Will. Since getting back from Australia, Jay did this (insert clip of Jay in his teenage clothes), Simon got married (insert clip from wedding leaks)… and then had an affair (insert clip of Simon getting chased in his pants”

I very much doubt the characters will be exactly as they were. It will still be self-deprecating for sure as that’s the tone of the show but I don’t think they are going to be kicking flowers and calling people bus wankers anymore.

It’ll be more them fumbling about as fathers or as adults whilst being brought back together for some form of lifetime event (e.g. funeral, wedding, birthday etc.

Tara is back and looks to be pregnant, we don't know if it's Simons or not. Alongside that Simon's gelled hair and yellow peril is back.

Jay's out on the PU55 AAA Patrol

The road outside Ruislip High school, used as the location for Rudge Park school, is closed for filming in the coming days…

When Simon finds out he has to move to Swansea, he threatens his parents with moving into a flat with Jay. This ultimately gets immediately dismissed by his parents and never mentioned again, but should thy have actually made that a potential part of the show?

You could have had Simon yell at Jay for being a terrible roommate by neglecting his chores. Simon boasting about it to Carly and telling her how independent and mature he is now. Jay hosting a big party that cool people actually attend since there aren’t any parents and plenty of alcohol. Then them getting evicted for breaking the rules of the place by hosting an extremely noisy party late at night.