This Is England 86.
Episode One.
Combo is out of prison after his attack on Milky, Lol and Woody decide to tie the knot that does not go well when he gets cold feet and Meggy suffers a heart attack in the register's toilet. Shaun sitting his exams realises his childhood is over, in a stunt to pull a girl by a bully and is hit over the head he too lands up in hospital and spotted by Smell.
Episode Two.
After Smell tells the gang she seen Shaun, the group steal golf carts and head to serenade him at 4am waking up the street ask him to come back to the fold. Shaun is given a job by Mr Sandhu at his video shop but is shocked when he gets home to find his mum and Mr Sandhu in bed together and runs away. Woody has found a place for him and Lol only thing is a drug user past away and Smell revealing where the user was doing the toilet. Lol goes home and finds out her dad Mick has returned, with everything going on she runs to see Milky only for the two to spend the afternoon together in bed. Gadge spends the night with a older woman and is shocked to see her son looks like Meggy.
Episode Three
On the anniversary of Shaun's father's birthday, Smell persuades Shaun to return home and end up making out on the sofa only for Cynthia to walk in on them. Woody and Lol living together, Woody thinks they are drifting apart and asks Milky to be a go between them both unaware what is happening. Harvey gives Gadge some advice about his new lady and her sexual appetite and who she has been with. Lol's sister Kelly friend called Trev stops by and is attacked by Mick, Combo who has been beaten up turns up at Shaun's house.
Episode Four
Combo tells Shaun he has returned due to his mother dying, knowing how it feels to loose a parent Shaun decides to help Combo. Trev goes to see Lol and tells her what Mick had done which she confronts Mick that does not end well and is helped by a unlikely person. Woody is planning a surprise wedding with everyone involved but is unaware what is happening.
Even though the film was focused on Shaun, the series looks at the lives of those who were around him 3-4 years later, what makes it stand out the original cast from the film return to the same parts that can bring some drama as some comedy even though the rape scene that happened was a bit tough to watch.
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