Ben's gut-wrenching insult

 

Episode 1, run time 20.15

Ben reacts badly to Charlie's brush-off. 

'It's not like anyone else is gonna want to go out with you, is it?' 

Such a nasty line, delivered brutally. We see Charlie gulp at Ben's verbal punch. 

This sequence in the empty music block is powerful all the way, from the moment of the Ben/Charlie connection through to Charlie's rescue by his knight in golden armour, Nick. 

Nick's subsequent line: 

'You have nothing to be sorry about.' 

...when Charlie starts to apologise, establishes his emotional intelligence and encourages us to compare his character traits with those of Ben.

I hear the series is popular with kids as young as 10, and I hope that adults or older siblings use the opportunity of this section to talk about consent.