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Episode Seven
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When the TV gongs are handed out this year, Chris Lilley will need a few wheelbarrows. His show has surely taken the baton from Kath & Kim as Australia's most original comedy series. Lilley's three characters - Ja'mie, the private school girl; Mr G, the flamboyant drama teacher; and Jonah, the playground bully - are so close to the bone it almost hurts to watch them. Let's just hope Lilley doesn't sell out soon to the commercial networks.

Tonight, Jonah's father threatens to send him back to Tonga if he gets into more trouble after being banned from break-dancing. Petulant Mr G explodes when the headmistress demotes him. And Ja'mie organises a fashion parade for AIDS to fund her school formal. She tells her tribe of girlfriends the AIDS angle will make people give because they will feel bad - "D'ja know what I mean?"

- Marc McEvoy