Lunchroom, The: Season 5: Episode 01 “The Mourning After” by Bruce Snyder - Series, Comedy - Four months have passed since last season and The Gang are already in the beginning of their Senior year. Chris returns after a leave of absence and wants nothing more then to move on and forget what happen...too bad no one at school will let him forget. Cathy’s behavior is getting more eccentric every day with only Ellen knowing what’s truly going on with her. Parker and Ballard go to desperate measures in order to get their old jobs back. Some mystery person is pulling pranks on Reicther. 59 pages - html, format 8)

Lunchroom, The: Season 5: Episode 02 "Life's Too Short" by Bruce Snyder - Series, Comedy - The Gang decides to skip school in order to catch a special screening of "Star Wars" two towns over. Will's new lady friend Nadine Santos is giving Ellen a run for her money.  59 pages - html, format 8)

Lunchroom, The: Season 05: Episode 03 "Quest for the Nintendo Wii" by Vincent Biga - Series, Comedy - Brian will do anything to get a Nintendo Wii...even if does mean missing the S.A.T.s. But his quest for the game system may not be that easy, when it turns out that a shipping error forces him into a competition to win the only one. Chris sets Brock up on a blind date which doesn't go too smoothly (or last that long.) Will, Joel, Casey, and Reicther have a last minute cram session for the S.A.T.s but can't seem to focus on studying. Before the night is over someone will get engaged.  59 pages - html, format 8)

Lunchroom, The: Season 05: Episode 04 "The Trouble With Truth" by Bruce Snyder - Series, Comedy - Joel's been in a great mood all week -- but then everything comes crashing down when a chance encounter with someone named Dominic reveals some shocking truths about Cathy. Meanwhile Casey's trying to make an audition tape for the school news but it proves difficult to find a decent interview. Ellen accidentally walks in on Will and Nadine fighting. Chris discovers that he won't be going to England after all which upsets him -- that is until he meets Lorelei. - html, format 8)

Lunchroom, The: Season 05: Episode 05 "Guess Who's Coming Out at Dinner"? by Melinda Waterman & Bruce Snyder - Series, Comedy - Jordan Jones returns and decides it's time to come out of the closet. His plans are ruined when his strict religious mother attempts to cure him of being gay. When Brock and Casey's girlfriend Kay hang out at his place, she gets drunk and they end up kissing accidentally. - html, format 8)

Lunchroom, The: Season 05: Episode 06 "The Trials of Chris Hughes” by Bruce Snyder & Vincent Biga - Series, Comedy - Through flashbacks we see how a simple lapse in judgment got Chris kicked out of school. Because of the kiss incident, Casey gives Brock the silent treatment – sort of. Brian gets more then he bargained for with a drunk girl. - html, format 8)

Lunchroom, The: Season 05: Episode 07 "It Happened One Night" by Bruce Snyder & Vincent Biga - Series, Comedy - It's the night of Chris' farewell party and things are getting wild. Brian and Joel get drunk for the first time, leading Joel to confess a deep dark secret. While seeking forgiveness from Casey, Brock accidentally takes Speed and becomes paranoid to the point where he thinks a bomb is located in his face. Reicther is off by himself playing with a potato gun nicknamed "Elephant Punch." Chris and Will find themselves on the roof playing golf, where Chris has to get some things off his chest before he leaves for good. Elsewhere Cathy and Ellen are having a girl's night out when they run into Will's girlfriend, Nadine. This is a special hour long goodbye to Chris Hughes. 55 pages - pdf, format 8)

Lunchroom, The: Season 05: Episode 08 "Forgetting Ellen Conner" by Melinda Waterman, Bruce Snyder, & Edward Drogos - Series, Comedy - After Casey gets a detention The Gang decides to have a contest to see who can get detention in the biggest, best way. Meanwhile, Nadine decides that if her relationship with Will is going to last he needs to do one thing: cut Ellen out of his life. 32 pages - pdf, format 8)

Lunchroom, The: Season 05: Episode 09 9 "Brian's Odyssey" by Bruce Snyder - Series, Comedy - Feeling like he has no direction in life or any purpose Brian runs away to Chicago to stay with a very pregnant Stacy. Meanwhile the rest of The Gang believe that Brian's sudden disappearance is a sign that he's killed himself. 42 pages - pdf, format 8)

Lunchroom, The: Season 05: Episode 10 "Blackout! (Part One)" by George Willson & Bruce Snyder - Series, Comedy - A severe thunderstorm knocks out power for the whole town causing a blackout and problems for all. During the night Joel discovers a secret screenplay, Reicther tries to cook a pizza without power, Ellen tries to get rid of Arthur, Will & Cathy find a startling connection between them, and Parker & Ballard are forced to look after the Drama club who are stuck in the school auditorium. 31 pages - pdf, format 8)

Lunchroom, The: Season 05: Episode 11 "Blackout! (Part Two)" by Melinda Waterman - Series, Comedy - Conclusion to last week's episode. Instead of feeling sorry for themselves, Will and Cathy decide to take action after a video leaks of their significant others having sex. Casey goes to Kay's father to ask permission to marry his daughter only to have a comedy of errors follow. Ellen continues to avoid Arthur which proves tricky. Parker and Ballard have their patience's tested while watching the left behind students. Brock gets some unexpected guests to help out with the group reading of Aquaman. 47 pages - pdf, format 8)

Lunchroom, The: Season 05: Episode 12 "Love Conquers All" by Bruce Snyder & Daniel Kreiner - Series, Comedy - Brian and Stacy return from Chicago where she deals with old romantic troubles while he helps  a love stricken Reicther get the girl of his dreams. Elsewhere, Ms. Ballard is settling into her new job as Principal when Mr. Parker stumbles upon a suspicious new school policy. 42 pages - pdf, format 8)

Lunchroom, The: Season 05: Episode 13 "Time Stands Still (Part One)" by Daniel Kreiner, Bruce Snyder & Vincent Biga - Series, Comedy - A Special One Hour Episode. It's Prom time, and Will decides to finally tell Ellen I love you during the big dance. However his romantic intentions are thwarted by Arthur Winchester. Also at the prom: Brock begins to fall for Joel's young date; Casey runs an aggressive campaign to win Prom King; Mr. Parker is annoyed by his chaperon duties; and Joel overhears about a prank that is going to be pulled on Cathy. Meanwhile, Brian tries to get Laura and Reicther together during music jam session with Kirk and Joseph. 61 pages - pdf, format 8)

Lunchroom, The: Season 05: Episode 14 'Time Stands Still (Part Two)' by Daniel Kreiner & Bruce Snyder - Series, Comedy - A Special One Hour Episode. Will has a surprising reaction to Ellen's confession. Reicther is left alone with Laura and finally has to face some personal demons. Joel attempts to rescue Cathy from a prank, only to have things get much worse. Casey's conquest to become prom king is driving Kay mad. 58 pages - pdf, format 8)

Lunchroom, The: Season 05: Episode 15 'The Beginning of the End' by Bruce Snyder & Daniel Kreiner - Series, Comedy - A Special One Hour Episode. The Gang deals with the aftermath of the Prom car wreck. 54 pages - pdf, format 8)

The Lunchroom: Season 05: Episode 16 'Secret Origins' by Bruce Snyder & Daniel Kreiner - Series, Comedy - The discovery of a mysterious photo forces Will to reveal the origins of The Gang and their connection to the most popular kid in school, Brad Holt.  50 pages - pdf, format 8)

The Lunchroom: Season 05: Episode 17 "I Don't Mind If You Forget Me (Secret Origins Part 2)" by Bruce Snyder - Series, Comedy - Ellen questions Brad Holt about Will and the night of the mysterious photo while Casey's origins are finally revealed. 67 pages - pdf, format 8)

The Lunchroom: Season 05: Episode 18 "Kirk & Joseph's Bogus Journey" by Bruce Snyder - Series, Comedy - As everyone prepares for the big talent show, Kirk and Joseph must face some hard truths about their future. 48 pages - pdf, format 8)

Wow, that episode was amazing. Packed full of comedy and drama, and longer than usual to kick off the season.

Comedic highlights include the first Will/Ellen conversation (especialy cause I heard the arguement at least twice while at Comic-Con in New York) and the Mcdonalds statues.

Dramatic highlights were definatly Chris and Cathy's problems, and I can't wait to get more on Cathy's situtation.

Great to see the Lunchroom back Bruce, i've been looking almost everyday hoping it was here.

Thanks for the comment thisaccountsucks01. I'm glad your enjoying the season so far.

I just wanted to kinda of give a small assortment of items that will be happening in this, the final season:

-The next episode will be centered around the Nintendo Wii and the S.A.T.s.

-Episode 4 will feature a major plot change and see the return of Mr. E.

-Episode 5 marks the return of Jordan Jones.

-Episode 6 will be the last episode for one our Series Regular. He/She has been around since Season 1.

-Episode 7 is going to be an anthology episode with 4 different short segments all centered around a very taboo subject: sex.

-Episode 8. Misunderstanding leads two enemies to end up kissing each other.

-Episodes 9 & 10 will be a two parter about a blackout. Written by guest writers George Wilson and Steven Cameron.

-Episode 11. Joel and Brian have a big fight...is it over that certain someone?

-Episode 12. Stacy returns -- with a big surprise.

-Episode 13 & 14 Our special 1 hour prom episode where every character experiences some major changes.

-Episode 15 - The life of one of the Gang may be coming to an end.

-Episodes 16, 17, 18 - The 90 minutes Series finale.

Also, Will's new love interest Nadine is going to be hanging around for a while.

Hey Bruce, Episode 2 was great also, I can't believe everyone isn't flocking to this board like I am! The episode previews have got me anticipation every one of them, especially Episode 6.

Looks like it'll be a fun ride to the end.

Another small update.

Almost finished with Episode 4, titled "Teacher's Pet." It's probably the most controversial thing we've done since the KKK episode in Season 1. It deals with some very close relationships between teachers and students. VERY close.

Some of what I listed above is going to change. Mr E will not return in Episode 4, but instead episode 11.

The Series Finale is being written on the side as the season progresses. Expect to see a very large amoung of Guest Stars.

Hopefully who ever is reading is enjoying.

(Time for my "I love The lunchroom" post, considering the new episode is out.) I loved it. Looking forward to the next one.

On a different note, you said something to me awhile back about possibly adapting the show to TV, anything happening with that, or did it just never happen?

Here's a piece of fan art.

Wow, so I caught up, great episodes. I noticed morer typos than usual, but that doesn't bother me.

Anyway, Episode Sx actually bummed me out pretty bad. I had forgotten you said one of the characters would be leaving, and so when it happened. I was shocked. I'm also a little bummed it was Chris, cause I think his storyline could've had a lot of potential, and it sucks to see a character that has made me laugh for four seasons go out on such a down note.

Chris isn't gone yet. Episode Seven will be his last episode and it will more of a high note then Episode 6.

Trials of Chris Hughes" was used basically to set up Chris' final appearance.

Believe me when I say that Chris' actual last episode will be a happy one. While we don't wrap up his story completely, we do close this chapter of his life.

Chris will return before the series ends and we'll wrap up his story then.

Thanks for the read.

Ah, awesome. I was just re-reading the thread at the tme and saw that you said Episode Six would be the last episode of a Series Regular, so I made that assumption. I should've known they'd close everything up.

Glad to hear he'll go out on a high note, can't wait for it.

Here is the DVD artwork for my series, The Lunchroom

Season 1


Season 2


Season 3


Season 4


Season 5 (final season)

Are they actually going to be filmed or are they just made for a website so it looks like a cool "add-on" for the presentation?

They're used as "add-ons"

Stopped by to give an update.

It's been a while since we last had an episode up and it's going to be just a wee bit longer before we start again. We're on hiatus right now, stockpiling scripts and reworking existing scripts.

We're looking at either a March 5th start date or April 2nd start date. I know it seems like a long time but on the plus side this way they'll be no more breaks. Just the final 12 episodes in a row, without interruption.


Next episode will be the hour long goodbye to Chris entitled "It Happened One Night."

Really looking forward to the rest of the season. Oh, and those DVD covers are awesome.

I really love Paul Rudd as Parker, hah. And the kid who's picture you used for Reicther, awesome.

I'm a little new to this and just read the entire first season last night, I'm in the middle of second season right now. I must say, it is a very good show with characters. It's almost like the a more mature version of Degrassi (IMO). Great job and I can't wait to see the rest of the series.

Hey Bruce,

What's the status on the last few episodes of the last seasons? I'm curious to see how it turns out.

Episode 9 is done and will hopefully be turned in sometime tonight.

Episode 10 is about 75% done. It needs a dialogue wash and to have Act 3 revised.

Episodes 11 & 12 have yet to be finished but they are being written.

Episode 13 is done but needs to have a subplot changed.

Episodes 14 & 15 are being written.

Episode 16 (the last one) has some material written down but is still in the early stages of development.

Basically we're halfway done with the last season. I must admit one reason it's taking such a long time to get them all out is because my reluctance to say goodbye to these characters.

Just sent in the the newest episode...




It was written by myself and George "Fempiror Chronicles" Willson.

Other updates include:

-"HouseBoy" creator Daniel Kreiner has come in and has written 2 episodes.

-Following "Blackout! Part 2" we're doing an episode called "Secret Origins" which will show how The Gang came to be.

-After the "Blackout!" episodes there will be 5 episodes left: "Secret Origins", "Love Of My Life", "Time Stands Still", "Into That Good Night" and "Ain't That Peculiar (Series Finale")

-Stacy will return on a recurring basis.

-I can't say how but Chris will be making an appearance in some form before the series ends.

-Along with Chris, numerous other characters from the past will be showing up in our final installments.  

-We're going to see Reicther in a new light with "Time Stands Still."

-A Wedding will happen.

-Mortality, Change, and Family are major themes in the last 5 episodes.

That's all for now.

It's been about two months since the last update so I thought I catch everyone up to speed.

-Episode 11 is up and running so check it out.
-Episode 12 is being written and is close to being finished, same goes for 13, 14, 15.
-Episode 13 will reveal the origin of The Gang. How they became friends and how they became The Gang.
-Episode 14 & 15 will be our Prom two-parter. I think these two episodes are some of our best stuff we've ever done.
-Episode 16 is done with the exception of one or two touch-ups. Mortality is the focus and features some of the most dramatic stuff we've ever done.

The Last Episode is being written as well and I can only tell you a few things:
-Shooting for about a 90 minute episode so that's about equal for four 22 minute episodes. So technically it's episodes 17, 18, 19, & 20 all in one.
-The episode is titled "Ain't That Peculiar" after our theme song.
-The Libertines' song "Don't Look Back Into The Sun" will play an important role in the episode's final moments.
-There are one or two scenes that mirror scenes from our pilot episode, "Things Fall Apart."
-Stacy, Kirk, Joseph, Principal (now superintendent) Stevens, Richard,  and Tom Lawrence all appear. Family members of The Gang will also be present (i.e., Reicther’s father, Brian’s mother).
-Lots of inside jokes about the series itself.
-Mr. Parker delivers a memorable graduation speech.

Just read episode 13, and I have to say, The Lunchroom really is going out on a high. Season 5 is definitely the best season by far. Well done, Bruce.

Thank you for the kind words sir. Hopefully I can finish the remaining episodes quicker then usual.

And there's definitely no chance of a season 6?   :'(

With all the guys going off and starting their own seperate lives, there's a variety of ideas for giving one of the characters a spin-off. Any thoughts on that?

playa -

Sadly, there is no chance at all of a 6th Season. This is is just the end of The Lunchroom. And yes while I agree that with everyone separating that opens us up to a million different potential spin-off ideas I just don't think any of them would work. Mainly because of where the character actually end up at the end of the last episode.

Update/Upcoming Info


**Episode 14 is done and is currently going through a last minute rewrite. Should be sent into Don by Sat. or Sun. It will conclude the prom storyline but (hopefully) not in the way you expect. Also expect to get to see a different side of Reicther.

**Episode 15 -75% done. This should be done by the end of the month. I know i've said that before but I really mean it this time. I'm on a serious mission to end The Lunchroom before Christmas 2009. Lots of big events happening in this one not to mention that there will a great deal of set-up for the series finale.

**Episode 16 (The Last Episode) - More of a movie then an episode. My wish is have to completed sometime during the holidays so around November/Decemeber. Graduation is the main plot point that drives this episode while separation anxiety is a major theme. Not every character will get a "happy" ending.

It's been far to long for an update.  Apologizes for that. I've been doing freelance work for the last year or so that's keep me busy.

Just finished second draft of the last episode. Going through now to do one last rewrite before posting. Again sorry for the numerous delays.

Can we expect the final episode any time in 2011?

Yes. It will be posted later this summer.

I apologize for the delay. Shortly after Episode 15 was posted, I was given the opportunity of doing some freelance writing work. So since last summer, I've been writing a feature length screenplay for a small production company that's been eating away all of my writing time.

I promise, the final episode WILL be posted. I'm not going to give up with just 1 episode left.

By the sounds of things on this thread, you've been writing episode 16 since 2008, so I'm sure its gonna be worth the wait. I thought the delay might have had something to do with you not wantign to say goodbye to this show. You could always do a Christmas special now and then? :D

I've only been writing episode 16 since the fall of 2010. It's been in outline form since 2008.

The delay has been mostly about other outside work but I will admit, a part of is hesitant to say goodbye. I have been writing about these characters since 2004 so it's a bit strange to live without them.

So when the day finally comes that you post the final episode and it's offically the end, what's next? A spin-off, a new sitcom? Or a different genre, perhaps?

I'll probably take a stab at feature length scripts. While I loved doing a virtual series, I don't know if I have enough free time anymore to do another one.

Feature length? Cool. You should check out Matthew Dressel's work, you and him have got a similar style of humour and I think you could make a really good script together.

Episode 16? Yes? No? Anyone still there? Hello? (Echo....)

Folks,

After seven years.  Ladies and Gentlemen.  Episode 16 of The Lunchroom.

Don

Quoted from Don Folks, After seven years.  Ladies and Gentlemen.  Episode 16 of The Lunchroom. Don

Twenteen will be beside himself with joy.  ;D

Quoted from LC Twenteen will be beside himself with joy.  ;D

Twenteen has been sent a notification message of the event.

- Don

There's more coming too...     ;)

You can be as sarcastic as you want, it's literally been years since a new episode and seeing as this is apparently not the finale, I am excited.

Quoted from Twenteen You can be as sarcastic as you want...

I was vicariously experiencing the thrill.

Ite so given this change of developments, how many episodes can we expect from season 5?

6 more -

5x17 "I Don't Mind If You Forget Me"
5x18 "Kirk's Intervention"
5x19 "Lunchroom Stories"
5x20 "My Big Fat Gay Wedding"
5x21 "At Least It Was Here"
5x22 "Ain't That Peculiar"

Episode 17 should be done in the next week or so. I just sent in more webisodes that should be up any day.

Awesome, looking forward to it :) lets just hope for a slightly shorter wait between episodes.

Can we expect episodes 19-22 any time soon?