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When a rival college publishes an advert that attacks them, the students devise a payback plan, organising a counter‑move through social media and campus posters to undermine the rival's message. Their strategy focuses on retaliation rather than dialogue, aiming to restore their reputation.

Basic Crisis Room Decorum is a programme delivered as a single episode. It forms part of a series that presents compact, self‑contained stories about crisis‑management situations. Each instalment follows a distinct set of characters confronting a particular challenge, and this episode continues that tradition by focusing on a campus rivalry. In this instalment the student characters become the target of a hostile advertisement released by a rival college. The advert openly attacks them, doing so publicly and amplifying the sense of embarrassment. Faced with this public affront, the students decide they need to respond in kind and begin to plot a payback. The narrative then follows the students as they organise their retaliation. The students deliberate over various tactics, weighing the potential impact of each option before agreeing on a course of action. Their discussions centre on how best to strike back and restore their reputation, showing a collective resolve to counter the provocation. The rival college’s aggressive marketing move acts as the catalyst for the whole storyline, highlighting the tension that can arise between competing institutions. The episode underscores how quickly a single promotional piece can escalate tensions, prompting both sides to consider further measures.