Candice

Candice turns up in Kingsley's life as a reminder of home, a steady, unglamorous presence next to the chaos of his student house. She's earnest and a little uncool by the group's standards, more interested in stability than in the games everyone else is playing, and she doesn't quite know how to read the house's private jokes.

Faye Marsay plays Candice without condescension, so the character's straightforwardness becomes a quiet rebuke to the housemates' cleverness rather than a punchline. She's funny in an unforced way, and her mismatch with the group's cynicism gives the show a rare moment of sincerity without ever tipping into sentimentality.