Benny Scanlon arrives at Yates and makes fast friends with Carmen at Orientation. Will Benny and Carmen be more than friends? Or will the fact that he's totally… you know… get in the way? His sister Grace hooks him up with unflavored vodka for his pregame, while her boyfriend, Peter, imparts sage senior bro wisdom: get laid day one or suffer the consequences. The stakes couldn't be higher tbh.

Overcompensating Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Lucky
• s01e02 - Who's That Girl
• s01e03 - Black and Yellow
• s01e04 - Boom Clap
• s01e05 - Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites
• s01e06 - The Edge of Glory
• s01e07 - Welcome to the Black Parade
• s01e08 - Crown on the Ground

Overcompensating Show Summary

After arriving in college, a closeted former football player and homecoming king becomes fast friends with a former high school outsider, on a mission to fit in at all costs. With guidance from his older sister and her own campus-legend boyfriend, they juggle horrible hookups, flavored vodka, and fake IDs, exploring the lengths to which we all overcompensate while on the path to finding out who we really are.