okay but skins will just never get better than the first generation. just
⢠the tony/sid relationship? Like holy shit so interesting sid goes from idolizing tony to literally saying âI canât think of anything worse than being youâ and then he STILL helps tony and is there for him when he really needs him
⢠TONY STONEM in general. evil manipulator mwhaha just wants to party but also loves his sister more than himself and is a lost puppy without Michelle. Super fashionable and bi as hell. Sass master. i give the writers major props for making him so unlikeable but also very layered and giving him a crazy ass redemption arc. Heâs the center of the universe and he knows it.
⢠TONY AND MICHELLEâS MATCHING OUTFITS H O L Y S H I T
⢠can we just appreciate the fact that the first word Effy ever speaks to anyone while lucid is âwankerâ
⢠Michelle could so easily fall into the âweak gullible girlfriendâ character but sheâs not??? She stands up for herself and is crazy about her friends and she literally ONLY SPOKE SPANISH for DAYS in order to study for her exam you go girl
⢠a sweet, close, beautiful, pure friendship between a straight guy and a gay guy with no jokes or undertones about anyoneâs sexuality
⢠ANWAR IS MUSLIM. HE IS SHOWN PRAYING AND STRUGGLES WITH HIS OWN BELIEFS VS HIS RELIGIONâS
⢠they could have easily made sid the weird nerdy best friend whoâs the punchline to all the jokes but they made him the most interesting character on the whole damn show. His relationship with Cassie. His relationship with Tony. His relationship with his dad. His relationship with Michelle. Hell even his relationship with Effy. A+
⢠ACTUAL QUEEN JAL FAZER. her entire audition scene is honestly worthy of a standing ovation oh my GOD
⢠ACTUAL ANGEL CASSIE AINSWORTH. Sheâs flawed and broken and selfless and jealous and dotty and dreamy and vulnerable and strong all at once. Her eating disorder/mental illness is never used as a trope or a plot device, itâs realistic and an important part of her character but it NEVER defines her. The scene where she runs through the city? Gives me chills every. Fucking. Time. Protect her at all costs.
⢠ACTUAL CINNAMON ROLL CHRIS MILES. he drew a picture of a snail when asked what his future goals were. he gave the school musical a standing ovation after sketch fucked it all up. half of his lines make no damn sense and heâs the typical stock âcomic relief characterâ but NO they gave him so much depth and family background and levity and he MEANT something. and I think we all expected him to go out in a blaze of glory, in fitting Chris fashion, but he didnât, he went painfully and un-spectacularly in a bed. Because living fast and dying young isnât romantic, itâs sad and real and it hurts everyone they leave behind. Also shoutout to Joe dempsie for going full frontal 10/10 you are a gift to humanity
⢠sneaky, mysterious, bad girl Effy taking care of Pandora and letting her take the credit for her art project
⢠the protective sisterly bond between Michelle and Effy
⢠the romances are all so well written and they HURT, because this is a tv show and we expect relationships to last but these are teenagers and high school love affairs never really last, and even though they feel so dramatic and intense now you know that Michelle and Tony will never grow up and get married and have babies, it just wonât happen, but you still feel it all the same, just like you would if you were a teenager.
⢠but HONESTLY. Jal and Chris. Literally the last people youâd ever think to end up together but they worked because they challenged each other, they made each other want to be better. Chris helped Jal stop being so cautious and uptight and Jal showed Chris that he did matter as a person, that he needed to try, that he couldnât waste his life because it counted for something. When she puts the coin in his hand to give him all her luck and heâs being wheeled away and he holds it up to show her I just SOB it is so beautiful and sad. They took care of each other but they didnât change for each other, Jal still went to her audition (and SLAYED it) and Chris still was just as carefree as he always had been, they just met each other halfway and it was so glorious
⢠and donât even get me started on Sid and Cassie. These two fuckers. I knew it was endgame the moment you hear them bouncing on springs and Cassieâs like âoh OH YESâ and you think theyâre fucking but NOPE theyâre jumping on a trampoline and sheâs playing with the drawstrings on his hoodie like fuck they are so cute. âItâs not like anybody cares, soâŚâ âI care.â When she shoots him with a squirt gun after he stands her up and totally calls him on his bullshit, âeverything is your choice Sidâ I think about that scene a lot. HIS LETTER TO HER. HE FEELS LIKE SINGING WHEN HE SEES HER. LORD HELP ME. and you think heâs missed her and sheâs gone to Scotland and heâll never see her again but AH plot twist Tony gave her the letter and they meet on the same bench she tried to kill herself on like can you say DAMN and then the scene in season two where he finally confronts her and theyâre SO MEAN to each other saying how much they hate each other âwhatever Iâm sick of saying sorry, I love you, you say sorryâ and Cassieâs way of telling him she loves him back is by telling him she named her pet slug Sidley i canât i just canât and then Sid, nerdy dumb Sid, becomes the fucking romantic hero and chases her to fucking New York City what the fuck I love them IT HURTS
⢠Sid and Tony holding each other in the middle of the nightclub after sidâs dad dies and you canât hear anything but the music but you just see Sid bawling and Tony clutching him⌠Honestly one of the most powerful moments I have ever seen on tv. Honestly give mike bailey an AWARD
⢠that âwild worldâ sing-along will go down in history I swear
⢠CASSIEâS CLOTHES OMG
⢠we need more female friendships on TV like the one Michelle and Jal share
⢠the villain for the first few episodes is named âMad Twatter.â Just let that sink in
⢠Chrisâs funeral scene is honestly so beautiful and special and well done. I cried so hard. Itâs teens honoring and mourning their friend in a way that feels right, that means something to them. Itâs catharsis for the characters and the viewers. Amazing
⢠honestly just one of the best programs aimed at teens Iâve ever seen. Deals with death, religion, parent issues, school stress, pregnancy, mental illness, drug use/abuse, sex, love, varying sexualities (TONY IS BI AND YOU CANT TELL ME OTHERWISE), friendship, suicide, classism, employment/careers, college, and a million other topics without ever feeling contrived or preachy. Yeah some of the hi jinks the characters get into is ridiculous and would never happen in real life (that Russia episode wtf) but at the end of the day, you relate. Teens relate. They feel these characters because they see them in the world around them, because they ARE them. We are all Chris, and Jal, and Sid, and Cassie, and Tony, and Michelle, and Maxxie, and Anwar, and Effy.
⢠(that ending shot with Effy looking right into the camera is legendary)
⢠literally when people say that gen 2 is the best generation or the iconic generation I just⌠did we even watch the same show
⢠skins was never able to beat the first generation. It just couldnât. How do you beat this. how
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