We all want a sense of reality. Here's a reality: I punched a skinny Chinese prick at school last month. Now, i've been wanting to review Skins for a while, and since i'm so pissed off rite now, i'd like to make a review out of it.



Skins is a British teen drama that is not your average teen drama. Gone were the aspirational rich teens in Gossip Girl and The OC, and say goodbye to those safety first shows like One Tree Hill and Saved By the Bell, and here comes some drugs, sex, social issues and profanity. This is Skins, and you'll either love it or hate it.

Skins is set in Bristol. Not your average British setting like London or Manchester. In Skins, the characters are what you won't see in most American teen dramas. You've got the ******* badboy Tony(played by Nicholas "About a Boy" Hoult), his girlfriend Michelle, his silent sister Effy, his nerdy best friend Sid, the aneroxic Cassie who has a crush on Sid, Michelle's best friend and future clarinet player Jal, a playboy named Chris who's sleeping with his psychology teacher, non-stereotypical Muslim kid Anwar and his (ironically)gay friend Maxxie. Supporting characters include posh private school dumbo Abigail who's into Tony and making Michelle jealous, and Posh Kenneth who's basically just adds humour without any character representation whatsoever.

Now the plot of this series is simple: Tony loves Michelle. Michelle's best friend Cassie loves Sid but Sid loves Michelle. Michelle's pissed over Tony because Tony's wooing rich-b**** Abigail. Michelle's other best friend Jal wants to be a clarinet player, but her family's full of pricks. Sid's parents has troubles with eachother, and on another note Anwar is having problems because his best friend is gay. And Michelle's mum has been married two times and has recently married to Danny Dyer.
Got it?

Now, each episode deals with each one of the characters. They're all teenagers who likes to party, have sex, f*** each other's minds and well, like all of us, have problems with parents. The best character in the show is possibly Cassie, and that's because she's dreamy, easily likeable and her attitude is just...wow...She's basically what we Malaysians call "sasau".

Now, Skins season 2 is currently airing in the UK, but season 1 is available on YouTube. I have a warning for all of you who are planning to watch Skins for the first time: You'll either love or hate season 1. Just like how you'll love or hate Dr.No and the first season of MST3K. The problem with season 1 is that you'll care for either: the characters, or the partying life they had. But if you managed to survive season 1, check out season 2(the first three new episodes are now on YouTube). Season 2 is by far way better than season 1. If season 1 is a mix of Kidulthood and Human Traffic, in season 2 they've added some beautiful touch of Larry Clark and Gus van Sant into the mix. In season 2, it's way darker, and the social issues in season 2 makes you care more about the characters than the partying. And in season 2, Tony is no longer an ******* but is now eating humble pie by the fistload. So having spent series one setting him up as a hideous bell-end, the programme now invites you to pity him. Why? Well watch the first season first because i hate spoiling shit for you.

Now, i gave Skins a 4 out of 5, and since season 2 rocks, i officially give it a 5 out of 5! And since i love all of you, i decided to post all the episodes of S1 & the current S2 from SurfTheChannel.com

NOTE: The next episode will be Effy's just watch out and i'll update this post.

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This post has been edited by panasonic88: Mar 24 2008, 10:08 AM

ewww, teen drama.

Yay, this show got attention here even though I have not watched the show yet.

Umm, what's wrong if it's a teen drama?

it got nice intro though

i thought it's about Skinheads...but not so bad a story there

I have not seen a good teen drama since ...... well forever.

not my thing. yuck.

Well you'll be surprised by this. According to a review by The Observer, Skins is a teen drama for those who hates teen dramas.

You'll like it. I can assure you that.

I finish watching Season 1 and Season 2 (Epi 5.) last week . Overall, I think its a cool teen drama but too many sexual scenes . Kinda spoil the drama for me.

Episode 7 is now available:

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Oh and a new review will be written this Friday.

This post has been edited by panasonic88: Mar 26 2008, 08:22 PM

I've watched this series since season one. Love maxxie, he's bloody funny. overall its a good teen movie, i seldom watch them but this one roxx!

I love british television

This post has been edited by db07mufan: Mar 26 2008, 09:55 AM

but brittish humor is hard to catch

true...but i love how f#!% up all the characters are
love the lead, he's really manipulative and like other above says, though hard to understand...the show is really funny
fav character : Chris and Tony

aiyo - ofishel site pon takde:

here u go: http://www.e4.com/skins/the-gang.html

the sex is unbelievable! there are more sex than, several of the Showtime and HBO series combined! and this is supposed to be a teen show

The show is done and dusted. The finale was on last Monday so season 2 is over now.

This seasons cast is also over too so we will not be seeing Tony and his gang anymore in Season 3. All thats left is his sister Effy.

A beautiful ending though, going to miss everyone of them especially tony and maxxie. The tony and sid bit in the end was very moving .

g5sim, sex and nudity is a norm in british tele shows .. You'll see a lot of them if you watch more.

i noticed. even their day time soap such as Hollyoaks lol not to mention Footballers' Wive$

anyone watched Simplicity? I think was 4-6 episodes. Was good but it was more like a mini serie. only season one was made

Thanks for all the positive vibe this show gets from Malaysians.

I am going to miss the cast. I miss Chris & Cassie.

But i can't wait for Series 3.