Skins in Not Being Shit Shocker!
Well, I had decided to give Skins one more go before giving up. Episode 3 had been an improvement on 1 and 2 (not hard to be honest) especially with the chilli love. Episode 4 started off pretty well and at one point I heard two lines of dialogue and realised holy crap
. Effy and Pandora were talking and they said (paraphrasing):
1. Our mums and dads fuck us up
2. they don’t mean to
1. but they do
It’s the opening lines from the first verse of Philip Larkin – This be the verse
They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.
Well, they needed to redeem themselves and they did so. You finally saw some characters settling into a group and some good interactions between people, although it’s still nowhere near as good as series 1 and 2. There is still a hell of a long way to go to even become as good as the worst episodes of season 1 and 2 so it’s earned a reprieve for a few more episodes. Hopefully the end of the season will be amazing and the early episodes will justify themselves on a rewatch with things you miss or don’t think are important on a first watch.
I was surprised to find that I actually enjoyed this episode!
February 13th, 2009 at 1:43 pmWhat did you think of the previous episodes and previous series?
February 13th, 2009 at 7:04 pmI thought the first one was great, The second series was downloaded by Lynn and she didn’t like it so I’ve not been motivated to watch it unfortunately. Not watched the new series properly because I wqas put off by the new cast. What I seen of the first episode put me right off.
February 14th, 2009 at 10:29 am