Skins - Series 7 to air in July 2013

[Jack_]

'Skins' final series air date announced by Channel 4

Skins is to return to E4 in July.

The teen drama will air three new TV films - Skins Rise, Skins Fire and Skins Pure - which are expected to wrap up the series.

Skins Rise will mark the return of bad boy Cook (Jack O'Connell) - now working as a drug peddler in Manchester, the tearaway is forced to confront his violent past.

Sherlock's Lara Pulver and Facejacker star Kayvan Novak will guest star in Skins Fire, which focuses on the character of Effy (Kaya Scodelario) and will also feature Skins favourites Naomi (Lily Loveless) and Emily (Kathryn Prescott).

Final instalment Skins Pure will see Hannah Murray reprise the role of Cassie, who will be seen "adrift, alone and invisible in London" before forming a poignant friendship with a mysterious stranger.

Digital Spy (http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s89/skins/news/a466728/skins-final-series-air-date-announced-by-channel-4.html#ixzz2O0y1RUQe)

Looking forward to them although I think Effy's should've been the last episode. And I am still disappointed more of the cast aren't back :(

[Vicky.]

FFS I thought sid and tony were meant to be in it too.

This is gunna be **** :bored:

Cassie though :love:

[LemonJam]

Think we already have a thread or two on this somewhere :laugh:

I'm kind of dubious about it because as much as I love Skins it's so hit and miss, so I'd want it to end right. Rise sounds decent, Pure will ruin the happy ending for Sid/Cassie I imagined in my head. :laugh:

[Shaun]

ending on Cassie pleases me... [/only liked generation 1]

[Jack_]

I just think Effy kinda defined Skins, she's the longest serving character and it'd seem only fitting for her to have the last episode :p but I guess it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things.

I'm sure these three episodes were supposed to be split up into two one hour parts for each though. I hope that's still happening.

[Jords]

Emily and Naomi should have their own TV show and Cook should have featured in Effy's ep.

Shoulda got Sid to feature in Cassie's as well.

[Drew.]

Skins Rise will mark the return of bad boy Cook

Yes! :amazed:

[Jordan.]

Images and guest stars revealed :amazed:

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The E4 drama will return for three special films - Skins Fire with Kaya Scodelario (Effy), Skins Pure starring Hannah Murray (Cassie) and Skins Rise featuring Jack O'Connell (Cook).

Guest stars for the final run include Craig Roberts (Submarine), Lucien Laviscount (Waterloo Road), Olly Alexander (Great Expectations) and Neil Morrissey, reprising his role as Cassie's dad.

Skins Fire also stars Lily Loveless (Naomi) and Kathryn Prescott (Emily) - plus guest stars Lara Pulver and Kayvan Novak - and will see Effy's life spiral out of control as she uncovers evidence of a major financial fraud and embarks on an affair with her wealthy boss.

Skins Pure will follow a lonely Cassie in London as she strikes up a "strange and poignant" friendship, only for her new relationship to come under threat. Charlene McKenna (Ripper Street), Daniel Ben Zenou (Strike Back) and Red Madrell (Kidulthood) also star.

Cook (Jack O'Connell) returns in Skins Rise, working as a drug peddler until his attraction to his employer's girlfriend sets off a chain of events that lead him into a world of savage revenge.

Lucien Laviscount appears opposite O'Connell in this final film, with Liam Boyle (Scott & Bailey), Esther Smith (Material Girl), Hannah Britland (Misfits) and Jamie Michie (Game of Thrones) making up the rest of the cast.

The Skins films are expected to air on E4 in July.

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Read more: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s89/skins/news/a485456/skins-final-series-first-look-images-new-guest-stars-revealed.html#ixzz2UrIRvoPc

Excited!

[Shaun]

:( no other gen1s

[Marc]

Why bother

[Raph]

I'm so happy Cassie's coming back. She's my favorite female character ever, so ending on her is such good news, i'm so excited for this. Cassie :love:

[james130]

I'm totally only here for gen 1. :idc:
But excited none the less for Cassie.

[Jords]

S7 trailer tomorrow :amazed:

[Jordan.]

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:amazed:

[Jords]

No Naomily in the trailer :hmph:

[Jordan.]

Effys episode is first :love:

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(Naomily are in this trailer Jords)

[Jords]

Effys episode is first :love:

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(Naomily are in this trailer Jords)

:amazed:

[james130]

Yeah im disappointed that there's no other gen 1s. After all, I'm sure Mitch Hewer, Mike Bailey, April Pearson and Larissa Wilson would have been available.
Understandable if Nick, Dev and Joe didn't want to come back. :idc:

PS. Angie should have made an appearance.

[Patrick]

Disgrace that they aren't ending on Effy.

[LemonJam]

Starts tonight on E4, 10pm :pipe:

[reece(:]

Effy :lovedup: but it's usually best last?!
2 episodes per Story though.

[Jords]

Shall be watching at 11, Im excited :D

[LemonJam]

Effy :lovedup: but it's usually best last?!
2 episodes per Story though.

Hence why they're hopefully leaving Cassie's til last :spin:

[Drew.]

i thought there were only 3 episodes.. 6 is great though :amazed:

[reece(:]

Skins Pure will be the second part and Skins Rise will be the final.

[Jordan.]

Everyone go restore some order in DS's best ever Skins character poll - http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s89/skins/news/a494162/skins-who-is-the-best-character-of-all-time-vote.html

Cook in 3rd (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/2095c354.gif) Sketch 3rd from bottom (http://i.imgur.com/QWY2By2.gif)

[Smithy]

omg :sad:

[iRyan]

Brilliant episode. I cried at the end lol.

[Jords]

Great episode, I always found Effy an over-hyped character but when I did a re-run I really enjoyed her.

Naomi has changed so much! But I still love. Next week's ep should be equally as interesting, oh and Emily :love:

[Jords]

Everyone go restore some order in DS's best ever Skins character poll - http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s89/skins/news/a494162/skins-who-is-the-best-character-of-all-time-vote.html

Cook in 3rd (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/2095c354.gif) Sketch 3rd from bottom (http://i.imgur.com/QWY2By2.gif)

Chris though :worship:

I voted Emily.

[Ramsay]

the trailer gave that twist away

[Stu]

It was a bit dry, wasn't it? You could have banged it on Bloomberg. Still it had crazy Naomi. I love crazy Naomi. It's like someone rolled my mum some spliffy clyros and threw her into a student exchange programme.

[Tom4784]

I thought it was okay, I wish there was more returning characters though. It couldn't have been that difficult to get most of them back since not a lot of them have gone onto bigger or better things. It just didn't feel a lot like Skins to me, it felt quite generic.

[zotler.]

I will watch it, shame about the lacking cast but o well. I loved Cassie :love:

[Jordan.]

So Naomi is probs dead and Effy is going to jail. Not the ending I wanted D;

[Jords]

I forgot about it!!! Shall 4oD when it gets put up, if thats the ending though \:

[Ninastar]

why is naomi maybe dead?

[Smithy]

Cause she had terminal cancer

[Ramsay]

poor old dom got played

[Jack_]

I'm so depressed now. What is it with Skins and these endings :( this is totally not the closure any Naomily fan wanted...don't kill one of them off ffs and if you're going to do that at least give them their own episode

There was way too much Naomi and way too little Emily :sad:

And Effy going to prison...well, I guess it's a believable end but not the one I wanted. I totally wanted her to **** Dom good and proper and them to run off to Spain or some place together. Alas, it wasn't meant to be.

Well written episodes though, I just didn't like the ending.

[Firewire]

I'm so depressed now. What is it with Skins and these endings :( this is totally not the closure any Naomily fan wanted...don't kill one of them off ffs and if you're going to do that at least give them their own episode

There was way too much Naomi and way too little Emily :sad:

And Effy going to prison...well, I guess it's a believable end but not the one I wanted. I totally wanted her to **** Dom good and proper and them to run off to Spain or some place together. Alas, it wasn't meant to be.

Well written episodes though, I just didn't like the ending.

The ending worked well imo

I think it's to show that Effy has been selfish throughout her life and it's caused nothing but pain. She didn't call Emily when Naomi was ill (on Naomi's orders) but you can see that Naomi had very little time left and Emily would've wanted to have been there through all of it. This is down to Effy's selfishness because she didn't want to cause inconveniencing drama.

She got sent to prison at the end because it shows that her selfishness has helped nobody, not even herself. Her smile in the car on the way to prison reflects her realisation that she has been selfish.

I think it worked well because it summed up Effy as a character. Yes, Naomi is almost dead (she wasn't necessarily killed off) but it helped portray the type of person Effy is. She wasn't there at all for Naomi because all she had was money in her eyes. Which is showed when she buys the penthouse apartment.

I really enjoyed Effy's story and look forward to both Cassie's and Cook's.

[LemonJam]

I actually liked the first part of Fire quite a bit. Effy's obviously changed but deep down she's still the selfish party girl she's always been.

The Naomi part though I just can't. Clearly done to please to Naomily stans and romanticizing death yet again.

I wasn't happy with the ending, but that doesn't necessarily mean it was bad I guess... I may appreciate it more on some reflection.

[Firewire]

I actually liked the first part of Fire quite a bit. Effy's obviously changed but deep down she's still the selfish party girl she's always been.

The Naomi part though I just can't. Clearly done to please to Naomily stans and romanticizing death yet again.

I wasn't happy with the ending, but that doesn't necessarily mean it was bad I guess... I may appreciate it more on some reflection.

The death was clearly to please Naomily stans, but I liked it nonetheless. I do feel, though, that Naomi should've died before Emily got there because I think it would've been stronger.

[Jack_]

The ending worked well imo

I think it's to show that Effy has been selfish throughout her life and it's caused nothing but pain. She didn't call Emily when Naomi was ill (on Naomi's orders) but you can see that Naomi had very little time left and Emily would've wanted to have been there through all of it. This is down to Effy's selfishness because she didn't want to cause inconveniencing drama.

She got sent to prison at the end because it shows that her selfishness has helped nobody, not even herself. Her smile in the car on the way to prison reflects her realisation that she has been selfish.

I think it worked well because it summed up Effy as a character. Yes, Naomi is almost dead (she wasn't necessarily killed off) but it helped portray the type of person Effy is. She wasn't there at all for Naomi because all she had was money in her eyes. Which is showed when she buys the penthouse apartment.

I really enjoyed Effy's story and look forward to both Cassie's and Cook's.

That's a fair summary I suppose although Naomi didn't want to tell Emily and unless I missed something she didn't want Effy to tell her either?

Also I don't think Naomily stans wanted one of them to die :suspect: I wouldn't call myself a stan but Emily is my favourite Skins character and their relationship was my favourite too and in no way did I ever (even back in S3 and 4) want one of them to have this ending, it's the worst case scenario. I wanted a happy ending.

[Withano]

Oh, this is back? Good. Beautiful people having issues is kind of my life right now.

[Firewire]

That's a fair summary I suppose although Naomi didn't want to tell Emily and unless I missed something she didn't want Effy to tell her either?

Also I don't think Naomily stans wanted one of them to die :suspect: I wouldn't call myself a stan but Emily is my favourite Skins character and their relationship was my favourite too and in no way did I ever (even back in S3 and 4) want one of them to have this ending, it's the worst case scenario. I wanted a happy ending.

Naomi didn't want to tell Emily because she felt it would've been too hard and didn't want Effy to tell her either for the same reason, she didn't want Emily knowing because she didn't want to "burden" her, I guess.

I would have liked a happy ending, too, but I think it worked in relation to Effy's character development.

[Firewire]

Oh, this is back? Good. Beautiful people having issues is kind of my life right now.

Not quite.

Final series to tie things up from past series.

[LemonJam]

Also I don't think Naomily stans wanted one of them to die :suspect: I wouldn't call myself a stan but Emily is my favourite Skins character and their relationship was my favourite too and in no way did I ever (even back in S3 and 4) want one of them to have this ending, it's the worst case scenario. I wanted a happy ending.

Well they probably didn't want them to die, but now there's gonna be at least 200 more gifsets of them all over tumblr by this time tomorrow :P

[Jords]

Just caught up with Skins Fire on 4oD.

Such a sad ending for Naomily, not what Id have wished for but executed so well. I loved Effy's grin at the end when she knew she had ****ed over her boss right back. Id have liked to have had this spread out across 3 eps so we could have seen more Emily and Dom though.

Fantastic 2 episodes really looking forward to Cassie and Cook now. I do think this should have been credited as 'Effy and Naomi' mind, I think Naomi's story definitely took over in this second installment :(

[Ramsay]

dom should of been a character in series 3/4

[Novo]

Surely they do Cassie's story without Sid, it just wouldn't be right

[Tom4784]

That was just ****ing miserable and boring. I honestly don't think they should have bothered doing a final series if they couldn't get most of the cast back, granted Nicholas Hoult wouldn't do it now but they probably could have gotten most of the others to do it. It just doesn't feel like Skins, it just felt pointless.

Cassie's story looks like it might be a bit more interesting but my expectations are low. If I don't like it I'll just stop watching and pretend this series never happened.

[Jordan.]

Cassies stalker has to be Sid or it's gonna be pointless

[LemonJam]

Pure part one was pretty brilliant actually. Hannah Murray is fantastic, the music was perfectly suited and the story so far is great. Definite step up from Fire IMO.

[Z]

I didn't even realise Skins had returned with a best of... cast. Is it any good?

[Firewire]

I didn't really enjoy Cassie's story as much as I did Effy's. I might re-watch it before part 2 to try and get myself into it.

[Ramsay]

The only Pure about that episode was that it was pure shyte
Are they really going to carry the whole way through this series with more depressing boring crap? christ

[Jordan.]

I haven't watched it yet but heard there was no mention of Sid. It's quite dissapointing they haven't used these episodes to answer some questions or tell us what the rest of the cast are up to, that's what I wanted out of them :-/

[Ramsay]

When she was talking about travelling america with ''some boy'' for a few years i assumed she was talking about sid. i think they deliberately put that in there for fans to make up their own mind..would of preferred a proper mention though

[Z]

It'd be pretty bad if they did a Cassie episode without Sid... like, what's the point? They've picked such a random cross section of characters. I've not watched any of it yet but why would they have an Effy film and a Cook film? Surely they should just put them in the same one, even if the writers didn't envisage them being together? Why have Cassie and no one else from the first generation? Okay she wasn't particularly close to any of the other friends but I don't care enough about any one individual character to justify them getting their own mini-film with pretty much a new cast that bears no impact on the rest of the Skins universe, and I'm sure most fans feel the same?!

[Tom4784]

I thought the first episode of Cassie's story was miles better then the Effy one but I think the problem with this series is that it doesn't feel like Skins at all. It's too depressing and it's trying to be overly profound when it's not. What's the point of a farewell series if it doesn't answer hardly any questions or feature most of the cast?

[Jords]

When she was talking about travelling america with ''some boy'' for a few years i assumed she was talking about sid. i think they deliberately put that in there for fans to make up their own mind..would of preferred a proper mention though

I thought that too, I definitely would say it was Sid, HAD to be.

I was hoping the stalker-reveal would be at the end of the next ep, and it would be Sid (and if not him, Sketch for the lolz)

[Ramsay]

I was thinking Sketch straight away with all the pictures :laugh:

[Jordan.]

Looking forward to pt 2 of Pure tonight. I preferred Cassies episode to Effys.

Also Bryan Elsley is doing a Q&A on twitter and he answered a question about Sid not being in Cassies episode and he confirmed it was Sid Cassie talked about traveling America with so I guess he found her :)

[Patrick]

This series is getting an awful lot of sh*tty reviews, not sure if I'll even bother with watching Cook's episodes or not when they're out.

[Jack_]

That was just sh*t like seriously I'm so disappointed :bored: it started so well last week but what even was that?! None of it made sense, I didn't understand what was going on...it was as if there was no storyline

Like I don't actually get what I've just watched, I feel like I got nothing out of the episode and learnt nothing

So disappointing :(

[Smithy]

It's really boring now, don't even think i'll bother with cooks story

[reece(:]

Haven't bothered with Cassie's because of how underwhelming people said it's been. I did struggle somewhat with Effy's episode. I know it's meant to have matured but this is not a good way to see classic Skins out..

[jackc1806]

It always has been sensationalised tripe and always will be sensationalised tripe

[jackc1806]

Glad BB smashes it every week in the ratings

[reece(:]

Glad BB smashes it every week in the ratings
It's on e4.. what do you expect.

[Ramsay]

Like Jack said. none of that episode really made any sense

[Z]

It always has been sensationalised tripe and always will be sensationalised tripe

I suppose you're right, but I think it was a genius little TV show to begin with and continued to be so right up until the last episode of Series 4 and the end of Generation II. That ending was moronic and I didn't get the point in an all new Generation III with absolutely no connection to the one before. It's like the Sugababes being called the Sugababes even though none of them had anything to do with that group being created and none of them were even on the first album. It was fine having Generation II because Effy featured in Generation I and it was based around her and her new group of friends. And now this Series 7 nonsense makes even less sense. So they've ignored Generation III (even if it was pointless) and have chosen to see what three characters are up to. Cassie from Gen I, Effy from Gen II and Cook from Gen II. Mostly with entirely new co-stars. Why are they calling this 'Skins'? They made it perfectly clear in the past that after two series, time was up on all of those actors and characters, so why bring back a random trio who don't have much to do with each other and why do this now? Total bull****.

[Joe.]

I suppose you're right, but I think it was a genius little TV show to begin with and continued to be so right up until the last episode of Series 4 and the end of Generation II. That ending was moronic and I didn't get the point in an all new Generation III with absolutely no connection to the one before. It's like the Sugababes being called the Sugababes even though none of them had anything to do with that group being created and none of them were even on the first album. It was fine having Generation II because Effy featured in Generation I and it was based around her and her new group of friends. And now this Series 7 nonsense makes even less sense. So they've ignored Generation III (even if it was pointless) and have chosen to see what three characters are up to. Cassie from Gen I, Effy from Gen II and Cook from Gen II. Mostly with entirely new co-stars. Why are they calling this 'Skins'? They made it perfectly clear in the past that after two series, time was up on all of those actors and characters, so why bring back a random trio who don't have much to do with each other and why do this now? Total bull****.

Just me who thought Generation III were brilliant, I mean Season 5 was not too great but Season 6 was flawless from start to finish with Franky and Liv's episodes being particular highlights!

[LemonJam]

yeah I did a rewatch and Gen3 > Gen2

[/unpopular opinion]

[Z]

I didn't watch Gen III partly because I thought it was ridiculous carrying the show on with a completely new cast and partly because I no longer felt like I was part of the target audience; Skins resonated with me when I was 17ish because that's how old the characters were and while the show was dramatised for the sake of it being a television show, it still spoke to me and many others like me about things that we were all going through. So I can't comment on the quality of Gen III's acting or writing because I never watched it. It just seems strange that they'd have a seventh series to "wrap it all up" yet it's only three characters, one from Gen I, one from Gen II and one that appeared in both. Why no Gen III characters? Why not get all of the actors is back (aside from those who were killed off) or as many as possible? Why those three and whichever others featured in their stories?

[Braden]

I don't know, I've been enjoying the episodes. :shrug:

[Z]

I mean I haven't watched them at all but I think it's really ****ty to do this to the legacy of the show. The one thing they've got right is having one of the films be about Effy because she was the longest serving character in the show and the most fascinating... and Cassie was an interesting character too, but she was so detached from the rest of the Gen I storylines at times, it just seems a bit ridiculous to have an episode about her. I'd rather it was about Jal for example; someone who was friends with everyone in their 'group' thus opening up cameo appearance opportunities. It could have been about how Jal was coping without Chris. The fact there was no Tony or Michelle in any of these episodes (that I'm aware of) is so sad. They were the lead characters in the most popular series of Skins. Ach, I'm going to get around to watching these soon and maybe I'll enjoy them enough to change my mind about the whole concept, but it just strikes me as an odd way to end what has been a very successful program that has kept itself fresh by changing things up every two years.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

i didn't even watch series 6 but can we just talk about alex for a moment

lol im so random im gonna roll some dice and punch someone in the face bc the dice tell me to~

no please die

[Jamesy]

Gen III was actually really good. Series 5 was a bit hit and miss, but series 6 felt very much like 'classic' Skins - unfortunately the time it got good was the time half of the show's viewers had written it off and not bothered watching it.

This series has been slow moving, but I've enjoyed it in ways - I think it's been done very realistically. As when you reach your 20s you're not out partying and you do not talk about your teenage years. I honestly don't know why people have expected all the other characters to be mentioned as when you reach your 20s you often try to forget about those years!

Cassie had quite a happy ending at least (she's happy without a relationship and has a younger brother to take care of) and I thought that was handled nicely. Effy's ending I really wasn't sure about, it didn't end positive (Effy going to prison, Emily alone in future, Naomi about to die) but in hindsight it was probably a right ending for Effy - summed up her life well, ****ed up.

[Braden]

The problem with these specials is that Skins doesn't work with only having one character as the centre-focus. I liked Effy's episode because of the involvement of 'Naomily' but I just can't compare these episodes to the usual series of Sins where there are different characters who form various story-lines.

[Tom4784]

Cassie's story was ten times better then Effy's but it all still felt very flat. I can't imagine that Cook's story will be any better.

They should have just ended it after Series 6. There's no point in a farewell season if you don't bring back most of the cast.

[Z]

The problem with these specials is that Skins doesn't work with only having one character as the centre-focus. I liked Effy's episode because of the involvement of 'Naomily' but I just can't compare these episodes to the usual series of Sins where there are different characters who form various story-lines.

This is exactly the problem. I started watching part 2 of Cassie's story last night but I gave up after 10 minutes because I just couldn't get into it. Yeah while it's true that you move on when you leave school; this is a TV series that was inspired by its characters and their relationships with one another. I'd forgotten how polarising Cassie was until I started watching her episode and I actually got really pissed off watching Hannah Murray and Neil Morrissey carry the show 'forward' when Neil only ever played a minor role at best (he wasn't anywhere near the most prominent parent) and the character of Cassie was a bit unlikeable at times, especially over the Jal/Chris situation. If this was a longer series and had a few more characters getting their stories wrapped up then it'd be fair enough; but they've picked a bizarre bunch to end this all with (e.g. having Emily as a bit part in the Effy episode - okay, but then no mention of her twin sister Katie?!) and I think it's a poor manoeuvre from the writers, from planning through to execution. I hope that people who don't have the same problems with it as I do are able to enjoy these new episodes but I just can't accept it and will choose to remember Skins series 1-4 as they ended and not acknowledge what came after.

[Jamesy]

I do think they've really struggled with persuading actors/actresses to come back. In all the interviews with Kaya and Hannah they said it was really hard coming back. So it wouldn't surprise me the reason for there being so little of the old cast is simply because they've moved on. For most of them Skins was their first acting role and coming back to something like that is a big risk. The Skins producers must have struggled with this.

[Z]

I do think they've really struggled with persuading actors/actresses to come back. In all the interviews with Kaya and Hannah they said it was really hard coming back. So it wouldn't surprise me the reason for there being so little of the old cast is simply because they've moved on. For most of them Skins was their first acting role and coming back to something like that is a big risk. The Skins producers must have struggled with this.

That's a very good point... the first generation cast in particular saw a couple of alumni move on to Hollywood roles... Kaya, Nicholas and Dev all moving onto notably bigger and better things. I suppose Kaya was the main draw because she starred in 4 series of Skins and she probably felt a stronger pull back to it. I think Skins probably alienated its former cast too by cutting things short with just 2 series per cast. Total acting time probably isn't all that much, all things considered, seeing as most episodes revolved around one character or even a shared episode and certain cast members got greater priority over others. Still, it's pretty sad things didn't pan out better. Even if they'd worked a few more characters back into it, it might have been more worthwhile... it's hard to suddenly care about characters who haven't been on our screens for years.

[Jamie.]

I've seriously changed my mind on Skins after seeing Gen 1 on Netflix, but Gen 2 and 3 just killed it in my opinion, but Pure was better than Fire

[Z]

Tony, Michelle, Jal, Chris, Sid and Cassie were all quite developed and important characters... Anwar was criminally underused and I think they could have explored Maxxie a lot more than they actually did but they set themselves up for a fall by having a gay character who didn't have any insecurities about his sexuality which, although a bit of a cliche, could have been very interesting seeing as Skins was so on the ball with all of the issues it tackled in those first two series... I think they realised early on that they needed more female characters hence Sketch but she too was 1) underused 2) underdeveloped and 3) turned into a bit of a joke when they could have done the opposite. Effy was a very different character in the first two series compared with 3 & 4 but she was still very important and her development came later.

The next generation cast I felt had much better characters but the storylines weren't so great. Where Skins Gen I felt realistic and its drama came from very real scenarios; Skins Gen II felt like it was plucking problems from thin air rather than developing storylines and allowing the drama to emerge naturally... does that make sense? Specifically the way the 4th series ended was hilariously unrealistic and completely ruined what had been a bigger and better generation, and the biggest insult was how it ended on a completely flat cliffhanger. It felt like there were 15 minutes missing from the end.

[Jack_]

Well that was some ****ed up sh*t :o I'm actually terrified LOL

Really love the way they've actually continued his story on though with where it left off at the end of series 4, if they hadn't have addressed that cliffhanger I would've been so pissed off. And I like the voiceovers too, they're quite effective.

This is definitely a promising end so far, just messed up

[Jords]

Was it really good then Jack?

Always found Cook overrated so didnt rush to watch it tonight, will be a 4oD jobby sometime this week.

[Jack_]

Definitely the best of the episodes so far IMO. What I wanted from these episodes was some kind of continuation of their previous story and a resolution from the cliffhangers and we didn't get that with Effy and Cassie only made a slight reference to Sid but with this his whole story is (I'm assuming...unless it's a twist and it's not related at all) based upon what happened at end of series 4, like how he's dealing with it. I could tolerate them not resolving the other cliffhangers but if they'd have just started Cook's story with no kind of reference to what happened when we last saw him I'd have just been annoyed.

So yeah, in terms of continuing where he left off it's going well so far in that sense. It was just a ****ed up episode, like a mild horror story tbh...I was genuinely scared :laugh:

[Jords]

oh Im looking forward to watch it now!

[Ramsay]

Get the feeling Cook gonna get clipped next week

[BBUKAUSFAN]

that was an intense scene :O definably show casing the dark side of skin with cook

[reece(:]

Only 1 more episode until Skins ends:shocked:</3

[Z]

I wonder what happened to Jal in this post-Skins universe

[Ramsay]

that was an intense scene :O definably show casing the dark side of skin with cook

what scene was that?

[Jack_]

I assume the

drowning

scene, I thought Freddie's murder was chilling but that was a different level altogether

[Ramsay]

oh right. i didnt really pass any heed of that scene.. :laugh:

mainly because he was a cuunt and i hated the wee prick

[Jamie.]

I haven't had chance to watch Cooks yet, but I finished Gen III today and I have to admit, it was brilliant. But stick to what I said, Gen I is the best!

[Jordan.]

Last one tonight :o

Cook is my least favourite out of the three but his story has been the best, not surprised they saved it to last.

[LemonJam]

I'm gonna pretend season 7 didn't exist tbh.

[Ramsay]

well thank **** that crap is over
only good part was the IM COOOOOOK bit
was hoping he'd kill himself after tbh..i did find it cool the louie/foster similarities...both killed cooks friend..both had a gun...was fully expecting the same ending as season 4 tbh with cook doing some stupid speech and going out with IMMMM COOOOOK lol

but yeah season 7 never happened

[Jack_]

Rise was definitely the best story but Christ I don't watch Skins for a mini horror film so was a bit taken aback :laugh:

Strange ending really though I did like the use of Cook's voiceovers again, that was quite effective

I'm still hoping they do a film or something, Jamie Brittain (creator and writer) was hinting on Twitter earlier that Skins isn't totally finished when people were asking him if this was the end

[Jack_]

Also...what the **** was

that random scene with Cook talking to Jason (the guy that died) about?! That didn't even make sense and wasn't explained, like what was the point in that :conf:

To be honest if they were going to have a ghost scene like that then surely the obvious choice would've been to have Cook talk to Freddie?! That would've been the perfect surprise actually, oh well

[Ramsay]

think it was just his subconsious telling him to run. can remember jason telling him to run since it's all he's good at or something..but yeah it would of been better if it was freddie

[Jords]

Also...what the **** was

that random scene with Cook talking to Jason (the guy that died) about?! That didn't even make sense and wasn't explained, like what was the point in that :conf:

To be honest if they were going to have a ghost scene like that then surely the obvious choice would've been to have Cook talk to Freddie?! That would've been the perfect surprise actually, oh well



It was a dream, it cut to him twitching in his sleep.

Woulda been an amazing surprise if it was Freddie, really thoughtful, but nah.

[Jack_]

It was a dream, it cut to him twitching in his sleep.

Woulda been an amazing surprise if it was Freddie, really thoughtful, but nah.



Oh I got that it was a dream, I just didn't understand what the point of it was, like what exactly was it supposed to symbolise or suggest? It wasn't like when there was the ghost scenes with Grace throughout series 6 that actually had some kind of meaning, this one just felt a bit flat to me but then I guess Karl's explanation is probably the right one :p

The one thing I did like about Rise and I said this last week is that at least it was a continuation of where Cook left off, and somewhat of a resolution to his story after what happened with Foster. I mean they totally ignored Effy's mental health problems that she had and only briefly referenced Sid so I was glad that this actually continued the story somehow though it would've been nice for them to actually end it for once...like was he going to keep on running or turn himself into the police

I have a feeling they may have left it open ended just in case they get a chance to work with him again, Cook is Jamie Brittain's favourite character he's created

[Jords]

Oh I got that it was a dream, I just didn't understand what the point of it was, like what exactly was it supposed to symbolise or suggest? It wasn't like when there was the ghost scenes with Grace throughout series 6 that actually had some kind of meaning, this one just felt a bit flat to me but then I guess Karl's explanation is probably the right one :p

The one thing I did like about Rise and I said this last week is that at least it was a continuation of where Cook left off, and somewhat of a resolution to his story after what happened with Foster. I mean they totally ignored Effy's mental health problems that she had and only briefly referenced Sid so I was glad that this actually continued the story somehow though it would've been nice for them to actually end it for once...like was he going to keep on running or turn himself into the police

I have a feeling they may have left it open ended just in case they get a chance to work with him again, Cook is Jamie Brittain's favourite character he's created



Ah fair enough, yeah I would say it symbolizes that Cook is always on the run :spin:



I enjoyed Cook's episodes the most also, which is funny because I always found him a very overrated character. He was just an exaggerated version of a young thuggish lad but theyd really developed and matured his character for season 7, Id like to see more of him in the future. What I also liked is that the supporting characters were much more purposeful (Emma, Charlie and Louie) compared to Effy's and Cassie's (bar the girl she lived with).

What Skins 7 failed to bring was an overly happy ending for any of the characters. We had Effy go to prison, Naomi die + Emily left devastated, Cook on the run and Cassie sort of found herself but was just lumped with her brother in London still. I really think that she should have ended up with Sid, or the girl on the iPad and the guy had been looking for Cassie all this time as she was 'perfect' for a role in a top-end drama production they are carrying out, with the ending scene her all dressed up for a really 'classy' part (Hannah :love:).

[Z]

Sounds like I haven't missed out on anything then. I might re-watch Series 1-4 soon, it was fantastic television while it lasted.