Skins...

Ok so yet another new series of Skins on E4. I can hear the sighs that echoed around every room when this was announced as I was one of them. I seriously lost interest in Skins during series 5 and I probably only really stuck with it because of Jack O'Connell. 

I loved Skins when it first came out and I think that was largely due to the fact that I was 17, I was at sixth form and to an extent that was my life, or at least wanted that to be my life. If I remember rightly then yes weed was very popular and for some an everyday occurrence. What I didn't like was for example in the series 5 finale they all took ecstasy and ended spacing out in the woods in Somerset whilst a wedding was meant to be going on. For me it became very unrealistic. Maybe because come that time I was graduating university etc etc. 

This series worried me. I wanted it to be good. It has most of my favourite characters in it so it was promising. I started it with high anticipation, not really knowing what to expect. And well I thought it was fantastic.

The idea: So its three, two part episodes, each following one central character. 
This week: Fire, Effy's turn and it picks up in her life in London.Which unexpectedly she's not the Effy I would have expected. She is working as office bitch at a Hedge Fund and working god damn hard. Her life seems to have fallen into place somewhat. She lives with Naomi from the third original series, who has fallen apart, drinking at lunchtime, constant spliff in her hand, and all day parties. This is what I would have expected from Effy. 

But the old tenacious Effy is still there. She's using the men in her life to get her her big break, which she does. The episode goes shows Spring and Summer, presumably Autumn and Winter are to follow. And she ends on quite a high. She's no longer office bitch, she's a trader, she's having it off with her boss, she's pretty much bossing life. But we all know skins and how it goes and there's a huge downfall waiting to happen to her. Its just around the corner, well next week. 

HURRY UP NEXT WEEK, I'm hooked already