Most of the time characters were likeable and semi-believable. The episode begins with Chris recovering at home after suffering with a subarachnoid haemorrhage, the same thing that killed his brother. Every second of his death was shown on screen: Chris sweats, then shakes, then blood pours from his nose and mouth. But it was real, and arguably on the O. Goofy, sweet Chris Miles was a beloved character, and despite there only being one episode for that generation of cast after his death, the decision to kill him off was a bold one.
Bryan Elsley, the co-creator of Skins and, along with Jamie Brittain, was one half of the team who wrote the episode, describes that decision for Dazed. Does Emily die in Skins? Does Effy die? Why did they kill Freddie in Skins? How did Freddie Mclair die? Why did Foster kill Freddie? Did Effy and Cook dating in real life? Is Karen older than Freddie?
Although he eventually started to recover, the scene where he's lost and can't remember simple details such as the street he lives on was soul-crushing.
Seeing Chris, the party guy who was always so full of life, look so small and lost in his mother's empty cupboard really pulled a number on the heart strings. Cassie always had trouble dealing with her problems. She never cried, she was never sad, instead she chose to escape and run away to new fantasies to help her cope.
But it's in New York where she finally let her guard down, and learned to accept the realness of reality, no matter how hard it was. In Season One, it was never really clear if Tony actually liked Michelle or if she was just easy to wrap around his finger. But after finding out that his best friend and girlfriend got together, all became clear for Tony, and it was downright heartbreaking to watch. The look of relief on her face as she realises that JJ has made a friend was priceless.
Chris started off the series as comic relief, but quickly revealed himself to be so much more complex. The love he expressed to Jal was heart-warming, and brought some much needed happy-tears to Skins. Jal was always one of the strongest characters on Skins who had to make some incredibly tough choices, including her decision to terminate her pregnancy.
Remembering Chris and his life motto while deciding what to do with the baby just made his death all too real again. Of all of the patchy love stories that have featured in Skins , this was the worst, and especially so when you consider how well Skins has handled teen love stories in the past.
Get the best of Den of Geek delivered right to your inbox! This continued until episode 1. Things only came to a head in the final episode when Sid finally worked up the courage to properly confess his love for Cassie. Their relationship eventually happened, but developed over a course of nine episodes that allowed for some real character growth and for their feelings for each other to realistically develop.
They have no notable interaction in episodes 5. So by the end of series 5, Franky is pretty much ambivalent towards Nick. Then she spends the whole break between series 5 and 6 in a relationship with his brother. Following that there are another three episodes where nothing happens between them. And then, in episode 6. In episode 6. The characters in the series interact with so many hardened criminals on a semi-regular basis that a foreigner watching Skins would probably believe that Bristol is the headquarters of some kind of West Country mafia.
It is entirely possible to have tension and antagonistic characters in a series like Skins without including a psychotic criminal all the time. Making a character from every generation get into trouble with a gangster is just silly. Not only that, it makes the series derivative of itself. Ripping off elements from other programmes is one thing but when you start copying yourself, you should think about letting the series die.
Alex is completely and utterly superfluous.
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