Something felt a bit off from the word go with the first episode opening with a big musical/dance number from Maxie. Since when was that what Skins was known and loved for?
Effy looks normal, speaks now, doesn't dress like a goth or like she's off for a party or something, also wears less makeup and looks taller. Tony is a shadow of his former self, and now hanging out with Maxie, Sid and Michelle seemed to have abandoned him, it being "too terrible" to be around him after his accident apparently. The cast all look visibly older, Michelle's hair is shorter, Sid's is longer, etc. The series holds onto it's love of bold contrasting colours when it comes to the clothing. The episode is mostly about explaining what's happened in the past few months, rather than telling it's own story. Maxie has a bit of conflict with his dad and a bit of conflict with the boys on the estate, but it all gets sorted out. Meanwhile Chris, Jal and Anwar just want to party. Since when was Jal so into partying? So much of the energy is missing though from this series, even the characters like Sid and Michelle who do party seem miserable while doing it, as if they're guilty or something. Sid of course misses Cassie who moved away to Scotland while his best friend has also been out of action.. We also see the Stonem parents are struggling a bit with everything they've been through. Some the music is pretty bad too, and so obvious "It's gotta get bad before it gets good, It's gotta get bad before it gets good, It's gotta get bad before it gets good," Weird montage of Tony trying to write, Maxie dancing, Sid watching videos of Cassie in Scotland dancing in a kilt. The rave scene is just a bit weird, it's kind of hard to describe, Jal starts grinding against someone, everyone stares, the camera holds on Sid for too long and for some reason Effy thinks the best place to take her brain damaged brother is a rave. Maxie is then ambushed by the gang from the estate, how did they know he'd run out alone at that exact spot and that exact moment? How does Maxie get away too when surrounded by them? There's just watch too much drum and base Fat Segal music in this one, it just doesn't work for me and dates this pretty bad compared to season 1. The end song though and the ending in general is very sweet and poignant. Maxie is a good friend to Tony in this episode, despite the lack of story or character development.
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