This Isn't Enid Blyton...

You could've fooled me.

I'm a bit disappointed by how underwhelming the Skins finale was. It's a pity to have such an unsatisfactory ending to what has been an excellent series I can only hope the awkwardness of the ending stems from the show's makers' intentions to pick things up where they left off in the next series. Despite initial reservations, I really grew to like the new cast.

Hopefully next time around there'll be more focus on characters like Pandora, Thomas, Naomi and The Twins who were completely sidelined in the last episode in favour of the love quadrangle that has dominated the series.

All in all, top o' the telly though, E4.

[Images: Skins Website]

Skinswatch

Skins 3 seems to have overcome its early glitches and shaped into some very decent telly. Tonight's episode, focusing on the 'socially dysfunctional' J.J. was, as wanky as it sounds, quite touching.

I really like the dynamic between Emily, currently coming to terms with her lesbianic tendencies, and J.J. because it reminds me of my own relationship with one of my best school-friends. Although obviously we were infinitely less cool than this pair.

Paula advised that I download Channel 4's '4OD' application to watch the episodes I'd missed and I duly obliged. Tragically however, my banjacksed laptop gets overwhelmed everytime I try to run the program. Bugger.

The Skins of Change

Here's the first part of the first episode of Series 3 of Skins, which kick off on E4 next week. It provides an introduction to some of the new cast, as well as welcoming back a couple of familiar faces.

Lyndsay found this alternative trailer for the American Market. Eyes peeled for Ardal O' Hanlon.



Thoughts??

Not Just Skins Deep

I suspect that I'm a bit longer in the tooth than the target demographic for cult TV programme Skins. Nevertheless, the advertisements for the E4 show rarely fail to catch my attention. Whoever's responsible for the branding and promotion of the show certainly knows what they're doing,

This trailer for the third series, featuring an (almost) all-new cast, positively spews all over your computer screen:



My spider sense tells me there'll be a backlash to this. The series begins on 22nd of January on E4.