A Creepy Skins is the Best Skins

Okay, so this last one was an Effy episode, and the Effy episodes are usually pretty great, so I was expecting a lot from this one.  For the most part, it did not disappoint!  Effy is still a great character even though she is such a sluuuuuuuut now.  Anyways, this episode was very intense!  So much serious stuff going on.  Here's what happened:

Effy's mom never listens to Effy; she's too busy flipping through magazines and pointing out which men are bastards (apparently all of them, even Stephen Fry!).  So Effy says something about how she and Cook broke up and it will be hard to raise their baby on her own, but her mom still does not listen.  So Effy goes over to Freddie's house, but of course the Slutty Twin is there, being bossy and rude.  She wants Effy to drive everyone to her party in the woods at Gobbler's Knob, but she doesn't want Cook to come because he is always being a jerk and ruining parties.  Effy and Freddie have a couple awkward moments, and then Effy runs outside and barfs on the sidewalk.  Uh oh, maybe she wasn't lying about the being pregnant thing! 

Cook goes over to Effy's house with a "gatoo" cake, but Effy is not there.  Effy's mom is like, "She went to a party without you in Gobbler's Knob.  That's right, a PARTY.  And you were not invited.  Thanks for the gatoo."  Cook is sad and I kind of feel bad for him, even though he is still a jerk.  No one likes to be the only person not invited to a party!

Meanwhile, the gang is driving up to Gobbler's Knob but they are lost and have to stop at a petrol station to ask for directions.  The only people there are a couple creepy guys with guns.  You can tell they are creepy because one of them has this tattoo:

They are very menacing, and one of them even tries to rape the Slutty Twin.  Yikes!  Then this other guy is like "Beware the full moon, the woods are dangerous when there is a full moon" and I am so excited by the prospect of a Skins-Being Human crossover episode (they are both set in Bristol after all!) a la the classic Johnny Bravo-Scooby Doo episode.  Then the scary guys are about to leave when Effy calls one of them a freak.  Ruh roh!

As they are all heading to the woods, those creepy guys start chasing them, but then they go away.  They get to the woods and it's very nice.  It looks like they may just have a pleasant camping trip, but then it gets crazy because DRUGS (actually shrooms, but whatever).  Everyone is having fun and eating shrooms except the Slutty Twin because she likes to poop her own parties.  Thomas is partying hard!  Then, the creepiest music I have ever heard this side of Revolution 9 starts playing, and oh look, it's the full moon!  Effy and Freddie share some moments, and the Slutty Twin gets jealous and calls Effy a desperate whore.  There are some shots and rustlings in the woods and everyone freaks out.  Maybe it's a werewolf!  Alas no, it's just that jerk Cook, crashing the party.  Everyone is like, "You suck, Cook.  Go away.  We all hate you now."  Thomas starts speaking truth to power again, telling Cook he is a "stupid little boy."  But Cook will not go away.  Instead, he reveals some painful truths and there are confrontations.  The Slutty Twin is mad at Freddie!  Freddie likes Effie!  Effie is done with Cook!  Thomas can no longer tolerate Pandora's infidelity!  Pandora hates Cook now and she punches him in the face! 

Effy starts tripping really badly so she runs off into the woods where she finds the Slutty Twin, who's very mad at Effy.  She starts beating her up, and like, choking her and stuff!  So Effy hits her in the head with a rock.  The Slutty Twin is now either unconscious or dead, lying in a pool of blood in the woods.  Effy doesn't realize what she's done because drugs, so she heads back to the camp with a chilling grin on her face and proceeds to totally get it on with Freddie.

This whole thing is very weird because yay, Effy finally got her shit together and is with Freddie, but also her friend is over there in a pool of blood, possibly dead!

Now it's morning.  Some of the gang have had a nice night, and others have been lying in a pool of blood, possibly dead.  They can't find the Slutty Twin so they leave without her.  Effy feels awful.  In a strange turn of events, her mom is the only person who will listen to her, and her friends hate her now because of how she hit her friend in the head with a rock and left her to rot (but she's not dead!).  Understandable.

Here are some other thoughts:

• This one was pretty good!  Probably the second-best Effy episode, after the first season one (see what I did there?).
• I love it when Skins gets creepy instead of normal trashy teen soap opera-y.
• The guy who plays Freddie only has two acting looks, and I am getting tired of them!

Meaningful look!  "Effy is looking hot tonight, but also I love her and respect her intelligence" or "I'm feeling some deep emotions that are not disgust or annoyance!"

Annoyed look!  "Cook is such a jerk" or "Ugh, I'm so annoyed or disgusted!"