SKINS: Being in jail suuuuuucks!

This last episode of Skins was pretty good!  Super ridiculous, of course, but not as bad as it could have been considering it was a Cook episode (of course, you must remember that the last Cook episode was possibly the worst in the show's history WHICH IS SAYING A LOT!!).  Although, Cook has been a great character this season, strangely enough!  The guy who plays him has been doing an excellent job!  Jack something, I think his name is.  Something like that.  Anyways, time for a RECAP!!!

Cook is in jail because he was arrested for assault after that fight last week.  It sucks!  All of the adults are treating him like shit and being like "Oh he's such a violent moron who thinks he can just beat up whoever he wants and get away with it" which, true enough, but also COME ON, adults.  Stop JUDGING!  So, Cook meets his lawyer.  It's that guy from Pulling (side note: Pulling is a great show!  I would have written about if my blog hadn't died.  So if you could just imagine a post called "Pulling is great!" filled with reasons for why I enjoyed the show Pulling, that would be great)!  Awesome.  He has a mustache now. 

A List of Songs with Lists

 1.  ABBA, "The Day Before You Came" - a list of things Agnetha must have done the day before you came, such as watching Dallas and going to sleep at around a quarter after ten.  She likes a lot of sleep so she likes to be in bed by then.

2.  Adam and the Ants, "The Human Beings" - a list of different types of Native Americans.

3.  Paul Simon, "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"

4.  The Beatles, "Savoy Truffle" - a list of things you'll have to have "pulled out" (?) after eating the savoy truffle, including an apple tart and coconut fudge.

5.  The Buzzcocks, "Whatever Happened To?" - a list of things that have seemingly disappeared, including pickup trucks, the yellow pages, and Chairman Mao.

SKINS: Mysterious death continues to mystify the gang!

I don't remember ALL of what happened in this episode, the second of the fourth season, because I watched it several months ago and that's a long time to remember ALL of what happens in a TV show.  It was pretty good, I think?  Anyways, it is VITALLY IMPORTANT that we talk about it, so I will recap it here in brief.  Some details may not be entirely accurate but OH WELL.  That can't be helped.  There's no way I could possibly refresh my memory.

So, this episode was an Emily episode.  Yay!  Everyone loves Emily.  She's kind of shook up about that girl's death that she witnessed, but not shook up enough to say no to a fun motor scooter ride through Bristol with her lovely girlfriend Naomi.  Oh, it was so cute!  There was probably a lot of aggressively twee music playing over that bit.  One has no way of knowing for sure, though.

Naomi is acting weird because she sort of hand something to do with that girl's death?  Because she gave her drugs?  And also Cook was involved somehow?  Anyways, Emily is very suspicious.  She does some detective work, going to the dead girl's house and interviewing her brother.  AND GUESS WHAT SHE FOUND OUT!!!  Naomi knew the dead girl, and not only that, but she was having an affair with her!!!  Emily is shocked.  How did she find out about this, you must wonder?  Well, Emily not only talked to the dead girl's brother but also rifled through her things, and that was where she found a GRAPHIC NOVEL telling the story of their affair!!!  Apparently Naomi went on a college tour without telling Emily (the horror!) and that was where she met this dead chick.  As you can see, they had fun together:

Some other stuff happens.  I think there was some drama in Emily's family?  Something about her dad, maybe?  Anyways, Emily is very sad.  She almost jumps off a roof.  But Naomi stops her!  Yay!  They probably have a chat about their relationship.  And I think the dead girl's brother was there or something?  I know he popped up again.  

Also, there was this part at the end where Cook comes back from wherever he was and gets in a big fight with someone, probably because he was mad about Freddy and Effy being together or whatever.  Effy probably looked conflicted.  And the love triangle drama begins anew.OH GOOD I'M SO GLAD WE ARE REVISITING THAT EXCITING PLOT LINE.

SKINS: the gang learns an important lesson about mysterious deaths in shady night clubs

Skins is back, yay!  And it is just as ridiculous as before.  So much drugs and partying!  And adults who just don't understand!  And aggressively twee music playing over dialogue!  And Freddy's acting face (YES!)!  All are back, and all will be discussed by me, in this recap!

Series 4, episode one is THOMAS episode.  You will remember that he is the one from the Congo who loves to party but unfortunately has a mom who hates partying, especially when Thomas is doing the partying.  Well, this FUNTIMES EPISODE opens up with a drugged-out girl killing herself in a club while all of the Skins gang are too busy partying to notice something is wrong.  Everyone feels super bad about it, especially Thomas because he was on DJ duty when it happened, and that somehow makes it his fault.  Thomas goes home and his mother yells at him because his girlfriend does not look like a virgin (that Pandora, always dressing so promiscuously!), and it's like, parents, ugh!  They just don't understand the emotional significance of witnessing mysterious drug-fueled deaths in shady night clubs!  Oh, and Thomas' little brother is dying.  So that sucks.

Next, Thomas and his family go to church.  Thomas is sad, but this girl in the choir keeps making sexy eyes at him, so that's cool.  Thomas' sister is sassy and likes Star Wars.  The priest is a charlatan, and this reminds us that all adults are dumb and can't be trusted.

At school, Thomas is still sad and Pandora is not helping because she can be kind of annoying, you know?  The rest of the gang is handling the death in different ways; everyone is really bummed out about it, except Cook, who is in great spirits.  He blithely DUMPS COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF COCAINE DOWN THE TOILET AT SCHOOL before his questioning by the police (the entire student population is being questioned by the police, because of course they were all at that party).  Thomas runs into Cook while he is DUMPING COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF COCAINE DOWN THE TOILET AT SCHOOL and is like "I'm telling" and then Cook is like "Yeah, well remember that time I had an intimate game of strip Twister with your girlfriend when you were deported to the Congo for partying too hard?"  They fight, and Freddy walks in.  He gives Thomas an Acting Look.

"Disappointed."