So, this last episode was interesting. Not great, but there were some good parts and it was neat to have an episode centered around an ADULT. It's a true Skins first!
THE BASICS: Tina, the teacher Chris has been banging, is unhappy. Chris is like "why are you sad, we were just banging in my tree house, because I live in a tree house now, and that's awesome not sad!" but Tina is like "I am an adult, though! I need to be more sophisticated!" and then she runs into Abbud when exiting the tree house and is like "Hey Abbud, I was just tutoring Chris here, so there's no need to think that something weird or inappropriate is going on" and Abbud is like "sure, TUTORING wink wink wink" and Tina is like "why are you winking at me OH everyone knows about my illicit student love affair! MY CAREER MIGHT BE IN JEOPARDY!!!"
Tina is friends with all of the kids at school but has trouble relating with adults. Chris writes a paper for her class called "How I'm going to bone you tonight," and also he wants to move to Nebraska and open up a hot dog stand with her. Tina is like "that wouldn't be a good life choice. I think I should break up with you, Chris, and focus on being an adult." Then the science teacher starts stalking Tina and invades everyone's personal property when looking for some science thing. Creep.
It's Tina's birthday, so she's desperate to have fun while also not pathetically carrying on with her underage minor boyfriend. She makes some moves on her normal adult neighbor, but he's like "Eh no thanks, you are so desperate and childish, leave me alone" and poor Tina is lonely again. Until! Chris throws a raucous party in her house with all her teenage friends. This is great because all of the problems ever can be solved by raucous partying. But then the creepy science teacher barges into her house and looks around for Tina, but can't find her, and then instead of quietly backing away when he hears raucous sex noises, he BARGES INTO THE BEDROOM in which Tina is having sex with a minor and then promptly GETS HER ARRESTED FOR RAPE. Creep.
Tina gets fired, but at least she isn't forever labeled a rapist, since all the kids testify on her behalf. And also Chris is sad because Tina doesn't "love" him, so I guess that sucks. I GUESS.
THINGS THAT WERE BAD:
- This science teacher character is pretty unrealistic. It's unlikely that such a psycho could get away with being such a psycho. Though I do wonder where he gets all his formal wear plaid shirts and tweed ties.
THINGS THAT WERE GOOD:
- The use of the rape word! EDGY. Seriously, though, that was a ballsy move. Too bad the ballsiness was overpowered by the poop jokes and other inappropriate jokeyness. This could have been really good! BUT. I do appreciate that they are taking storytelling risks here. It was an interesting move! One that I'm sure would have been executed better in the original version, but alas the age of consent is 16 over there so that wouldn't have made sense. Anyway.
- Abbud was funny again! He didn't talk at anyone about HIS CULTURE but there was a funny part where Daisy photoshopped his face onto some bulky football player's face.
- Next week is the last episode! I can't wait to spend my time on something more valuable! Like new real Skins AH SO EXCITING!!!
Of course it sucks for Chris, Lauren. He was shagging his attractive teacher in his tree house. his TREE HOUSE. People don't usually go for tree dwellers, let alone hot teachers. It's pretty much downhill from there for him.
ReplyDeleteBut this episode probably came about because of what I imagine they've been doing since the beginning of this Skins. They would just look at the first series and then just paste it on to an American setting with a few tweaks. Including one of the characters getting it on with a teacher but, like you said about the age of consent, it wasn't as big of a deal. Putting it into this context it CAN be a big deal. Plus, a bit topical I suppose.
Think there will be any sort of big cliff hanger for the next season? Anything worth looking forward to the last episode, besides it being the last?
WELL. I have seen the finale and so I can safely tell you HAHAHAHAHA NO there are ZERO cliff hangers and NO ONE gets run over by a bus OR ANYTHING ELSE FOR THAT MATTER. But more on that later!
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