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Skins UK Series Seven: All About Effy, Cook, and Cassie

Mark O. Estes — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:04:27 +0000

The final series of E4's addictive teen series Skins will revisit the iconic characters of Cook, Effy, and Cassie as they enter adulthood.

Skins UK Series Seven: All About Effy, Cook, and Cassie

Skins UK: Series 6 Trailer, Opening Credits, and Pics

Mark O. Estes — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:00:49 +0000

The Third Gen of E4's Skins returns for their second & final season, with a new cast member, more drama, and more debauchery to shake a parental finger at.

Skins UK: Series 6 Trailer, Opening Credits, and Pics

Skins (US) 1.08 "Daisy" Review

Mark O. Estes — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 06:19:56 +0000

Last night's Skins gave us the highly underused Daisy as a focal point and, despite what you all may say about the American Skins crew, I pretty much liked what I saw last night. As noted, Daisy is basically Jal except that their musical inclined families are a complete 180. Daisy's dad forbid music in [...]

Skins (US) 1.08 "Daisy" Review

Skins UK vs. Skins US: An Analysis

Mark O. Estes — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:04:41 +0000

With the finales of both Skins UK and Skins US rapidly heading our way, I felt that it would be a perfect opportunity to analyze the differences, good and bad, between the series in a proper manner since MTV's version of the British hit has had time to grow since it's premiere episode. The original [...]

Skins UK vs. Skins US: An Analysis

Skins US 1.07 "Michelle" Review

Mark O. Estes — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 09:24:30 +0000

Everything's out in the open after last night's Skins not only blew the lid on secret relationships and mind games run amok, but STDs and some epic male whoring as well. Almost no one was left unscathed in the aftermath that was TonyGate, but one thing is for sure: the US gang has clearly made [...]

Skins US 1.07 "Michelle" Review

Skins US 1.06 "Abbud" Review

Mark O. Estes — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:53:31 +0000

Even though this review is a week late, it is stil imperative to review "Abbud" since the events within that episode will factor heavily into tonight's episode of Skins. Despite the episode title, we still have no clue who Abbud is and what he's about besides his initial intro in the pilot and subsequent episodes. [...]

Skins US 1.06 "Abbud" Review

Skins US Gets In Style With Elle Magazine

Mark O. Estes — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:29:31 +0000

The show might not be a favorite of bandwagon critics or purists of the original, but one thing is for sure: MTV's Skins is popular in its own right, especially popular enough to catch the eyes of Elle Magazine. In a photo shoot for the magazine, the cast of Skins were styled and shot by [...]

Skins US Gets In Style With Elle Magazine

Skins US 1.05 "Stanely" Review

Mark O. Estes — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:00:24 +0000

I held off on this review due to the satellite provider claiming last night's episode was going to be "Abbud" instead of "Stanley" and didn't want to post the wrong review. Now that we know that it was DirecTV's fault and not another controversy laden issue, I now give you my review of last night's [...]

Skins US 1.05 "Stanely" Review

Skins UK 5.03 "Mini" Review

Mark O. Estes — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:50:37 +0000

Control. Image. Love. These were the concepts that permeated the latest episode of Skins, which featured queen bee Mini McGuiness and her nastiest and most vulnerable moments on the show so far. Coming into the episode, there was a sense of dread of entering the mind of Mini due to a lack of a redeeming [...]

Skins UK 5.03 "Mini" Review

Skins US 1.04 "Cadie" Review

Mark O. Estes — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:14:47 +0000

Cadie, Cadie, Cadie... Your life is definitely, completely screwed up. Last night's episode of Skins focused on the pill-popping/walking medicine cabinet known as Cadie Campbell, who hides her pain, inflicted by family and friends, through her excessive drug use, which might not be the main cause for her fractured state. Cadie's problem in life, sadly, [...]

Skins US 1.04 "Cadie" Review

Skins UK 5.02 "Rich" Review

Mark O. Estes — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 11:31:37 +0000

In a world of noise and destruction, silence can prove to be your most viable asset. This week's episode of E4's Skins focused on Rich, a rebellious metal-head who takes his metal lifestyle pretty seriously, claiming to never compromise his lifestyle for anyone. What Rich doesn't get is that his alienated attitude doesn't sit well [...]

Skins UK 5.02 "Rich" Review

Skins USA: Teens "Thank" The PTC As We Die Laughing

Mark O. Estes — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 22:08:40 +0000

Apparently someone else feels the same as we do concerning the controversy surrounding MTV's Skins. Yesterday, the humor website Funny or Die posted a video of teens "thanking" the PTC for the controversy surrounding Skins, because its taboo nature is now fair game for teen consumption. The clip takes jabs at some of the offenses [...]

Skins USA: Teens "Thank" The PTC As We Die Laughing

Skins (US) Advance Review - 1.03 "Chris"

Mark O. Estes — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 03:49:20 +0000

These last few weeks have not been kind to MTV's version of Skins, but if you really want to know what all the negative hoopla concerning the PTC is about, then you will have to tune into tonight's episode titled "Chris". The episode depicts actor Jesse Carere having an erection for half of the hour [...]

Skins (US) Advance Review - 1.03 "Chris"

Skins UK 5.01 "Franky" Review

Mark O. Estes — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 01:19:00 +0000

Even though MTV has brought Skins to our shores in its own form (which I actually like), there is nothing like the real thing, baby. Thursday night was the premiere of the new series of Skins in the UK, which featured the introduction of the Third Generation cast, which features some of the most interesting [...]

Skins UK 5.01 "Franky" Review

Skins (US) 1.02 "Tea" Review

Mark O. Estes — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 05:17:35 +0000

First and foremost, I would like to put one thing on the table before I officially start this review of the 'Tea' episode of MTV's Skins. I'm trying my best to deviate away from 1) comparing MTV's Skins with the original UK series and 2) not mention the "controversy" surrounding the content of the show [...]

Skins (US) 1.02 "Tea" Review

Skins UK: Series 5 Premieres This Week; Where's Series 4 For USA?!

Mark O. Estes — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:27:23 +0000

While the American incarnation of the UK teen hit Skins is under PTC scrutiny (God help us all), the original series is about to launch their fifth season (or series as it's called in the UK) with a whole new group of wild teens to raise hell at Roundview this time around. This group will [...]

Skins UK: Series 5 Premieres This Week; Where's Series 4 For USA?!

Skins USA: PTC Wants A Federal Investigation. Seriously.

Mark O. Estes — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 23:15:26 +0000

It was bound to happen, but I didn't think it would get this bad. TMZ and The Hollywood Reporter have announced that the Parent Television Council (PTC, for short) have sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice, as well as both the U.S. Senate and House Judiciary Committees, requesting for a Federal investigation [...]

Skins USA: PTC Wants A Federal Investigation. Seriously.

Skins USA Diaries #1 - "Stanley" & Webisode #1 - "Right Hook. Left Hook." Review

Mark O. Estes — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 07:44:28 +0000

Keeping up with tradition, MTV's official Skins webpage released the first in a series of webisodes and diaries featuring the characters from the show as they deal with the aftermath of that week's episode. This week, Stanley's fear of being killed by drug dealer Matt Le Dong was the focal point of both web entries. [...]

Skins USA Diaries #1 - "Stanley" & Webisode #1 - "Right Hook. Left Hook." Review

Skins (US) 1.01 "Tony" Review

Mark O. Estes — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 06:11:43 +0000

Tonight marked the premiere of the Americanized version of Skins on MTV and I'm not afraid to say that the show delivered, despite a lot of bile being thrown on Twitter about it at the moment. The first episode introduced us to Tony Snyder (James Newman) and the rest of his party animal friends as [...]

Skins (US) 1.01 "Tony" Review

Skins USA: Meet Eura - Your American 'Effy'

Mark O. Estes — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:54:34 +0000

In the first two series of UK's Skins, Effy Stonem (Kaya Scodelario) was an enigma and only lurked in the shadows most of the time. She looked deeply disturbed and not too stable, puzzling her parents and counselors alike. Effy admired her big brother Tony, who was the only person who 'got' her, even when [...]

Skins USA: Meet Eura - Your American 'Effy'

Skins USA: Meet Daisy - Your American 'Jal'

Mark O. Estes — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:51:51 +0000

If most of her friends were passing out, high as a kite, or fighting back tears of heartbreak, Jalinda "Jal" Fazer (Larissa Wilson) was there as moral support no matter what. Considered the 'mother hen' (or goody-goody) of the group, Jal was usually the one who thought before she acted, a trait that came in [...]

Skins USA: Meet Daisy - Your American 'Jal'

Skins USA: Meet Your American 'Chris'

Mark O. Estes — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:02:13 +0000

If you took Tony, Anwar, Cassie, and Maxxie and dumped them into a blender, Chris Miles would be the byproduct of such an experiment. Chris basically was the life of any party, a human party detector, if you will. His Skins bio declares he will "smoke/screw/rob/snort anything." He took pills by the dozen, no matter [...]

Skins USA: Meet Your American 'Chris'

Skins USA: Meet Cadie - Your American "Cassie"

Mark O. Estes — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 23:48:24 +0000

While there are a multitude of words to describe Cassie Ainsworth (Hannah Murray), one word seems to be the most prevalent of them all: "tragic." In the first series of the UK drama Skins, we met Cassie as she was going through numerous personal battles of the mental health kind. She was suicidal, anorexic, and [...]

Skins USA: Meet Cadie - Your American "Cassie"

Skins USA: Meet Abbud - Your American 'Anwar'

Mark O. Estes — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 08:22:16 +0000

In the first UK series of Skins, Anwar Kharral (Dev Patel of "Slumdog Millionaire" and "The Last Airbender" fame) represented the good boy gone rogue mold in the group as he prayed all day, partied all night. Sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll were the three things he lived by, despite his religous and stern upbringing. [...]

Skins USA: Meet Abbud - Your American 'Anwar'

Skins USA: Meet Tea - Your American 'Maxxie'

Mark O. Estes — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 05:34:58 +0000

Maxxie Oliver was the embodiment of fun and liberation that defined the first group of Bristol teens who occupied the world of Skins. He was a dancer and loved it. He was gay and loved it. He lived life and loved it. In fact, you could say life was Maxxie's drug of choice and he [...]

Skins USA: Meet Tea - Your American 'Maxxie'

Skins USA: Meet Stanley - Your American 'Sid'

Mark O. Estes — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 06:49:21 +0000

Since Tony was the leader of the pack, Sid Jenkins (Mike Bailey) would have been designated as the group's heart. From a glance, you wouldn't expect Tony and Sid to be the best of friends, but the duo are thick as thieves... to an extent. The opposite of Tony's intemperate behavior, Sid was the 'nice [...]

Skins USA: Meet Stanley - Your American 'Sid'