rainabosniac I'm going to start by saying what drove me to watch this series. I thought the concept of a new cast every two seasons a very interesting idea, which it definitely was. What they didn't manage though, was to make all the generations equally good. I also needed a slightly stupid, but also fun and easy to watch teen drama, which this was. It's not one of them series where you don't get anything about it and it's dull, it actually was fun and I enjoyed watching it. (Surprisingly, I'm actually considering rewatching the first season, something which I don't really do.)The first generation was the best. It was realistic, relatable and it actually resembled not too rebellious teen's lives. The first season introductory and the secong one was a bit more dramatic and darker, something which I wasn't too excited about, but it actually turned out to be quite good.The second generation wasn't as good as the first one. I feel like the characters weren't thought out properly. It just was wrong in so many ways. The third season was okay, not as good as I expected it to be after watching the first generation, but still not too bad. The fourth season was way too melodramatic, including suicides and murders. I was also a bit gutted about another character dying. I didn't watch the third generation and I don't plan on doing it. I read a lot of reviews and most of them advised against watching it or just watching the fith season. I'm not sure what I'm going to do, but I'm going to write an update if I watch it.Overall, I'd say: give it a shot. It's not too bad, just not fully my taste, I guess. But I didn't give it eight stars for nothing, did I?

SnoopyStyle This British TV show follows a group of teens for 2 series and then replaces the cast for the next 2 series. It takes on risky subject matters. There are lots sex, drugs and everything else. I also really like the show setting different characters as the lead in many of the episodes. It's a very innovative and risky approach to a TV series. The cast is mostly compelling with some great young up-and-comers.The first two series are led by the bold popular Tony Stonem (Nicholas Hoult). The best character is the eccentric and damaged Cassie Ainsworth (Hannah Murray). There is also the silent and mercurial Effy Stonem (Kaya Scodelario).The second two series are led by Eff and her talkative innocent friend Panda. The most interesting characters are probably the twins Katie (Megan Prescott) and Emily Fitch (Kathryn Prescott). Their relationship is somewhat outside the norm for TV and has loads of drama. James Cook (Jack O'Connell) is the lead male.The third two series started off with the sexually ambiguous Franky Fitzgerald (Dakota Blue Richards) and her rocky relationship with queen bee Mini McGuinness. Franky is befriended first by nice Grace Blood. Franky's character changed a bit too much for my taste. Also the lost of Grace disconnects the two halves.The seventh series revisits Effy Stonem, Cassie Ainsworth and James Cook after they left school.

connor1802 Skins is one of my favourite TV series. For me the first generation is the best, I just feel that you can connect with the characters in it, I mean not everything in it is everyday, but for me the characters emotions and just being a Teenager was something I could connect to. The best character I think is Maxxie, although he isn't a main character as such, I just felt like the problems he had with Anwar were the same as I have had. Overall I would say that Skins is a defiant watch if you are looking for a great series to get into and something that you feel involved in and attached to. Just a shame they change the cast every two seasons.

bjarias Her name is listed first on the cast list on netflix. as well it should be. Introduced during the first series, but really coming into her own in the second part... her character Effy just dominates the screen. Played to perfection by Kaya Scodelario, she is just absolutely magnetic. In every scene she appears, it's impossible to take your eyes off her... bit.ly/13AJLgM .. Starting in Skins as a teenager, if she stays on track, she'll definitely become a true star. It's a real bonus that Effy was able to return for series 7... we get the chance to see her, several years older, the gorgeous young woman she's become.. bit.ly/12zrMrv .. (yet still making bad choices, and this time consequences are much more serious). With a dynamic quality and talent few posses, the camera adores Kaya.. she's the epitome of the cliché.. 'she doesn't take a bad picture.' As for the series overall, it's just okay... at times well done and most entertaining, and others quite annoying and boring... but it does have some truly good music. Here's a track from series 7... bit.ly/1bgHlFN ... And although there are lots of very worthwhile performances scattered throughout all seven series, not many of the characters being portrayed would you ever want too much of anything to do with. This is what our current TV culture has come to exemplify... young people heading off to 'higher' learning, from a continually stupefying, drugged haze of mind-numbing sex with anyone and everyone... spouting highly creative and quite exhaustive language vulgarities. PS - Series 7 (on youtube), 'Fire' is OK viewing, nothing groundbreaking, but very glossy viewing... as for 'Pure', it takes almost the entire portion of part one to get to the real story... and then part two resolves little (at least she's not behind bars).