3x10 / Thurs 26 E4
For much of its third run, Skins has been brilliant. Funny, well-acted and pleasingly escapist. Just our luck, then, that the much-anticipated season finale would disappoint. I can cope with Cook-dominated episodes of Skins, though they're never the best. One revolting character is just about acceptable. I can't cope with an episode where nearly all of the screen time is taken up, not only by Cook, but also his father, also called Cook. He makes his son look like an angel.
The saving grace was Effy, a siren so mesmerising that we can forgive her icyness and embrace her (not physically, sadly). Her mother also made a sad and emotional appearance - and then we were dragged back to the hellish scene at Cook Central. It's a shame that the series had to end like this, but when we had episodes as brilliant as Effy's and the twins', perhaps we shouldn't complain. It seems as if the gates are wide open for a return of all the major characters, Cook included, next series.
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