[a new hope]

#1 - Tony
Tony is a smart seventeen year old. He undermines his dad on a daily basis and effortlessly covers up for his little sister’s covert delinquency. So smart he believes he can even get his best mate Sid laid, and make a profit - and Abigail’s party seems like the perfect place to do both. Inevitably the dope deal goes wrong, and so does Sid’s quest to lose his virginity; no surprise there. But when the stolen car goes into the river and takes the unpaid-for drugs with it, Tony and his mates are really in the ****.

#2 - Cassie
Cassie can trick everyone. In her magical world the skinny bonkers girl still manages to fool everyone that she’s beating her eating disorder. Her parents Marcus and Margeritte are well and truly duped. But Sid isn’t. Good old geeky Sid who inadvertently steps out of Tony’s shadow to win a place in Cassie’s heart by being the only person to possibly notice and care what happens to her. The only person except Allan that is, Allan the taxi driver, who takes her to the clinic and who is the only adult she trusts, and the only person to ever see her actually eat anything. Meanwhile, Michelle has a food issue of her own when Mum returns from holiday to find their house has been the scene of one almighty food and booze fight. But with new husband Malcolm in tow, will she even notice?

#3 - Jal
Jal is not your average ghetto girl, nowhere near. But what’s the point of having the Young Musician of the Year competition within hands reach, if those around you don’t even notice? Jal’s problem is her dad - he may be Bristol’s answer to P Diddy, but when it comes to his daughter he’s lost the plot. Sid has got a big problem of his own - a problem who goes by the name of Mad Twatter. Mad T won’t rest until he’s got his hands on his drugs, his money or Sid and, as usual, Tony has left his best mate to take it on the chin - literally.

#4 - Chris
Happy-go-lucky party animal Chris wakes up one morning with a hangover and a hard-on. Nothing unusual there. Until he discovers a grand in cash and a note from his mum saying she’s gone away. So, like any not-so-average pill-popping 17 year old, Chris embarks on a bender to end all benders. But what do you do after you’ve thrown the mother of all parties and blown all the money? Well, you sell everything that isn’t nailed down and go again - and just hope that everything else will start to make sense. Sometimes though, life can make a little more sense than you want it to and Chris has to face up to the fact his mum might never be coming home.

#5 - Sid
Sid is in trouble. Deep trouble. He’s failing at everything. His history coursework hasn’t made the grade and he’s only got a week to deliver something decent or he’ll fail the year. And, of course, he’s as sexually frustrated as ever and can’t get his best friend’s girlfriend, Michelle, out of his head. Will Sid ever buckle down and focus on his future, will his dad ever give him a break, and will he ever wake up to Tony’s manipulative ways?

#6 - Maxxie and Anwar
What happens when two friends suddenly run up against the limits of their friendship? Maxxie and Anwar are about to find out. And on top of that, one of them is dealing with advances from his straight male friend while the other is trying to fend off the father of the Russian girl he’s fallen for. And it’s all happening on the most disastrous school trip ever (mis)conceived. Surely an entire A level history class can’t get deported from Russia, can they?

#7 - Michelle
Time’s up for Tony. His girlfriend Michelle has had enough. She’s also had enough of her mum’s latest husband/toy boy/business failure/serial idiot, Malcolm. Men! But then a shining knight appears on the horizon with the promise of a happy ending. Seventeen, heartbroken and on the rebound, Michelle jumps right in. But Tony is determined to make sure the new prince in Michelle’s life turns into the biggest toad of them all.

#8 - Effy
Has nobody noticed that Tony’s little sister Effy never utters a word? Has nobody ever noticed that this fourteen year old school girl sneaks out at night? No-one apart from Tony that is. But then Tony doesn’t give a damn about anybody or anything, except his little sister.

#9 - The Last Episode
Its Anwar's birthday party, yet no-one is in the mood to celebrate. Sid thinks he's got his act together, but when he tries to tell Cassie how he feels he ends up in a padded cell. Tony is also in the mood to make up, but seems his luck has run out too. There are scores to be settled. And settled they are, with some unexpected yet dangerously wonderful consequences.

[say something]

Thanks so much for starting this thread. Season one was just so fun and amazing. It's what got us all to love this show and these characters.

[a new hope]

Word And season one was very lighthearted compared to season 2. I miss that.

What are you guys' favorite episodes? I love Sid's and Maxxie's and Michelle's...oh, Cassie's was awesome, too. And Chris'...yeah, I loved them all

[BookJunkie]

I love them all too but I think my favorites were Effy and The Last Episode or Abilgail... whatever your preference is, I don't know why they call it Abigail if she's not even in it.

And more of a series two thing but didn't she warn us (Sid) that she'd be back in episode three? Haven't seen he since.... I love continuity.

[a new hope]

Originally Posted by BookJunkie (View Post) I don't know why they call it Abigail if she's not even in it.

I know, right ? I never understood that.

And more of a series two thing but didn't she warn us (Sid) that she'd be back in episode three? Haven't seen he since.... I love continuity.

Maybe she'll be back in the finale, with a vengeance

[Motoko Ayoama]

Jal's remains my favourite episode, also because it was the first one I saw of the serie.

[clueless01]

The first episode I saw was shockingly late in the season (blame flight of the conchords for being on at the same time, lol), it was Maxxie & Anwar I do believe, although I missed bits of it. Michelle is the first one I watched completely.

[-Louise-]

My favourite episode was "Maxxie and Anwar" mainly because it reminded me so much of my own A level history trip, just everything was more exaggerated obviously; we didn't get hosed down in the morning for starters . Also it was the episode with that scene between Maxxie and Tony - still hoping they'll be some sort of follow up to that.

[*~Sophia~*]

Aww, so many good times in season one. My favourite episodes are Chris, Effy's and the last one.
Although, Maxxie and Anwar's episode had the Tony/Maxxie scene, which I loved!

[say something]

All the episodes in season one were so good, it's hard to chose. My favorites are probably Chris, Effy and Michelle.

I do love the Maxxie and Anwar one as well though. It just had so many hilarious moments that it reminds me how lighthearted season one was.

[a new hope]

Originally Posted by -Louise- (View Post) Also it was the episode with that scene between Maxxie and Tony - still hoping they'll be some sort of follow up to that.

That scene was EPIC The main reason why I loved that episode was the Tony/Maxxie development.

[say something]

Do any of you have a favorite scene from S1?

[a new hope]

The Tony/Maxxie hook up is high on my list, I also love Sid and Michelle dancing in 1x05 And most Michelle scenes in her episode What about you?

[say something]

My favorite Skins scene of S1, and of all time so far, is the Hell is Around the Corner scene in 1x05. Not just the Sid/Michelle dancing part though The whole thing, and how Tony comes in and how they edited it together with Cassie trying to commit suicide. It was just so well done and so perfect. The music was brilliant and it makes me catch my breath every time I watch it. And that's the scene where I think we first really got to see just how manipulative Tony could be. Sure, we had seen him be an ass, but that scene. Whole new level.

[a new hope]

It's pretty awesome, yeah The shots of Cassie were perfect, I love the whole montage. And Tony really outdid himself