20 days! I CAN'T BELIEVE WE SURVIVED THIS EPIC HIATUS.

[botherd]

So it looks like the first episode of Skins series four is about Thomas. I'm... pleased, I think. I think I'm pleased? The thing is, I like Thomas and I think he was criminally underused last series, but I'm... not actually all that interested in him. Or maybe it's that I'm not invested in him. So I don't mind him getting the first episode, and I really hope it's good (sounds like it is), but I'm not sure I want him to get a big story arc over the whole series.

I think my main worry is that JJ, who I like a whole lot more, is going to get sidelined. I'd be amazed if Effy, Freddie, Cook, Naomi, and Emily didn't each get individual episodes, and we know that Thomas and Katie (yay!) do, and that's seven. If the finale is Everyone, that means no episodes for JJ and Pandora. Obviously it might not shake out like that, maybe some people are sharing episodes, but that's my guess at the most likely scenario.

So, yeah. Looking forward to Thomas' episode, but hoping he doesn't take screentime away from my favourites. (He's quite welcome to take screentime away from Cook and Freddie, but I seriously doubt that'll happen.)

Comments

[michaelbush.livejournal.com]

There's a list of episode titles on Wikipedia, not sure where it came from. JJ's down as having one on there. Also, I remember an interview via the Skins Twitter with a girl who'd been cast as his love interest, which surely bodes well?

Callum has a theory that Panda dies in episode one, which is why Thomas is emotionally devastated and Panda doesn't have an episode of her own. It's a theory I'm not buying into, because it is too horrible to contemplate.

Cheerio, Michael. xxx

[botherd.livejournal.com]

Just seen that episode list and I hope it's wrong - I wouldn't want Emily and Naomi to have their episodes together at the start of the series. They probably wouldn't have much to do after that.

I've seen filming pics that have Lisa in what I'd guess is Effy's episode, so I don't think Panda dies. My theory is that Thomas' mum dies, but I don't have anything solid to back it up.