andreikirilenkotattoo on TV: 'Skins' review

Today's column reviews BBC America's new teen drama "Skins":

"Skins," the British teen drama that storms our shores on Sunday night at 9 on BBC America, starts off seeming determined to make "Gossip Girl" and its "Every parents' worst nightmare" billboards seem positively quaint. Compared with the amount of sex, booze and drugs - in both talk and deed - in the "Skins" pilot, "Gossip Girl" is a Parents Television Council gold star winner.

But then "Skins" takes a very interesting left turn in its later episodes. It doesn't go all prudish - because, let's be frank, most teenagers of every generation spend a whole lot of time thinking about, talking about and finding ways to do things kids their age aren't supposed to - but it finds ways to tell other truths about its characters besides who they're trying to shag.

To read the full thing, click here. The show grew on me over the course of the three episodes I watched, so I imagine I'll work it into the blog rotation for the time being, starting Sunday night.