Spoilers for the first season finale of "Skins" (which will be immediately followed here next week by season two) coming up just as soon as I find my Best of Starship CD...Pretty much since "Skins" began airing here in the States, people who had watched the entire British run have been warning me that it would go to some stupid places late in season one and definitely in season two. If Tony getting hit by the JJ Abrams special bus is a sign of things to come, I'm beginning to understand those warnings.
(And here is where I remind you, once again, to not post anything remotely specific about what's coming up in series two. For the most part, you've behaved on this subject, and I want it to stay that way. Any comment I find remotely questionable is getting deleted, regardless of what else is in said comment.)
Beyond being one of the more unintentionally funny TV cliches of late, Tony getting hit by the bus was a continuation of that bothersome trend of the last few episodes of trying to get us to feel bad for Tony in spite of him being a complete sociopath. It's supposed to be poignant that he's suddenly run over by a bus just as he's started to behave better, but beyond the unavoidable silliness of the bus thing, it just felt like the writers really, really want me to like Tony when they just need to acknowledge that he's a total bastard.
And yet, in spite of the writers' unwavering love of their hero, in spite of the bus, and the spring break trip to Russia, and all the warnings I've gotten about the second series, I'm going to stick with the show for moments like Cassie reading Sid's letter or Anwar's father surprising him (and us) by taking such an empathetic approach to the news of Maxxie being gay. (He was, by far, the most well-rounded adult we've met so far.) I never imagined I would get choked up watching a scene of anything that was scored to "We Built This City," and yet...
What did everybody else think?
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