Skins: The British O.C.

First off…the title of this post is sort of a misnomer. This show is only like the O.C. in that its main focus is on a group of teenage friends. Also, they get into a lot of trouble. The comparisons pretty much end there. Hell…if anything (as is somewhat apparent from the picture on the left there) this show is the O.C. done for HBO or Showtime. Nudity, swearing, underage everything is available in spades. In other words…Skins is real-life…or as close as real life you can get while still having an interesting show.

I want this post to serve as a introduction to the series so I’ll be running through each of the characters and identifying their traits. If luck holds out this post will be up while there is still one episode of the first series to go (or ’season’ 1) and people will catch up on the series on DVD or through torrents…whatever. So, let’s start off with the character that the show used as an entry point for the audience: Tony.