"Better a fallen rocket than never a burst of light."
~ Tom Stoppard, The Invention of Love

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Skins (U.K.): Series 1, Episode 7 – “Michelle” (2007)

 
As you might possibly have guessed from the title, this episode is about Michelle, the girl Tony is dating and Sid is in love with.  We see her uncomfortable home life – she’s currently on her third stepdad, and this one’s only ten years older than her – and, because this is Skins, we also see her smorgasbord of relationship drama.
 
Dating a Machiavellian psycho like Tony would do anyone’s head in, and Michelle is reaching her limit.  In the episode between “Sid” and this one, Tony has pulled perhaps his most deal-breaking stunt yet.  Michelle decides to take a much-need hiatus from him.  Unfortunately, she has a hard time contextualizing herself outside of the boy she’s dating or sleeping with; in an earlier episode, she describes her chief skillset as looking “shaggable.”  She views that as her only contribution, her only asset.  As such, she doesn’t go about getting over Tony in what you might call a healthy way.
 
Sid is dragged into it, in that super-awkward “I don’t really love you, but I’m angry, and you love me, so you’re cool with this, right?” way.  It’s a bad road for both of them, and the hope is that they realize how badly they’ve miscalculated and start to course-correct.  I won’t go into detail, but sadly, while Sid begins to get his head on straight, Michelle still has a way to go.
 
A very short appearance by Mark today:  one quick scene that’s pretty funny and makes excellent use of PC’s reactive expressions. 

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