Skins - 8.5/10
I watched this show because I recently got into another UK show by the name of Misfits, and the way Misfits was described to me was "Skins with a heroic twist", so I decided that since I like Misfits so much, maybe I should check out Skins too. Well I went into Skins not knowing anything about it other than it was another UK show. A few episodes in and I wasn't 100% sold, but for some reason I just had to keep watching it. teens finishing their 2 years of College (equivalent of American 11th & 12th grade I think) who are involved in everything a normal teen is into back those days.... drugs, sex, more drugs, liquor, smoking, did I say drugs, girls/boys, partying & drugs.
The first 2 seasons were pretty good, good enough to keep me interested, but the 3rd season was probably my favorite. The first 2 seasons focus on 6 or 7 teens, and then the 3rd & 4th carry on by focusing on the sister of one of the 1st 2 seasons main characters and all her new friends as she starts the College her brother just graduated from. I wasn't really a fan of the 4th season outside of 2 episodes (Cook & JJ), but Oh **** at the way it ended.
My girl tried to relate it to Degrassi (which I've never seen), but I was told that this was nothing like Degrassi since it's actually good and the only similarity is that it follow kids in "High School". Very good watch. Looking forward to the 1st episode of s5 just to see the resolution of the end of s4.