After three generations of actors spread over six seasons, the British series finally comes to an end with season 7:invoking certain characters from past seasons (Effy and Cassie, seasons 1-2; Naomi and Emily, seasons 3-4…) this final chapter already includes four 45-minute episodes. The return of bad boy Cook (seasons 3-4) is expected in episode 5.
When adulthood breaks your bones , it is the punch line of season 7 which is presented as three mini films, subdivided into 6 episodes. The series is no exception to its good habits:each episode is centered on one of the characters and what revolves around him. The only notable difference with the previous seasons, this last part devotes this time to each two consecutive episodes. In the first seasons, we followed a group of friends who were still in high school; here, our three heroes Effy, Cassie and Cook make their reappearance, aged in their twenties, among various new more or less secondary protagonists:colleagues, squat roommates, partners etc.
These are the titles of the three short films:the first consists of two episodes focused on Effy, now an assistant in a large trading company and who shares an apartment with Naomi; the next two put Cassie back in the spotlight:our ex-anorexic now works in a London dweller. What has become of Cook and what will happen to him in episode 5? All have left their native Bristol to live their lives in the capital, far from drama and family tensions but faced with other realities that are no less easy. It's hard to pin down Effy, upstart, indifferent on the verge of insensitivity, but still just as mysterious and seductive.
The last season of Skins seems to want to show that any action has its consequences:the heroes, still teenagers in the previous chapters, are no longer confronted with problems of drugs, sex, religion, identity, but with the challenges of professional life. Their independence has a price, sometimes a lot to pay, and everyone learns if they didn't already know that the only person you can count on is yourself. Except for a few rare, very rare and precious friends. However, the confrontation with illness, absence and loneliness remain significant elements. Skins has always emphasized rites of passage, here the transition to adulthood is the central theme.
