Review: Skins - Thomas

Skins is back and with a bang. The fourth series opened with a young girl taking drugs in a club and then jumping off a balcony into a crowded dancefloor. Pauline Quirke guest starred as a detective conducting the investigation into the under-aged girl's death. This episode was centred around Thomas; the club being where he worked.

Thomas' suspicion throughout is that Cook had something to do with the drugs the girl took. Tensions were already high between the two from the last series which results in a bathroom confrontation. Another confrontation between the two reveals the actual truth of who gave the dead girl the drugs which will directly lead into the next episode.

Thomas spends most of the episode feeling guilty, whether it be his responsibilities to his family, the death of the young girl or his relationship with Pandora. His internal struggle with his friends, mother and her faith burden him throughout.

It was refreshing to see Thomas outside the lifestyle that the main characters live in. It helped show and understand his struggle and a little more of his family, which wasn't explored as much, in the last series. Thomas' last scene showed that though he has to do certain things, he isn't completly happy or comfortable with it. I know that every episode is centred around a character but with this episode, I felt that the way they played out the storyline of the preacher's daughter seemed rushed but in the confines of the episode, I guess this is what they needed to do to move the character to where he ended up.

Quote of the episode from J.J - "What I like about Reese is, she's a virgin you can believe in."