Hey, I bought skins a while ago. Thought the first season was pretty cool, the second a little less cool an the third (the effie one) pretty shite. It seemed to me that the early ones were kind of 'real' in the use of drugs, relationships etc. but by the later episodes esp. season 3 they are just trying to be extreme and shocking. If you like skins download some Shameless! Best show ever! Frank Gallager is my hero. I was supposedly made by the same people (It came before skins) and it still rocks after 6 seasons.