Friday, February 27, 2009

Skins 3x06 "Naomi"

It’s Naomi’s episode and I didn’t get disappointed.


Naomi sleeps with dirty feet’s. Not her feet’s but she still sleeps with them. When she accidently gets the feet’s in her mouth she wakes up, disgusted and wondering why the hell there is a pair of feet that don’t belong to her is in her bed.

Naomi: “Jesus Christ, what the fuck, Jesus Christ, Who the fucks are you?”
Man in bed: “A friend of your moms. I had nowhere to sleep; Sweetheart isn’t she even though she doesn’t believe I’m the actual messiah.”

Naomi: “MOM, MOM”
She gets out of the be
d
Naomi: “Who the hell does she th
ink she is? This is bloody ridiculous. Does nobody understand privacy…? I’m naked. I sleep naked.
Man in bed: “There is nothing I haven’t seen before. You look like your mom actually. You even got the same haircut she has (not the hair on head).”

Naomi storms out of the room, still naked.
Naomi: “MOM!”

Naomi’s mom and a woman sit by the kitchen table, discussing why bananas should be forbidden to be bought into the house. It’s the shape, the skin and well everything. They sit there and a naked man comes in with his walkman, grabbing something to eat and then sit down by the table.
A now dressed Naomi comes into the kitchen;

Naomi: “Mom, has anyone ever told you what a complete fucking cow you are?”
Mom: “Plenty of people. Take a look of this would you love. We are thinking of banning it fro
m the groups shopping list.”
Naomi: “There is a man, in my room, in my bed mom.”
Mom: “He had now
here else to go. It’s called communal living sweetie.”
Naomi: “God you’re so irritating!”

After grabbing the banana she takes a bite then throws it back on the table. Both women sending worrisome glares at her.
School has just rung in, an anticipating Emily stands at the top of the stairs looking for who I
assume is Naomi. Naomi sees Emily first and then hides in the mass of people.
Naomi sits on a fire staircase, smoking when Kieran (the politics teacher) walks up to her. It’s now obvious they have talked before, quite intimate, since Kieran seems to know Naomi’s family situation. Naomi even seems relieved when he walks up. She finds out that there is a meeting and everyone is to be in the assembly.
The school bell rings a
nd people assemble in the assembly; Naomi sits down with Effy and Panda. Panda looking at Tomas, Effy at Freddie. Naomi who knows something’s up between Effy and Freddie asks what it’s about. Effy says it’s nothing and then sends glare at Cook instead who is surrounded by hair & beauty students. Emily sits down beside Naomi who doesn’t seem to be so happy about it.
The light is turned off and most girls scream, silly little girls. In comes Doug with a flashlight, a cape and starts to recite some play or poem. But he never got to finish it before the collage director storms in and tell them what’s up in a fast, correct and not so pepping speech. They want a student president; Emily is fast to give Naomi hints to do it. Naomi isn’t that keen though. The collage director and Doug leave the assembly still arguing about how she didn’t let Doug finish his piece.
Emily is trying to convince Naomi about running for student president.


Naomi: “you got to be joking? I’m not gonna help running this place!”
Emily: “I don’t get it! Why not? You really care about this stuff.”

Naomi: “What stuff?”
Emily: “Aah quality, environmentalism, vandalism, I-don’t-ever-wanna-shut-my-mouth-i
sm.”
Naomi: “Great, your making me sound great!”
Emily: “Common, common you know about politics. You’re always talking about it.”
Naomi: “Emily, we have had about three conversations in our entire lives. So the idea you always knows I’m talking about anything is a bit ridiculous.”

Emily: “Okey”
Cook: “Morning ladies. Aah love is all around.
Naomi: “Piss off!”

Cook: “Naomi I’ve been thinking. You should see more cock.”
Naomi: “Pardon?”
Cook: “Yeah, you and me should go to it! You know what I’m saying?”
Naomi: ”Excuse me. Go to it?”
Cook: “Yeah, defiantly!”
Naomi: “You’ve got as much chance fucking me as becoming the democratic elected student president of this dump. “
Cook: “Yeah? Well I enjoy a challenge. Babe, you’ve got a deal.”

Naomi: “What? No, no, no, no I didn’t mean it like that.”
Cook: ”Guarantied a shag!”

Cook walks away.

Doug sits at a desk with a creepy looking guy who compares his name with Madonna and other one named famous persons. This ‘Crispin’ guy wants to tighten the collage procedure so that no more shit will get into the collage. And right then Cook happens to enter the room. Crispin thinks that Cook is the poster boy for the shit at the school. No one seems to believe it when Cook wants to enter the competition. But hey, what Cook wants he takes.
Outside the door to the ‘Election Registration’ room Naomi stands peeking in but when the door suddenly swung open and Naomi fell back Crispin gives her a comment “Girls, stupid, you’re so stupid!” It’s during times like this you’re actually allowed to punch a white tight upper-class dork that has premade opinions about people. I promise it’s all in “Elin’s guide book for regular punching”.
When Naomi still la
ys there on the floor Cook comes out and when he sees her he just laughs.

Cook: “I can see your knickers!”
Naomi pulls her skirt down.

Naomi: “You! President?”
Cook: “Why do people keep saying that? Me president, you my slave”
He fake fuck someone in the air.

Cook: “Why are you fighting it Naomi? You want it; I want it, let’s get together and feel alright.”
Naomi: “You couldn’t make me feel alright even if you staple your tongu
e to my clit and stood on a cement mixer.”
Cook laughs, Naomi walks away.

Naomi is on her way home. Outside at the parking lot Kieran waits for her asking to give her a ride. She accepts since she actually likes him, though guessing in a father/daughter kind of way.
He tries to open the door like a gentleman but it’s stuck so he jumps into his old beat-up Volvo (his car is a disgrace for the Swe
dish population) and starts to kick open the passage door from inside. It finally swing open and Naomi takes her place in the broken seat. Kieran tries to start the engine but it’s just tugging and nothing happens. “Can you give me a ride on your bike?”. . . Great plan there Kieran, you usually check if the car even starts before you offer a ride.
Naomi and Kieran are walking down a street, gossiping about different things, mostly politics. The stop outside of Naomi’s house, were a window is occupied by a waving mom. Before she goes inside Kieran gives her a form to fill in to enter the school president thingy.
Well inside Naomi walks and dodge people who seem to just be everywhere. She comes to the kitchen where her mom wants help to feed a kid she doesn’t even kn
ow the name of. Naomi who doesn’t like to live in a collective of weirdoes leaves the kitchen and heads towards her room.
She opens the door and there, on her bed, Emily waits.

Naomi: “How did you get in here?”
Emily: “This weird guy let me in, he looks a bit like Jesus!”

Naomi: “Yeah like a game of Christ gets who in this house. What do you want?”
Emily: “Wanted to give you this!”
She puts a registration form on the bed.
Naomi: “You’re very annoying.”
Emily: “Yeah well you seem to inspire it in me.”
Naomi: “Jinx”
Put down the form Kie
ran gave her.
Emily: “Your gonna run! Great! I’ll help with the form.”
Naomi: “No Emily I don’t need any help.”
Emily: “Right, okey
, well see you.”
Emily walks out the door but soon returns back in.
Emily: “Just so you know. My first thought when I see you isn’t ‘I wanna fuck that girl’.”
Naomi: “no Em!”

Emily: “We kissed twice, it was nice. But it’s also nice just being with you. When you’re not being a prick that is.”
Naomi: “Thanks!”

Emily: “You should run for president because I think you’ll be good at it. It’s that simple, okay!”
Naomi: “Okay. Then
you should stay.”
Emily: “Thanks, I will.”
She closes the door
behind her.

They are both on Naomi’s floor, Em with a bottle of booze in her hand, talking about the election. Both seem relaxed with each other now. It might be the booze or it might be the fact that they have let their guard down and finally talked . . . alone. Then Naomi asks Emily what lesbians do… you know sex. But since Emily hasn’t had any really experience she just assumes they do what they do to themselves but to each other instead. Though slightly more aggressive. They spin on the tread for a couple of minutes… very cute, very drunk and very adorable.
It’s next day. Naomi and Emily are both in Naomi’s bed and when Naomi wakes up I’m not sure what goes through her mind. She faces Emily’s back and strokes her hair before she gets up, sneaks out the room and leaves a soon waking Emily in the bed.
Naomi arrives on her bicycle at school where a big crowd of students have gathered.



Naomi who has seen enough walks away from the crowed with her bicycle in hand. Coming a bit from the crowed Emily catch up with her. Emily confronting her to why she wasn’t there and that she meet Naomi’s mom. Naomi who had “stuff to do” doesn’t seem too happy about Emily being there. Emily on the other hand takes flyers out of her bag that she had done. Flyers for Naomi’s election crusade. Emily uses probably the only thing that can make Naomi go into ‘I’m gonna beat you so bad your arse is starting to leak’ mode . . . Cook . . . to get her to stand up and fight.
Through a series of overlapping shoots we see how Naomi spread her flyers over the school and how Emily enjoys watching her do it. We also get to see Crispin’s way of getting votes, but it doesn’t go so well. Cook on the other hand who is preaching for riot has a great following.
Everyone seems to
be gathered in the assembly . . . or is it cafeteria? Anyways, Naomi walks in with Emily behind her. She climbs up the table and ask for everyone’s attention.

Naomi: “If you vote for me I’ll make sure each and every one of your voices will be heard. I’ll make it my business to get to know each and every one…”
Cook: “Apples and pears get your apples and pears!”
People are cheering on Cook.
Naomi: “See this is what you’ve got to decide. Do you want a comedy president?”
Cook: “NAOMI”
People start cheering again.
Naomi: “Your such a fucking joke!”
Cook: “I’m a joke? You’re fucking hilarious!”

Naomi: “At least I care about something. There are issues.”
Cook: “Who think about caring? Nobody here cares! WE JUST WANT TO PARTY!!!”
People start cheering again.
Emily: “
Cook any chance you can be a cunt over there you think!”
Naomi: “Emily”

Cook: “Naw that’s nice. Getting your girlfriend to hold the end. Little moral support yeah. Sweet aren’t it?”
People laughing.

Naomi: “NO, ooh fuck.”
She starts to climb down the table.

Cook: “Sweet. Hey Naomi! If I’m a joke and these people can have a laugh caring is over rated. You wanna know my slogan? I’m Cook, vote for me, I don’t give a fuck either.”
People start to shout and cheer again. It’s getting too much for Naomi who starts to walk out of there.
Emily: “Naomi. Naomi, wait! I’m sorry.”
Naomi: “Just
leave me alone.”

Kieran sits by his desk, writing or reading, when Naomi comes in with her face all sad. She cries and tells him she had enough. But when Kieran kisses her it just gets too much. She tells him to fuck off before she runs home. She just wanted to be able to trust someone. At home on her bed she cries and who could blame her? But when she finds a note, written by Emily, saying “Emily slept here :-)” then the crying gets even worse. She throws away the note and cry some more. But then she gets the note and read it again.
Next morning she wakes up realizing she has slept on the note, leaving Emily’s name on her cheek. She walks up to the mirror trying to scrub it away but then decides to call her. “Can we go somewhere? Anywhere! ”


Emily: “It’s one of my favorites.”
She starts to undress.
Naomi: “I didn’t bring a swimming costume!”

Emily: “Neither did I!”
Naomi look at Emily
Emily: “Sun won’t shine forever!”
Naomi: “Someone might be looking.”
Emily: “Honey, your body ain’t that special!”
Naomi: “Don’t look okay?”
Emily: “Fine!”
She turns away from Naomi, but as soon as she starts to undress she faces her again. They both laugh.

Naomi: “I said don’t look!”
Emily: “I wasn’t looking!”
Naomi: “You where perving!”
Emily: “I wasn’t looking!”
Naomi accidently pushes Emily in the lake.
Emily: “Common get in!”
Naomi jumps in.
Naomi: “Jesus, its freezing.”

Its night, raining by the looks of things. Naomi drinks from a bottle of vodka. She and Emily is sitting by the fire. Emily is rolling a splif.

Naomi: “You’re alright Em?”
Emily sits there ignoring her.
Naomi: “Hello, Helluuu.” waving her hand before Em’s face. “Are you deaf or what?”
Emily: “You know that’s the first time you’ve asked me something!”
Naomi: “Today?”
Emily: “Ever!”
Naomi: “Well answer it then. You’re alright?”
Emily: “No, I’m having the worst time of my life. Weather’s shit, company even worse.”
Naomi: “Well I’m in!”

Naomi drinks and Emily takes a blow of the splif.
Emily: “It’s peaceful!”
Naomi: “Yeah!”
Emily pokes around in the fire. Then lay her hand over Naomi’s. They fondle each other fingers for a while.
Emily: “You know how to do blow backs?”

Naomi: “I never got blow backs. Why can’t people just smoke the damn thing straight.”
Emily: “It’s fun! Have you even tried it?”
Naomi: “No. But being all seeing I already know its shit.” she smiles for herself.

Emily: “Common, everything once!” they
begin to face each other from there back to back position.
Naomi: “Ooh fuck it. Go ahead and disappoint me.”
Emily lights the splif again, but it in her mouth. Takes Naomi’s hands and put them around the containing splif before Naomi leans in and take a blow. They lean back. Just sits there for a while before Naomi finally leans in and kisses her. Emily isn’t slow on returning it back. Emily starts to kiss Naomi’s neck.
Naomi: “Say somethi
ng!”
Emily: “I'm all about experiments me...

Emily takes of one of the sweaters Naomi wears; Naomi does the same to Emily. They kiss again, leaning back to the ground; roll around so Emily is on top of Naomi. Loads of small love scene shoots are mixed in to give us a hint of what’s happening. I was actually surprised about this since gay “sex scenes” usually end up sleazy and non believable. They leave it up to the viewers imagination, but still they show it in a beautiful, sensitive way.
The morning after Naomi tries to reprise her “leaving before Em wake up” deal. But this time
she fails.

Emily: “Twice! You’re gonna do this to me twice? Naomi, no. You fucking, stop right now.”
Naomi: “What!”
Emily: “Don’t you da
re leave me in your bed again.”
Naomi: “I’ve got to go!”
She starts walking away with her bicycle

Emily: “I know you Naomi. I know you’re lonely. You need someone to want you, well I do want you. So be brave and want me back.”
Still walking Naomi leaves Emily where she stands.

In the shower Naomi sits, crying, maybe regretting. But obviously not happy. Getting ready for school still with tears in her eyes. Walking into her mom’s room, half sad, half miserable. She sees Kieran in her mom’s bed. She runs out and Kieran runs after her, naked, trying to explain.
Sitting in the ‘Election Registration’ before school has started with her cell in her hand. Just about as she is pressing dial she hears voices. She quickly hides under the desk so that no one sees her.
Into to the room Doug and the collage director walk with the voting boxes. They are th
ere to count the votes. The collage director has decided that Cook won’t win, she’s pro Naomi and anti everyone else. Naomi is hearing it all sitting under the desk.
Its time to announce the winner and Naomi
of course wins. Her speech;

Naomi: “You should have more confidence.”
Collage Director: “ What?”
Naomi: “I mean your tits are fine. Probably a bit flat but you don’t have to stuff your bra.” Naomi takes out Cook’s votes that the
director and Doug stashed there. “I’m not sure, but where these votes counted? Cook, Cook, Cook, Cook.”
Collage Director: “Naomi stop this, just celebrate you’ve won.”
Naomi: “NO, Cook won. He’s our president.”
Cook all happy takes his round of applauds.
Cook: “My first start as president of this school is to declare this riot OPEND.”

Naomi presses the alarm and before she leaves the room she and Emily exchange eye contact but nothing more. She stands alone in the riot full corridor when Kieran walks up. They talk and Naomi asks if he likes her mom and he does. “Go tell her then”. Walking away and then stops before a classroom which contains Cook and a bunch of school desks.
She walks in finding Cook on his knees looking for stuff. They talk in a normal way . . . for Cook that is until he brings up the “I won now we get to waggle” part. She just laughs and tries to joke it away, but Cook insists. Naomi walks up and kiss him, soon there is a rumble going on over the tables, floors and chairs. But soon Naomi calls it a stop. Strangely enough Cook is very understandable about it. He’s all “If you don’t want it I won’t push you” which I found very nice by him. They both bottom up their clothes. Outside a riot is in full display, burning cars, people throwing stuff AND a walking Naomi.
She sits in their ki
tchen, it’s quiet and you even hear the bird’s quirking outside.

Mom: “You notice how quiet it is?”
Naomi: “You kicked them out?”
Mom: “It’ll take a few days clean the place right? What did you want to talk about this morning?”

Naomi: “Is anyone here?”
Mom: “Just some
man thinking you wanted him back in my bed! Very entertaining for an Irish man”
Naomi: “It is peaceful!”
Mom: “Yeah! Did I
ever tell you how angry I was when I found out I was pregnant with you?”
Naomi: “Is this going to cheer me up? Cos I need cheering up okay!”
Mom: “Getting there. I meet the man of my dreams. I wanted to travel the world, fuck at every beach in India, be in love. Then I found out I was pregnant.”
Naomi: “I can only apologize!”
Mom: “And you know how your dad turned out to be a shitty little prick. Was all a little bit rubbish. Until you made my life complete. And actually rather fucking wonderful.”
Naomi: “I did that?”
Mom: “I wasn’t expecting it. The people that makes us happy is never the people you expect. So when you find someone you’ve got to cherish it.

Kissing Naomi on her head she’s off to a man who thinks regular sex and potatoes is all you need to be happy. Sitting in the kitchen for a bit Naomi decides to leave, ending up at Emily’s front door.
Ringing the bell sh
e hear how someone comes.

Emily: “I’m not gonna open the door. My face is all puffy. I’ve been crying a bit”
Naomi: “I don’t care.” they both sit down on one side of the door. “I do want someone. . . need someone. You’re right.”
Emily: “And?”

Naomi: “And… When I'm with you. I feel like I’m a better person, I feel happier, less alone, less lonely.”
Emily but her hand out the cat door to hold Naomi’s “But it’s not as simple as that is it? Being with someone.”
Emily: “Isn’t it?”

Naomi: “No, I mean I don’t know. I mean I don’t think so. I mean. . . Can’t we just sit like this? For a bit?”
They take a steadier hold around each other’s hands.

Emily: “Yeah! We can… for a bit.”



Okey I just have to say. This episode made me shed a tear… I mean that last scene is just WOW, mind blowing. You who have seen it know what I’m talking about. Just wonderful, simply wonderful. The episode had a great mix of drama and comedy with a very believable story.
I for one think this “lesbian” storyline is the most realistically written, acted, directed ever. It’s just Wow, don’t know what other word to describe it. WOW

-Elin



Friday, February 20, 2009

Skins 3x05 "Freddie"

In this episode where we get to follow Freddie. It starts off with him, on a skateboard, at a skate park riding the problems away.

We get it quite clear even there, not even a minute into the episode that Freddie has a lot on his mind.
When he feels like his done, he takes his board, walk away and in the next scene we a
re in Freddie’s living room. There his sister Karen sits, talking to a camera.

Karen: “Every day I know this is what I was born to do. It means everything to me and nothing else matters accept… This is for you mom.”

‘Search for a Sexxbomb’, catchy title of a sleazy wannabe ‘Search for the next pussycat doll’ kind of show. It starts off with a dude, the host, presenting: “Singing Juicing Down. Please welcome Karen Mclair. Then this nightmare appears;


I mean should it even be legal to dance that bad in TV? Even my three year old cousin dances better. And what’s with the sleaze bag male dancers? USCH!
Anyways, Freddie arrives home. In the hallway there is a family picture with his mom, dad, sister and of course himself. He strokes a finger over his moms face in the frame. Then we’re back at the ‘Search for a Sexxbomb’ show that I desperately had tried to mind blocked. But it was a totally unnecessary work apparently.
In the living room Karen sits with a remote in her hand, Freddie walks by but stops when he sees her. Karen who is watching herself in this horror show is so totally in the ‘zone’.

Freddie: “How can you watch this again?”
Karen: “Shut up Cockhead!”

Then the judge in the horror shows says “You dance like a gazelle on acid… I love it.” Apparently you must be on acid to really appreciate it.

Karen: “Do you think I look hot?”
Freddie: “Don’t be fucking twisted, you’re my sister!”
Karen: “DAD, Fr
eddie says I look ugly!”
Their dad walks into the room

Dad: “She doesn’t look ugly, she looks sexy!”

Freddie: “That wasn’t what I said. She’s talking bullocks!”
Dad: “Tell your sister she looks sexy on television.” Freddie pride slowly gets tarred apart. “Go on tell her!”
Freddie: “You look sexy on telly Karen.”

Dad: “Now let’s watch the good bit”
Karen and their dad sit back in t
he sofa with the remote in hand;
Freddie: “You know you bloody won!”

Karen gets all happy when they say she won and goes through to the final. She high-five her dad then the camera goes to focus on the show where Karen is dedicating the song to her dead mom.

Freddie: “For fuck sake dad, listen to what she’s saying!”

He throws of his bag then head for his shed in the backyard. There in the garden Effy sits, no one knows what she’s doing there, doubt she does herself. But when Freddie sees her she join him in the “Famous Shed”.
Well in their Effy snoop around, looking at the guys porn, asking what they do in there, finding a huge water dunk filled with some liquid that Freddie says is
pee. He rolls a splif for Effy then sits down beside her. They smoke in the peaceful surrounding until Cook comes bashing in starting to abuse that poor defenseless boxing bag. Cook who don’t notice Effy just ramble away, JJ did notice Effy and tries to get Cook to shut up. It takes a while, then Cook sees Effy, and man how quiet it got. You could hear the ants building its nest, the hair on Freddie’s neck rise and the breathing of a dustbin. But Cook soon thought it was to quiet so he interrupts and starts banging about.

JJ: “Welcome to our fortress of solitude!”

Nice try JJ, breaking the silence… nice try.

The three musketeers (JJ, Freddie and Cook) hang on the wall trapped in a photo. Their souls will be in there forever until a beautiful Princess called Effy shall come and set them free… Riiiight.
JJ who obviously hasn’t understood that Freddie kind of despise the Sexxbomb nightmare talks about how hot they are
. Effy sit there rolling her eyes, Freddie looking at Effy and Cook smoking splif and half hanging over Effy. Since the air is full of tension JJ tries to light up the mood. To show us his new ‘improved’ trick. He borrows the splif, flip it into his mouth. But it doesn’t go as he thought so he’s in desperate need of water so he grabs the dunk with pee in and starts to pour it down his throat. Effy & Co give him disgusting glares. But before we know it he brings a lighter to his mouth and SWOSH he’s a fire breather… They all get scared, though Cook can’t seem to stop laughing. But perhaps it’s his way of showing his fear.
When everyone has cooled down Cook wants some ‘action’ with Effy, but she doesn’t want to and this time actually stands by it. Cook who apparently can’t deal with rejection throws Effy out of the shed.
Freddie gets called into have dinner. Sitting there high on splif, he admire the lamp his sister and dad talks. When he ge
ts tarred from his daydreaming he tries to leave the table. But his dad won’t allow it. He tells Freddie he has to be home the next day because the TV team is doing a portrait of his sister and her family. He is going to tell them how much he supports his sister and how much this means for the family. The only problem they can’t seem to believe is that Freddie wants nothing to do with it. They start to argue, his sister provoking him behind their dads back. But when Karen imitates him it goes too far. He manages to control himself so instead of hitting her he just pull down her pants. Freddie goes out the hallway and before he leaves he tells his mom he’s sorry.
Outside he sits with his back against the wall smoking splif.

Next day it’s time for Hamlet in school. They have all supposed to read the book, and now shall discuss it. Apparently no one has read the book so the teacher starts talking to her Gerald hand who obviously has read the book. Freddie who is late comes in during this slightly strange situation. There are two seats available in class. One next to Effy and the other one next to Cook. Who should he choose? The love of his life? Or his so called friend? Well as any boy probably would he chooses the girl.
The teacher tells them that if they don’t read the book they all going to fail. But Pandora has read the book… so she thinks. But when she starts to ramble on about Voldemort so Emily feels obligated to te

ll her she has mixed up her books again.
The hidden sexual tension between Effy and Freddie is in this scene pretty obvious. Arms lay next to each other. The hair on Freddie’s arm rising in harmony, and when Effy put her hand over his it gets even tenser. The only one who seems to notice this besides Effy and Freddie is Naomi. Giving Freddie a flirt she smiles a little for herself. Freddie just looks like the puppy he is.

Teacher: “Anyone else?”
Naomi: “Hamlet is basically a teenage boy. He got all these desires. But he doesn’t have the bottom to reach out for them. So, he goes mad, wanks of about Ofelia and it ends up so boring that some
body has to kill him.”
Teacher: “I’m not sure that’s right! There is no wanking in hamlet.”
Naomi: “Mm, yeah there is. Loads only they call it ‘
soliloquising’”
Cook laugh out loud.
Cook: “Nice
one blondie!”

Next scene we see how JJ flies out of the classroom with Cook after him, pinching him. Effy comes out and just walks by, so does Freddie but Cook and JJ stops him. They try to convince Freddie to go out with them, but since Freddie has to go home for the “interview” he declines and walks away. Speechless they stand before Cook gives JJ another hand.
Freddie really doesn’t seem to like being on television. Karen seems to like it though, fame hungry and is happy as long as she’s famous. Man that must be tiring to listen at.

Interviewer: “So Freddie… tell it what it means to you to have Karen in the grand finale of ‘Search of a Sexxbomb’?”
Freddie: “Uhm, It’s like you know. Well I, I mean. I can’t quite put it into words”
Karen grabs Freddie’s arm very tight.

Freddie: “It’s great. It’s great.”

Karen: “He’s the best brother in the whole wide world. I mean we take every day as a blessing from God because you know mother isn’t with us anymore. It really makes you think!”
Freddie: “Does it? About what?”
Karen: “That you know, life is precious… and stuff.”
Interviewer: “Freddie why don’t yo
u tell me what it was like to lose your mother.
Freddie: “I didn’t lose her, it’s not like I’m not gonna find her on the back of the sofa or anything!”
Interviewer: “O
key, but you know like how did it feel?”
Freddie: “Oh it felt great, Jordan. It felt really
great. Let me ask you. How does it feel to be a cocaine snorting low budget corporate puppet?”

Interviewer: “Uhm… yeah… okey. I think we’re gonna cut here.”
Karen: “No mom was… she was the one who told me I got a talent and a gift. Who first sang with me, believed in me. When I’m singing out there, I’m not just singing for me, I’m singing for her. And I’m singing to anyone
who ever been through tragedy.”

Then the interviewer (who also is the main judge) jumps up all happy telling Karen how much he loves her. He thinks she’s warm, sweet and cool… wonder which planet he lives on… Planet of blindness? He also wants to eat her, which I find pretty terrifying. I mean who would want an old sleazy guy with hair who hasn’t been washed in

four weeks to bite you? No one, if they don’t have a weird fetish for it. Then he asks for his “ass hole runner” think he means assistant. Freddie direct him towards the other ass holes.
The camera doesn’t even manage to get off before Karen is all over Freddie again, his dad alike.
Out in the shed
Freddie goes to collect his thoughts and in walk JJ. Chocked over Freddie’s shirt and fancy pants he starts to quote lines from a movie, Freddie quotes back leaving them laughing till JJ mentions Cook.
Apparently Cooks uncle (who we meet in episode 2) is having a pub quiz. Freddie on the

other hand isn’t so keen on going. So he tells JJ that he won’t do everything Cook says. To light up the mood JJ once again does a magic trick. This time with cards. Freddie takes Effy’s bracelet in his hands and watch that instead of JJ.
Outside of Effy’s door he stands with nervous trembling hands. Inside Effy sits in the kitchen with her fighting parents. The bell rings, Effy jumps up, open the door and there he stands all puppyish.
She let him in takes him to the living room where they can hear her parents fight. He gives Effy her bracelet back and says they would be good together. Effy disagree since she’s probably gonna break his heart. But what he didn’t seem to think of is that maybe she’s afraid that he’ll be the one breaking hers. Anyways her
parent’s comes bashing into the living room, stop to fight when they see Freddie. Both Effy’s dad and Freddie leaves of get thrown out.

Effy’s dad: “They aren’t actually crazy you know. They’re just women.”

Freddie just stands there with his puppy face. I think it’s quite unbelievable how many puppy faces that dude can do. Effy watch him from the window.

Back at the skate park Freddie do what he does best. Skate and think, but apparently that isn’t such a good combination since he seems to fell more than stand up. I knew it was true. Men can’t do more than one thing at a time. He fell and scrape up his arm.
Next morning
he wakes up by banking and screwing machines. He heads out towards the shed, opens the door and TA-DA all white, no car and a whole new bar.
During the night, or morning, Freddie’s dad has transformed Freddie’s hangout t
o a new place for Karen to practice her dance routines for the show. His dad thinks that Freddie should grow up and he transformed the shed to help Freddie.
To drown h
is sorrows he tags along to the Pub quiz. At the pub Naomi and Emily are in one team. JJ, Cook and Freddie in another. But when Effy walks in with a new man on her arm it gets too much for Freddie. And on top of that he finds out that Cook has slept with his sister. He drinks too much, probably too fast because the next time we see him he pukes and then lay down seeing Effy talk to him. Though I doubt she actually did, just an illusion created by his delirious mind.
With a bag of chip
s (Fries) he jumps over the fence to their backyard. Hearing the music coming from the shed he walks there. Inside Karen is practicing her moves for the final. When she screws up the moves he claps his hands in appreciation leaving Karen to jump.
He goes up to confront his sister. She has taken away the one think that kept him sane… his shed. She of course doesn’t know what he’s talking about so then he confronts her about Cook. Calling her a whore their dad comes in making Karen go out. Since he only heard the “whore” part he punches Freddie in the face.

Dad: “Freddie don’t you ever speak to you sister like that again!”
Freddie: ”What are you gonna do about it?”
Smack
Dad: “Freddie every time I look at you I wonder. You got your mothers eyes but… I don’t know who you are anymore. You just skate
around! You just fucking skate around.”

The next morning he wakes up with a nice, round black eye. He thought all night about his father’s words and maybe the dad had some point in it.
Eating breakfast, reading ‘Hamlet’ didn’t help.
Neither did the skate board. He light up a splif taking a smoke before he threw it down the ground along with the skate board. Walking away from it and perhaps from an old way of living. He walks over to Effy’s house again. But this time Effy didn’t answer the door, her mom did directing Freddie to the park where Effy usually hang around when she wants to get away from home.
He runs runs faster than the wind but when he comes to the park he can’t find Effy which I can understand. Effy is out on a float in the lake sunbathing. To help him locate her he dials her number on his cell. Hearing a dis
tant signal he turns to find Effy standing on the float with the cell in her hand. Turning them off Freddie strips of his shirt and starts to swim towards Effy. Effy jumps of the float in a half dive half bomb kind of way swimming to meet up with him. They meet in a passionate kiss. Effy tries to say something but Freddie interrupts and kiss her again then tells her “Now you know how I feel” before he turns back to shore.
Effy seems both confused and slig
htly unhappy.

It’s time for the grand finale of “Search for a Sexxbomb”. First we get to see Karen’s competition, and I must say. Even though I really don’t like Karen she is so much better than the stupid thing on stage humping her own leg. They jury indeed seemed to like her though, but when Karen comes onstage it’s a whole new deal. The crowd goes wild, the few who’s there. Freddie turns up and join his dad in the whole “Woohoo lets cheer for Karen so she will win” thing.
Apparently she didn’t win because in the next scene she sits in their living room once again, this time crying. Freddie tries to comfort his sister when the doorbell rings. Outside stands Cook and JJ.

Cook: “What you doing man, let’s go out and fucking celebrate!”
Freddie
: “What?”
Cook: “She fucking lost!”
Freddie: “I’m not going anywhere!”

Cook: “Okey then, we bring the party to here. Come on Jay”
Cook walks inside with JJ in his tail.
Freddie: “JJ”
JJ: “He wanted to come around and I told him not to do anything bad… okay?”

Freddie just shakes his head before he heads after Cook, leaving JJ in the hallway to close the door.
In the living room they all greet. Cook take a seat in a chair, Freddie’s dad leave the room to get the cups to the kitchen.

Cook: “Bad lock Karen, in the competition like! What you know what goes around comes around. How much did you lose with again? Fifteen votes? That’s about how many people who was in Uncle Keith’s pub tonight!”
Freddie: ”You voted against her?”
Cook: “Not just me, everyone in there. JJ even.”
JJ: “Cook,
don’t”
Karen: “You fucking did what?”
Cook: “you took my shed I took your competition. Fair is fair”
Karen: “Your little shit, your ugly little bastard… Bastard!”
JJ: “Come on let’s go out. Come on… let’s go out.”

When Freddie’s dad comes back he brings Karen out of the room leaving an angry Freddie, an angry Cook and an scared JJ.

Freddie: “Your prick. Your selfish fucking Prick!”

Freddie grabs Cooks sweater and threatens to hit him. Cook just makes a mock out of it. But instead of hit him Freddie heads Cook who goes jumps up and grabs Freddie threatening at the same way Freddie just did. But instead of head him Cook just kiss him, telling him how much he loves Freddie before he storms out the room. JJ just stands there, nervous, sad and so alone in the world but still not.
Freddie knows how he works, tries to say he’s sorry but Cook appears in the doorframe yelling at JJ to come. Before they go out Cook smash down the family picture that hangs in the hallway.
Freddie walks to Effy’s house once again. Also this time its Effy’s mom who opens but she is clearly annoyed telling Freddie he should give up and get the hint.
He backs out the street seeing Effy in the window. Seconds later Cook also appears in the w
indow kissing Effy’s neck and provokes Freddie. Instead of taking the glares he just walks away.

Is it just me or did Freddie get all his so far action in one episode? I mean kisses from both Effy AND Cook... Love is in the air...

- Elin