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 bed
Naomi: “Who the hell does she think 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 from the groups shopping list.”
Naomi: “There is a man, in my room, in my bed mom.”
Mom: “He had nowhere 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 and 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-ism.”
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 lays 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 tongue 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 Swedish 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 know 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 Kieran 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 something!”
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 dare 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 there 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 kitchen, 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 she 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