Skins - Episode 53

[amyk]

Watched this one last night. I only give it a 5 on the Sidney scale, but even a 5 means that it is still "good." I just don't feel like calling it "very good," although there are some parts of it that I do think are "very good." The part I probably like the most is the way that Murdock waves the pilot's arm and makes the guy on the ground think that it is the pilot talking, and then especially what happens next. That's when Face is incredulous that the guy on the ground believed that was the pilot talking, and then he says something like, "They sure don't make the bad guys like they used to." I love that line, but especially the reaction from Murdock right after Face says that. And another part I love is how Face doesn't want to have to do the loops.

[sprout1883]

Up to this one i the watch through



Pretty dark start to this one. A pretty horrible death and then dumping the truck and then its followed by one of my favourite meet the client scenes

Love the Murdock/Face Policemen scene


The end is funny with B.A hiving it the come on saying his boat diosnt leave for 3 and than going all shy when kamara gives back
This one feels like it is more a military operation. Another one with a few tweaks that could easily be a Season 5 episode

Overall a solid episode

[Eclipse139]

I rewatched this one today. I really enjoyed it, I think because the setting was a bit different and there was more at stake than usual.

Sprout was right in saying the violent murder at the start of the ep was quite dark for this show. And Hannibal in disguise as the robot was hilarious - I love how Kamarra stayed so calm when he got into the lift with her, like it was perfectly normal for a robot to be walking around!

It's a little odd now seeing a trained chimpanzee (and also the trained elephants) because that kind of thing doesn't really happen anymore, but it was OK back then and the chimp is so cute, especially when it's clinging onto Murdock.

It's also cute for BA to have a love interest, although he's so shy it doesn't really amount to anything. It might have been fun to have Face give him a few tips. I did laugh at him trying to be all brave and get on a plane - you just knew it was going to end badly! I loved how he decided to return home by boat.

I loved the scene with Face and Murdock inspecting the fake ivory and furs - Murdock does a perfect English accent, of course, but Face's accent is... not so good. I also loved it when the two of them were in the aeroplane with the unconscious pilot, although it sounded to me like Murdock called Face 'Dirk' at the start of his "You can fool some of the people all of the time..." line. Or maybe he says 'Look' and not 'Dirk' - I played it back three times, but I still can't decide!

It was interesting at the end when Hannibal acknowledged they'd only dealt with a small part of the problem and that there would always be people killing wildlife. It gave a sense of the scale of the problem and this was not a simple case of rounding up a few baddies and solving everything. Poor Face, though - after he almost fell off the jeep earlier in the episode, at the end of the ep Kamarra had just poured him a cup of coffee when he suddenly announced they had to leave immediately to catch the flight home and he didn't get to drink it!

[amyk]

I've never noticed that before about "look" or "Dirk" - if I can remember to watch for that next time I get to this episode, I'll try to see what I hear. I love that part in the airplane....especially how Face really doesn't want to have to do the loops. And how they wave the unconscious guy's arm at the people on the ground. Cracks me up.