SKINS 6x03 & 6x04 --The final descent
I'll preface this by saying that this will possibly be the last one of these I do. I can barely be bothered to watch an episode of this terrible programme, let alone spend an hour+ talking about it afterwards here
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See, I didn't think it was the ~worst therapist we've seen on Skins, but I really don't understand how this country doesn't seem to have a single decent psychologist. I've never experience or even heard of psychologists acting the way ANY of them have in Skins. Franky's wasn't OTT in the same way as Dr. Stock or Foster, but I found her along the spectrum of JJ's shrink. Just these ... fantasy versions of incompetent counsellors. And I mean, I've had some not so pleasant experiences in psych services (with the receptionist in all fairness. never even made it to the shrink lol), and some of my friends have had strings of therapists before finding one that really worked for them, but I find it difficult to believe that in 6 years of Skins we haven't seen a single half-decent portrayal of therapy (and this includes the equally terrible versions in MTV!Skins). The Pingu thing was stupid as hell for a teenager. I just... Yeah. *sigh*
Not every shrink is an inept moron, snotty bitch, psychopathic murderer, or brainless twit. And some teens actually find therapy helpful once they find the right fit (personality-wise, belief-wise, etc). I know Skins refuses to take any social responsibility and incessantly denies it has any influence on its audience (tho I'm pretty sure there's a stronger argument for the alternative), but in this day and age when kids are losing support frameworks (teachers, parents, siblings, friends) left, right, and centre, and are suffering alone or on Youtube and tumblr, I think it's reprehensible to repeatedly ~insist that therapy is useless and full of idiots who aren't ever going to help you. (Tho I suppose it could be argued that ultimately it did help Franky -- but it was just expressed so poorly. And played up for dramatic purposes that really detract from anything they were trying to say.)
Those little PSA's that e4 shoves in at the end during the credits seem strangely contradictory to the message that Skins itself is sending out. And all I can do is hope that the kids who are watching (and think they ARE Effy, etc.) are at least smart enough to give the helplines a ring even tho for the last hour they've been inundated with messages of "adults are oblivious idiots; don't trust them. they only want to fuck you up even more."
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