Effy's Night Out - Skins 10th Anniversary

Tony's sister Effy has his own tricks to go out of her house at night without her parents noticing it..
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[@AnyaVolzanyacado]

Me at 13: Effy is so cool I wanna be just like her! Me at 23: These kids should really go to bed.

[@PamelaCantillano]

JAJAJA , that's funny i'm thinking the same 😂

[@qaadirakhan7686]

Lol when I was 14 I wished I had Effy's guts to sneak out at night At 20 I'm so glad I didn't and I just pray my future children wouldn't either

[@ninjokioanjato2684]

So True!

[@maevaguipibopala9078]

Anya Volz me at 13 today: effy is fucked why would anyone want to be her ?

[@Kmkmkms]

maeva guipi bopala me at 14: effy is annoying she was atleast a bit cool at first but became completely overdramatic and kinda dull in season 4

[@raiba5492]

the stonem siblings were gold

[@AlexSmith-is8eg]

I wish there was 3 siblings. One for each generation.

[@L_kid2]

Wolf girl same

[@bieberloversfull]

Wolf girl but there was, Katie and Ems in g2, Nick and Matt g3

[@oanairop]

Esther Menezes she means 3 Stonem siblings, one for each season, meaning Tony for 1, Effy for 2 and another one for 3

[@bieberloversfull]

Laf Oprea oh now I get it

[@sarahboden]

I remember wanting to be like Effy at the time so badly. I really looked up to her. Thinking back, it was a pretty unhealthy thing to aspire to be like

[@mariacamilamartinez3124]

Sarah same here

[@Mas0808]

Same. It's sad but understandable as I was a teenager at the time. Now that I grow up I prefer to live a happier life

[@Katwoumane]

thank you for admitting that

[@maspecX]

Yeah, me too

[@brocklanders1984]

Haha! I'm trying to picture a load of teenage girls across the country trying (and failing miserably) to affect that smouldering indifference 😂😂😂😂

[@JadeWestTristan]

I like how tony covers for her

[@rafaelleduarte]

Jade West wish I had a brother like him when I was a teen.

[@critNnn]

nah bruv that's so fucked. obviously if she's just going for a zoot or a drink with her mates it's calm, but she's like 14 or 15. letting your little sister go to squat raves and drop or shoot; That's so fucked g

[@Emmagicalife]

@@critNnn Maybe he didn't know she was going there, and just thought she was seeing some friends to hang out.

[@critNnn]

yeah true. Idk I feel like I would know what she's taking because I know how comedowns are but I guess you can never actually know.@@Emmagicalife

[@garrettsanders4832]

Yeah, it's cute until you realize that both the Stonem kids were totally fucked in the head and cared more about themselves them helping their tired parents. Kids so often only think of themselves. Their parents aren't even that bad :(

[@lethalvenusian]

Tony and Effy are so close cause they’re both actually toxic people and they understand each other in that sense. Effy didn’t start showing her toxic-ness until gen 2 though (when she actually started talking)

[@florafizaine6905]

Effy is not toxic, she has mental illness

[@flatjazz12]

Flora Fizaine you can be toxic and have a mental illness!

[@olive-gy2rt]

Flora Fizaine she is toxic towards others

[@leew1598]

With Tony it worked well as a form of character development. He starts off as a smug, shallow, egoistical narcist but towards the end of S1 he starts to change into a more mature, caring and reflective person. He has to confront the consequences of his actions and the effects they've had on other people. For example in episode 1, season 1 the way he helps Effy hide her all night partying from her parents isn't him being a good older brother, he was actually being a bad older brother there. It's the most satisfying kind of character arc I think to see an arrogant toxic character gain some humility and become a better man. It happens to Steve in Stranger Things, to Jamie in Game of Thrones and to Hank in Breaking Bad. Effy's behaviour though and the fact she causes a lot of pain to Cook and Effy isn't really her being purposely cruel though, in season three it's the result of her being afraid to show her true feelings and probably feeling confused. In season 4 she's suffering serious mental illness so you can't really blame her for her behaviour in that one....

[@lanakat]

@@leew1598 well said

[@shannon9164]

Everyone wants to be Effy, until you experience some of what she’s went through. It’s not fun, not in the slightest.

[@gmc5618]

Exactly this

[@eimearsweeney8086]

Yep

[@manon1880]

i can relate

[@leahirina6485]

Not fun at all

[@reginageorge1873]

What did she went through tho

[@yosoybalta]

Basically Effy is the most important character of Skins, she was part of 2 generations and of 5 seasons.

[@carosolis8035]

Baltazar Zuñiga Cervantes That's very true!!

[@tommiejoekillen9581]

Baltazar Zuñiga Cervantes douge is

[@maggieclomiro3444]

Cook is up for second

[@DANIELGORMANN]

the most common doesn't mean the most important

[@DANIELGORMANN]

@Grimmm i....how

[@kittygrimm7301]

I just noticed that Effy *literally* plays with fire a lot and that her final episode has her *metaphorically* playing with fire, hence its title: Fire.

[@dokadnietak7708]

ohh that's why! damn i wondered so much why she was so obsessed with lighting things damn

[@here4852]

She’s a pyro, through and through.

[@scentoffall7089]

Damn... kids actually want to be like Effy. She isn't happy, she is just a child who knows nothing about life, because she went through shit her entire life. She isn't a "queen", she is in pain. For a fictional character maybe she seems cool and an idol for teenagers, but if you see a girl like Effy in reality you should try to help her or atleast understand her. (I don't believe that a person like Effy would accept the help of the others)

[@junocallow4702]

THANK YOU.

[@adeel-eh7xq]

I think most 'cool' girls would hate Effy in real life and make fun of her. Effy is the opposite of a real life teen queen. She is troubled, doesn't try to be liked, isn't fake and desperate for popularity. I went to a typical British school, girls like her were being bullied or excluded most of the time and cutting themselves. She's cool on television because she shows us how shallow typical teenagers can be, so that when we see complex characters we're fascinated by them.

[@bellarossano6596]

YES, Thank you.

[@SixtySecondYoga]

Scent Of Fall Kids are in pain too.

[@wahmanwahman386]

Let’s say Effy dressed less goth and had more personality she would be most British teenagers, drinking, drugs, smoking, sex etc.

[@drumptruck6268]

when you think you're effy but really you're julie

[@izzykalepo4442]

LMAO

[@qlizzyjulie894]

Yeah ikr

[@darkspacie]

plsss im both

[@lauraoliveira1249]

i love the fact that effy doesn't say a single word during the whole thing!!

[@70sfilm23]

She had selective mutism

[@silverkitty2503]

she wont stop rabbiting on later!

[@nedwantshisbed]

Shows how good of an actress she is.

[@ameliahall6951]

I love how Chris tried to be nice to Tony on the phone. Honestly the purest character going.

[@leew1598]

Didn't have a mean bone in his body....

[@haullee5309]

Yall must've forgot that he cheated on jal and lied to her about having a place to live when he was really just squatting...

[@sameashyoldface1540]

Slone Acevidi the cheating was not ok at all but chris was honestly a pure soul. he made mistakes but he learned from them and in the end he suffered so much

[@ameliahall6951]

​@@haullee5309 Angie was Chris' teacher. It's not fully explored in the show but she was in a position of authority & was having an illegal relationship with her student. Chris was exploited (whether intentionally or not) by his teacher, when he cheated on Jal it was morally wrong yet he had undergone manipulation from Angie that definitely had negative impacts upon his mental health. As for the lying about squatting- Chris loved Jal and was so desperate not to disappoint or lose her to the extent he hid a literal life threatening condition. He also chose a flat that obviously no one wanted to buy & therefore Chris felt like he wasn't really doing any wrong after he was abandoned by his mam and then kicked out of the school accommodation. So no, didn't forget about that.

[@Senate300]

In the first episode when Tony rang Chris, it was hinted they bedded the same girls in the past.

[@mtaimry]

3:33 Effy has the exact same scene in her Series 3 episode. Its even happenning in the same room. Love it.

[@kitschesque]

OMG NEVER NOTICED IT That's brilliant

[@apocalypsedreamss]

wait how

[@mtaimry]

@@apocalypsedreamss Its after she hit Katie in the head and everyone kinda hates her so they don't take her calls, just like everyone kinda hated Tony in Series 1 after all the crap he pulled and they didn't take his calls. Also by Series 3 Tony has left the show so Effy got his room, so both scenes happened in that room.

[@leew1598]

I guess she moved into Tony's room after he went off to Uni

[@lanakat]

omg yeahh

[@TuvaMarie]

I’m always the side character in everybodys life. I feel effys friend. Poor baby.

[@talu3612]

omg same

[@Anfubvinch]

She was annoying though, the kind of people that feel they need to be talking all the time so that people don't forget they're alive

[@carmendiez5214]

@@Anfubvinch It's sad though, when you're so insecure that you dont know when to shut up

[@bigboi7890]

You what when I watched this as a kid I wanted to smack her I still find her annoying now

[@111coolone]

it’s funny... I also used to be the less attractive “annoying friend” and I had this very pretty toxic “best friend” in high school that all the boys ogled over, but pretty much treated me like I was the invisible useless presence when she was around. Had me feeling almost suicidal and like I wasn’t even worth anything or anyone’s love. I could totally relate to this dynamic in the past. But looking back all the boys didn’t even truly like my friend...they only liked her prettiness and wanted to use her. Nothing to really be jealous of there. I looked up to her so much and always felt so jealous...but when you’re in high school you don’t really know any better

[@paigestation8229]

6:16 remember when this was like the ultimate fuckboy outfit 10 years ago

[@Li_Tobler]

LMFAO I'M CRYING THIS IS SO ACCURATE

[@burgerpatty]

LMAOOOOOAHSJA

[@mirage.7286]

lmao

[@darkspacie]

plss my brothers friends be like

[@sansitasingh858]

I didn't knew harry styles was in skins

[@olivia-of9nm]

Dont want to be effy just want to look like her

[@louarino1118]

Yup. Totally on the same page. Even discovering this series at 13, it never crossed my mind to want to be like her, he life always sounded so depressing . But bloody hell do I want to be that gorgeous!!

[@nickhyped]

So you want to look like Kaya Not Effy

[@vittoriok4651]

@@nickhyped no effy i guess

[@jessicacaleno1998]

I kinda look like her but I'm not skinny 😅

[@nickhyped]

@@vittoriok4651 kaya is the actress who plays her in the series, if it’s only about the looks and appearance, and not the problems and attitude, then it’s more about kaya than effy

[@ivyluna3057]

I never really thought about how nice their flat was before the divorce and tonys accident...

[@leew1598]

pretty sure it's a terrace house. Quite common in the suburbs of Bristol, places like Clifton and Bedminster. Most were built around the late victorian/edwardian era.

[@iamarowe]

gen 1 effy was so cool

[@TuomariMuller]

Anastasia Maliy I remember being so jealous. But time catches up.

[@jadefo2433]

She was so not

[@therobin980]

@@jadefo2433 she's a clichee

[@whatamidoingwithmylife6918]

@@therobin980 agreed

[@isa2758]

@Cristina Alejandra Ocampo Fernández effy talk in s2 gen1

[@tmc421]

Effy, age 14: 🔥🔪🥀🖤💄💊💉🍺🚬 Me, age 14: 🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔

[@iliketrains3495]

So you like potatoes?

[@winterandersons1gf194]

🥔 isn’t quirky

[@luana519]

She was 14 in this scene??

[@Ermacmike]

good for you

[@n4t3sha]

@@luana519 yeah she was 14 in this episode but she was 14 about to turn 15 in season 1

[@meeshameaks]

i remember watching skins in my early teens and wanting my life to be like that and to be all mysterious like effy, my whole teens years were partying, drugs all the time and my depression was unbearable, tried to commit suicide age 15. looking back now it was so unhealthy to idolise effy and i think it started off my off the rails years. But skins is awesome none the less!!

[@Maezzabr]

lol genuinely felt this

[@florriehansen585]

Literally me

[@sanna9062]

I hope you feel better now.

[@laurapaolacastrodiaz6958]

So many people can relate to this, myself included.

[@Fasiongranniesx2]

Exactly this. I had a similar experience

[@alejandromora3238]

Fun fact: Julie was supposed to be panda, but since julie was having inside issues. The director had to get someone else to play juliet. But since that could be awkward. They just added panda as new character instead. That’s why they are similar characters.

[@Jon14141]

Damn

[@Systemoze]

what you mean with inside issues?

[@Alex-hs5cn]

Kaya was like 14 in this episode and the guy she made out with was in his 20s

[@claudialadang3997]

Yeah, they have a 9year age gap

[@SjofnBM1989]

Yeah and? They're actors. Her Mum was probably even there 🤷‍♀️

[@fraisier3710]

SB W okay well thats still disgusting

[@apistatcommander5891]

zu if it was irl yes, but they’re actors, if they were *actually* together it would be fucked up, but they’re not

[@555starangel_]

Feeling: ✨uncomfortable✨

[@teb2903]

I feel kinda bad for the annoying girl

[@winw4211]

Te B same

[@kellynn739]

I thought she was funny. I wish she stayed.

[@Mia-sm1xf]

@@kellynn739 what happend to her :(

[@TA-qo2nv]

Pandora was better

[@danaecharls4981]

Panda

[@carmendiez5214]

How beautiful the actress is kinda romantizises the mental issues and problematic behaviour of the character, which makes young girls wanna be like her and it's not good.

[@xan8123]

Cant help it if shes pretty so what?

[@rosexx241]

Xan they’re saying that young girls look up to her and want to be her because of her beauty and je ne sais quoi when she isn’t anything to look up to. But yes kaya is beautiful

[@bums009]

@@xan8123 lol they probably cast her because of that cos they knew teen girls would adore her. A beautiful girl with issues isn't exactly a new story though, that's been a character trope in literature for at least a couple hundred years.

[@happygolucky7458]

The whole show glamorizes a lot of serious issues. Looking back it was true for me my friends and a lot of kids, we wanted to be like Effy and her other friends who seemed so cool, yet they are very damaged characters

[@MaryArts]

When you watch further you change your mind of being her fast. I don't think she is romantizised. Just when we don't know much about her but when we got to know her, all you feel is pity and pain. And maybe kids shouldn't watch a series with drugs sex and more. If you are at least 16, you understand how sad the characters are. Also yeah, it is a show with a cast, but in reality it doesn't matter if you look beautiful or not. There are good looking people that go through loneliness and depression too. Everyone might only see their outside and adore them, but that hurts even more.

[@baby3539]

this lifestyle is not as fun as it seems. i almost died three times, went missing twice more. it's terrifying and i'll admit the thrill/adrenaline is beautiful but it's not worth the risk. it's constant pain and constant distraction

[@jasmincervantes8130]

Please elaborate omg are you okay???

[@Jon14141]

@@jasmincervantes8130this

[@Jon14141]

@@jasmincervantes8130this

[@Jon14141]

@@jasmincervantes8130this

[@user-fi5cb9dt6k]

if she wasn't that pretty, people would not say that she's "gold" or whatever. no one should aspire to be anything like her, or it means that you have problems in your head

[@leew1598]

It's the kind of wild, mesmerising but troubled type you hear about very often. Live fast, die young, like Amy Winehouse, Kurt Cobain, Jimmy Hendrix.

[@miraclewest8681]

Yeh exactly. I don’t really like effy she’s very attention seeking in a way like when she and Emily ruined Pandora’s birthday party she made it all about her it’s just...

[@inuhundchien6041]

Imagine if she's fat and ugly. She will be the laughing stock of these commenters idolising her

[@jordanmathews3562]

When people say they want to be like effy they don’t mean the real her they mean the give no fucks attitude that she has as a mask to hide her sadness

[@someoneyoumightknow2795]

Bruh the people I know who say they want to be like effy associate the fucked up ness with being cool :'D

[@agusaranda4773]

I remember when she almost even speak

[@Ana-ef4io]

She reminds me of the song "Carmen" by Lana del Rey

[@caitlyn2019]

omg yes

[@fiammarevelli3566]

Just search Carmen Lane del Rey Effy there’s actually an edit

[@sharonnn.zeller]

Yeah right?! I’ve always thought about that

[@Lana-oo3sz]

Actually her appearance reminds me of Lana somehow

[@tyrahgoltz5221]

"Effy you came, I mean coolly" "Freddy you came, cool."

[@antifragiIed]

effy is the definition of pretty privilege

[@elijahvalongo9528]

Chill

[@nediic]

@@elijahvalongo9528 its true tho💀

[@dysmissme7343]

I mean, yes but also no. She’s more like the depiction of how pretty people can appear to be treated well but actually never trust anyone around them bc they know they’re only wanted for their beauty

[@19.grmm_]

She is the definition and the blueprint of having problems at home and your parents not paying attention to you until it is too late.

[@Carlo-se7uz]

@@dysmissme7343 Effy trusted in the drugs that any stranger injected her

[@egzorcist]

Effy will live on forever.

[@millsrome]

6:15 OMG that's Jesus from The Walking Dead! I didn't know Tom Payne was on Skins

[@americanreject42]

Shittt! That is him! Didn't even realized til I read your comment and rewatched the video.

[@aKreature]

Mila I have no idea how you caught that lol

[@millsrome]

aKreature honestly it was his voice and the way he speaks, the "No, they don't" Tom Payne still does that movement with his head lol When he first appeared I didn't really make the connection lol

[@evitaviitala6189]

omg how did I never notice that!??

[@juliamakejeva3625]

Omgggg!!!!! Never would’ve noticed

[@selfidolization]

iconic

[@KpopFanGirlMode]

I think everyone here wanted to be Effy because the actress Kaya who played her was gorgeous and we all aspire to be someone better looking than us, especially when we were young and impressionable.

[@0yael003]

yeah but she ditched her friend like a bitch. plus this show isn't realistic cause how the fuck she didn't speak a word while her friend was talking so much. she didn't even say "hey" to the guy who entered them in the party. all she did was looking pretty and flirting with her smile.

[@Krystalunar]

@@0yael003 things you can do when you’re pretty

[@iliketrains3495]

Was? Still is lol

[@mariashaki89]

Hated how they developed her character later on. It became too soapy and unfitting for someone like her. Effy had the potential to be the best character in the entire show but no, we had to link her to 3 best friends, have a love triangle with 2 of them and insert loads of drama when she decides to be with one of them. The psychiatrist plot drove me insane(no pun intended).

[@OMGIGILY]

i disagree. i loved that season, dont hate how they wrote effy

[@MaryArts]

It just shows that she is also a normal person with problems. In season 1 she was basically nobody at all.

[@user-jn2pl7bp6v]

The psychiatrist plot bothered me too... I’ve been in therapy since I was like 14 and started taking meds at age 16 ... I hate how they always make psychiatrists and therapists evil on tv There are really unprofessional ones but... it’s usually not like that It was so cheap

[@adollfordolls]

@@user-jn2pl7bp6v I had a psychiatrist who was just like that. Even lost his license after he prescribed someone a ton of meds and they died. Some just bad and I think its unrealistic to only show good ones because thats not where we are at the moment. There are some really bad eggs in the mental health business because generally they wont get called out for it and they know it. Its a power move

[@user-jn2pl7bp6v]

thatgirlDolly I’m sorry you went through that... as I said there are really unprofessional ones I don’t think media usually shows just “good ones” the crazy or evil psychiatrist is almost a cliché ... there are barely good ones But again, I’m sorry you went through that, therapists and psychiatrist should be there to help you, not to hurt you

[@taliab.7329]

effy is a tragedy, and all i truly remember thinking of her when i watched skins (i was 9 when it first came out, so way too young to properly grow up with and remember it), was how much she scared me. she was wild, lawless, alone, in pain. she needed help, but couldn’t accept it. she ached for love, but rejected it. i *was* effy for a while, not by choice - i didn’t want the attention, the parties; to be idolised and chased after and dehumanised. i didn’t want to hurt people, or lie down in the gutter at 4am in the fucking rain to cry because i wanted to die, but i didn’t have the courage. i didn’t want to keep crossing the road when i was near the river that ran through my city, because i couldn’t trust i wouldn’t “accidentally” fall in and drown. i hated myself, and it’s even clearer to me watching this as a really young adult how much she hated herself, too. effy showed so many signs of being mentally ill, but the most clear to me are symptoms of bpd. having it, it can be horrifically easy to see it in others if you watch closely enough and as a character, she embodies it to the point of it being - again, terrifying, because it’s so real. it was for me, and it is for so many lost, self-destructing girls (and those who don’t grow up as girls, but are seen as one) punishing themselves for shit they can barely control; for being human; for hurting. effy is a tragedy, and after all this time, i‘m still fascinated by her, by my capacity to empathise with her.

[@faithd6120]

you are so loved and worth it 🥺❤️

[@genericchannel126]

They dress like a target version of Avril lavigne

[@Okoi05]

Hahahahahaha accurate

[@leew1598]

6:49 the way they play the edgy music as they ride round on that thing at what looks like it's about 1mph is pretty lame. It's like they're trying to make it out to be a lot more badass and wild than it really is..

[@Misiaachanuvu]

Well. I don't think 14 year old girls do more than that

[@miratabassam8922]

loved effy more than anyone else 👌

[@SixtySecondYoga]

I always loved their outfits!

[@sekimasumi4092]

The fact that i had a friend exactly like effy...Im glad she is on the right path now even tho we don't talk anymore.

[@MarauderPeter21]

3:33 I really love that this sequence of Tony being rejected by his friends when he tried to call them is then repeated during 3rd season with Effy in a similar situation

[@clarkkent7953]

idk why but the dude at 6:16 sorta visually reminds me of freddy from generation 2

[@cristinacanellas1779]

When I saw freddie this dude came in my mind

[@leachatee]

She has a type

[@lemonli1749]

i love how tony and effy split the 'daily express' sign. effy has the daily (s)ex above her bed and tony just has 'press' lmao

[@raynasadulaeva8696]

I'm I the only one who's kinda disturbed by the age difference between the actress of effy and actor of Spencer. Like Kaya was 15 years old and the actor 25.

[@raynasadulaeva8696]

@Imogen McCready thats what I said, the actor was 25 and Kaya was 14/15

[@laurapaolacastrodiaz6958]

Thats creepy.

[@ThingsILikke]

I think that is the point. Effy is a fast little girl that goes around trying to hook up with older guys and get high with them. Effy showed up on her own accord and made out with the dude. The guy had a job at the warehouse and he wasn’t interested in Effy, he was pretending to be to get revenge on behalf of Michelle’s ex boyfriend. By the looks of it, it was very easy to do because Effy is dumb and slutty but she thinks she is all that.

[@litmoney_]

Imogen McCready they mean the guy actor that Effy/Kaya made out with was 25 and Kaya/Effy was only 14

[@theprettyaverage9899]

@@ThingsILikke right but a real 14 year old little girl had to make out with a real man in his mid 20s which is the fucked up part

[@Mr_Xzanders]

Season 2....Effy began to be an important character...

[@iliketrains3495]

Effy didn't do shit in series 2 besides her central episode that shouldn't have existed in the first place

[@mariacarolinacotovio1770]

Honestly, watching Skins is making me feel like an angel

[@Will-pb1gl]

I can't believe it released 10 years ago, gosh ♥

[@oscarman10001]

Always pictured her as Alaska

[@sarrark1128]

Looking for Alaska ?

[@oscarman10001]

Sarra Rk yes

[@sarrark1128]

@@oscarman10001 oh my god..When i was reading Looking for Alaska years ago i just couldn't imagine someone else as Alaska ! She was Effy for me !!

[@oscarman10001]

Sarra Rk there’s this really cool KZbin fake trailer with the xx intro song and it’s spot on

[@mickyfrankdaman4494]

The lil bit of skins music mash up at the end makes me feel sad for no reason

[@roxanne4820]

When you rewatch skins as an adult and realise Tony was a shit brother for helping his underage sister go out and do god knows what

[@leew1598]

Exactly, it's all a game to him. He'd never have changed without Josh scaring him into realising that his actions can hurt some of the people he cares about.

[@leniss]

The entire episode is to make her look "cool"

[@campy-07]

Exacto

[@leew1598]

She doesn't look very cool at the end when she's in hospital. (not the first time she'll be there).

[@conorhoney7776]

I think this episode was to show the downside of Tony's actions (effy being dragged into it)

[@caliisfkinbored]

@@conorhoney7776 ure right on the ball. she got roped into an unfortunate situation bc of her brother's poor choices.

[@conorhoney7776]

@@caliisfkinbored because of his cruel actions! This show was unbelievable. Tony's character arc was totally out of left field

[@MaryArts]

I think we find Effy so cool in season 1 is, because we don't know her. When we got to know her, she became uncool and somewhat annoying.

[@Silvercentipede]

I thought she was amazing in series 2 like one of my favourite characters; and that’s always the sort of character she was supposed to be. They changed the writers in series 3 and 4 which I think is what made her so annoying and vapid

[@avocado9084]

Omg I was always like: why do all the boys like her? Is it just because she’s mysterious?! You just made me realize that I also liked her in the beginning just because she was so mysterious...

[@Silvercentipede]

To be fair in season 2 she is actually very wise, she has a certain wisdom and humility to her, even maturity, then in season 3 and 4 I think the new writers just read her character completely the wrong way and didn’t really understand her or what they were supposed to be doing with her Even in season 1 she had extremely wise eyes, her facial expressions say a lot, and the little she does say is wise Then 3 and 4 writers just ruined her and made her a cliche 🤮

[@lehmann9487]

I think it‘s because everyone liked effy without her even trying to be popular. That‘s basically every insecure teenagers dream.

[@leew1598]

In series 1 we don't really know her because she doesn't interact with the rest of the group. We just know she's secretive, likes to party and that's about it. In season two she's probably at the most normal and relatable. She wears less makeup and her clothes are more normal to start with, she also has normal interactions with her family and wants to help her brother get better. She also helps out Pandora too. In season three they go back to the ice queen concept for her, she wears lots of black, heavy makeup, she does wild things but also acts aloof and distant. They show she does have emotions though, like when her parents split up. She seems very confused in season 3 and afraid of showing her feelings. In Season 4 though her character becomes really messy, even loses her memory or something weird like that, so her actions aren't really within her control so it's hard to relate to that for most people.

[@hi89297]

"Do you ever get that Effy ? Do you ?" lol, with that accent

[@pablofaz3189]

It's amazing how Effy changes since her first episode

[@kylefeelsnumb7547]

effy is one of my fav characters but i really feel bad for julie :/

[@misslawless6021]

I did not like what they did to her character at the end. She did not grow and evolve and frankly effy was capable of doing so. Yes she has a job but she was in risky relationships, hurting/ using friends, and ultimately got into legal trouble with thr insider trader. Super sad she deserved more as a character

[@klarawhite9758]

The stonem siblings were gold!

[@emanon2774]

0:40 the dad picking his nose 😭

[@petraleopold2713]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Chaiwithkaur]

she’s on spinning out 💖

[@rocksweetheart]

can we agree that we all want or we alredy wanted to be like effy

[@Ofé_lie]

Effy mon personnage préféré de Skins et elle est tellement belle ♥

[@sarveenaz]

Looking back, I was 13 when I first watched this show. Im 22 now and my craziest partying years was 14-16 .. kinda explains a lot lol

[@henryzamora9879]

I don’t blame them for going out at night and trying to find soemthing fun to do 2007 was a era of early internet Practically no social media A whole different world tbh

[@darkspacie]

taking drugs? nah thx

[@Silvercentipede]

Ah prove you can have no personality and still get by as long as you’re good looking To be honest it’s actually really sad, if she wasn’t so beautiful people would be actively trying to help her, but because of her appearance it’s seen as a cool and unique and sexy character trait I do actually really like the character by the way, first 2 generations anyway

[@celineterra8107]

I used to think effy was awesome and wanted to be like her. I ended up severely depressed ❤️😭

[@florriehansen585]

Celine Snache omfg same

[@jennab3902]

Same.

[@itstheverve]

literallyyyy 😭 that's so funny fr

[@mynamestumbleine]

4:08 oh yeah, teasing homeless men, you go, girl!

[@dilaray.1]

how do you know? lol

[@lilroelyn7302]

Bial Noug Homeless? Bit low to make fun of homeless people. He’s just an old man.

[@loliknow8541]

The queen no other girl compares to her

[@milly4473]

Lol I know cof. cassie

[@juststien7583]

Little badass

[@GNVS300]

She looks like Tara 'Beepity beep beep' from Inbetweeners

[@tatialodge8999]

GNVS I thought that too😂

[@rodrigoogaz3860]

Cassie was a better character than Effy, change my mind.

[@lucyx3881]

literally effy is cool and everything but she was also a b*tch and people only like her because she’s pretty . but cassie is pure

[@rodrigoogaz3860]

@@lucyx3881 Cassie is life.

[@harrietmcgonigal9436]

i agree!

[@ThingsILikke]

People only hung around Effy because she had drugs, knew where to get the drugs, and she was promiscuous. The people that were into her were pretty low class and uneducated, and Pandora hung around her because she needed to make friends to fit in at school. The guy that she is hanging with here was hired by Michelle’a ex boyfriend to get Effy high and trap her in the rave house. Effy thinks she is playing everyone but she is being played

[@lanakat]

@bong water everybody screws up sometimes thats what makes them human

[@milosconster2935]

One of the darkest moments after this

[@leew1598]

surely the darkest episode of season 1.

[@savvo5929]

Never realized that I was a pretty messed up teen when I could relate a lot to her

[@Kayaya]

tony's such an amazing brother

[@internetvenom3677]

Sometimes I wonder what exactly led her to being in a different school in season one, and to not talk what happened to make her this way. Likely it's trauma but we will never know exactly why.

[@robertcampbell449]

Effy is such an adept and tastefully cool-mannered nymphette; especially at 4:33-4:37.👍 Thank you so much for giving life to her, Kaya Scodelario.❤

[@peixe5477]

this guy spencer looks just like harry styles

[@claudialadang3997]

FUCK finally someone who agrees

[@taylorrivers4258]

no

[@sofiaguerrero0969]

Claudia Ladang I’ve thought this since the moment I saw Harry styles lmao and I’m so glad someone agrees

[@claudialadang3997]

fofiax yeah same and especially since he had an uk accent

[@4p.m.413]

Regardless of how toxic those times were, I still miss those times when mysteriousness was a thing. Nowadays when literally everyone and everything is out in the open, I feel like nothing is deep or smart or beautiful anymore. I just don't feel anything.

[@Ticklehug]

This show poisoned the minds of thousands of young people who now think that drugs, casual sex, and being an alcoholic are the most desirable things in life.

[@happygolucky7458]

It really does glamorize some serious problems.

[@rahulkemp8347]

@@happygolucky7458 yes. but its also a work of pure art.

[@leew1598]

No, it showed all that but also showed the consequences of it too. In Season 1 Chris parties a lot, gets his house trashed and eventually becomes homeless. Tony and Sid both realise that true love with Michelle and Cassie respectively is more important to them than casual sex, Sid learns this before he's even had sex. Characters like Jal are there to represent teenagers who do take their studies very seriously and are interested in more than partying. I can't think of any drug use in the final episode of season 1 because the characters have matured and grown up. Give it another watch, there's nearly always consequences to bad character choices.

[@milsxx]

Welp YT put this back on my recommendations so time to rewatch skins for the 4th time

[@okaytxss5775]

her friend was amazing

[@jung7131]

okay but Effy is being a really bad friend here. You don't just ditch the person you came with and go with some random hot guy on a scooter

[@lennonacid]

I will forever love Effy! I am obsessed with her! 😍🥰🤩

[@linamiah4228]

it’s funny because people wear eyeliner and relate to effy, but i just relate to her cos of the depression, fear of attachment, drug addiction and thrill for escaping reality🥰

[@darkspacie]

and i just take inspo from her clothes and makeup lol but there was a time i wanted to be mysterious like her (but not all other bad things like taking drugs etc)

[@vcka]

i fear that skins is one of best shows ever

[@bombalisa2724]

Oh 1st gen... Back when Effy wasn't a complete trash

[@aestheticgarbage6671]

D0CM4K Lol so true 😂

[@sisterbang6390]

She was never a trash

[@someoneyoumightknow2795]

Isn't it the other way around

[@princessxxramo]

still trash to treat your friend like this and abandon her, like sure she was annoying but then why even be her "friend"/take her along?

[@MspHerrehschanel]

at 4:36 it sounds like Julie says "Tony, he's gross!" ??

[@Popcorn-xf2wk]

*don’t

[@marianasantos9379]

I was just like Effy as a teenager and it was horrible, I was lost, bored, in pain and puttig myself in terrible situations. That's not something to glorify.

[@user-mf7zc3bl1z]

Why does she always burn stuff?

[@rooking7010]

Chloe R skins fire - season 7

[@Everyoneelsewastaken]

I didn't even pick up on that, that's a cool link.

[@andreamarin7744]

Indiesonglyrics She has pyromaniac tendencies

[@mtaimry]

Indiesonglyrics cause she's playing with fire

[@leonaswift3834]

EDgY

[@marianamartinez9688]

Not going to lie, I did take some mental notes

[@africafernandez3651]

the queen

[@donquixotedoflamingo5210]

Cant believe Tom Payne was in Skins 😍♥️

[@MsCatfish4]

I think if I relate to any character it’s Julie

[@buffeeyy]

how it's possible that she's says absolutely nothing and have friends and everybody likes her? me living with social phobia I am a joke to you?

[@emilopez2881]

X2

[@SabinaJanglova03]

1:34 - 1:35 CURTAINS!!! WHY DID I NOTICE😩

[@BonnieOnTheSide]

???

[@BonnieOnTheSide]

?

[@ShiraIsAParasite]

So nostalgic 💜

[@zackdenis1637]

that old guy scene was hysterical 😂

[@sophiasshook416]

I remember feeling so much second-hand pain at how she didn't reply in any way to her parents cause when I spoke, I often spoke quietly so I imagine my parents also thought I was just ignoring them

[@joaomessiasfernandes611]

Everyone loves Effy