Yeah, Skins was good at suddenly dialling down the drama and having a quiet moment of intense sadness or poignancy, but I think As If was a more realistic representation of the way people interact. I don't think all young people are quite as selfish as they're made to seem in Skins. And totally agree about the consistency of quality, though as I said, I can't really remember the last two series of As If. I think the fifth season of Skins has been even worse than the fourth, if that's possible. I'm not even sure why I watched it - I think it was because I couldn't believe it was really that bad, but every week, it was!
The Cabaret episode! I'd forgotten! I think I will have a look over series 3 and 4, although I'm trying to avoid nostalgia at the moment.
Glad you know what I mean about the tight-knit group of friends thing - I was beginning to think it was only me who didn't have that!
Yeah, Sasha was dreadful - interesting though to have a female character we're not supposed to like who is really is genuinely horrid, rather than the usual situation where we're supposed to hate the girlfriend for being a stong-minded woman.