Tony (Skins series 1)

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"Tony"
Skins episode
L-R Sid Jenkins, Tony Stonem, Michelle Richardson and Cassie Ainsworth at Abigail's party
Episode no.Series 1
Episode 1
Directed byPaul Gay
Written byBryan Elsley
Original air date25 January 2007 (2007-01-25)
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"Tony" is the first episode of British drama television series Skins. It was written by Bryan Elsley and directed by Paul Gay.[1] It is told from the point of view of main character Tony Stonem. It aired on E4 on 25 January 2007.[2]

Plot

The episode begins with Tony waking up in his room on an average morning. He distracts his angry, overly vocal father in order for his younger sister Effy to get inside unnoticed. He also stares at Miriam, a naked woman changing in front of her bedroom window across the street. Tony continues to irritate his father by locking him out of the bathroom and exiting through the window, leaving the door locked. Tony's father swears a great deal, seemingly constantly much to their mother Anthea's annoyance. Tony then leaves for college and on the way rings his friends and tries to organise a night out so they can help his best friend Sid lose his virginity. Tony and Sid meet for breakfast in a café where Tony tells Sid that they will get a girl "spliffed up" so she will have sex with Sid. Sid assumes he will get to have sex with Tony's girlfriend - the beautiful Michelle - and it is revealed that Sid is very attracted to her. Michelle and Tony tell Sid he is being set up with Cassie, who was recently in a psychiatric hospital and is good in bed provided she is not hungry, according to "everyone". Tony asks Sid to pick up some drugs off his dealer, Mad Twatter. The gang arrive at Abigail's party and Sid meets Cassie, who tells him he is cute, and is delighted that he will not make her eat anything. In Abigail's house, they are told to remove their shoes in order to prevent staining the brand new carpet imported from Iran. They also cannot smoke anything in the house on account of the expensive wallpaper. Tony and Michelle scoff at the dull, lifeless party the wealthy "posh" kids are enjoying and decide to show them up with seductive dancing. The group, minus Chris and the Pole, climb out of the submerged car and walk home. Tony and Sid later retire to Tony's bed, with both of them depressed that Sid is still a virgin despite being 16, which Tony feels is embarrassing. Sid asks Tony if Chris and the Pole got out of the car at the hospital; Tony says that they did.

Main cast

Arc significance and continuity

Tony's home life

  • The family tread carefully around an angry, unpleasant father, Jim, who swears too often and is easily angered beyond reasoning.
  • Tony has a younger sister, Effy, who despite being only in Year 10 of secondary school is out partying all night.
  • Tony's house looks to be in an upper middle class area of Bristol.

Series relevance

  • We are introduced to the series regulars:
  • Tony Stonem A manipulative, narcissistic and intelligent teenager who is the group's leader and has a girlfriend, yet flirts with other girls.
  • Sid Jenkins A self-conscious "sidekick" to Tony, forever in his friend's shadow. Sid is a virgin and is in love with Tony's girlfriend, Michelle. Sid sleeps a lot and is doing poorly in college.
  • Chris Miles A party-goer and experimentalist with various drugs. Chris does anything for fun and is in love with his psychology teacher, Angie. He has a sweet "schoolboy" love for her and every day offers to carry her books. He even badmouths his own Health Science teacher for making Angie upset.
  • Jal Fazer Daughter of (fictional) famous reggae and grime artist Ronny Fazer, she is a dedicated clarinetist. She is portrayed as slightly more conservative and prudent than the others, but not excessively so.
  • Michelle Richardson Tony's girlfriend, she has been best friends with Sid and Tony for years. She puts up with continuous insults from Tony including him nicknaming her "Nips" because "her nipples are funny" and "one breast is bigger than the other". She seems to love Tony more than he loves her despite him being flirtatious with other girls.
  • Cassie Ainsworth is an anorexic sex addict. She refuses to eat, but instead has regular casual sex and does drugs, but not weed because "it makes you hungry". She also suffers from mild OCD and likes to arrange food in people's cabinets. She is spacey and says "wow" very often in a dazed tone and is very blunt. She has a crush on Sid.
  • Effy Stonem is Tony's little sister, initially introduced as a recurring character, she later becomes a main character in season three after Tony leaves for university and she begins college. For almost the entirety of the first season, she does not speak; however she is a wild club-goer who drinks, smokes and parties all night despite her young age of fourteen.
  • Sid purchases drugs on credit from Mad Twatter and loses them in the harbour.
  • Sid fails to lose his virginity, but does strike a connection with Cassie.

U.S. version

This episode is remade almost shot-for-shot for the U.S. adaption of Skins. Differences include

  • The show's setting was changed from Bristol to an unnamed Eastern seaboard city.
  • Tony's surname is changed to Snyder
  • Chris's surname is changed to Collins
  • Effy is renamed Eura
  • Cassie is renamed Cadie
  • Sid is renamed Stanley
  • Abigail does not appear

Soundtrack

References

  1. ↑ [1], Tony's episode at e4.com/skins
  2. ↑ [2], IMDb

External links

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