Er, this show is basically just trying and failing horribly to be Skins, yeah?
THIS IS IT IN A NUTSHELL. It just makes me 'grrrrr' with frustration, because if they hadn't tried so hard to be all TEENAGERS HAVE PROBLEMS, THEY ARE ALL SO DIFFERENT with it it might have turned out alright, but the writing was, just. Not. Good. Skins was fabulous because all the cast were under 20 and the average age of the writers was like 22. 16 YEAR OLDS DON'T ACT LIKE THIS, BBC3! And it's just basic structure things, like, don't have characters kissing in the pilot, make people wait a few episodes! And "My dad's taking me to see The Sound of Music" might have been funny if they then hadn't immediately killed it dead by adding "I'm his little angel." SIMPLE STUFF. WHY DO I CARE SO MUCH???

But yes, The Adventures Of Bradley The Manwhore would have been incredibly entertaining. Especially because the (dominant) part of my brain that enjoys going "Snaggletooth! Thumb ring! Faaaaaces!" would have had even more fun. I did quite like Ben/Emily, I think if they'd got commissioned (CAN I GET A "THANK FUCK"?) they'd have gone there, because she was amusingly "WHY DO I LIKE HIM, HE IS RIDICULOUS" which is basically my reaction also.

Not gonna lie, as horrible as that sex scene was, it has only reaffirmed my belief that MERLIN NEEDS MORE TOPLESSNESS, STAT. Stop teasing us with the unlaced shirt of prison-based gapery! THERE'S THIS THING CALLED FANSERVICE, YOU SHOULD GO AND TALK TO TORCHWOOD ABOUT IT.

JETHRO/BEN IS MY NEW OTP, I'M NOT EVEN KIDDING. So excited! I WANT THEM TO BE STUCK ON A CAMPSITE IN FRANCE TOGETHER. OR SOMETHING. I don't even know what I'm saying!