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Following the daily activity and struggles of a group of teenagers in Hartvig Nissens high school in Oslo, where they experience the challenging meaning of life, friendship, and love through their daily adventures in the school. The first season begins with Eva is angry over her boyfriend's invitation to Issac.
November 06, 2018
The real joy of Season 1 was its establishment of the female friendships that would become the bedrock of the show.
November 06, 2018
It's refreshing to watch a show about teenagers where the protagonists aren't self-obsessed cliches.
November 06, 2018
If nothing else, though, Skam is brutally honest. Insults sting, crushes disappoint and nobody has anything figured out.
November 06, 2018
Skam's appeal comes from its unusual commitment to realism-in terms of its subject matter, characters, and method of release.
November 06, 2018
If Skins marked the glory days of uploading, sharing, and maintaining a fandom despite geographical borders, then Skam is its renaissance.
April 25, 2017
Skam is a genuinely smart, darkly funny show which has attracted an inclusive and open fandom of teens and twenty-somethings from around the world.
August 16, 2017
Edgy, thoughtful Norwegian teen drama has risky behaviors.
November 06, 2018
Like any good teen drama, Skam features a lot of partying, drinking, and hooking up. But series creator Julie Andem digs beneath the gilded surface with meticulous observations about teenage life.
November 06, 2018
Skam further creates this inclusive nature by creating an incredible intimacy between the character and the viewer. We are in this together. We understand these characters' shame, even if they are unable to articulate it to themselves.

