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Kaya Scodelario and Luke Pasqualino have been praised for their work on last night's episode of Skins.

The 10pm instalment - the fifth in the current series - focused on Pasqualino's character Freddie and his relationship with Effy (Scodelario).

Writing on his Twitter page after the episode aired, co-star Ollie Barbieri (JJ) said: "Last nights episode was one fantastic piece of television. Massive well done to @LucaPasqualino."

Shameless star Elliott Tittensor, who is in a real-life relationship with Scodelario, added: "Skins was amazing. @lucapasqualino and @kayascollywogs smashed it. Love you both! X"

We've almost seen it all this year on Skins: lesbian love triangles, GBH, depression, attempted suicide... oh, and Will Young doing his best 'Shamone!' With only three episodes left until the current cast pull a Sugababes, we thought it a good time for a catch up with one of Bristol's most notorious pill-poppers. Enter Ollie 'JJ' Barbieri, who, not-so-coincidentally, is the star of Thursday's episode. Is Skins 4.0 headed for a happy finale? Read on to find out!

What sort of reaction have you had to the fourth series?
"It's been a good reaction so far. People warmed to the characters last year and that was a big part of the challenge. We put out the first episode and it got a bit of flak because it had a hard job to do - Skins was a series with all these well-loved characters and then we charged in! We had to be introduced and then we could tell stories. This series, people know the characters and you're back where you started. We're now in a similar position to the last cast in series two. On the whole, people have been happy about this series."

What did you think of last week's Freddie-centric episode?
"I thought it was amazing - really good. It was a brilliant piece of television and a standout from the series so far. It was dark, which fits with the series as a whole, but it was a good story - brilliantly written, brilliantly acted, well filmed and very well-received. It was a really solid episode - it wasn't too weird to be unbelievable."

Are you nervous about following that one?
"A bit nervous, but my episode is very different. I hope people will understand that and accept it for what it is. It is completely different to what we've just seen - it's not depressing and it's quite separate from the rest of the storylines in the show. It's appropriate for JJ: he's happy at the moment, and my episode should explain why! He's moved away from the three musketeers and he's found his own niche at the moment."