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The Best Episodes of Skins

Every episode of Skins ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Skins!

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Irreverent comedy drama which follows the messy lives, loves, delirious highs and inevitable lows of a group of raucous teenage friends in Bristol.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Skins Season 1 Episode 9 - Everyone
    8.9/10(16 votes)

    #1 - Everyone

    S1:E9

    It's taken quite a lot of time and effort for everyone to fall out with each other. But they've worked at it and they certainly aren't in the mood for apologies. Anwar's crazy birthday party offers a chance for scores to be settled.

    Director:Adam Smith
    Writer:Bryan Elsley

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  2. Skins Season 2 Episode 10 - Final Goodbyes
    8.8/10(14 votes)

    #2 - Final Goodbyes

    S2:E10

    It's the day of final report cards, and the friends decide not to look at their grades until they've said goodbye to Chris.

    Director:Charles Martin
    Writer:Jack Thorne

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  3. Skins Season 3 Episode 7 - JJ
    8.8/10(11 votes)

    #3 - JJ

    S3:E7

    Poor JJ. Everything's gone pear-shaped since Effy came between his two best friends and split apart his friendship group - but Emily proves to be a true friend in his hour of need.

    Director:Charles Martin
    Writer:Bryan Elsley

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  4. Skins Season 6 Episode 2 - Rich
    8.7/10(7 votes)

    #4 - Rich

    S6:E2

    Professor David Blood has banned Rich from visiting Grace in hospital and it's killing him. Alo tries to keep Rich out of trouble with band practice, but Rich is committed to his love.

    Director:Sam Donovan
    Writer:Daniel Lovett

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  5. Skins Season 1 Episode 8 - Effy
    8.6/10(16 votes)

    #5 - Effy

    S1:E8

    Has nobody noticed that Effy, Tony's little sister, never utters a word? Has nobody ever noticed that she sneaks out at night? Tony has. And Tony doesn't care about anybody or anything - except his little sister.

    Director:Adam Smith
    Writer:Jack Thorne

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  6. Skins Season 3 Episode 9 - Katie and Emily
    8.5/10(12 votes)

    #6 - Katie and Emily

    S3:E9

    Katie is too humiliated from the incident in the woods to leave the house. Lucky she's got Emily to bail her out.

    Director:Charles Martin
    Writer:Bryan Elsley

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  7. Skins Season 3 Episode 6 - Naomi
    8.3/10(10 votes)

    #7 - Naomi

    S3:E6

    Naomi thinks she's got her world worked out - but her super smart exterior hides the insecurities beneath, and when the student president elections are announced, it stirs her into questioning what she really wants.

    Director:Simon Massey
    Writer:Jack Thorne

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  8. Skins Season 3 Episode 3 - Thomas
    8.2/10(11 votes)

    #8 - Thomas

    S3:E3

    Thomas arrives in the UK from Congo alone. His family are due to join him in a few days - he must find somewhere for them to live so he moves into an abandoned flat on an estate.

    Director:Simon Massey
    Writers:Bryan Elsley, Daniel Kaluuya

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  9. Skins Season 4 Episode 3 - Cook
    8.2/10(8 votes)

    #9 - Cook

    S4:E3

    Cook is in prison after what happened at the party. He's told by his lawyer that he has no choice but to plead guilty... but Cook isn't willing to accept responsibility.

    Director:Philippa Langdale
    Writer:Ben Schiffer

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  10. Skins Season 4 Episode 4 - Katie
    8.2/10(8 votes)

    #10 - Katie

    S4:E4

    Katie Fitch has a problem. Katie's family's bankrupt, and they've got nowhere to live. And under the strain of it all, Jenna and Rob seem to be headed for splitsville and James Fitch is scared.

    Director:Neil Biswas
    Writer:Georgia Lester

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  11. Skins Season 4 Episode 6 - JJ
    8.2/10(8 votes)

    #11 - JJ

    S4:E6

    JJ is in love. Lara Lloyd is sweet perfection and he's smitten. But JJ thinks she's way out of his league and lacks the courage to ask her out.

    Director:Esther Campbell
    Writer:Lucy Kirkwood

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  12. Skins Season 4 Episode 7 - Effy
    8.1/10(8 votes)

    #12 - Effy

    S4:E7

    Effy has been in a psychiatric hospital recovering. After lots of sessions with her counsellor John Foster, he tells her she is ready to go back home.

    Director:Daniel O'Hara
    Writer:Jamie Brittain

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  13. Skins Season 5 Episode 8 - Everyone
    8.1/10(7 votes)

    #13 - Everyone

    S5:E8

    It's the day of Rich and Grace's wedding and the fractured gang try and make it a happy day but they're at each other's throats.

    Director:Dominic Leclerc
    Writer:Sean Buckley

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  14. Skins Season 6 Episode 5 - Mini
    8.1/10(7 votes)

    #14 - Mini

    S6:E5

    Mini's mum has a pervy new live-in boyfriend who Mini hates with a passion. To makes matters worse, Alo has broken the rules of their no-strings-attached secret relationship and declared his love for her.

    Director:Ian Barnes
    Writer:Jess Brittain

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  15. Skins Season 2 Episode 1 - Tony and Maxxie
    8.0/10(16 votes)

    #15 - Tony and Maxxie

    S2:E1

    Maxxie is looking after Tony, but he has his own problems. He desperately wants to leave college and follow his dream to become a dancer, but his dad is giving him hell about it.

    Director:Aysha Rafaele
    Writer:Bryan Elsley

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  16. Skins Season 3 Episode 10 - Finale
    8.0/10(12 votes)

    #16 - Finale

    S3:E10

    Outlaws Cook and Effy are running wild, clinging to each other and blocking out the rest of the world by getting totally off their faces.

    Director:Simon Massey
    Writer:Ben Schiffer

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  17. Skins Season 1 Episode 2 - Cassie
    7.9/10(20 votes)

    #17 - Cassie

    S1:E2

    Cassie's family and friends are too wrapped up in their own worlds to notice that she's not eating - but there is someone who cares.

    Director:Paul Gay
    Writers:Bryan Elsley, Jamie Brittain

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  18. Skins Season 3 Episode 8 - Effy
    7.9/10(12 votes)

    #18 - Effy

    S3:E8

    Effy's lost her mojo. Mindless sex with Cook no longer satisfies her and things in the Stonem household are becoming intolerable.

    Director:Charles Martin
    Writer:Lucy Kirkwood

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  19. Skins Season 4 Episode 2 - Emily
    7.9/10(8 votes)

    #19 - Emily

    S4:E2

    Emily and Naomi are loved up and enjoying their extended summer of love together. The thorn in Emily's side is her family. Her mother is unable to accept Naomi as anything other than a bad influence, and is keen for Emily to go travelling alone.

    Director:Philippa Langdale
    Writer:Ed Hime

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  20. Skins Season 5 Episode 2 - Rich
    7.9/10(7 votes)

    #20 - Rich

    S5:E2

    Rich uses his taste in extreme music to keep the world, especially girls, at bay. When Alo finds Rich's perfect woman, Rich is forced to into pairing up with Grace to learn how to chat up girls.

    Director:Philippa Langdale
    Writer:Jamie Brittain

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  21. Skins Season 7 Episode 5 - Rise (1)
    7.8/10(9 votes)

    #21 - Rise (1)

    S7:E5

    Working as a drug dealer and gangster run-around, Cook finds himself in hot water after his boss asks a favour of him.

    Director:Jack Clough
    Writer:Jamie Brittain

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  22. Skins Season 2 Episode 3 - Sid
    7.7/10(18 votes)

    #22 - Sid

    S2:E3

    Sid hasn't coped at all well with the fact that his best friend Tony is a shadow of the man he was and that Cassie has moved away to Scotland, where as far as he can tell, she is having the time of her life.

    Director:Simon Massey
    Writer:Bryan Elsley

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  23. Skins Season 3 Episode 5 - Freddie
    7.7/10(10 votes)

    #23 - Freddie

    S3:E5

    Freddie's big sister Karen has reached the final of a TV talent show. Freddie is emotionally blackmailed into upholding the story she and her dad are spinning about their dead mother, all to look good in front of the cameras.

    Director:Charles Martin
    Writer:Bryan Elsley

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  24. Skins Season 6 Episode 3 - Alex
    7.7/10(7 votes)

    #24 - Alex

    S6:E3

    It's Alex Henley's first day at Roundview College, but he doesn't seem to be worried about fitting in or making new friends.

    Director:Sam Donovan
    Writer:Jack Lothian

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  25. Skins Season 1 Episode 4 - Chris
    7.6/10(19 votes)

    #25 - Chris

    S1:E4

    Happy-go-lucky party animal Chris wakes up one morning to find his mum's gone away for a few days and left him a grand. But what do you do after you've thrown a party to end all parties and blown all the money?

    Director:Adam Smith
    Writer:Jack Thorne

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Best Episodes Summary

"Everyone" is the best rated episode of "Skins". It scored 8.9/10 based on 16 votes. Directed by Adam Smith and written by Bryan Elsley, it aired on 3/22/2007. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Final Goodbyes".