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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!

Irreverent comedy drama which follows the messy lives, loves, delirious highs and inevitable lows of a group of raucous teenage friends in Bristol.
Genres:DramaComedy
Network:E4

Best Episodes Summary

"Final Goodbyes" is the best rated episode of "Skins". It scored 9.2/10 based on 1425 votes. Directed by Charles Martin and written by Jack Thorne, it aired on 4/14/2008. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Everyone".

  • Final Goodbyes
    9.2/101,425 votes
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    #1 - Final Goodbyes

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 4/14/2008

    It's the day of the A-Level results, and also a day of great sadness.

    Director: Charles Martin

    Writer: Jack Thorne

  • Everyone
    9.1/101,597 votes
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    #2 - Everyone

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/22/2007

    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: N/A

    Writer: Bryan Elsley

  • Cassie
    8.9/101,230 votes
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    #3 - Cassie

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 4/7/2008

    What's the matter with Cassie? She's back together with Sid, Chris is on the mend, Michelle and Tony are back with each other and exams are finally over. But can Cassie be happy?

    Director: Charles Martin

    Writer: Bryan Elsley

  • Sid
    8.8/101,297 votes
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    #4 - Sid

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 2/25/2008

    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: N/A

    Writer: Bryan Elsley

  • JJ
    8.7/10930 votes
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    #5 - JJ

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 3/5/2009

    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: N/A

  • Effy
    8.6/101,427 votes
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    #6 - Effy

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/15/2007

    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: N/A

    Writer: Jack Thorne

  • Chris
    8.6/101,095 votes
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    #7 - Chris

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 3/10/2008

    It's been a long road full of tribulations, drugs, petty theft, non attendance and resounding failure for Chris at college. So when the CCTV cameras catch him shagging Buck Tooth in the science corridor, the director calls time.

    Director: Harry Enfield

    Writer: Ben Schiffer

  • Effy
    8.6/101,098 votes
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    #8 - Effy

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 3/24/2008

    What is it about Effy? The mystery girl has had a lot to deal with.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Lucy Kirkwood

  • Cassie
    8.5/101,695 votes
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    #9 - Cassie

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/1/2007

    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

    Writer: Bryan Elsley, Jamie Brittain

  • Pandora
    8.4/10879 votes
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    #10 - Pandora

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 2/12/2009

    The first and only boy Pandora's ever fancied has been deported before she's got beyond first base. But her lovesickness has to take a backseat when the Jim/Anthea/Steve love triangle is blown open.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Bryan Elsley, Daniel Kaluuya

  • Effy
    8.4/10860 votes
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    #11 - Effy

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 3/12/2009

    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

  • Cook
    8.4/10783 votes
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    #12 - Cook

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 2/11/2010

    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: N/A

    Writer: Ben Schiffer

  • Katie
    8.4/10729 votes
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    #13 - Katie

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 2/18/2010

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Sid
    8.3/101,333 votes
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    #14 - Sid

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/22/2007

    Sid's in trouble. Deep trouble. His coursework hasn't made the grade, he's grounded, and as sexually frustrated as ever. Will Sid buckle down and focus on his future or will he continue to be hypnotized by his best friend's girlfriend?

    Director: Minkie Spiro

    Writer: Jamie Brittain

  • Katie and Emily
    8.3/10789 votes
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    #15 - Katie and Emily

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 3/19/2009

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Bryan Elsley

  • Maxxie and Anwar
    8.2/101,419 votes
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    #16 - Maxxie and Anwar

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/1/2007

    What happens when two friends suddenly run up against the limits of their friendship? Maxxie and Anwar are about to find out.

    Director: Chris Clough

    Writer: Simon Amstell, Ben Schiffer

  • Tony and Maxxie
    8.2/101,204 votes
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    #17 - Tony and Maxxie

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 2/11/2008

    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: N/A

    Writer: Bryan Elsley

  • Michelle
    8.2/101,044 votes
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    #18 - Michelle

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 3/3/2008

    Michelle's mum has gone and done it again - another new husband. Before Michelle knows what's happening, her manipulative new step sister Scarlett is invading her life, co-opting her friends and offering unwanted advice.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Tony
    8.2/101,163 votes
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    #19 - Tony

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 3/17/2008

    Tony's world is a strange one. Isolated and alone, he is desperate to find the way back to himself. He tries to act normal, but bumping into Sid and Michelle at a club sends him spiralling again.

    Director: Harry Enfield

    Writer: Jamie Brittain

  • Jal
    8.2/10972 votes
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    #20 - Jal

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 3/31/2008

    Jal has a secret so big, she can't tell anyone until she works out what to do about it. But as revision, music school auditions and needy best friends press down on her, the secret starts to leak out.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Daniel Kaluuya

  • Chris
    8.1/101,362 votes
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    #21 - Chris

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/15/2007

    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: N/A

    Writer: Jack Thorne

  • Naomi
    8.1/10872 votes
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    #22 - Naomi

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 2/26/2009

    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: N/A

    Writer: Jack Thorne

  • Emily
    8.1/10735 votes
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    #23 - Emily

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 2/4/2010

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Rich
    8.1/10566 votes
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    #24 - Rich

    Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 1/30/2012

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Finale
    8.1/10486 votes
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    #25 - Finale

    Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 3/26/2012

    It's the end of an era. Everyone's futures hang in the balance as Franky struggles to confront her past.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A