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Every TV Episode Written by Bryan Elsley Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - Tea
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Tea

    S1:E2

    Beautiful, self-assured cheerleader Tea has an openly Sapphic reputation among her friends. She can pretty much have any girl she sets her eye on, so why do they all bore her? When her father, a 'made man', arranges a date and it turns out to be Tony, things become increasingly confusing. Why is Tony the only one that can keep up with her? What's she to think when she learns that her Nana has also had her share of girlfriend problems?

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Bryan Elsley

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  2. undefined Season 1 Episode 8 - Daisy
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Daisy

    S1:E8

    Daisy wants to be a musician like her parents. Her ex-musician dad chooses to suffer in silence and wants Daisy to give up dreams of being a professional musician. Daisy's friends want her to be the peacemaker. Daisy is always the one that fixes everything, including the problems a rebellious lil sis causes. With an opportunity for an important audition coming up, will she be able to this time?

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Bryan Elsley

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  3. undefined Season 1 Episode 10 - Eura/Everyone
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Eura/Everyone

    S1:E10

    Despite having alienated practically his entire friend group, Tony must recruit a search party in order to find his missing sister Eura.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Bryan Elsley

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  4. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - Tony
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #4 - Tony

    S1:E1

    Tony has decided that it's time Stanley lose his virginity to Cadie, despite Stanley's feelings for Tony's girlfriend Michelle. All that's required is some spliff. While Stanley acquires the drugs, Tony and Michelle find a party to crash.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Bryan Elsley

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  5. undefined Season 1 Episode 9 - Everyone
    8.9/10(16 votes)

    #5 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Bryan Elsley

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

    #6 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Bryan Elsley

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

    #7 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Bryan Elsley

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  8. undefined 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:N/A
    Writer:Bryan Elsley

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

    #9 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Bryan Elsley

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

    #10 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Bryan Elsley

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  11. undefined Season 2 Episode 3 - Sid
    7.7/10(18 votes)

    #11 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Bryan Elsley

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  12. undefined Season 3 Episode 5 - Freddie
    7.7/10(10 votes)

    #12 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Bryan Elsley

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  13. undefined Season 6 Episode 1 - Everyone
    7.4/10(8 votes)

    #13 - Everyone

    S6:E1

    The gang are on a summer holiday in Morocco! The villa may be half finished, in the middle of nowhere and without running water, but they've found a load of weed under the floorboards so they don't care.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Bryan Elsley

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  14. undefined Season 1 Episode 7 - Michelle
    7.3/10(19 votes)

    #14 - Michelle

    S1:E7

    Time's up for Tony. His girlfriend Michelle just isn't going to take it anymore. Nor is she going to take her mum's latest husband Malcolm; toy boy, business failure and serial idiot to boot.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Bryan Elsley

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  15. undefined Season 2 Episode 9 - Cassie
    7.3/10(16 votes)

    #15 - Cassie

    S2:E9

    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:N/A
    Writer:Bryan Elsley

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  16. undefined Season 3 Episode 4 - Pandora
    7.3/10(13 votes)

    #16 - Pandora

    S3:E4

    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

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  17. undefined Season 7 Episode 2 - Fire (2)
    7.3/10(9 votes)

    #17 - Fire (2)

    S7:E2

    Effy's glamorous life begins to unravel as her company faces financial difficulties and her friend Naomi embarks on a grueling treatment plan.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Bryan Elsley

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  18. undefined Season 7 Episode 1 - Fire (1)
    7.3/10(9 votes)

    #18 - Fire (1)

    S7:E1

    Working as an assistant at a hedge fund in the city, Effy becomes increasingly addicted to status. The risks she takes to get ahead become more and more extreme.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Bryan Elsley

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  19. undefined Season 7 Episode 4 - Pure (2)
    7.3/10(10 votes)

    #19 - Pure (2)

    S7:E4

    Cassie's strange new relationship is put to the test when she lets someone else take her picture.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Bryan Elsley

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  20. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - Tony
    7.2/10(21 votes)

    #20 - Tony

    S1:E1

    Tony's a smart kid. So smart he believes that he can get his best mate Sid laid... and make a profit.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Bryan Elsley

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  21. undefined Season 1 Episode 3 - Jal
    7.1/10(18 votes)

    #21 - Jal

    S1:E3

    How can Jal come within an ace of winning the Young Musician of the Year competition in the face of total indifference of all those around her?

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Bryan Elsley

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  22. undefined Season 7 Episode 3 - Pure (1)
    6.9/10(10 votes)

    #22 - Pure (1)

    S7:E3

    Cassie has returned from the USA, alone. As she negotiates a solitary new life in London, she finds friendship in unexpected places.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Bryan Elsley

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  23. undefined Season 3 Episode 1 - Everyone
    6.8/10(14 votes)

    #23 - Everyone

    S3:E1

    It's the first day of the new term at Roundview College, and best friends Freddie, JJ and Cook's world collides with Effy's.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Bryan Elsley

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  24. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - She Did Something
    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #24 - She Did Something

    S1:E1

    When Leila finds Red Pill, a secret paradise hidden on the edges of a virtual reality game, she meets the mysterious Tess.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Bryan Elsley

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  25. undefined Season 4 Episode 8 - Everyone
    6.6/10(10 votes)

    #25 - Everyone

    S4:E8

    With A-level results in for most of the gang, thoughts about the past and the future are on their minds.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Bryan Elsley

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Bryan Elsley Ratings Summary

"Tea" is the best rated episode written by Bryan Elsley. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 1/24/2011 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Daisy".