The BEST episodes of Skins season 1

Every episode of Skins season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Skins season 1!

Fast-paced and full of angst-ridden fun, this British drama may be based on teenage characters and aimed at a teenage audience, but its content is strictly adult. Watch as eleven teens struggle with highly-charged issues of race, religion, sexuality, drugs, and food disorders. With a solid set of good actors, expect the drama to consist of a lot of well-played emotional ups and downs.

Last Updated: 12/2/2024Network: E4Status: Ended
Everyone
star
8.63
979 votes

#1 - Everyone

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/22/2007

The last episode in the series involves Sid attempting to pull himself together and tell Cassie how he feels about her, but with tragic consequences. Meanwhile, nobody is in the mood to celebrate Anwar's birthday, and Tony is out of luck when he tries to make amends.

Directors: Adam Smith
Writer: Bryan Elsley
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Maxxie and Anwar
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8.06
1180 votes

#2 - Maxxie and Anwar

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/1/2007

A school trip to Russia provides plenty of opportunity for the testing of friendships, as Anwar's religion and Maxxie's sexuality collide.

Directors: Chris Clough
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Cassie
star
7.99
1402 votes

#3 - Cassie

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/1/2007

Cassie's family and friends are too wrapped up in their own worlds to notice she is not eating and that her health is at risk. Will this change when Cassie gets to know Sid?

Directors: Paul Gay
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Chris
star
7.93
1189 votes

#4 - Chris

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/15/2007

Pill-popping Chris wakes up to discover his mother has left home, but given him £1,000 to cover bills - so he blows all the money on drugs and partying, before facing up to the fact that she may never return.

Directors: Adam Smith
Writer: Jack Thorne
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Effy
star
7.93
1112 votes

#5 - Effy

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/15/2007

Things get dark this week as Tony's silent little sister, Effy, goes missing. Desperate to find Effy, can Tony rely on any of his old mates, or have they all shunned him forever?

Directors: Adam Smith
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Sid
star
7.89
1242 votes

#6 - Sid

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/22/2007

Sid is in trouble, deep trouble. His coursework hasn't made the grade, he's as sexually frustrated as ever, and he can't get his best mate's girlfriend, Michelle, out of his head!

Directors: Minkie Spiro
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Michelle
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7.76
1101 votes

#7 - Michelle

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/8/2007

A distraught Michelle breaks-up with Tony after he fails to own-up to cheating on her with Maxxie in Russia. Michelle also faces conflict at home, with her latest young step-dad. However, things start to look-up when Michelle meets Josh, Abigail's brother. A jealous Tony is determined to sabotage the new relationship though, but will Michelle take him back?

Writer: Bryan Elsley
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Jal
star
7.67
1216 votes

#8 - Jal

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/8/2007

Jal has reached the finals of 'Young Musician of the Year', but do her family want her to succeed? Her untalented brothers won't let her practise, and her father, who resents Jal's resemblance of her mother, seems more concerned about his younger pretty blonde girlfriend. Meanwhile, it looks like Sid is not out of trouble yet.

Directors: Adam Smith
Writer: Bryan Elsley
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Tony
star
7.50
1634 votes

#9 - Tony

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/25/2007

The first episode of Skins introduces viewers to a gang of friends through their leader, Tony. Tony is good looking, intelligent and ambitious, and he plans to help his best mate, Sid, lose his virginity at posh Abigail's party, with the help of some illegal drugs. However, things don't go quite as planned...

Directors: Paul Gay
Writer: Bryan Elsley
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