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Program Summary for Skins
Skins is a BAFTA-winning British teen drama that follows a group of teenagers in Bristol, England in their last two pre-college years. The show explores several controversial themes in their grueling realism, including mental illness, dysfunctional family life, the club scene, sexual orientation, substance abuse, and death. All of this in addition to the more typical teen drama plots revolving around friendships, love, and sex.
Bryan Elsely and Jamie Brittain wrote the pilot and continue to heavily influence the writing team, also consisting of teens. The show premiered on E4 in January 2007. A unique quality about the show is that it brings in a new group or generation of cast members every two seasons. Skins is currently on its fifth series or season and it's 3rd generation of characters.
The show has served as a launching pad for first-time actors. For many of the stars, it's their first gig, but for many of them, it won't be their last. The first generation consisted of Tony Stonem (Nicholas Hoult), Michelle Richardson (April Pearson), Sid Jenkins (Mike Bailey), Cassie Ainsworth (Hannah Murray), Chris Miles (Joe Dempsie), Jal Fazer (Larissa Wilson), Maxxie Oliver (Mitch Hewer), Anwar Kharral (Dev Patel), and Effy Stonem (Kaya Scodelario). The second generation consisted of Effy Stonem (Kaya Scodelario), Pandora Moon (Lisa Blackwell), Thomas Tomone (Merveille Lukeba), James Cook (Jack O'Connell), Freddie McLair (Luke Pasqualino), JJ Jones (Ollie Barbieri), Emily Fitch (Kathryn Prescott), Katie Fitch (Megan Prescott), and Naomi Campbell (Lily Loveless).
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Episode Title: | Tony |
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Original Air Date: | January 25th 2007 (Thursday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 01x01 -- Season: 1, Episode: 1 |
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Program Network: | E4 - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | The first episode of Skins introduces viewers to a gang of friends through their leader, Tony.
Tony makes plans for Sid to lose his virginity at Abigail's party. However, Sid ends up buying £300 of drugs, which they must somehow pay back. At the party, Sid gets chatting to Cassie, but she soon overdoses on sleeping pills. She recovers on the way to the hospital, but the gang manage to crash Abgail's dad's car into the harbour. |
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Episode Title: | Cassie |
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Original Air Date: | February 1st 2007 (Thursday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 01x02 -- Season: 1, Episode: 2 |
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Program Network: | E4 - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Cassie has difficultly coming to terms with her eating disorder and tries to find out if Sid loves her. She leaves the clinic pretending to have recovered, but ends going back there when things don't go as planned. |
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Episode Title: | Jal |
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Original Air Date: | February 8th 2007 (Thursday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 01x03 -- Season: 1, Episode: 3 |
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Program Network: | E4 - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Jal practises for the Young Musician of the Year competition in the midst of dealing with a difficult father and brothers at home. Sid's drug dealer catches up to him as Michelle learns that he is love with her. |
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Episode Title: | Chris |
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Original Air Date: | February 15th 2007 (Thursday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 01x04 -- Season: 1, Episode: 4 |
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Program Network: | E4 - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Chris' mother abandons him and their home, leaving only £1000 to look after him. He soon blows the money on parties and drugs and gets evicted by a squatter. Meanwhile, Sid and Cassie go on a date as Chris looks to teacher Angie for help. |
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Episode Title: | Sid |
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Original Air Date: | February 22nd 2007 (Thursday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 01x05 -- Season: 1, Episode: 5 |
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Program Network: | E4 - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Sid's life begins to fall apart when he starts failing at school and gets nowhere with Michelle as she is with Tony. He even manages to upset Cassie enough for her to attempt suicide as Tony furthers his schemes. |
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Episode Title: | Maxxie and Anwar |
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Original Air Date: | March 1st 2007 (Thursday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 01x06 -- Season: 1, Episode: 6 |
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Program Network: | E4 - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | On the school trip to Russia, Tony tries to seduce Maxxie, but they are seen by Michelle. Meanwhile, Anwar gets a girl but falls out with Maxxie over religion and sexuality. Anwar gets in hot water with the girl's husband. He is saved by Maxxie but their friendship is slow to recover. |
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Episode Title: | Michelle |
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Original Air Date: | March 8th 2007 (Thursday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 01x07 -- Season: 1, Episode: 7 |
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Program Network: | E4 - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Michelle dumps Tony when he won't admit seducing Maxxie. Realizing he has cheated before, she turns to Sid, but he is now in love with Cassie. Michelle soon meets Abigail's brother Josh and hook up. Tony manages to break them up, but Michelle won't take him back. |
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Episode Title: | Effy |
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Original Air Date: | March 15th 2007 (Thursday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 01x08 -- Season: 1, Episode: 8 |
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Program Network: | E4 - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Tony's sister Effy is led into trouble by a vengeful Josh. Sid tells Tony that no-one likes him anymore and goes to meet up with Cassie. They kiss, but Sid decides he must help Tony find Effy. Finding her drugged, Tony is almost forced into sex with her by Josh, but he backs down. AT the hospital, Tony's parents blame him for what happened, but he and Sid make up. |
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Episode Title: | Series Finale |
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Original Air Date: | March 22nd 2007 (Thursday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 01x09 -- Season: 1, Episode: 9 |
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Program Network: | E4 - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | As Cassie moves to Scotland unaware that Sid loves her, Anwar tries to make up with Maxxie. Tony attempts to get back with Michelle as Chris learns that Angie is married. Tony is hit by a bus while Michelle listens over the phone. |
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Episode Title: | Skins Secret Party |
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Original Air Date: | October 9th 2007 (Tuesday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 0Sx10 -- Series Special |
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Program Network: | E4 - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | In this special mini-episode, aired on E4 after the first series of Skins finished on Channel 4, reality merges with fiction as the Skins gang throw a party... one the audience is invited to join. |
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Episode Title: | Tony and Maxxie |
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Original Air Date: | February 11th 2008 (Monday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 02x01 -- Season: 2, Episode: 1 |
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Program Network: | E4 - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | While Tony recovers from his accident, Maxxie leaves college to follow his dream of being a dancer. Auditions are held for the school musical production as Maxxie helps Tony relearn how to write his name. |
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Episode Title: | Sketch |
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Original Air Date: | February 18th 2008 (Monday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 02x02 -- Season: 2, Episode: 2 |
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Program Network: | E4 - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Sketch is a girl obsessed with Maxxie, despite him being gay. She ends up casing trouble for the gang and accusing a teacher of molesting her during auditions for Osama: The Musical. She drugs Michelle and takes her part in the play. She kisses Maxxie as part of the performance, but he remains uninterested in her. She ie left in front of the audience in tears. |
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Episode Title: | Sid |
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Original Air Date: | February 25th 2008 (Monday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 02x03 -- Season: 2, Episode: 3 |
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Program Network: | E4 - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Sid's life is falling apart; Tony, his best friend, may never be the same again and Cassie has left him for Scotland. Just when things couldn't get worse, his dad dies in the night leaving him all alone. |
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Episode Title: | Michelle |
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Original Air Date: | March 3rd 2008 (Monday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 02x04 -- Season: 2, Episode: 4 |
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Program Network: | E4 - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Michelle takes Chris, Anwar, Maxxie, Jal, Sid and Scarlet, her new stepsister, camping for her birthday. Michelle sleeps with Sid after learning of his father's death. Tony doesn't go, but sends her a watch as a present. Anwar gets together with Sketch, upsetting Maxxie. Michelle and Sid become a couple, just as Cassie comes home. |
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Episode Title: | Chris |
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Original Air Date: | March 10th 2008 (Monday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 02x05 -- Season: 2, Episode: 5 |
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Program Network: | E4 - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Chris is expelled from college and seeks Jal's advice. Meanwhile, Tony is determined to get back who he was before. Chris and Jal get together, with Chris even getting a job, but he cheats on her with Angie. Jal later finds out she is pregnant. |
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Episode Title: | Tony |
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Original Air Date: | March 17th 2008 (Monday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 02x06 -- Season: 2, Episode: 6 |
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Program Network: | E4 - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Tony goes for a college interview where he meets a girl who helps him get over his sexual inadequacy and behavioural problems. |
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Episode Title: | Effy |
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Original Air Date: | March 24th 2008 (Monday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 02x07 -- Season: 2, Episode: 7 |
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Program Network: | E4 - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Sid and Michelle break up. Cassie starts sleeping around to forget Sid. In the midst of art coursework and the annoying Pandora, Effy must help them all sort things out. |
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Episode Title: | Jal |
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Original Air Date: | March 31st 2008 (Monday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 02x08 -- Season: 2, Episode: 8 |
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Program Network: | E4 - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | During exam revision, Maxxie gets a new boyfriend as Jal tries to come to terms with her secret pregnancy. However, Chris also has a deadly secret… |
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Episode Title: | Cassie |
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Original Air Date: | April 7th 2008 (Monday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 02x09 -- Season: 2, Episode: 9 |
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Program Network: | E4 - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | After suffering a Subarachnoid haemorrhage, Chris is looked after by Jal and the others. Cassie goes for her Philosophy exam, but ends up dancing with the headmistress. Michelle and Tony become friends as she goes to university in York and he to Cardiff. Jal tells Chris about the baby. Later, he has another haemorrhage, and dies in front of Cassie. She flees to New York and meets Adam, but he soon leaves her. |
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Episode Title: | Final Goodbyes |
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Original Air Date: | April 14th 2008 (Monday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 02x10 -- Season: 2, Episode: 10 |
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Program Network: | E4 - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Today is exam results day and Chris's funeral. The gang are barred from attending by Chris's dad, so Tony and Sid steal the coffin so they can have their own service. After giving it back, they watch the proper service from the hill. Afterwards they open their exam results. Maxxie invites Anwar to London. Tony and Michelle say goodbye and give Sid a plane ticket to New York so he can search for Cassie. |
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Episode Title: | Everyone |
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Original Air Date: | January 22nd 2009 (Thursday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 03x01 -- Season: 3, Episode: 1 |
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Program Network: | E4 - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | As the one remaining link from Seasons 1 and 2, Effy starts her first day at Roundview College with a new gang.
We are introduced to Cook, JJ, Freddie, Katie and Emily (the twins), Naomi and Pandora. |
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Episode Title: | Cook |
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Original Air Date: | January 29th 2009 (Thursday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 03x02 -- Season: 3, Episode: 2 |
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Program Network: | E4 - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Cook prepares to celebrate his seventeenth birthday, although things take a turn for the worse when he encounters a gangster by the name of Johnny White. |
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Episode Title: | Thomas |
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Original Air Date: | February 5th 2009 (Thursday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 03x03 -- Season: 3, Episode: 3 |
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Program Network: | E4 - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Thomas arrives from the Congo and finds himself homeless and penniless. He gets into trouble when he meets Johnny White. However, the gang find Thomas may be the answer to their problems when they realize he has one advantage over the sinister gangster. Chillies, anyone? |
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Episode Title: | Pandora |
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Original Air Date: | February 12th 2009 (Thursday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 03x04 -- Season: 3, Episode: 4 |
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Program Network: | E4 - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Pandora throws a party which descends into chaos with the arrival of Katie's drunken friends. Pandora, completely unaware of the ingredients, indulges in some special brownies causing her to lose all inhibitions and jeapordize her friendship with Effy. |
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Episode Title: | Freddie |
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Original Air Date: | February 19th 2009 (Thursday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 03x05 -- Season: 3, Episode: 5 |
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Program Network: | E4 - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Freddie has always been the black sheep of his family, and is growing more and more sick of this. But when Freddie's sister Karen signs up for a reality TV show, he is forced into acting like a perfect family for the cameras. |
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Episode Title: | Naomi |
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Original Air Date: | February 26th 2009 (Thursday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 03x06 -- Season: 3, Episode: 6 |
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Program Network: | E4 - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Naomi thinks she has life figured out. However the arrival of student president elections causes much uproar in her life as she goes head to head with Cook. Soon, she finds all is not fair in love and war, as she begins to test the waters of her confused sexuality. |
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Episode Title: | J.J. |
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Original Air Date: | March 5th 2009 (Thursday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 03x07 -- Season: 3, Episode: 7 |
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Program Network: | E4 - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | JJ is close to breaking point. The rift forming between his friends is affecting him drastically, and he has deduced Effy as the cause. With everything becoming too much, and a difficult decision to be made, who will be a true friend when he needs one the most? |
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Episode Title: | Effy |
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Original Air Date: | March 12th 2009 (Thursday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 03x08 -- Season: 3, Episode: 8 |
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Program Network: | E4 - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Effy's life is not what it used to be. Her status has quickly fallen and she is dismayed to discover Katie is the new Queen Bee. But when a party in the forest takes a dramatically dark turn, no one is safe as gun shots are heard. |
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Episode Title: | Katie And Emily |
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Original Air Date: | March 19th 2009 (Thursday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 03x09 -- Season: 3, Episode: 9 |
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Program Network: | E4 - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | What a difference a party makes. Since their disaster in the forest, the twin's lifes have descended into chaos. Katie is refusing to leave the house and must face her lack of control, while Emily is struggling with her feelings for Naomi. With the college ball approaching, a showdown is imminent. |
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Episode Title: | Finale |
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Original Air Date: | March 26th 2009 (Thursday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 03x10 -- Season: 3, Episode: 10 |
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Program Network: | E4 - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | This episode does not have a summary. |
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