Skins (U.K.)
Season 3
10 listed hours · 2007–2013 · E4
From the desk
How this season is filed
Bristol teenagers recast every two generations so nobody ages out of the dare. Skins is E4 coming-of-age at full frankness — sex, mental health, friendship, stylish chaos — and a U.S. remake that proved you could photocopy the parties and still miss the nerve.
TV Flash files Season 3 of Skins (U.K.) (2007–2013) on E4 as a mid listed season (3; 3 of 7) — 10 listed hours, 2009-01-22–2009-03-26 from “Episode 1” (S03E01) to “Episode 10” (S03E10). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.
Desk essentials in this season
- S03E01 Episode 1
Series-three Episode 1 is the first recast drop — the show's whole thesis in a new faces dump, coming-of-age as a production cycle, not a freeze-frame.
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S03E01 Episode 1
The beautiful and elusive Effy is joined by her kooky best friend, Pandora. The guys are led by the irrepressible and irresponsible Cook, the daring and charismatic leader of the gang.
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S03E02 Episode 2
On Cook's 17th birthday, the gang flirt their way into Karen's friend Kayleigh's engagement party, upsetting Kayleigh's gangster dad.
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S03E03 Episode 3
Thomas arrives from Congo, alone, penniless and homeless. But a chance meeting with Effy and Pandora puts him right.
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S03E04 Episode 4
Katie uses 'special ingredients' to make chocolate brownies for Pandora's party, but doesn't warn Pandora or her mum, who indulges in the choccie treats.
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S03E05 Episode 5
Freddie is the black sheep of his family, and seen as a waste of space. If this wasn't bad enough, living in the shadow of the reckless Cook is doing his head in.
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S03E06 Episode 6
Naomi thinks that she has everyone and everything worked out: her hippy mum, adoring Emily, Cook's misogyny, and the flattery of her politics teacher.
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S03E07 Episode 7
JJ's feeling lost and confused. The conflict within the gang has taken its toll on him. But Emily proves to be a true friend in his hour of need.
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S03E08 Episode 8
Katie is making the most of the fact that she's replaced Effy as Queen Bee, but invites Effy to a party in the woods, where the gang come across some scary poachers.
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S03E09 Episode 9
What a difference a party makes. Since their disaster in the forest, the twins' lives 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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S03E10 Episode 10
When Freddie and JJ fall out over Cook, the confusion surrounding the gangs' love lives reaches a dramatic conclusion as the series' infamous love triangle is potentially brought to an end.
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