Skins

- Season 5

(2011)

Loner Franky starts at Roundview and accidentally challenges Mini's position as Queen Bee. Mini plays the long game and Franky finds herself befriended by the girls, but when she won't conform to what Mini expects of her, she is spat out. Franky meets Matty, who understands and empowers her. Franky stands up to Mini, which inspires Grace to join her. A new gang is formed: Franky, Alo, Rich, and Grace. Franky has finally found friends, but in doing so has started a war with Mini.

Rich uses his taste in extreme music to keep the world, especially girls, at bay. When Alo finds Rich's perfect woman, Rich is forced to into pairing up with Grace to learn how to chat up girls. But first she must learn the ways of metal to impersonate a practise metal chick. Rich continually pushes Grace away, refusing to believe a mainstream girl could understand him. He loses his hearing and learns about compromise. Rich allows Grace into his world, but has his heart broken when she puts Mini and Liv first.

Mini is under threat. When Grace brings Franky into the Charity Fashion Show, Mini sacks them both and re-imagines the show in her own image to cement her power. Despite appearances, her relationship is also rocky; Nick can't wait forever for sex. As Mini struggles to maintain control, Liv acts out in the worst way possible: giving Nick what Mini failed to. Mini discovers but pretends it hasn't happened. Mini loses her virginity at the wrong time, with the wrong person, and for all the wrong reasons.

Liv continues to sleep with Nick, unsure why. Mini befriends the gang to isolate Liv. Liv takes off. She meets a boy called Matty, and they take a day off from reality with no consequences or commitments. When they break the law they decide to run away together. Matty has a secret: he's Nick's estranged brother. After rejecting him, Liv acknowledges her need for a real relationship and takes a chance on a boy no-one believes in. Liv admits her affair with Nick to Mini, but Mini isn't ready to forgive. Matty and Nick are reunited, but Mini and Liv's friendship has ...

Nick is the school star: he's hot, he's the son of a proud father, he's a rugby hero, and he's got the perfect arm-candy in Mini. But Matty's reappearance has unsettled him. As he watches his brother slip effortlessly into new friendships, old wounds are re-opened and Nick's game suffers. He realizes that everything he thought he wanted--rugby success, his father's approval--is crushing him. He leaves it all behind and puts his faith in Matty.

Alo has always lived on Creevey Farm, but lately the sins of the city call to him. Alo's out partying, getting fucked in his continuous attempts to get laid. But his parents, fed up with having a useless son, take him out of college and get him to buckle down on the farm. Alo rebels and has a party that ruins the farm, hoping this will show his parents that they can't keep him trapped there. When his dad is hospitalised, the most irresponsible boy on earth realises it's finally time to grow up.

Grace has always believed in fairytales and happy endings, but is forced to face reality. When Rich accidentally learns that David F-ing Blood is her father, Grace has some explaining to do. Blood disapproves of Rich and threatens to send her back to Mayberry's College for Young Ladies if her grades drop. Grace must pass her drama exam, but with her relationship in turmoil and the whole gang at odds in her production of Twelfth Night, it's not looking likely. Grace manages to pull it off, but Blood goes back on his word and sends her to Mayberry's anyway. Rich rescues...

It's Rich and Grace's wedding day and the fractured gang tries to make it a happy day but they're at one another's throats. When the van breaks down on the way to the church, the gang splits up. Everyone must go through his or her own test to get to the church on time. Grace and Rich question if marriage is really for them. Alo picks up the pieces when Nick wonders how he became such a stoned loser. Liv and Mini both lose the people they have put their trust in when Matty and Franky choose each other. And Franky finally gives in to her desires for Matty, but the ...