5 [2021] | Skins Series

Cleo’s child-star past comes back as a director offers her a comeback role – with strings attached. A dark episode shot like a psychological thriller. She burns her headshot at episode’s end.

Sol’s OCD rituals are revealed. He discovers his father’s surveillance files on all his friends. A tense dinner scene where Sol serves his dad a drugged drink to steal the files. skins series 5

Arjun’s drug supplier is a former cult enforcer. He’s forced to deliver a package to Kaz’s missing sibling’s last known address. He finds a shrine to the group – with their photos on it. Cleo’s child-star past comes back as a director

Rox enters a underground boxing match to pay her mother’s legal fees. She loses on purpose after seeing her opponent is a desperate single dad. Kaz tells her: "That’s why you’re stronger than all of us." Sol’s OCD rituals are revealed

Temi’s viral video about "authentic suffering" gets him cancelled at school. He attempts a livestreamed 24-hour isolation challenge in a shed – but Cleo secretly joins him, and they bond over trauma.

The gang confronts Sol’s dad at the police station. A riot breaks out after Temi live-streams the confrontation. Ivy confesses her lies to the group. They exile her.

Ivy’s double life explodes when her parents pull up to a squat in a Tesla. She fakes a breakdown to gain sympathy, but Rox sees through it and punches her. Unexpectedly, they kiss.