Finale (Skins series 6)
| "Finale" | |
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| Skins episode | |
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Series 6 Episode 10 |
| Directed by | Benjamin Caron |
| Written by | Georgia Lester |
| Produced by | Neil Duncan Tony Welch |
| Original air date | 26 March 2012 |
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"Finale" is the series finale of the sixth series of the British teen drama Skins. It premiered on E4 in the UK on 26 March 2012. The episode is told from the point of view of all nine characters of the third generation.
A description of the episode on the Channel 4 website reads; "It's the end of an era. The exams results are in and Alex is throwing the mother of all leaving parties. Everyone's future hangs in the balance as Franky struggles to confront her past."
Mini, having had issues with her pregnancy, lies asleep in hospital. Liv sits with her and attempts unsuccessfully to talk to her, before leaving to let her be with Alo.
Meanwhile, Franky digs through her fathers' possessions and finds the address of her social worker, before hitching a ride to Birmingham with a friendly truck driver. There, the social worker discreetly helps her find her mother's address, but when Franky arrives, she finds it boarded up and empty. She is confronted by her older sister, Clara, who is shocked to see her , and informs her that their mother is dead. Back in Bristol, Matty and Nick have noticed Franky's absence and, despite their feud, both head to Birmingham to find her, after tracking her using an app on Nick's iPhone. Upon seeing Nick and Matty outside Clara's apartment complex, Franky narrowly manages to escape them, and hitches a ride from the same trucker. Upon discovering that he is heading back to Bristol, she demands he pull over, and he refuses, simply telling her that she can't run forever. Franky throws herself out of the truck, and is promptly rushed to hospital by the aghast trucker.
Liv, who has been starting to feel isolated, asks Alex to forgo his gap year in Thailand and stay with her. However, he tells her that he can't do that, and instead reminds her that there is still his final send-off party before the friends must say goodbye. Rich is given an offer from his top university choice, Cambridge, to his delight — though his joy is short-lived when Nick arrives and asks him if he can let Matty stay. He hesitantly agrees. While sharing a spliff, Matty apologises to Rich for Grace's death, which he accepts.
Back in the hospital, Franky visits a sleeping Mini. Liv, who is also present, is shocked when she sees the state Franky is in and starts to berate her for her melodramatic behaviour and tendency to be manipulative. Mini to suddenly wakes up and orders Liv out. As she comforts the crying Frankly, she tells her very gently that she will have to face Nick and Matty eventually and can't run forever. Eventually, Alex's party rolls around, and Alo convinces Mini's gynaecologist to let her attend "for an hour." At the party, Nick and Matty both set their sights on Franky and pursue her through the club, as she continues to run from them. Eventually, she is confronted by an image of Grace, who encourages her to face up to the two and tell them the truth. Feeling her confidence return, Franky tearfully admits to Nick and Matty that she loves both of them, but that she knows a relationship could not work between any of them for that reason, before going outside and being met by Clara, who takes Franky home to Jeff. Matty and Nick decide to make peace.
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