In Bristol, a new group of raucous teenage friends faces the messy rush of growing up, from volatile relationships and intense highs to the lows that inevitably follow. Season 5 introduces the third generation of Skins characters, following Franky Fitzgerald, Rich Hardbeck, Mini McGuinness, Liv Malone, Alo Creevey, and brothers Nick and Matty Levan as their lives and loves collide.