And the award for most unnecessary character death goes to this episode

i think the fact that we don’t get to see him actually attack him, but we hear freddie’s screams and the grunts and then the blood splatter hits makes it even more scary. it leads us to use our imagination. man this was tough

I just hate the fact that Freddy is never properly mourned in the show

Even after all these years i still think this was the worst idea they had. A character dying, fine. But please don't do it in an unrealistic way like this!! Chris' death felt a lot more realistic and therefore tragic. It was revealed that this medical cindition ran in his family and he had never taken the treatment seriously + he took a lot of drugs. This psycho therapist trope felt so out of place like a terrible mix of genres

His screams are what trigger me the most, the fact that he was scared and confused.

I don't accept the fact that Effy thinks Freddie abandoned her, I wish I could at least see her reaction. they never had a worthy goodbye to their beautiful story

He didn't deserve this.

This is the moment Skins went downhill

pls that blood splat traumatised me

SOMEONE HAD SPOILED TO ME THAT FREDDIE DIES SO I WAS EXPECTING IT BUT THIS WAS THE LAST WAY I EXPECTED HIM TO DIE I WAS SO SHOCKED

this is the exact moment skins started to become shit

This was the worst character death I’ve ever witnessed in tv. It was so unnecessary and undeserved. WHY TF DID HE HAVE TO DIE? It felt like someone ripped my heart out I cried sm they literally had no point in killing him off wtf!!!!!!!! WTF WAS THE POINT??? He was such an amazing person he deserved sm better

Whenever Freddy died I literally froze cus the scene was just... I was lowkey scared

Man I understand why he didn't fight back all the fear and shock would've got to him

I will still never forgive them for doing this to us!! There was absolutely NO need for Freddie to die 😭

Still one of the most chilling uses of blood splatter I've ever seen

It's 2021 and i haven't got over this. 😭

Season 7 could've been Effy solving his murder, which would clear Cook's name. Would've been extra good if at the end they find out it's too late to clear Cook's name because of everything that happened in his episode. Instead we got a watered down Effy as an investment banker sleeping with her boss. So boring.

Freddie thought Foster was going to open the door for him, that’s why he didn’t fight back Fuck I hate this scene

I don’t usually get easily scared by movies and shows etc but this traumatised me what the fuck

He was one of my favorite characters, this scene was traumatizing no lie. Not only did his dad and sister lose a mother and brother, but Effy lost her boyfriend while she just recovered from depression. I don’t know what type of message they where trying to send with this….good people get killed by psychopaths? I felt like they missed the mark by doing this scene, and the end of season 4 felt empty, like everything was for nothing.

This scene triggered me sm. I loved Freddie he really didn’t deserve this he always was nice to everyone and he protected effy and he was such a good friend

I remember Deadass CRYING when I first saw this originally.... Powerful shit.

No words can describe of pissed off this scene makes me

WHY WOULD YOU POST THE MOST DEPRESSING VISEO EVER NO SKINS NO

I remember thinking Freddy's was so random and just weird because there was hardly any development after he went missing considering he was such a massive character. He must have really pissed off the creators XD

that silence was LOUD

Makes no sense everyone thought he ran away: 1. It’s just not in his character to do so at ALL 2. Did Cook just never mention finding Freddy’s bloodied clothes in Fosters house yet got imprisoned for killing him? Why would he keep that to himself? 3. Surely Freddy’s family would’ve found out? The last place he went was Fosters.

WHY YOU DOING THIS TO US

This was the moment I knew skins was done for, this death was so pointless and unnecessary HURTFUL! We all loved Freddie I don't understand why they'd take him away from us like this...

skins worst scene

Whenever people talk about Gen 2 being the best, I remember how ridiculous this particular arc was.

So I come back here - after years without thinking about this show - hoping I’d missed some detail or something about this scene, maybe due to my young age or maybe for watching a poorly uploaded episode with missing parts.... But no, it really was the nonsensical mess I remember watching. Wow.

It's been years and I still can't forgive the writers for making up this shitty ending for Freddie's character. He was among the best and yet, he's been just dumped out of screen like that with no aftermath to it!!

but... but why? it was so cheap for a quick shock but no real follow-up or anything - just a passing mention

I didn't think he was dead, I thought he beat him to keep him captive to tell effy to take him back or something, I was so shocked in the end I couldn't fucking believe it

this scene is going to trigger me every time i watch it. skins creators out there just like "must...kill one character from...each..generation"

I was told Freddie was gonna die but I did not expect him to die this way

I never understood the brutality of this scene when I first watched it but now watching it older you see the blood spatter and it’s like “damn.. dude opened Freddie’s head up like a watermelon”

This made me feel anger in ways I can't possibly explain it is the saddest shit ever

When I first saw this science I honestly thought he wasn’t dead...didn’t even think about it. But now rewatching this now. Horrific.

Most frustrating thing about this, gravity would’ve worked in Freddy’s favour, if he just launched himself at the DR, DR would’ve fallen downstairs in an awkward position. Age would make a difference, Fred could handle the fall, the DR would struggle giving Freddie a chance to escape or return the favour. The writers of this episode should be ashamed of themselves.

Freddy had the high ground, mans could’ve dropped kicked that fool

The fact that he apparently made zero attempt to defend himself that makes it crazy. At the very least we are tumbling down those stairs together.

This scene still haunts me 😭😭

Whyyyyyy ? You don't have to remember us this tragedy... :(

Still angry about this scene considering that Freddie literally had the high ground and yet he stood there and did absolutely nothing. I suppose he could have been paralysed with fear or unsure about whether or not John was serious about attacking him, but I think it was just due to bad writing. If you’re going to write out a beloved character for no reason, at least make it make sense.

Is the skins channel just goofing around or-

this scene makes my heart hurt.I feel so bad for him he did everything for effy all he ever did was help effy he was so kind hearted:(

I was speechless when I watched that scene and I had to talk to 3 people about it and it really did something to me

I literally pulled a 😨 face with tears running down my face,, I think I’m genuinely traumatised by Freddie’s death I just froze and like went into shock or sumn

NOOOOOOO I’m still not over this death it haunts me 😭😭😭 Freddie deserved so much more

Skins was so good at introducing characters but then never knew what to do with them other then have them spiral into over the top melodramatic drama.

Freds you are forever in our hearts...

his screaming make me more even sadder 😥

I remember his death being horrifying and gut-wrenching but now watching it it's the most hilarious thing I've ever seen the dude literally shows a baseball bat says I can't let you have her he starts to slowly walk up and says "she really does love you,you know" and his response is "ok...come on just open the door yeah?" Lol bruh the minute he's on the second step I'm silverback leaping off the top of the steps onto the dude before picking up the bat breaking open the door and beating the s*** out of him with it.

I've just realised when rewatching that they actually cut a scene out when freddie looks down like he's scared you can see this scene on the beginning of the next episode when it says previously

I literally stopped watching after season 4, I liked 3&4 the most, mostly bc of Freddy and effys love story and then they just unnecessarily killed him like- no❤️

I can't believe Freddy couldn't have pushed the psycho down the stairs.

the moment this season jumped the shark

Shark official jumped, what the hell were the writers doing in this season.

I laughed my head off when Freddie said "wtf am I doing in your house?"

this scene still hurts to watch after 3 years

This felt so out of place...

I can't believe I just liked this. I miss skins on Netflix.

Showed this to my friend and he laughed! It scares me to this day but he's never watched skins. This scene makes me so sad 😭

But they really didn't even need to do this though... So unnecessary.

This scene is so traumatizing

TOO SOON. (I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH TIME HAS PASSED)

Disturbing as his shouting becomes whimpers, shook me to my core. I thought to myself if someone came for me I would fight snarling till the end.

this scene is still one of the most chilling scenes, I've seen tbh

Yup, still traumatized till this day.

Weal knew it, the show was finished when they killed freddy.

Oh How I wish he had called Cook over instead, instant fatality

Wth.. i searched for Freddie edits because hes my fav character.. Im only on volume 3 and i see this. Currently crying

NOOO IM NOT GONNA WATCH BECAUSE I CRY SM

I come back to this scene every now and then to remind me myself of the AWFUL decision Freddie´s death was

Can’t believe this is 10years old remember watching it first time it aired what a show good times

After cook kills foster “allegedly” he became my favourite character

lets start a fandom and fade this episode out… Freddy and Effy are still a couple they married and have child

He was upstairs so he could have fought almost easily from that level instead of trying all the time to open the door.

I don't get how he couldn't have kicked him down the stairs instead of trying to open a door that clearly wouldn't open

The only tiny shred of satisfaction we get from this is knowing that Cook goes absolutely fucking ballistic on Dr Weirdo soon after this scene

He has the highground and he still lost this was infuriating

His death still traumatized me

I literally don't know how I missed Freddie's death but I did. I was just as confused as the other characters were.. I didn't even realise until the last episode when Cook found his bloody clothes. I found out because of a skins retrospective video and in result got the urge to search for this and this wasn't what I was expecting at all. I LITERALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW I SKIPPED THIS PART. This still hit hard and the fact that they didn't get no explanation about what happened to him hurts even more. I wish they showed the reaction of the others, more JJ and Cook's reaction than Effy's since they have been friends since childhood and because Freddie was so focused on Effy, he didn't have room to connect with the other characters in the show which kinda sucks.

No because this deadass broke my heart....

I get it that every generation someone had to die, but killing a main character off screen and handle this like a mistery just so it's uncovered in the final scene was a horrible move. Even the third generation that is garbage has a better character death than this.

This is beyond messed up that they cut Freddie out like that this scene turned my stomach 🤮

i think the bit that gets to me the most is that there’s no music or any visuals of freddie’s death just a zoom out of the door and freddie’s screaming along with the sound of the baseball bat hitting him and then silence just chills u to the bone

I’m sorry but wouldn’t any logical person kick him in the face using the bannister as something to balance on. He has a clear advantage and is up hill, he could literally jump on him and make him fall over with his momentum and then in the meantime grab his bat and then use it on him but instead, he stood there and allowed him to get at the same level and then kill him. Like how the fuck would anyone not predict that’s going to happen. Furthermore, why walk into a lions den??

This felt like when the show jumped the shark. This came almost out of nowhere

There's something strange. How did foster close the door if went inside the studio in front of Freddie? It doesn't make any sense. Because Freddie could have found out

I just finished this episode and I’ll never recover

Freddie needs justice! :(

This was definitely the saddest and most brutal death in the show for sure

the music is different in the netflix version

The directors thought this was Eastenders for a second

Genuinely believe this is the most traumatic season in tv history. Every episode felt like a Suckerpunch

The most traumatic thing about this scene is the CGI blood spill in the window.