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Cassie Ainsworth

The viewer is reintroduced to Cassie five years after series two in Pure, in which she is shown to have changed in many ways.

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Cassie is revisited five years later in series 7 in a feature-length episode, Pure, where it is revealed that she spent the last few years travelling around America with a boy and she moved back to England, though she moves into a shared flat in London instead of heading back to her hometown.

Skins Pure

While Cassie prefers to spend time alone in her apartment, and lives a relatively isolated existence, she receives occasional calls from her father (Neil Morrissey) and younger brother, Reuben, who are now living in Wales following the death of Cassie's mother.

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While in its first six series Skins was a teen drama focusing on the life of Bristolian teenagers, Pure like previous episode Fire is a filmically and tonally distinct drama revisiting one of the show's characters as they adjust to adulthood.

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In the story, Cassie forms an odd friendship with her stalker (Olly Alexander), and tries to support her younger brother Reuben as their father (Neil Morrissey) fails to cope with the death of their mother.

Skins Rise

While in its initial six-year run Skins was a teen drama about the lives of Bristolian teenagers, Skins Rise like the two previous episodes, Skins Fire and Skins Pure, is a filmically and tonally distinct drama which revisits one of the show's characters as they face adulthood.

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