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Derry Girls Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2018 - 2018
Episode 1
Episode #1.1
Fri, Dec 21, 201825 mins
Londonderry in the early 1990s. A trying day for 16-year old Erin Quinn begins when she wakes to find cousin Orla reading her diary. Starting a new school term with Orla, saucy Michelle and socially-conscious Clare she sees the desirable David Donnelly and meets nervous English lad James, the only boy in the school. After a set-to with smug Wee Tina the girls and James are put in detention which is agony for James, who is banned from using the girls' toilet and relieves himself in a waste bin. When the ancient nun, Sister Declan, supervising them dies they find themselves accused of killing her and to top off a lousy day James mammy has gone back to England and Orla starts reading Erin's diary aloud.
Episode 2
Episode #1.2
25 mins
The girls and James are thrilled when Sister Michael announces the school trip is to Paris though disappointed to learn that it will cost £375 each. When fellow pupil Jenny Joyce explains that her parents have a trust fund for her Erin tries to persuade Ma Mary and Da Gerry to do the same for her but they are more interested in hearing about Uncle Colm's dangerous encounter with two masked men so the kids decide to devise their own money-making schemes, which all end in disaster.
Episode 3
Episode #1.3
25 mins
The girls and James stay up all night to revise for an important exam but Erin's concern for her dead dog Toto and Granda's feud with Maureen Malarkey pale beside fear of failure. An alleged sighting of a weeping icon leads to a meeting with the handsome Father Peter and local fame for the quartet as being witnesses to a miracle. Unfortunately an admission from Erin's mother shows her that miracles do not happen.
Episode 4
Episode #1.4
25 mins
Erin's family hosts Katya, one of a group of youngsters affected by the Chernobyl disaster, sent to Derry for fresh air. Katya is extremely scornful of Erin and her circle, except for James, whom she finds very sexy. When a party is thrown for the visitors Erin agrees to attend - as the gorgeous David Donnelly is the DJ - but she makes a fool of herself with a false accusation against Katya whilst one of the boys in the party is not what he seems. Back home Ma Mary and Aunt Sarah do not hold back in disapproving of Granda Joe's new lady love.
Episode 5
Episode #1.5
25 mins
With the Orange March looming Erin's family, along with Clare, Michelle and James, decide to escape Derry for the Republic but Aunt Sarah's tarot reading foretells disaster. After Granda has driven them into the parade Gerry manages to save the day but there is a further shock when they find they have a stowaway who could endanger them all. Aunt Sarah's prediction thus comes true - after a fashion.
Episode 6
Episode #1.6
25 mins
Gerry loses the docket to claim Mary's birthday photos, to scornful Granda's delight, but is rescued when the shop assistant admits a crush on Aunt Sarah. Meanwhile, Erin is overjoyed to step in as editor of the school magazine despite general opposition, but the discovery of an anonymous piece by a suicidal lesbian provides her with a best-selling scoop. It also leads to a shock admission which almost divides the group of friends until they join together to help Orla at the school talent show.
