Frederick "Freddie" McClair is a fictional character from the British television series Skins.

Freddie cares deeply for both his friends, most of the time helping JJ through his social problems because of his Asperger syndrome and attempts to control Cook's wild, if often uncontrollable behaviour with varying degrees of success.

He dislikes how his sister, Karen McClair uses her mother's death as leverage to win sympathy and popularity in a talent competition.

By the fourth series, Freddie significantly matures and he becomes closer with his family as well as Karen, having resolved their differences, although it is revealed in his central episode that his mother took her own life, making him paranoid that Effy will do the same.

[3] Starting from the second episode in series 4, Freddie is in a relationship with Effy, which becomes troubled when the latter develops psychotic depression.

In “Everyone”, Freddie starts his first day at college and is smitten by Effy and consequently competes for her attention against his best friends Cook and JJ.

In “Freddie”, he watches Karen reach the final of a talent show but is disgusted at how she uses their mother's death to further her progress in a singing competition, and is implicitly uncomfortable with the sexual presentation of his sister, which is only aggravated by Cook's comments.

As Karen begins to further her progress in the singing competition, Freddie gets increasingly annoyed with how things are turning out - from his father converting his shed into a dance studio for Karen to forcing Freddie into supporting his sister during a televised interview, which he ruins.

Nonetheless, the end of the episode shows Cook around Effy's where Freddie sees them in her bedroom window.

At a camping trip most of the gang attend, Freddie grows distant from Katie, flirting with Effy after her apparent rejection of Cook.

Effy wanders back to the camp-site; she is too scared to tell the others of Katie and proceeds to have sex with Freddie.

In the series finale, Freddie gets a call from Effy, who states her concern for Cook and how his father manipulates him.

The town host an annual race which the boys enter, stating the winner takes Effy.

JJ surprisingly wins the race using his intelligence and uses the occasion to take charge and demand Effy picks one of them.

The four travel back to Bristol, where the problem seemingly remains unsolved despite Freddie temporarily patching up his differences with Cook.

Later at a house party, Freddie and Effy kiss making a watchful Cook lash out at a fellow party-goer out of rage and jealousy.

On the date of his hearing, Freddie, Effy and JJ visit him and await the trial conclusion only to discover Cook is being held in custody.

When Freddie next sees her and they argue, Effy's personality changes as Dr. Foster's psychological work makes her forget everyone she has loved.

In the series finale, Cook discovers Freddie's concern about Dr. Foster and follows the doctor back to his house.

Cook breaks into John Foster's basement where he finds Freddie's blood stained clothes and shoes.

Cook gets up laughing and admits he is a "waste of space" and a criminal, but then he tells John that he knows he killed Freddie.