Matthew "Matty" Levan is a fictional character from the third generation of the British teen drama Skins, portrayed by actor Sebastian de Souza.
Trapped in a life by a tyrannical father (Leon Levan), Matty had decided to rebel and leave home, engaged in criminal behaviour and drug abuse.
He likes reading, composing music, and through his tastes it crops out a dark and slightly depressive side which stays hidden.
There is an underlying sadness in this family, an absent mother that Nick (Sean Teale), Leon (Dorian Lough) and Matty never mention, like a blank spot in their past that is influencing how they interact.
[7] Matty's return is crucial for Nick, who tempted cleverly by his brother realizes to be enslaved by Leon's expectations.
Up against the choice between losing Matty again or disappointing his father, Nick in episode 5 decides to leave drastically his past and embraces change.
"[8] "Franky Fitzgerald (Dakota Blue Richards) is the only person in the group Matty doesn't fully understand.
Unlike Franky, who likes him from the start because she craves feeling - Matty falls in love with her in a very slow process, began the day they met and put through the final scene.
[10] In "Mini", Franky looks through the crowd at Roundview's fashion show after-party and briefly spots Matty.
Matty reluctantly accepts Liv's offer to take the drugs (MDMA) and to spend the day together before leaving town.
Matty knocks the molester out with a fire extinguisher, takes the cash from the till before they run away in bearsuits.
Matty begs Nick for his help in convincing their father to let him come home, and he and Liv part with an understanding between them.
At school, Matty is allowed to re-enroll in college on probation, thanks Nick who was winning Rugby games.
However, after a terrible first day of work at the farm, Alo changes his mind and calls Matty.
Later, at Alo's party, Franky pushes a boy she's dancing with off of her and he retorts by shoving her into the wall, witnessed by Matty and Liv.
While the pair is sharing a love scene, Liv gets suspicious and makes Matty quit the play with her.
At the student Matty notices Franky being hassled by a guy at the bar and intervenes, causing Liv to argue with him.
The day after, Grace makes Matty rejoin the play, where he says to feel a bad boyfriend even if he loves Liv.
As Franky is dancing Matty approaches to talk, despite his apologies she tells him that their relationship is getting boring and walks off finding solace in Luke.
Pretending to make up he invites the gang to a beach party, but once there, a group of peddlers concurring with Luke and Jake puts a shipment of drugs in Matty's car.
Matty, bleeding, seeing the shipment of drugs and in shock at the sight of Grace apparently dead, runs away desperately.
During the phone conversation she stays silent while Matty begs for answers confessing to be scared and unable to come back.
Eventually she replies that she is still furious with him for running after the accident in which Grace died before she hangs up and goes back into Luke's arms.
He managed to find a way to come home from Morocco but he needs his help to pay a guy who's disposed to send him passport and plane ticket.
When Matty calls his brother again, he realizes his friends are blaming him for Grace's death and Nick isn't helping.
The morning after, Alex, back from his gay hot weekend, enters his room completely naked and finds Matty in the same condition sleeping on his bed.
After an awkward introduction, Liv points out that Matty must leave Bristol, but he refuses to do it before talking to Franky.
When Liv starts beating her, Matty drags her off but she pushes him away yelling at him he shouldn't have left her after the car crash.
For this purpose the brothers steal a car as they track her down using Nick's iPhone, Franky is determined to keep running away and the mission fails.
Embittered, Matty and Nick let her go and reach the boys in the last night of celebration, until the morning, when Mini starts having contractions and has to be rushed to hospital.