No Filter

### Actors

Imogen Faires, Shanice Archer, Louis Swanepoel, Doña Croll, Seun Shote, Jacob Chambers, Richard Brake

### Next

Only Child

**No Filter** is the sixth episode of *Creeped Out*'s second season, and the 19th episode of the series overall. It first aired on 28 October 2019 on CBBC.

## Synopsis

Kiera, a vain teenager is obsessed with selfies. While on the hunt for the perfect one, she downloads a new app which takes the best photos she has ever seen. But it isn't long before she discovers something terrifying – with each picture she takes, her face begins to disappear!

## Plot

### Prologue

The Curious sits in a busy diner with several empty milkshake glasses in front of him. The Narrator asks whether you've ever stopped to think what happens to photos when you put them online. Maybe it's time you started – before it's too late.

### Episode

Kiera's responsible older sister Marcy hurries her to get ready, pointing out she's late yet has already been up for hours. Kiera ignores her and spends time taking lots of selfies instead.

As they hand out flyers for their family restaurant, Zucco's, Kiera suggests skipping work on Saturday to go to a festival. A group of boys turn up; Marcy gets embarrassed when she talks to a boy named Brock, who she has a crush on. However, Marcy believes that Brock is more attracted to Kiera more than her.

Later, at work, Kiera continues to be distracted. The girls' grandmother, Glams, and the co-owner of Zucco's, mentions that she wants a family photo above the bar. Their dad, Glam's son and joint owner of the restaurant would rather the customers be served quickly, as 'reputation is everything' though.

At home, Kiera looks through other girls' selfies enviously. Disappointed with her own, she searches for ways to make them better and finds an app called 'Flaw Fader' which promises to 'take the best of you'. She scrolls through the lengthy terms and conditions and clicks 'accept' without reading them, laughing when Marcy protests. She's delighted with the selfies and also takes a photo of her favourite toy, Dr. Giggles.

The next morning, Kiera gets a strange message from Flaw Fader about a 'new gallery bid', which she assumes to be spam. She finds her vision has become blurry.

Marcy is upset when she sees texts from Brock on Kiera's phone, but doesn't say anything. Kiera tells her she's bought festival tickets for them both.

At work, Kiera gets another 'gallery bid' just as a child screams and points at her face in horror. She goes into the bathroom, and although her vision is quite blurry even she can see that her face is almost completely blank. Another customer sees her and also screams. Pulling her hood up, Kiera leaves the restaurant mid-shift and runs home.

Marcy follows her and rages at her about abandoning work and meeting up with Brock. Kiera reveals that she only texted Brock about Marcy – he found it difficult to contact Marcy himself as she isn't on social media; Kiera was planning to arrange for them to meet at the festival.

Marcy apologises and notices that Dr. Giggles's plastic face appears to be erased. Kiera then removes her hood to reveal that her face is bizarrely deformed and skull-like, with her facial features seeming eroded and not having much longer left to live. Marcy realises it's the app, and looks online, where she finds warnings about Flaw Fader.

Marcy and Kiera track down the location of the app, which is a seemingly empty gallery in a dilapidated street. Inside, they find photos of lots of people, including Kiera. When Kiera touches hers, the 'paintings' open their eyes.

A hologram of a sinister man appears and tells the girls that Flaw Fader is one of many tools he uses around the world, and that he makes users' images available for purchase... as specified in the small print. As he talks, Marcy hacks into the app and installs a virus. The man begins losing all his money and customers and his business is becoming ruined in just seconds. The man eventually agrees to 'unbind' Kiera after Marcy's meddling on the condition that he never sees Kiera's face once she leaves. He asks Marcy to indicate that she agrees by tapping 'accept' on a tablet, which she does. However, she does not read the terms and conditions as Kiera's face has returned to normal. All the other faces in the gallery suddenly scream and disappear. The hologram of the man also disappears.

The next day, Kiera is ready for work on time and vows to appreciate what she has from now on – with no filters. She is also very pleased that she doesn't feel the need to take tons of selfies. Brock texts Marcy to ask her out. As she's about to reply saying yes, she remembers to check the terms of the 'deal' she agreed with the creator of Flaw Fader, and realises that if Kiera or herself ever appear in any photo again, both their faces will belong to him. She interferes just in time to stop Glams taking a group photo, but can't get away quickly enough before Dad takes one.

### Epilogue

The Curious holds his mask up in front of one of the blank paintings, then puts it back on. The Narrator warns you to be careful what you do with your image. You never know if someone's hiding in the shadows, preparing to steal it.

## Cast

* Kiera (Imogen Faires)
* Marcy (Shanice Archer)
* Brock (Louis Swanepoel)
* Glams (Doña Croll)
* Dad (Seun Shote)
* Sammy (Jacob Chambers)
* The Hidden (Richard Brake)
* The Curious (Ashleigh Smith)
* The Narrator (Hedvig Becke)

## Trivia

* Kiera's family own Zucco’s pizzeria. The restaurant is also mentioned in Trolled, Marti and Kindlesticks.
* The owner of Flaw Fader is identified as 'The Hidden' in the end credits.