Degrassi S3: Father Figure
The third season of Degrassi: The Next Generation (shown on cable channel The N) opens with Emma sitting on her front porch, reading a book. Spike calls “It’s time,” and…
Degrassi S3: Accidents Will Happen 2
School’s back in session. Manny and Craig are being all snuggly, walking down the hall with their arms around each other. He wonders out loud about the sex of their…
Degrassi S3: Never Gonna Give You Up
Ms. Kwan’s Grade 10 English class is filing into the gym. Marco, Terri and Rick are walking together, and Marco “can’t wait” for something. Is Dylan going to show up…
Degrassi S4: King of Pain
Marco is inside a picture booth, posing unenthusiastically. Really, I would expect more out of the fashionista who showed up at school last week. In the background, 1950s elevator music…
Degrassi S3: Whisper to a Scream
Resident goth girl Ellie is all sorts of sullen, sitting among military folk looking like she’s lost her protest group. One of the camo-clad men approaches and, surprise, it’s her…
Degrassi S3: Take On Me
The Degrassi episode “Take On Me” isn’t just inspired by The Breakfast Club, it’s a thirty-minute remake of it, with a slight romantic twist. The cast of characters is as…
Degrassi S3: The Power of Love
“My diligent locker custodians. I’ll be back in 15 minutes to inspect all your hard work. And once they’re clean… hello, summer.” The bell rings as Snake ends his speech.…
Degrassi S3: Against All Odds
The gang is in Ms. Kwan’s class, and she’s trying to convince them that Shakespeare is applicable to their modern-day lives. Sean, in particular. He’s looking white-ghetto-fabulous, as per usual.…
Degrassi S4: Islands In The Stream
It’s a rock ‘n roll montage at The Dot Grill. Paige is waiting tables, badly. She mixes up drinks, mixes up orders, spills random liquids on customers at the bar,…
Degrassi S4: Mercy Street
Written by Mandy Lots of Degrassi students are standing and walking around in front of the school. “Someone tell me I’m hallucinating,” Paige says to the group slowly growing around…
Degrassi S3: Our House
Here’s something I just realized, and I can’t believe I didn’t notice it before now: Sean’s navy knit cap is evil. It’s true! Whenever he wears it he is tempted…
Degrassi S4: Secrets 1 & 2
Written by Mandy There’s a model of a stage and we hear Danny talking from behind it. He’s reading his lines for the upcoming play “Dracula,” which if you remember…
Degrassi S3: Rock and Roll High
Jimmy, Spinner and Marco walk down the hall in order of height from right to left. Jimmy is explaining that the new Kid Albert CD is amazing. It has a…
Degrassi S1: Parents Day
Written by Penny Toby and JT walk up to the school. Toby is counting down to something that is exactly 28 hours, 14 minutes and 7 seconds away. He’s been…
Degrassi S4: Voices Carry 1
Extras walk by nonchalantly as Craig and Ashley make out on the school’s front steps. I say “make out,” but really they’re kissing fairly chastely, which is a disappointment to…
Degrassi S3: Holiday
Aye. It’s the very special Degrassi Christmas episode. After watching the commercials for it all week, I’m feeling some serious dread in my stomach. Anyone else? Show of hands? Yeah,…
Degrassi S3: Should I Stay or Should I Go?
The camera pans over a dimly lit bedroom, tracks a notebook falling ungracefully to the floor, and swoops up over a pair of denim-clad legs before revealing Craig and Ashley…
Degrassi S4: Back In Black
Written by Mandy Sean and Ellie are standing in front of a school bus, though it is unclear whether or not they used it to get to school. Sean flips…
Degrassi S3: This Charming Man
The episode opens on Coach Armstrong’s math class. When I was in high school, my geometry teacher was also the baseball coach. I can’t remember his name, but I can…
Degrassi S4: Voices Carry 2
Craig sits amidst the rubble of his hotel room, toying with his mother’s ring. His tie is askew and his hair is delightfully tousled. Leave it to Craig to look…
Degrassi S4: Time Stands Still 2
Written by Mandy Anytime a television show starts with, “The following program contains scenes of violence and therefore parental supervision is advised,” you know you are in for one hell…
Degrassi S3: It's Raining Men
A car pulls up to the school, and before we can see him, we hear Marco calling out to us. Or rather, to Paige, Spinner and Hazel, who are walking…
Degrassi S3: Don't Dream It's Over
The 10th grade couples are having lunch outside. Paige is describing the “Paige Party On Wheels,” which amounts to little more than Paige having custody of her parents’ minivan for…
Degrassi S4: Neutron Dance
Downtown Sasquatch is in the hooooooouse! Or, rather, Joey’s garage. They’re rehearsing the crappy upbeat reggae song from the pep squad carwash. This time, though, it sucks like never before.…
Degrassi S3: Why
Marco is still obsessing over his admission to Spinner. He nervously approaches him outside the school before class. He asks if Spinner told anyone and Spinner plays dumb. That annoying…
Degrassi S3: I Want Candy
Ms. Hatzilakos is wearing her ubiquitous lab coat and explaining how the final exams are going to work in science class. The material will focus mostly on the second term,…
Degrassi S3: U Got The Look
We start off with the triumphant return of the Degrassi junior varsity boys’ soccer team to school after handily winning a game. Cheerleaders Paige and Manny get off the bus…
Degrassi S1: Family Politics
Ashley Kerwin falls back on her bed, talking on the phone. She has a just below the chin length bob, and she’s wearing her bathrobe. She declares that this is…
Degrassi S4: Time Stands Still 1
Written by Mandy Rick opens the episode, walking up to Degrassi with a smile on his face and wearing an interesting choice of hats: a beret. It works for me,…
Degrassi S1: Mother and Child Reunion
As the band Semisonic once said, “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” So true. When the old Degrassi series ended, kids of the 80s were left with…