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 doing it awhile. JT cuts him off and begs him…

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 of a ride. This episode doesn’t disappoint. A set of…

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 still see his face, and he had a very small…

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 hot after having a total mental meltdown. The phone rings,…

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 through several newspapers plastered with his face and headlines about…

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 the weekend. I’ve gotta say, when I was in high…

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 dad! I had no idea! Well, I read spoilers, so…

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 up the front steps. It’s a weird bit of overdubbing.…

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 took some effort to get approved after the Rick Incident.…

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 broken dreams and Saved By The Bell. Zack was no…

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 with Spinner blabbing about what a great game it was.…

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 everyone, if by “everyone” I mean “me.” Craig goes away,…

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, but since the principles from second term rely heavily on…

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 making out on her bed. Craig has his face buried…

“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 extras fill the hall, throwing away the contents of…

Sean is sitting in his dim living room mindlessly flipping through TV channels. He is wearing his season three uniform – gray hoodie and white t-shirt, without the big headphones and stocking cap. Maybe those are just props for school.…

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, dumps a plate of food in some guy’s lap, and…

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 totally new sound! They approach Craig, who is fixated on…

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. Craig is looking mighty skinny in his hipster t-shirt, and…

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 into doing very bad deeds. Right now, for instance… “Our…

It’s the last hurrah at the beach, and Ellie is none too happy that Marco is dragging her along with his friends. Hanging with the “pure evil” Paige is not her idea of fun. Marco’s retort about Paige being “very…

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 her. Emma wants to know who “he” is. “Remember our…

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, but I can smell trouble from a mile away -…

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 and do a striptease? Rick puts a sweatshirt on the…

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 kind of dumb where he’s just torturing Marco, forcing him…

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, that’s what I thought. Craig and Ashley are frolicking in…

An extra arrives at school wearing a Degrassi Panthers sweatshirt. She sneezes into a tissue, and we follow her up the school steps. Cut to the gym, where Manny – in a royal blue and gold leotard – executes a…

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. He feels strongly that “Julius Caesar” don’t know jack about…

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 follows: Jimmy: Andrew (Emilio Estevez) Hazel: Claire (Molly Ringwald) Ellie:…

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 baby. Again with the baby conversations right out in the…