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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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,…

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…

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.…

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,…

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…

“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…

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…

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…

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 going to be the “best.year.ever.” to Terri. The first thing…

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…

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 Season Four of Degrassi: The Next Generation opens on Paige, pouring bottled water on some object off-screen and saying, “I christen thee.” This year Paige has gnarly blond locks and frosty eye shadow. She turns to Spinner…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

Written by Mandy Degrassi Junior High came into my life around 1987. I was 11 years old and just happened to be watching PBS when a show about junior high kids came on and rocked my world. I was hooked…

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…

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…

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…

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 plays. Marco makes it through three poses, grimacing after each…

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…

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:…