2003-2004

KID CAST

John Bregar- Dylan Michalchuk (season 3+)

Sarah-Barrable Tishauer- Liberty Van Zandt

Daniel Clark- Sean Hope Cameron

Lauren Collins- Paige Michalchuk

Ryan Cooley- James Tiberius “JT” Yorke

Jake Epstein- Craig Manning (season 2+)

Stacey Farber- Eleanor “Ellie” Nash (season 2+)

Jake Goldsbie- Tobias “Toby” Isaacs

Aubrey Graham- James “Jimmy” Brooks

Shane Kippel- Gavin “Spinner” Mason

Katie Lai- Kendra Mason (season 2+, recurring)

Andrea Lewis- Hazel Aden

Miriam McDonald- Emma Nelson

Melissa McIntyre- Ashley Kerwin

Daniel Morrison- Chris Sharpe (season 3+)

Adamo Ruggiero- Marco Del Rossi (season 2+)

Christina Schmidt- Terri Macgregor

Alex Steele- Angela “Angie” Jeremiah

Cassie Steele- Manuella “Manny” Santos

Mony Yassir- Nadia Jamir (season 2+, recurring)

ADULT CAST

Stefan Brogren- Archibald Rupert “Snake” Simpson

Melissa Dimarco- Ms. Hatzilakos (season 2+)

Mike Kinney- Mr. Armstrong

Linlyn Lue- Ms. Kwan

Pat Mastroianni- Joseph “Joey” Jeremiah (season 2+)

Stacie Mistysyn- Caitlin Ryan (season 3+)

Amanda Stepto- Christine “Spike” Nelson/Simpson

Dan Woods- Principal Raditch

Character Profiles:

GRADE 8

Nadia Jamir- She is in a wheel chair. We don’t know much about her; except that she is good friends with Kendra and that she doesn’t let the wheel chair stop her from doing the things that she likes to do.

Kendra Mason- Kendra is Spinner’s adopted sister. She is sort of a tomboy who enjoys sports, especially field hockey. She is dating Toby, the computer whiz. She is seen hanging with Nadia.

GRADE 9

Sean Hope Cameron- He goes through some changes this year. He dumps his girlfriend Emma to hang out with Jay and his gang that steals. He dated Amy, which got Emma mad and she got back at him, getting him 8 weeks of detention. He became friends with Jimmy, Hazel and Toby and hooked up with Ellie. He’s a gangster now, but he’s still cares about things.

Toby Isaacs- This year, Toby deals with JT becoming popular and still being a geek. He tries to get concert tickets from Jimmy by changing his math grade, which landed both of them in Saturday detention along with Sean, Ellie, and Hazel. Toby took the blame for something Jimmy did and they are pals now. Toby may always be a geek, but he’ll always be JT’s best friend.

Emma Nelson- She found her birth dad and was mad to find out that he had brain damage and her mom kept it from her, but is doing okay now. Emma deals with some losses this year. Her best friend Manny, whom she’d known since grade 2, dumped her and all her friends to be popular. And Sean dumped her to be a part of a gang. Plus Snake got cancer, but thankfully got in remission. And she also became sort of a bad girl. She got into a fight with Alex. Emma developed a lot this year and is tough. She also has a boyfriend named Chris, who is new to Degrassi.

Chris Sharpe- He is the new guy at Degrassi. He is a budding hip hop DJ and was dating a girl named Melanda, until Emma caught his attention, and he dumped Melanda to be with Emma. He has a good taste in music and a nice style in hats.

Manny Santos- Manny decided to change her look and attitude because she was sick of being known as Emma’s best friend and didn’t want to get rejected again for being too young. She dumps Emma and rejects JT when he asks her out, so she could go out with Sully. Manny also got a little close to Craig, who he began to see behind Ashley’s back. Manny got pregnant, and ended up getting an abortion. She is getting along with her old friends again, but she is still known as the “school tramp” and will never be the same person she was before.

Liberty Van Zandt- Liberty is still the smart perfectionist that she always was, but what’s different is that she has a boyfriend named Towerz now. She developed a crush on Sean, who didn’t like her back, but Towerz (Sean’s friend) did.

JT Yorke- JT decides that this year, he is going for younger women, and it’s not even Paige. He likes Manny when she changes her look, but she rejects him. He invites her to a commercial party and it mends her friendship with him. JT becomes popular and friendly with Paige this year, which got Toby a little mad at first. JT is still funny and charming, except he’s got a whole new look and is pretty good looking.

GRADE 10

Hazel Aden- Hazel is still nice, popular and best friends with Paige, the most popular girl in her grade. Hazel even shows a side that she cares for her friends when she discovers Rick was beating Terri. And she and Jimmy hook up at Saturday detention after Jimmy dared her to kiss Toby, and she did it!

Jimmy Brooks- Jimmy is still a jock and a really good friend. He was there for Marco when he came out and is still friends with Spinner, but not as close to him as he was before. He even hooks up with Hazel this year.

Marco Del Rossi- Marco comes out this year, and develops a crush on Paige’s older brother Dylan, and eventually starts dating him. His friends accept him, and even Spinner started to accept him after helping him prepare for his date with Dylan. Marco and Ellie are still best friends. Marco is nice, funny, and now he’s a little girly.

Ashley Kerwin- She turned punk this year since she is dating Craig, who is in a band. Ashley also deals with some pain this year. Craig cheated on her with Manny and got her pregnant. Terri suffered some serious injuries from Rick. Ashley has been under a lot of stress this year, but with the help of two good friends, Paige and Spinner, she is smiling again. She is nice, caring, and can be hard-headed at times, but she’s still an okay person.

Terri Macgregor- Terri really wanted to have a boyfriend, so she dated her secret admirer Rick. He beat her and she dumped him. But then they got back together again, and he pushed into a rock, where she suffered some serious injuries on her head. She is still in the hospital, but is doing much better. Terri is nice, and a good person, but she can be stubborn sometimes.

Paige Michalchuk- She is still popular, as usual. She softened down her attitude a bit, and she is dating Spinner. She has become such a good friend, that it’s surprising sometimes to think how much she has changed. She is still friends with Hazel, Spinner and Jimmy and now has a strong friendship with Ashley too. She was even there for Ellie when Ellie was cutting herself.

Craig Manning- Craig has become a two-timing scum. He cheated on Ashley with Manny and was almost a father, until Manny got an abortion. He moved on with his life, and Ashley has at least stopped hating on him so much. He may have done something wrong this year, but he is still cool, funny and nice.

Spinner Mason- Spinner is dating Paige and also took some time to get over his homophobia ever since his best friend Marco came out. He also dealt with Paige and JT’s close friendship and learning to like JT. Spinner is still a goof ball, and a fun person to be around.

Ellie Nash- Ellie is experiencing some trouble at home. Her dad is in the navy and is away all the time and when he’s gone, her mom gets drunk all the time and throws up. Ellie felt like cutting was the best way to get through it. Paige talked to Ms. Sauve for her and helped Ellie. Ellie also got a co-op job that Paige wanted. Ellie is still in therapy, but she’s dating Sean now because he understands her.

GRADE 12

Dylan Michalchuk- Dylan is Paige’s older brother, who’s been mentioned once in the first season, is gay and hooks up with Marco. Dylan is very athletic, energetic, funny and charming. And that’s probably why Marco likes him that much.

TEACHERS

Mr. Armstrong- He is a math and gym teacher and does a good job of balancing both. Kids like him because he’s cool, but he’s very serious with sports and teaching math.

Ms. Hatzilakos- Lots of people like her, especially the boys because she is very attractive. She may be as attractive as a model, but she really enjoys teaching science and that’s what is most important to her.

Ms. Kwan- She is a good English teacher at Degrassi and although she can be annoying to kids sometimes, she is still nice once in a while. That’s only if you’re on her good side.

Mr. Simpson- He is one of the coolest, most enthusiastic teachers at Degrassi. But this year, he discovers that he has leukemia of the blood, which upsets him and his whole family. Luckily, he is in remission and is okay now. He was still always putting a smile on when he is teaching Media Immersion.

Principal Raditch- He can be pretty strict most of the time, but he’s a good principal. There is some theft at Degrassi this year and he did the best he could to take care of the problem. Degrassi is a pretty safe school and he is doing a good job. And after being seen dancing in the gym on a Saturday, he’s revealed his wild side!

PARENTS

Joey Jeremiah- This good step father of Craig and father of Angela and car salesman deals with some romantic issues this year. He dates Sidney, who is a work-a-holic. After sharing an intimate moment with Caitlin over the holidays, he breaks up with Sidney and gets back together with Caitlin. He may be a hard-working father with two kids to take care of and a job, but he still has the power to charm a woman.

Caitlin Ryan- She is Spike and Joey’s old high school friend who has decided to return to Toronto and Joey thinks it’s because she missed him. She is working as a TV reporter on her own show and has Ellie Nash as her intern. She is back together with Joey. She works a lot, but she still has an energetic and fun-loving side.

Christine Simpson- She is the wife of Mr. Simpson and mother of Emma. Spike dealt with seeing Shane, Emma’s birth father, again. She tried to explain to Emma that she was 16 and there was nothing she could do about Shane being locked up, and after some thinking, Emma forgave her. She also gave birth to Baby Jack. She is a good mom and is doing a good job of raising Emma.

Season 3 Episodes:

“Father Figure (1)”

Emma’s mom is 9 months pregnant and Emma is starting grade 9. Emma decides that the time has come to search for her real dad after she gets mistaken for having Snake’s last name. She cuts school with Craig to find her dad who she thinks is a doctor and when she finds him, she gets a surprise that she wasn’t expecting at all.

Meanwhile it is Paige and Spinner’s anniversary and Spinner does not know what to give her as a gift. He begs Hazel for help, but she rejects him. He goes on a series of locker trades.

“Father Figure (2)”

Emma discovers her dad is brain-damaged. She leaves her address after the nurse asks her and Craig to leave. Emma starts hating on her mom and Craig tells her to appreciate the fact that she has a dad. There are no more trains and they have to go home with Joey. Spike isn’t happy at all and neither is Snake or Emma. Snake tells Emma what happened to Shane and that her mom was just trying to protect her. Emma goes home and finds that Shane tried to hurt her mom. Then Spike goes into labor and they pose for a family picture.

Spinner shows Paige her new anniversary gift: a pretty messed up locker. She isn’t satisfied until she sees Jimmy’s locker. Jimmy says that if Spinner tells the class he has no back bone, he’ll give him the locker. He does, and also insults Paige, which makes her very angry. He tells her why he traded lockers for her and she feels bad. They kiss and make up.

“U Got The Look”

Manny is sick of being cute and adorable, so she decides to go for a new look. She wears crop tops, low riders and a thong. Emma thinks it looks great, and so does JT! Manny is very excited about JT asking her out, until Sully is interested in her. A bunch of guys come to Emma’s SITE club just because Manny is there. Manny rejects JT when he asks her out and Emma tells Manny that she hurt JT. She also tells Manny that her attitude and her new look is crazy. Manny accuses her of being jealous. Manny dumps JT, Emma and the rest of her friends to be popular.

Craig is not grounded anymore, so he can practice with his band again. Joey gets a little caught up with their band since he had a band back in the 80s. Craig and his friends insult him on tape by accident and Joey hears it. Later, Joey tells Craig he was just reliving some old times and they make up.

“Pride (1)”

Marco and Ellie have been “dating” for a while, and Ellie doesn’t want to pretend anymore. When they go to the beach with Paige, Spinner, Hazel and Jimmy, they also meet Paige’s freaky older brother Dylan, whom Marco likes. Ellie and Marco break up, then Ellie announces it to all of them. Paige and Dylan think Marco is freaky too, and Spinner denies it. Spinner and Paige go on a double date with Hazel and Marco, but when Marco sees Ellie, he can’t take it anymore. He leaves Hazel and Spinner comes after him. Marco tells Spinner that he is gay. Spinner walks out of the alley, really mad.

Mr. Simpson has a cold, so he has to go to Joey’s temporarily since Baby Jack just got over a cold. While playing a video game with Craig, he faints and his nose bleeds. He then goes back to normal, acting like everything is okay when it’s not. Craig tells Emma he’s not sure if it’s just a cold Mr. Simpson has. Emma asks Mr. Simpson what is going on with him and he tells her to stop thinking the worst and that he’s okay. He makes an appointment with the doctor and discovers that he might have cancer, and has his bone marrow removed.

“Why (2)”

Spinner decides to cut Marco out of his life since he found out Marco’s long time secret. Jimmy asks Spinner what is going on and Spinner shows him what he wrote on the wall. Jimmy asks him what he’s going to write next, and if it’s something about him being black. Marco goes to Dylan’s hockey game even though Spinner is there. As he is going there, he gets bashed by a bunch of freaky bashers. Everyone is concerned, but Marco wants to be left alone. Spinner acts like everyone is making a big deal and thinks Marco got bashed for his shoes. Marco and Spinner are in the bathroom, and Spinner tells him to just stop being freaky and Marco says he can’t just do that. He tells Spinner he got bashed because he’s gay, and they hate it. Spinner says that he can’t compare him to those bashers, and Marco says why not.

Mr. Simpson is doing okay at the moment. He decides to let Sheila shave his head for the cheerleading fundraiser, only if enough money is raised. As Mr. Simpson’s head is being shaved, everyone is laughing and Emma is crying. She tells Manny what’s going on and Manny tells her that everything will be alright. Then Snake tells her that he’s gonna start chemo and she starts to cry, but Snake promises that he will beat the cancer for her and her mom and Baby Jack.

“Gangsta Gangsta”

Snake gets a new lap top. Sean meets Jay and his gang. They don’t like Emma because they think she’s a nerd. Sean helps Emma ‘clean the ravine’, and they make out. Emma is mad because they did it in the public. Sean decides to be with Jay instead of Emma because he thinks they’re cool and she calls him pathetic. He steals the lap top Snake got for his cancer, and Emma thinks it might be him.

JT is becoming popular and Toby can’t be a part of that. When JT has a wet dream about Liberty while sleeping over at Toby’s house, Toby says that he has to eat lunch with JT and the popular people or else he’ll tell about his wet dream. Toby joins JT, Paige, Spinner and Hazel, boring them. JT insults Toby. Toby decides to tell them about his wet dream about Liberty. They all laugh at JT. JT tells Toby that he will never be able to hang out with them. Toby leaves, but JT promises him that he’ll eat lunch with him.

“Should I Stay Or Should I Go?”

Ashley and Craig’s relationship is pretty serious now. Ashley told Craig that she loves him, but he can’t say it yet. Craig sends her roses and a note that says “Ash, you rock! xo Craig” which made Ashley mad. He writes her a song expressing his love for her. Manny hears it and is in love too. They were going to do it after Paige’s 16^th birthday surprise party, until Craig told Spinner and Spinner blew up a balloon as a cundo, and Ashley decided not to. She told Craig that he wrote that stupid song because the only reason he can’t tell her he loves her is because he doesn’t really love her. Craig is mad and Manny comforts him. Next thing you know, Craig and Manny are in the garage, Craig plays his song, and things get intense... The next day, Ashley apologizes and Craig tells her he loves her, leaving Manny crushed.

Snake is really mad ever since he got cancer and needs some cheering up. Joey invites him to go bowling and he says no, but Spike forces him to. He goes there and doesn’t have much fun, and to make things better, Wheels, an old high school friend, comes. He tells Snake to try and fight it and that his situation is different because he killed a kid and went to jail. Snake, Wheels, and Joey all come home laughing and singing their old band song. Spike and Emma are happy about it.

“Whisper To A Scream”

Ellie has been under a lot of stress. Her dad is in the navy and has to go somewhere again and her mother keeps getting drunk and throwing up. The only good thing was getting her co-op job, that Paige really wanted, but didn’t get. Ellie feels like cutting is the best way for her to release her pain. Paige finds out and tells Ms. Sauve. Ellie is mad because she thinks Paige is jealous. It turns out Paige was just trying to help her. Ellie began to see Ms. Sauve and stopped cutting.

Terri has a secret admirer and she hopes that it is Rick. But it seems like it is Toby because he is always following her and speaking weird. Hazel thinks that Terri should just ask Rick out. Terri discovers that Toby is not her secret admirer and that he was just testing her psychic abilities and she failed. Terri catches her secret admirer in action, Rick! He was a little shy and Terri says she had no idea it was him.

“Against All Odds”

Emma realizes that she likes the new boy Chris Sharpe. Manny notices it too and says that Emma should go to the rave where Chris’ cousin is the DJ, and always lets Chris DJ too. So they both dress up, and both girls are wearing revealing clothes. Emma sees Chris and they hit it off, until Chris’ girlfriend Melanda shows up. Manny tells her to go back to him when Melanda leaves. Manny and Craig also hit it off. Emma and Chris are about to kiss, but Emma says she can’t. She comes home to find Manny and Craig making out. She is mad at Manny. The next day, Emma tells her that she should feel bad for Ashley and Manny says that she shouldn’t have been with Chris since he has a girlfriend. Manny says that she doesn’t want to be friends with a stuck-up prude princess and Emma tells her that she doesn’t want to be friends with the school slut.

Spinner and Jimmy are doing pretty badly in math, but Marco is doing well. So Jimmy invites Spinner and Marco over for a sleepover so they can study. Spinner is uncomfortable because he doesn’t want to sleep over with Marco because he’s freaky. Spinner even thinks that Marco has a crush on him when he tries to give Spinner the Heimlich when he chokes on whipped cream. Marco tells Spinner that he hates his hair and his style and would never have a crush on him. The next day, Spinner thanks Marco for the help and tells him he has bad taste, and Marco laughs at him for being upset.

“Never Gonna Give You Up”

Terri and Rick are hitting it off well. Rick is being such a gentleman to Terri, even though the rest of them think he’s weird because he’s controlling and thinks he’s such a good director. Rick is mad when Jimmy is director of the play and Terri plays the lead, he even thinks Jimmy has a thing for Terri. When the play goes wrong because of Rick’s advice, Terri is mad at him and he hurts her. He would apologize, and then he slaps Terri. When Hazel asks Terri if Rick hurts her, she gets all defensive. Then Rick hurts her again and Terri tells him that that was the last time he would ever touch her. She finally dumps Rick.

JT and Paige have been spending a lot of time together and he’s also hanging around a lot of the older kids too. Spinner is jealous and starts to find ways to embarrass JT and so JT gets back at home, getting him demoted to dish pig. JT feels bad after Paige tells him what happened and so they boys make up, but JT pulls one more prank on him.

“Holiday (1)”

Now that is the holidays everyone is getting serious: Craig and Ashley, Craig and Manny, Joey and Sydney. Angela has her Christmas skating pageant. When Sydney is organizing everything for Christmas, Caitlin feels very out of place until she and Joey share an intimate moment after Sydney insults her. This leaves Caitlin wondering whether the two can be just friends.

Manny asks Craig to dump Ashley, and so he lies to her, saying that he dumped Ashley and that she has been the one all along.

“Holiday (2)”

Ashley sneaks a peek at the gifts Craig bought for her this holiday and she sees a figure skater charm bracelet that she believes is for her, until she discovers Manny wearing it the very next day, revealing what Craig has been doing behind Ashley’s back all along. Both girls learn that Craig has lied to both of them. Ashley slaps Craig on stage and runs out, and is crying. She then takes the guitar away and leaves. Manny dumps him as well.

Joey and Caitlin decide to be friends. At the holiday show at Degrassi, Angela says that Caitlin is fun. After Craig tells Joey about the love triangle and Craig tells him that both Caitlin and Joey still love each other, Joey dumps Sydney. Then he goes to the airport with Angela and Craig and stops Caitlin from leaving. They kiss.

“This Charming Man”                     

It’s been months since Sean dumped Emma for Jay and his gang. After seeing Sean and Alex display affection for each other during class, Emma really hates Sean. Chris decides to ask her out for a milk shake and she is really happy and says yes. When they are at the Dot, she sees Jay steal something and tells the manager. Jay reveals that Sean stole Mr. Simpson’s lap top, leaving Emma shocked. Emma decides to get back at Sean when the school’s DVD player goes missing. Sean gets 8 weeks of Saturday detention for telling Mr. Raditch to go to hell. He spits at Emma and leaves. Chris tells Emma that he’s wasting his time because she’s not over him. At Snake’s birthday party, Snake tells Emma that if Chris is worth the salt, he’d cut her some slack. Emma finds Chris at the mall and tells him that she likes his style of hats, his taste in music, and that he makes her feel fun again. And she tells him that she did what she did because Sean broke her heart. They make up and hug.

Paige, Spinner and Jimmy are taking drivers’ ed this semester and Paige is very prepared. Spinner is not prepared, as usual. When they discover that their new teacher is Mr. Falcone, a very hot man, Paige is so nervous. Spinner and Jimmy make fun of her. At lunch, Hazel and Jimmy tease Paige about Mr. Falcone. Spinner is mad. He even destroyed the car during his lesson for Paige. She tells him that she doesn’t like Mr. Falcone and they make up.

“Accidents Will Happen (1)”

Degrassi has a big gymnastics meet and Manny is going to lead the team to victory, but when she starts to feel sick and fears that her stomach problems are more than the flu or being nervous. This is when she begins to wonder whether or not she and Craig used protection when they did it. The only person she can think of to turn to is Spike since she has been in the same position before. She finds support from Spike, and even Emma and Craig, who takes the news pretty well.

Ever since JT became so popular, Toby is suddenly feeling shut out of JT’s life and when Jimmy invites JT to a DJ Mad Bulletz concert, Toby will do anything to get invited too. So he hacks into the computer system to change Jimmy’s math grade to 88, but when Ms. Kwan walks by he accidently types in 888. Jimmy forces him to go back and fix it, but then Mr. Raditch catches him and he rats on Jimmy and so both boys get Saturday detention.

“Accidents Will Happen (2)”

Manny begins to feel attracted to this idea of her and
Craig starting a family. Ashley shares the news with the cafeteria. When Craig and Manny do a horrible job of taking care of Baby Jack, Manny realizes that being a mother at 14 is a tough job. She decides to have an abortion, making Emma very upset considering the fact that her mother almost had an abortion, and making Craig angry because he really wanted to start a family. Emma defends Manny and tells him it’s her body and she can do what she wants with it.

JT tells Liberty to move on with her silly little crush on him and so when Sean and Liberty are paired up for a history project, she develops a crush on him. But he harshly rejects her, and then reveals to her that one of his friends likes her, Towerz.

“Take On Me”

This remake of the Breakfast Club features five Degrassi students: Toby (brain), Hazel (popular), Jimmy (jock), Ellie (rebel/shy girl), and Sean (rebel). Ellie is secretly taping the whole Saturday detention for her co-op job. Jimmy dares Hazel to kiss Toby and she does. After getting keys to the roof, Hazel and Jimmy kiss. Sean and Ellie get intimate and Toby overcomes his fear of heights. They see Mr. Raditch and go back to the room. He finds the keys, which Jimmy took himself before. Toby takes the blame for the keys and he and Jimmy are cool again. Mr. Raditch lets them all go. They all discover Ellie’s tape recorder and are all mad at her, especially Sean. The next day, Ellie erases the tape and Sean forgives her.

Mr. Simpson returns to Degrassi to find that five kids are in Saturday detention. He is disappointed with the detention being held on a Saturday and tells this to Mr. Raditch, and Mr. Raditch has doubts.

“Don’t Dream It’s Over”

Paige is taking everyone out for a little group gathering in Dylan’s van. Everyone is paired off: Paige and Spinner, Hazel and Jimmy. But ever since Rick, Terri has been single and she feels like a 3^rd wheel. Rick makes his way back into her life and apologizes. She decides to bring Rick with her, making the rest of her friends mad. Paige tells Terri that he will beat her again and Rick says that Paige thinks she’s so perfect. Terri agrees and goes to walk with Rick. He kisses her and Terri wants to go back out. Rick says he won’t let her leave him for Paige, while holding her arms very hard. He then pushed to the rock, where her head hit. Paige and Spinner find them. At the hospital, Terri’s dad is mad at them for not telling him. Paige and Spinner fight over who made this happen, but later cry an work things out. Terri’s dad apologizes to them and says they’re good friends.

Ellie and Sean are a couple now, but she doesn’t want things to change with her friend. Sean invites her to see an action movie, but she already had plans with Marco. So she brings Marco along. Sean is mad because he wanted to be alone with Ellie. When Sean tries to get Marco away, Ellie gets mad and leaves him. Ellie tells Marco she should dump Sean, but Marco tells her that Sean could be good for her. So Ellie tells Sean that she hasn’t been a very good girlfriend, but he hasn’t been a good boyfriend. She tells him that she’s never really had a real relationship, so if she does something wrong, he can tell her. They then kiss.

“Rock and Roll High (School)”

There is a battle of the bands contest and both Craig and Ashley entered their bands in the contest. Ashley is guaranteed to win with her song “Mr. Nice Guy”, which is about Craig hurting her and acting like it was no big deal, while Craig has no lyrics yet. Ashley has the whole crowd into her song and since Craig quit, she could possibly win. But Craig writes a song called “What I Know”, apologizing to Ashley and admitting that he did something wrong. Everyone loved Craig’s song, even Ashley clapped. Craig’s band won and Ashley told him that his lyrics were nice and that they were just right.

Joey breaks his back while trying to prove to Angela and Caitlin that he is still cool and not old and boring. He wants to send Angela to her Grandma’s, but Caitlin offers to help out. He thinks she’s more of her friend than a parent. Caitlin spoils Angela and does everything to please her. But when Angela decides to ignore Caitlin when she asks her to wash her hands, Caitlin yells at her and Angela tells Caitlin that she hates her. Joey tells Caitlin that she did a good job and even though she hates Caitlin right now, Angela respects her.

“It’s Raining Men”

Dylan asks Marco out, but Marco is scared, so he makes up an excuse. Spinner tries to help Marco, but when Marco sees Dylan flirting with Tom, he gives up. Spinner talks to Dylan and convinces him to ask Marco out. So Dylan asks Marco out, this time, Marco says yes. Spinner helps Marco prepare and Marco thanks him. Dylan and Marco eat, and then go see a zombie movie. Marco is scared about the whole date at first, but Dylan makes him feel comfortable. Dylan doesn’t think Marco’s bee phobia is lame since he is scared of killer whales. When they run into Marco’s parents, Marco’s dad makes an offensive comment about freaky people and Dylan leaves. The next day, Dylan isn’t mad because they’ve both heard worse. He kisses Marco and asks him out again.

JT’s new commercial is launching tonight. He wants to get close to Manny, so he is inviting some people for a launch party at Toby’s house. Manny reluctantly agrees to come. When everyone sees his commercial, it actually sucks. People make fun of him. Manny tells him that his commercial sucked, but he didn’t, and that he was great.

“I Want Candy”

Paige and Spinner decide to take the day off with Dylan’s car because they are sick of all the work at school. They have so many places to go. Paige invites Ashley, and Spinner is mad. Ashley, Paige and Spinner go visit Terri, but after seeing Terri’s head, Ashley leaves the room. They go eat at a restaurant and leave without paying because they see Mr. Raditch on a date. Ashley says she will transfer out of Degrassi. The day goes on and Ashley becomes more annoying. She tells Spinner to grow up when all he is trying to do is cheer her up. Paige tells her that the real problem is her. She decides to enter the Elvis impersonation contest and has a good time; she even wins a small trophy. Her mom is glad to see that her sanity has left the building. Paige and Spinner ended up having a good day.

Emma finds Mr. Simpson’s will and fears the worst. She is looking for Mr. Simpson when Alex starts to bother her. Emma pushes her books and the girls start to fight. Emma kicks Alex in the face. Then Alex slaps Emma and they keep fighting. Teachers come and break it up. Emma wanted to know what was going on with Mr. Simpson. Emma automatically assumes that the chemo didn’t work. They were going to tell him how the chemo did in the afternoon. Fortunately, the chemo worked and Snake is in remission.

“Our House”

Things are going pretty well with Ellie and Sean, but Amy wants Sean back even though she’s the one that dumped him. Tracker has decided to move to Alberta with his girlfriend because he got a high-paying job. Sean doesn’t want to come but he has no choice. He breaks up with Ellie. Then he has a breakdown in shop class and Mr. Ehl suggests student welfare. Tracker reluctantly agrees to let him stay but warns him that he’ll be knocking on Tracker’s door soon. Amy is flirting with Sean a lot, making Ellie angry. Then Jay invites a whole bunch of people, now making it a party at Sean’s house. Amy is drunk and flirts with Sean but Ellie tells her off. Amy drinks a little too much and collapses in the basement. Sean calls the ambulance and calls the party off. The next day, Sean admits that that party got out of hand and promises to Mr. Ehl that it will never happen again. Mr. Ehl agrees to sign the papers.

Liberty convinces JT to ask Manny to the semi-formal. Manny doesn’t want to go to the dance until Liberty reveals that JT wants to ask her to the dance which instantly changes her mind. JT is about to ask her to the dance but leaves when he sees her talking to Craig. He tells Manny he saw her with Craig and she cries because no one thinks about Craig cheating on his girlfriend and leaves. The next day, JT apologizes and she says yes.

“Power of Love”

It’s the year end dance at Degrassi and Jimmy has the perfect night planned. But things go wrong when he accidentally orders three saris and one kurta and the limo isn’t as rich looking as it was supposed to look. They end up having to drive up to the prom in a cop car. Jimmy is still angry about everything but Hazel doesn’t care and asks him to dance with her.

Sean begins to feel guilty for stealing Mr. Simpson’s laptop after Mr. Simpson gives him a second chance to pass Media Immersion. Sean confesses to stealing the laptop and Mr. Simpson tells him to leave. He decides to help fix Mr. Simpson’s car to make up for what he did, but it will be hard to gain Mr. Simpson’s trust again.

Joey asks Caitlin to move in with him and she gets an offer to do her AIDS show for almost a year and turns it down for Joey. Joey tells her it was wrong to do that and that he’ll always be here for her, but she recalls the fact that he didn’t keep his promises before. She ends up going and they kiss and then she leaves.

There is a fire at Degrassi because the curtains Marco picked out were flammable and Marco feels like he messed up everything, but Dylan tells him to let it go and so they go into the crowd of people and start dancing.