...and because degrassi discussion should go here.

i pity the peeps who haven't discovered the wonder that is 'degrassi: next.' if you haven't watched 'degrassi,' then you've missed out on penis pumps, students getting it on with teachers, school shootings, boy on boy action, oral stds, hot bi-polar musician boys, goths who cut, and lots of kids saying the word 'a-boot.'

the show originates out of canada, but airs on 'the N' in the states. god only knows how fee gets it.

to get started, let's introduce some of the main characters, starting with the eye candy first...


Craig Manning
Clever, funny, smarty-arty Craig used to be known as the guy with the abusive father who died, then the guy that cheated on multiple girls at once (he botched his relationship with his soulmate Ashley by cheating on her with Manny, then lied about it to both, then made up with Ash and now they're together "forever"), then they guy who found his best friend Jimmy shot in school. Now he's the guy who's bipolar but is trying hard to deal with it. Craig plays guitar. That's his thing.


Ashley Kerwin
The Ashley saga is a long one: the ultra-popular prep who alienated all her friends and became an ultra-unpopular Goth who made up with her friends to become a kind-of-popular rocker. Not to mention the on-again/off-again boyfriends along the way (first Jimmy, then Craig, who cheated on her hard and was majorly off until he apologized to become just plain off, then was on again, then briefly off, and is now on like forever and ever; plus, after Craig found out he was bipolar, she became nurse extraordinaire). Ash is friends with Paige and Ellie.


Manny Santos
When cute little Manny decided to become hot hot hot Manny, her life kind of fell apart for a while. First, she decided she was every little bit of that and toyed with all the guys. Then she seduced Craig when she knew he was dating Ashley. He cheated on Manny right back, and she ended up with a broken heart, an unwanted baby and abortion (not aired in the States ) and a rep, and almost lost her best friend Emma, too. So the playaness has been toned down. Manny dated her old friend J.T. for a while, and now she and Spinner are together.


Marco Del Rossi
Marco's the super-nice-guy-that-everybody-likes, with the fashionable fashions and the soul patch dealie. After a long personal struggle, he came out to most of his friends a while back, and he's seriously dating Paige's older brother, Dylan. But Marco's terrified of his father finding out he's gay, so the secret's still limited to his mom and a small circle of friends (including, of course, his bandmates Spinner, Jimmy, Craig, and Ashley).


Emma Nelson
Emma's always been an activist, but her activism turned into just self-righteous do-gooding. After her long relationship with Sean went bad, she kind of got revenge crazy. Later she started a crusade against Rick, which turned into pity for him, which he mistook for love. When Rick came to school with a gun seeking his own revenge, he very nearly shot Emma. Sean grabbed the gun, and likely saved her life. Emma's still trying to come to grips with the whole thing - like by blowing STD-ridden boys! - and the way she deals becomes more of an issue every day.


Ellie Nash
Ellie's always seemed like a massively self-assured punk who even helped both Ashley and Marco find themselves. Truth is she has a seriously tough home life, and she used to cut herself when the stress got too bad. But she's getting help for that, and understanding herself helped her to bond with Sean. They became a serious couple. "Serious" as in she moved in with him and used the word "love." When Sean left Degrassi to return to his parents, Ellie was heartbroken, and still living alone.


Spinner Mason
Spinner went through the bully phase, the angry-tough-guy phase, and the "I wuv you honeybee" phase with Paige. Then she wrecked his car, and he went through the "do whatever I say" phase, until Paige went through the dumping-Spinner phase, and Spinner went back into the bully phase. Pretty soon, he hit the alienating-his-best-friend-Jimmy phase. When he teamed up with Jay to humiliate Rick and then pin the blame on Jimmy, he never expected Jimmy to end up in the hospital with a bullet in his back. Now Spinner's entered the confused, sad, and scared phase.


Jay Hogart
The guy at Degrassi everybody's scared of, and he likes it that way. Jay hates and steals and steals and hates, pretty much. He sees some of himself in Sean, so they run together. Jay planned out the public embarrassment of Rick, and then convinced Rick that Jimmy did it. Rick shot Jimmy. Now Jay's more worried about getting caught than he is about Jimmy not being able to walk. He's also packing some mean STDs.


Paige Michalchuk
Paige used to be the kind of fashionista mean girl who would manipulate her friends and brutalize her enemies. A lot of things happened to change that. She was sexually assaulted. Her friend was put into the hospital by an abusive boyfriend. And through it all, her friends and ex-friends stood by her side. Now, Paige can still vivisect you with three words if she wants, but she's less likely to do it (unless you're the jerkhole who raped her, or Spinner, who thought that being her boyfriend meant treating her like barf). She's just as stylish and just as popular, but she doesn't care as much if anyone notices. And if she finds you in trouble, she's more likely to help you out than to take advantage of you. She's still Paige, but better. Spent this season getting it on with her teacher.


Jimmy Brooks
One of the consistently popular guys at school, the type who, once he decided you were a good person, would be a real, true friend. He even eventually got along with Rick, once Jimmy realized that Rick was trying to be a good person. Jimmy had been dating Hazel, playing in Craig's band, and looking for a basketball future. Then his life instantly changed. Rick, believing that Jimmy had betrayed him and humiliated him, came to school with a gun and shot him in the back. Jimmy survived, but he's confined to a wheelchair and striving to cope.

YAY, here's the best thread ever.

I love Degrassi. Marco is my fave character. And he and Craig are absolutely gorgeous.

Fuckin' HATE Ashley though.

well, she's gone to england. hopefully never to return.

it's my dream craig and marco will get drunk together one night and get it on. marco's already planted a kiss on craig (even though it was only to make dylan jealous ).

Yes, I'm SO hoping for another Crarco-moment. That'd be awesome. I loved the screencap for the Moonlight Desires kiss, it looks SO promising. I'm thinking about writing a fic, too.

By the way, am I the only one who thinks Jimmy looks an awful lot like a camel?

poor jimmy. they're probably going to wheel his storyline into oblivion. it's kinda like they don't know what to do with him now.

degrassi fanfic? go for it fee.

I will go for it. There's so many Degrassi-fics but so little Craig/Marco. I just have to do something about that.

And I'm not sure what they're planning on doing with Jimmy either. I hope they won't let him become this side-character. Jimmy's ace.

My god, I am missing out! I knew it!

I use to watch Degrassi, it's a Soap opera really. But then, it got a different time slot and I coudn't find it anymore. Hopefully I can start watching it again and figure out what is going on. I use to like Marcos because his storyline was the most exciting. It was around the time where he was first coming out in the open and got mugged and stuff. Yeah it was pretty exciting stuff.

i wish i watched this.
This show has hotties.
That may or may not be the only reason.

so when season II came out on dvd
my friends and i had a dvd viewing partay
and we dressed up
i = manny
my friend shannon (whos rather tomboyish) = a very convincing paige
her sister kelsey = ellie
her sister erin = jimmy (it was hilarious, fubu jacket + baskeetball shoes + basketball shorts = amazing)

my costume sucked
i wasn't in a "finding skanky clothes mood" but thats okay


anyway
i was rather disappointed with the season finale the other day
i was like uh so
he got beat up and then they found him
thats cool?
and i also hated the way they pretended to be making a jay and silent bob movie
i would cry if kevin smith ever made a movie as terrible as that one looked


ahhh i love degrassi
i was going to go up to la to meet the cast
but my friend had just gotten her wisdom teeth out so ididnt have anyone to go with/ a ride




i am really happy someone made this thread

oh, i also have a bogus theory that they are going to make degrassi into a wheelchair schoool.
i dont feell ike going into it right now though. you're welcome.

ps: marco is a major hottiez
sometimes i like him bette than craig
haha
okay the end for realz now





edit: not the end.
whoever wrote the descriptions of the characters forgot about how manny got an abortion but the u.s. wont air that episode even though its allowed in canada
i think that should be added
because i like that part of the story

yay!! more degrassi fans!!

the new season starts in the states on october 6. during september, the n is going to air a series of 'best of' marathons based on viewer's choice - such as 'best break ups,' 'best makeouts,' 'best catfights,' etc. get those recorders ready!

here's a link to the official degrassi page for those of you wanting to find a tv schedule for your area...

degrassi official


and, devon, i agree with you about the season finale the other night. the ep was too disjointed and anti-climactic. i thought craig had run off to the city and might have to start turning tricks to survive (okay, so that may have been wishful thinking on my part ), but he ran away to...the school boiler room. and then he went all bi-polar for a day but was recovered by the next, just in time to comfort joey after caitlyn dumped his ass - cos once you go kevin smith, you apparently never go back.

bring on the new season and new angst!!

whee i love degrassi, I even taped a bunch of episodes hehehe

you have now convinced me to watch it

I watched the 80s version for family consumer science a few years back. I didn't like it.

i used to watch that.. it used to be all innocent and nice then when i watched one of the new episodes i was like its gotten so different!

also, JT is my favourite character which character is rick. i dont think i know him.. is there a photo of him anywhere/?

You could talk about important things, whether Carl Barât is hotter than Julian Casablancas or whatever. Er... OK. I like Jake's appearance. Got it.

NOTHING is more important than Degrassi. ò.ó

And Devon, that dress-up thing sounds like fun!

I haven't watched Degrassi since last November I don't think. I never find it on because I hate TV. So I only watch it for a couple programs... I have to start watching it again. I loved it when I did watch it.

Thanks for starting this thread Jen!!!! it was very much needed

I'm lucky that I get canadian tv so I get so see all the episodes as they came out, so I saw that season finalie in like...Feb or something

but...now that I'm in AU I don't know how I'm going to see the next season this is seriously sad! I wish I could bribe my mom into taping it and sending it to me she might cause she misses me and all . I used to watch it with her and she would be like they could only put this on canadian tv...

rick is the one who used to beat up his girlfriend, got sent away for awhile for it, came back and was bullied by everyone, and then got his revenge by bringing a gun to school and popping off a few rounds - sean struggled to get the gun away from rick, and rick got shot and died. the fallout? jimmy ended up in a wheelchair, emma was so traumatized she started going down on guys the very next week and got a lovely std, and sean moved back to be with his parents.

maddie, get your mom to tape and mail the eps to you!

Hahahaha, I love Rick, he reminds me of a goldfish.

Time Stands Still 1 & 2 are the most shocking episodes ever! I remember sitting in my chair with a -like expression. I was completely shocked.

Does anyone remember the old Degrassi, back in the early 90's? It was SO much better than the new one, although I haven't given the new one a proper chance. I learned a LOT from the old degrassi.

Nah, I didn't really like the old Degrassi... I prefer the characters of the new one.

i really hate emma. everytime something happens she always protests about it.. shes done it liek a billion times!

haha the old one was from the 80s... me and my brother used to watch it every day after school . hehe I loved it remember when that dude committed suicide in the school bathroom? and the zits were so cool or not....

Jen--haha i sound like the most pathetic person sayign I wanted my mom to tape it and send it to me . but after saying that I realized i don't have a vcr here. we have a tv in the common room but only a DVD player. and IF we had a tape player I don't think people would like me too much if I hogged the tv watching a marathon of degrassi unless the figured out how fricken good the show is....then they would love me forever!

man the last eposide i saw was emma meeting her real dad :oyou guys are ahead of Newcastle

You're like..2 years behind

but still... what channel is degrassi on here? and when? . if the channels are same in Newcastle and Sydney. but isn't Newcastle like..1-2 hours or so away?

they play repeats on saturday morning on the abc at 11.10

11:10? that's odd it's not 11:00. abc? is that american broadcasting company?

I hated the old one.

"Gee, how come the grade 8s get to take sex-ed and not us grade 6ers"

BORING!

New one is good though

abc is australian brodcasting company

I LOVE DEGRASSI,


i love it because it talks about real things and a show can never have too much drama. I LOVE CRAIG major i candy. lol if you watch it a lot it shows about next season. it is like a litte perview. who else saw it.

QUOTE(Smashed Pumpkin @ Aug 28 2005, 09:11 PM)

JT is my favourite character

him and liberty as a couple is one of the greatest story lines ever

QUOTE(marilyn_monroe @ Aug 28 2005, 11:16 PM)

Thanks for starting this thread Jen!!!!  it was very much needed

I'm lucky that I get canadian tv so I get so see all the episodes as they came out, so I saw that season finalie in like...Feb or something

but...now that I'm in AU I don't know how I'm going to see the next season   this is seriously sad!  I wish I could bribe my mom into taping it and sending it to me she might cause she misses me and all .  I used to watch it with her and she would be like     they could only put this on canadian tv...

theres a few things you could to
a: buy season I and II on dvd and just watch those while you are away
b: get fancy cable (like i have gotten) and watch it on a channel called noggin "the n"
c: download from the internet

QUOTE(wonkytooth @ Aug 29 2005, 02:30 AM)

rick is the one who used to beat up his girlfriend, got sent away for awhile for it, came back and was bullied by everyone, and then got his revenge by bringing a gun to school and popping off a few rounds - sean struggled to get the gun away from rick, and rick got shot and died. the fallout? jimmy ended up in a wheelchair, emma was so traumatized she started going down on guys the very next week and got a lovely std, and sean moved back to be with his parents.

they made me like rick by the time he shot everyone
er . . . all 2 people?

QUOTE(Smashed Pumpkin @ Aug 29 2005, 03:10 AM)

i really hate emma. everytime something happens she always protests about it.. shes done it liek a billion times!

she is really annoying
and i hate how they've just dropped that characteristic of her and just made her all skankalicious
its interesting
but manny and paige had been handling that pretty well
atleast she doesn't look like a goat anymore . . .

aren't they adding more eye candy next season? i think i remember somebody posting a pic of the new boy on 'oh no they didn't' - i'll try to dig for more info.

the previews for next season should be up on 'the N' site soon.

haha yeah I would dl it Devon....but....where I live they charge you for what you dl . well I could in the library but that would take forever

worth a try though

that show is so addicting
I refused to watch it at first becaus ei really didn't want to revisit highschool drama.....but....its addicting

hey we have an abc as well...I should have figured that, I feel so dumb oh well, what else would you expect from me? hahahha

do the rest of you watch in on that channel....the-n? i watch it (ahem used to watch it when I was in the US) on CTV. Canadian TV

in the u.s., it airs on 'the N.' i've tried to get into the show 'instant star' too - it's by the same people who created degrassi - and i love that girl jude's hair color, but that's the best thing about the show - her hair. the rest is meh...

WOW I'VE NEVER SEEN THESE EPISODES BUT THEY SEEM TO BE SO GOOD!!!!!
in france they stopped when mannie finds out she's pragnet ...that's just so crap we don't have the new episodes

edit:I HATE RICK HE'S SUCH A PRICK !

i love it when she's angry...too cute

who???ME??? lol

yes you cutie!whats happening with the staker boy??

lol do you mean,the obssessed maniac who wanted to offer me an MP3 player?

or the other one who is the rudest person ever (i fancied him..before i knew he was that stupid)lol

...my life is such crap lol

I watched it on the N when I was in the states last year and I plan on watching it on that channel again...








!! I DIDN'T KNOW CTV PLAYED IT!! I'm going to watch it tonight and for the rest of the time I'm up here on there now.

CARRIE! CTV is the channel that it plays on! where the new episodes come out....it's the channel that "makes" the show!

I wonder when teh new season starts

I'm so dull. I don't watch TV though. Only for CSI. And now Degrassi...