Degrassi: Idioteque

"As if we're done talking about this!"

The end of the first week of Degrassi: Now or Never. This week was powerful, fun, smart, and it still felt like Degrassi. They are slowly intergrating the new characters, and the episodes are flowing quite well together. This episode, which was named after a Radiohead song, continued most of the stories from the last episode and really stepped it up as a great episode to end the week on.

Drew has Bianca over at his house, they are all alone, what should they do? Bianca is ready for their first time together (not counting oral in the boiler room of course. The two are disappointed when Drew is unable to perform. Drew is stressed and paranoid 24/7, which leads to more embarrassing moments at school.  He is beginning to blame Bianca for him living in fear now because of what happend over Spring Break. He tells Bianca he needs space. Dave tells Drew he is being to hard on her and suggest he go talk to her. But Drew can't shake his paranoia and the next day fakes being sick to stay home from school. His mother is happy to hear that he is taking time away from Bianca. Bianca stops by to visit him and sees how terrified he is, he is considering changing schools. Bianca tells Drew she'll do whatever it takes to make him forgive her and keep him safe. She's goes to Vince and asks what she has to do to stop him from hurting Drew. He invites her back to his place, and when she realizes it's her only option, she agrees. Drew visits Bianca after school and asks her what she did to get Vince to back off but she does not want to talk about it. Drew then tells her he wants to break up so the two can have a fresh start. Drew is later confronted by Vince's friends who attack him in the street. Drew begs for his life, but the guys assure him that they aren't killing him... yet. As they leave a crowd circles around a bloody Drew.

Anya's friend don't know she hasn't been accepted into University. Fiona is freaked to see that Owne posted a status claiming he had a one-night stand at Fiona's party. Holly J and Fiona express their disgust which keeps Anya from confessing that it was her. Anya orders Owen to change his status, Owen tells her she needs to give him one date, but she refuses. Later Riley questions Anya about Owen, turns out Owen is posting clues about the girl who's name "Starts with an A and ends with an A". Anya decided to leave him a message, dissing their night together. Anya notices she is getting a lot of attention later, her friends Holly J and Fiona inform her that someone must have hacked her account and wrote on Owen's FaceRange wall. Anya realizes her mistake of accidentally posting her message for everyone and confesses to her friends. She walks away feeling embarrassed in front of her friends who find Owen disgusting. Owen visits Anya at The Dot and tells her he was never going to out them and that he was hurt by her. Anya realizes her friends don't know anything about Owen, or about her for that matter. Anya kisses Owen again, this time with a smile.

Wesley questions Conner about the night before, but Conner is vague about what happened. They pass Ms. Oh who is about to shower in the locker room., which gives Conner and idea. Conner and Wesley sneak into the locker room where Conner pulls a "prank" by stealing Ms. Oh's underwear. The next day Wesley sees Fiona's underwear in Conner's locker and realizes this wasn't a one time prank. He orders Conner to stop doing this. Conner later sneaks into the girl's locker room and steals more underwear.

This episode gets an A, hands down. Drew is once again acting like a jerk, but he's in enough danger that we feel sorry for him. Anya's story is being told very well and obviously leading to something much bigger than some random hook up with Owen. The same goes for Conner's storyline. Degrassi no longer wraps everything up at the end of an episode, and gives you a feeling of wanting to tune in for more.

Next week returns with two part episodes Cry Me A River and Dirt Off Your Shoulder: