Drew and Bianca are enjoying their new relationship this semester. Bianca uses her dance skills to win tickets to the Keke Palmer concert, which she shares with Drew's friends and their girlfriends. As they leave an ex boyfriend of Bianca's named Anson starts hollering at them.The two later go back to Drew's house but lose track of time and Drew is busted having a girl over at 4am. Now he is grounded from the concert and his friends remind him that he should worry about letting a girl like Bianca go to a concert alone. Drew's mom does not approve of Bianca and orders him to stay home. He later sneaks out and goes to the concert anyways just as Bianca is being confronted by Anson again. She warns Drew that Ansons is dangerous and involved in a gang, but Drew berates her and accuses her of cheating. KC later reminds Drew that not everyone has a life as nice as his. He tries to find Bianca before something bad happens. However, Bianca is grabbed by Anson and dragged into a nearby ally where he attempts to rape her. Drew finds them and grabs him off. The two fight and Anson pounds on Drew, Bianca begs him to stop and finally smashes his head with a brick. The two run off and Bianca drops her new ID bracelet just as one of the gang membes runs up. The next morning Drew and Bianca find out Anson has died, but Bianca won't risk going to jail by turning herself in. Later they are confronted by gang member Vincent who threatens their lives. Later he requests that Drew join in on their gang antics and shoot someone in order to save his own life. In the end Drew makes the decision to confess to Dave's cop father and take the fall for what happened to Anson. Bianca watches as Drew leaves in the cop car.
Fiona is all set to go to the Caribbean and hopes to find love, but her plans end up being cancelled due to a volcano. She reluctantly joins Holly J in her art class for the break. There she meets Charlie, whom she is instantly infatuated with. Fiona later flirts with her over her scooter and Fiona nervously lies and says she has her own scooter and is invited to go for a ride sometime. She and Holly J try and find a way to get a scooter and licence in time but are unsuccesful. The next day Fiona admits her situation to her which leads to Charlie confirming that she is a lesbian as well. After making sure Fiona isn't involved with anyone, Charlie invites her for a ride around town. The two later go back to Fiona's place and sketch each other. While Fiona poses in her bikini the two begin to make out, but Fiona pulls away and suggest they go back to drawing. The next day Fiona explains she wants to take things slow as friends first, which Charlie happily agrees to.
Sav and Alli spend a lot of time together with painting the inside of their house for their parents. Sav is still down about being dumped by Holly J. While out he runs into a mysterious girl who invites him to the Keke Palmer concert. Sav is shocked to find out that she is indeed Keke Palmer, who pulls him up on stage. The next day after beginning to miss her, Sav tracks down Keke. She convinces him to ditch her people and hang out for a bit. The two chat at The Dot and share a kiss before Keke leaves. Sav later video chats with her and says he enjoyed the boost she gave him. Sav is getting back to his old self and getting over his broken heart.
This has to be one of Degrassi's greatest season premieres! It could be the best, it is definitly up there with season 2's "When Doves Cry" and season 7's "Standing in the Dark". Luke Bilyk and Alicia Josipovic proved themselves as actors, as well as their characters Drew and Bianca. We finally saw a more human side to Bianca and a side of Drew we can have sympathy for. That scene in the ally is one of Degrassi's most intense moments of all time. Fiona's love story was written very well, and even if it is shortlived, this was still a good story for Fiona's first lesbian romance. Even Sav's little story was cute and Keke Palmer was a nice guest to see. This was a great way to kick off season 11 instead of trying to build up something like last year, they really did start off with a bang (though no gunshots were fired in this episode). This episode gets an A and not lightly. Degrassi brought it tonight and let's hope the rest of Now or Never can live up to this. The bar has been raised.
Tomorrow's episode: LoveGame.
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