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We are getting closer to the fall special "Nowhere to Run" that takes place at the end of the summer before school starts! This may be the first episode to not feature the school, but we are not certain yet.
Degrassi will return in 2012 with new episodes that take place int he 2011-2012 school year. The students will move up a grade level and wear the color of their respective grades.
The Degrassi cast is currently reading through their scripts for the final episodes of season 11!
You might see some unfamiliar faces in the bunch! The Degrassi writers used their Tumblr to post a picture of the list for the main character in season 11 that we can expect to see in the opening credits, including the final freshman Zig Novak played by Ricardo Hoyos. Jake Neayem (Mo) appears to be the only recurring member to be bumped up to regular, despite much speculation about the grade nine characters featured in season 10. It looks as though DTNG's third generation are the big dogs on campus while they introduce the beginning of the fourth generation!
Stephen Stohn released the two episode titles for episodes 38-41 on this Twitter!
Here is the complete list of episode titles so far:
1130/1131: Nowhere to Run
1132/1133: Underneath It All
1134/1135: Can't Tell Me Nothing
1136/1137: Not Ready To Make Nice
1138/1139: Need You Now
1140/1141: Smash Into You
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Tonight the gang is anxious for the Greek mixer coming up. People are making shocking choices, true colors are showing, and secrets are being revealed.
Naomi's trials from hazing have landed her cleaning up the campus and being taunted by the sorority girls who fooled her. Naomi is petitioning the administration to start her own sorority but is having trouble. She finds the nerdy Zeta Rho Pi sorority that is struggling to afford their charter. She offers to help them with expenses if they allow her into the sorority. Naomi brings the girls to her mansion which will now be their sorority house. Naomi is ready to make the girls over and show them off at the Greek mixer. She informs Holly of her new role as president of Zeta Rho Pi, but Holly mocks her for joining the nerd sorority. Holly tricks Naomi into thinking the mixer is a toga party and the girls show up embarrassed by their outfits. Naomi pulls it off by having the girls escorted in style. Holly causes drama and turns the sorority on Naomi by telling them that Naomi changed them because they embarrassed her. Naomi apologizes for using them and offers to resign but informs them that she was proud to be one of them tonight. That night Naomi returns home to see the girls waiting for her in the kitchen. The girls forgive Naomi and appreciate that she helped them meet guys and have a great night. The girls request Naomi to stay on as their president and plot to get revenge on Holly for picking on them. Meanwhile Holly and the girls go through Annie's room and find the love letter from Max that Annie was holding onto. Holly plans to use it to bring down Naomi.
Annie is now broke due to the drama over the inheritance. Holly checks in on Annie and questions her friendship with Naomi. Annie pretends to only be acquaintances with Naomi. Annie is having trouble paying her dues and asks for an extension to pay it, Holly gives her a break and asks Annie to help them reserve a night at Liam's bar. Annie goes to his bar to ask him and Liam happily accepts to host it for them. While she's there, Annie asks if they can start their relationship over again and hopefully one day she can say "yes" to his proposal. But things turn awkward when she sees Jane come out of his back room. She finds out that Liam spent the summer with Jane while she was home missing him. Afterwards Annie's big sister Bree invites her to a dinner with wealthy friends who will pay for the meal. Annie has a great night at dinner but dreads going to the mixer at Liam's bar. Annie brings the guy from dinner and kisses him in front of Liam. At the end of the night Bree brings her half the money that the guys gave them. Annie realizes that she was tricked into being an escort for the night. Bree informs her that it's totally legal and a great way to make money. Annie is apprehensive but Bree tells her that the money covers more than just her dues for the sorority.
Liam and Jane have made love and are caught up in their romantic new relationship. Only he does not know that she is carrying around a pregnancy test. Adrianna later questions Liam about his relationship with Jane but he is not interested in being her friend, he only hired her as a favor to Dixon. Later Jane is upset to hear that Liam proposed to Annie last week. He tells her the whole story of their break up and everything that has happened since but she assures him that she cannot blame him for having a life before her. She realizes that their lives are complicated enough and tells him she is heading back to Alaska. Adrianna later tells Jane that she found the positive pregnancy test in the garbage. Jane does not feel right being with Liam while she's carrying her deceased husband's baby and makes Adrianna promise not to tell Liam. Adrianna later checks on Liam after he sees Annie kissing another guy, then she ends up confessing about Jane's pregnancy. He apologizes for being so harsh on Adrianna the day before. Liam later pulls Annie aside and tells her the story of what happened over the summer with Jim and Jane because he thinks she deserves to know the truth and admits that it was wrong to propose to her. She apologizes for trying to make him jealous. Liam tells her that he loves her even if it wasn't meant to be. Liam goes to find Jane and tells her that he wants her to stay in Beverly Hills and that he knows she's pregnant. Jane accepts his offer to try and make things work together.
Dixon is finally getting his music ready and wants to play it at Liam's bar opening in hopes he'll impress the producer Juice Randall. He asks Navid to get Juice Randall some free stage time at Shirazi studios to help impress him. Silver is Navid's right hand and helping him stay organized with his business. Navid's uncle is taking free stage time to make up for the money Navid owes him. Navid throws him out and assures him that he will get the money together soon. The studio gets a call from Justin Bieber's manager who needs their studio ASAP. Navid gets them to raise their offer and accepts because he needs the money. Though now he needs to bump Dixon's favor to make room for Bieber. He later gives his uncle his money and asks him to leave. He then finds out that instead of porn, his uncle is running a car theft ring out of his studio. His uncle informs him that if he tells the police then he'll get himself in trouble and let his family down again. Navid shows up at the Greek mixer and apologizes to Dixon because he messed up his chances to work with Juice Randall. Dixon gets violent and lashes out at Navid. That night Navid tells Silver that they should not work together will not tell her what is going on for her own safety.
Ivy is struggling with watching Raj go through his cancer. Ivy spends her days listening to her friends such as Naomi and Dixon complain about their lives. She has finally had enough when she stops by the Greek mixer and almost gets into a fight with sorority girls who are complaining about their problems. Silver stops the argument but Ivy does not want to talk about it with her. Silver bonds with her since her mother died from cancer two years ago. Ivy is tired of seeing everyone complain about little problems while her husband is going through cancer. Silver reminds her that once this is over, Ivy and Raj will never take life for granted and promises to be there whenever Ivy needs her.
The Jane and Liam story dragged the episode down a bit, but his interaction with Adrianna made the story more tolerable. It seems the new show runners are really trying to focus on individual relationships between characters instead of just throwing them together as one big group all the time. AnnaLynne McCord proved once again that she can do comedy as well as drama quite well. This episode gets an A-. The stories seemed to be more balanced out in this episode and it looks like they may have found a contender to be Naomi's rival in the zip!
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The gang is still recovering from the events the night before. Everyone seems to be dealing with their own issues for the future: family, money, redemption, career, status, etc..
It's pledge week at CU and everyone is pissed at Naomi for having her party get busted and causing the dean to banned all student social events until next month. Naomi decides that she and Annie must now join a sorority, and she decides to go for the best one Kappa Lamda Ada. Naomi decides to divide and conquer which leads to one of sisters welcoming Annie while Naomi is shunned for her party fiasco. The president, Holly welcomes Naomi to the house and relates to her situation. Holly informs Naomi that she wants to bid her and be her big sister. The girls have to go through their initiation for pledge week. Annie's big sister is more than happy to help her with her simple task of kissing a statue. Naomi is confident as she walks across campus in her underwear but shocked when she is attacked with water balloons, however she does not let that stop her from pledging. She goes to Austin later to borrow his pig for her dinner with a farm animal. After he agrees she continues to insult him which leads to Austin suggesting she play opera, specifically Rossini, for his pig at dinner which leads to him jumping on her table. Naomi gets her final trial and questions why she is getting treated worse. Holly informs her that this is all to prepare her for her future as the next president of the sorority. Naomi's final challenge involves her swinging into the football practice in a mascot uniform. She falls and her mask comes off leading to the team recognizing her as the girl responsible for the team captain inhaling marijuana from the party and not being able to play. The team pours sports drink all over her in revenge. That night at the ceremony Annie is welcomed into the sisterhood, but Naomi is not. Holly informs her that they were the other bidders for her house that she bought and she took the house that they wanted for their sorority for years and they were the ones who called the cops on her party. Naomi plots her revenge against Holly and informs Annie that she needs to stay in the sorority to be her mole on the inside.
Annie is spending more time with her new friend Jeremy on campus. He forgets his wallet and Annie has to pay for their coffees. Later Naomi suggests that Jeremy is just a gold digger after Annie's money. Annie jokes about it with Jeremy and tells him the story of meeting Marla that led to Marla leaving her the money. She later kisses Jeremy for her last trial to become a Kappa. She later goes to see Jeremy at his frat house where she finds out he is not a member. She later goes to meet her lawyer and finds out that Jeremy is Marla's grandson who was spying on her to get information. He blames her for not warning anyone that his grandmother was suicidal and plans to stop her from inheriting Marla's fortune.
Dixon is not happy that Adrianna is hanging around his place after her night with Austin. He is trying to focus on his meeting coming up with big producer Juice Randall. Austin returns home later to see that Adrianna is still there and has been making changes to the place. Dixon and Austin argue over who has to ask Adrianna to leave. Austin informs Dixon that he and Adrianna only made out and fell asleep. Austin then promises to sign a licence to help Liam sell alcohol if Dixon asks Adrianna to leave. Later Adrianna is ready to leave on her own and informs Dixon that she has been hanging around because of him, as he is the only person from the group who doesn't look at her like she's a monster. The two bond over their passion for music which leads to Dixon advising her to apply to be a waitress at Liam's bar. Liam does not like the idea at first but changes his mind. Later Austin gives Dixon his ADHD medication to stay alert and focused on his work but Dixon declines. Dixon struggles to stay awake to finish his music tracks and takes some of Austin's pills.
Liam comes to Dixon questioning what happened the night before that resulted in him buying the little bar he was at. Liam has now lost all his money and needs to figure out what to do next. Liam and Dixon go to meet the owner to get his money back. He is happy to take it back but reminds Liam of how much he wanted this place last night and how he was desperately trying to get over a woman named "Jane". Liam then decides to keep the bar. Dixon questions him but Liam won't share the details of what happened this past summer. Liam and Dixon are hanging out when Liam steps away and Jane (a girl he met in Alaska) shows up looking for him. Liam is shocked to see her and Dixon excuses himself. Jane tells Liam that he is the only person who knew her late husband Jim so she feels close to him. Liam informs Jane that Jim took his place at work while Liam was sleeping and that's when he got killed in the accident, so Liam blames himself. The next day Jane comes to tell Liam that she doesn't blame him and that she is staying in town for a while. Liam tells her that he only spent time with her because he felt bad but when he looks at her he is reminded of his guilt over Jim's death. After talking to Adrianna, Liam realizes he needs to face his guilt. He later goes to see Jane and talk about his feelings for her and the two end up kissing and heading into her room.
Navid is worried because Leila hasn't come back yet after she ran out. Silver checks her Twitter and sees that seems to be fine wherever she is hiding. Navid later runs into Adrianna at Dixon's and tells her what's going on with Leila, she apologizes for the party and gives him advice on how to find his sister. He returns later and Silver tells him that Leila has stopped updating her Twitter feed. He later gets a video message from his sister saying she has been kidnapped, not to call the cops, and that they're demanding $50,000. Silver tries to tell him to relax, as she is still suspicious. Navid is angry at her for not being concerned and informs her that Adrianna cares more than she does. He accuses her of not understanding because her family is never around. Silver runs into Adrianna and shows her the video and Adrianna recognizes the building she is in as the nail salon they used to go to as friends. Adrianna expresses how horrible she feels for almost pushing Silver to suicide and informs her about her suicide attempt but Silver still doesn't trust her. Silver and Navid later find her having a good time and she confesses that she needed the ransom money so her and her 23 year old boyfriend could open their own tattoo parlor in New Mexico. Navid grabs his sister and storms out of the tattoo shop. That night Navid apologizes to Silver for getting angry with her and is surprised that she was willing to talk to Adrianna. Silver reflects on how her friends have always been her family and she cannot stand to lose anymore people. Silver informs Navid that he has no chance in keeping a teenage girl away from the guy she loves. Navid later goes to warn Leila's boyfriend but finds out that he wants $75,000 to stay away from her. He later has to ask his shady business "family" for help.
This episode was actually better than the premiere. The premiere seemed to be more wrapping up and moving on with the season 2 finale, whereas this episode seemed to mix the past with the present and future story lines. The episode gets a B+ and let's see if the episodes continue to get better.
Degrassi has 16 episodes left of season 11! The first two are expected to air as an hour long special this fall the remaining 14 will air sometime in 2012.
Here is an episode list for the first of the remaining episodes, and note that the first episode, originally titled "Bleeding Love" has been changed:
Another guest star for 90210! Billy Ray Cyrus will be playing Judd Ridge, the wealthy father of new character Austin! If you've been watching, he is the former owner of Naomi's new mansion.
As we previously reported Kellie Pickler will be playing Austin's cousin on the show in an episode.
It's been a big year for the class of 2011 in the world of teen drama! West Beverly, Degrassi, and Grant all celebrated big graduations this year. Confessions, illness, proposals, everything you can imagine happens at these graduations.
For 90210, this marked the end of the high school chapter of the series. For Degrassi, this was a farewell to several of the main characters, and for The Secret Life it was a splitting up half the cast of high school and now out of high school.
Graduation is a big moment in the world of teen drama and has been used as a major plot device and story arc on nearly all long lasting teen dramas. It's a huge transitional step that can either boost or break a show. Critics have stated opinions that teen drama series' tend to "jump the shark" once they leave high school and move into the real world. Do any of you readers have opinions on whether or not a teen drama can be successful when taken out of high school? Shows like Degrassi have mastered the art of focusing on the school and following future generations of students. Then shows like Beverly Hills 90210 follow the main characters as they enter adulthood. Both attempts have been proven to be both successful and unsuccessful given the programs.
For now lets take a moment to remember some of the memories of teen drama graduations throughout the years!
Do you have a favorite? How do you feel about teen dramas leaving high school behind? How should a graduation episode be written?
Fans have been worried about this show but today it was announced that ABC Family has renewed Make It or Break It for a third season!
It has also extended this first season of The Lying Game by 10 episodes! This news comes after the announcement that they cancelled The Nine Lives of Chloe King.
And the guest stars just keep on coming! 90210 has been busy on bringing big names to the zip, only this time they are taking one to a different part of the country. Jersey Shore star Vinny Guadagnino will appear in an episode where the gang heads to Las Vegas and he'll be playing poker with Liam.
Tonight premiered the fourth season of 90210!!! We are no longer seeing the halls of West Beverly and are once again entering the buildings at CU. Some of the kids are going to college, and some are jumping into careers and family.
Naomi falls asleep on a plane and has a flashback to early that summer. Naomi and Max sit in the doctors office and contemplate being parents. They profess their love for each other and their determination to make things work. The doctor quickly informs them that it was a false positive. Max is joyful while Naomi begins to cry. Naomi then awakes and remembers what a bad memory it was. She later meets with the gang on the beach, and they celebrate the end of summer and the beginning of college. A now single Naomi hits on the captain of CU's football team to which he reminds her that she's now a freshman. She plans to buy a big party house and throw a big party to make a name for herself at CU. The girls go house shopping with Naomi who invites Annie, Ivy and Raj to move in with her. She finds the perfect house where she encounters a cowboy named Austin, the son of the man selling the house, but she mistakes him for a worker and offends him by threatening to get him fired if he stands in her way of buying the house. He causes his parents to up the price of the house and Naomi still purchases it. The next day she receives mail from Max but does not tell anyone. Ivy and Raj inform her that there is a pot garden at the guest house and she plans to use this to get Austin in trouble with his parents. At the party Naomi has everyone burn something that they wish to forget, but she is disappointed when a cop shows up after a noise complaint and orders her to put out the fire. Naomi has one last thing to burn before they put out the fire. Towards the end of the party she runs into a naked Austin who is bitter at her for getting him in trouble with his parents. The party comes to a halt when the police return since Naomi has not put out the fire. She sees Austin's pot and quickly throws it into the fire which causes it to blow over all of the guest and the police. The cops arrest Naomi and walk her out of the party. She returns the next morning to see that Annie and Ivy found the letter from Max and they encourage her to read it. She begins to read it and confesses her false alarm pregnancy to her friends. She does not finish the letter and will not allow herself to be sad over getting her heart broken by Max. Annie saves the letter in case Naomi changes her mind someday.
Ivy and Raj are now living with Naomi and Ivy tries to get him to join in on Naomi's party. Raj is not feeling up to it but pushes Ivy to go without him as she has not left his side since the wedding and he does not want to drag he down. She returns later and tells him she had fun but her favorite part of the night is coming back to him.
Silver sees a picture of Adrianna from a magazine showing how she is trying to turn her life around and makes it clear that she hasn't forgiven her. Navid is excited to move in with Silver now that his family has moved to Switzerland. Now his sister shows up and wants to live in Beverly Hills with Navid so she can stay around her friends. Silver relates to Leila and welcomes her to their small home, however Leila is far from a friendly guest. Silver returns home the next day and thinks she has caught Leila with a boy, but is stunned when Adrianna walks out of her bathroom. Adrianna attempts to apologize but Silver throws her out. Silver stresses with trying to help Navid raise his bratty teenage sister. Navid is being annoyed by one of his father's old business associates who accuses Navid of ruining his family's life but Navid refuses to do the business that corrupted his father. At the party, Navid apologizes for the trouble he has caused her but Silver says that her problems are with Adrianna. Immediately after the two are shocked to see Adrianna show up at the party. Adrianna again attempts to apologize for switching her medications, trying to break up her and Navid, and ruining her chances at NYU. Silver informs her that she was about to commit suicide before Dixon tricked her into getting checked in, and she could be dead right now thanks to Adrianna. Silver informs Adrianna that she is "dead" to her and walks away. The next day Navid berates Leila for befriending Adrianna and she lashes out at them. Silver offers to help her get through things as a small family but Leila apparently snuck out of the bathroom window.
Dixon has spent the summer as a DJ and had an amazing time but now finds out that Navid pranked him and caused him to be enrolled as a female and he is now living in the girls' dorm. Dixon is now homeless, but Navid
Annie sulks in the fact that she stayed home all summer in hopes that Liam would come back from her. Later she finds out that Marla's family is contesting the will and she might have to stay in Beverly Hills. She is shocked later when Liam shows up with an engagement ring. He tells her that he decided that he wants to be with her forever, but Annie is hurt that he never called her all summer. She tells him that she loves him but it's not enough. Liam stresses over finding a way to prove his love to Annie. At CU Annie meets an upperclassman named Jeremy who reminds her that sometimes when you lose things you want, you find things you didn't know you want. She then invites him to Naomi's party. At the party, Liam shows up with a huge romantic gesture and proposes to Annie in front of everyone but she turns him down. Annie wants to understand what could have happened to make him decide to be with her, but he leaves the party upset after being rejected. Liam drowns his sorrows in alcohol after the party. He wakes up the next morning to find that he purchased the little bar he was at while he was drunk.
Teddy is still preparing to come out to his father. He later chickens out and questions possibly writing him a letter instead. Silver pushes him to come out in person and do what is best for himself without being ashamed. As Teddy sits on an airplane the next day he leaves his father a message on his phone informing him that he is gay.
This episode was not as strong as the season 3 premiere but it gives a look into what we can expect from this season. It looks like they are all on journeys to grow up and find out what they want in life and love. It seemed like a bit of a lackluster decision to have Naomi with a false positive pregnancy. There was not as much excitement but we are left with many questions as to what happened over the summer, what is really going on now, and what will happen in their futures. This episode receives a B from us and here is to hoping that this will be an incredible season. Look for TV Teen Drama 101 to be doing recaps and reviews of every episode of 90210 this season!
Who is going to be a paid escort in your favorite zip? And who is getting married when the gang takes a trip to Vegas? On the other coast, how will Jenny be written off? And how will they celebrate the 100th episode?
This zip is getting more guest stars than we can keep track of! Now comes word that Perez Hilton will be playing a cameo as himself!!! He'll be sharing scenes with Shenae Grimes (Annie).
90210 returns for it's fourth season on Tuesday September 13 on The CW.
The CW has released a promo for the new season of Gossip Girl! See what all of your favorite characters getting up to this year and what Elizabeth Hurley's character has in store for Nate!
Gossip Girl returns for it's fifth season on Monday September 26 on The CW!
Lyle Donohoe made his first of many appearances as Tristan a new grade 9 student about to enter Degrassi. He is set to be one of the four new characters joining Degrassi when it returns with new episodes after the special episode airing in the fall. He is also said to be younger brother of the character Owen (Daniel Kelly).
Tonight was the finale to Degrassi: Now or Never! It concluded with an episode named after a T.I song. It's prom night and the students show up at the off campus dance.
Katie walks in with Drew and is shocked to find out he invited Bianca. Adam and Katie warn him about having Bianca there bu the insists that someone needs to be there for Bianca. Drew tries to push Bianca and Katie to get along. Later Katie and Drew get up to dance and Bianca takes Adam out to the dance floor. The two have fun and Bianca apologizes for the events that happened last semester when they took ballroom dancing together. Bianca has a fun safe night and thanks Drew for helping her. Things turn ugly when Vince shows up and Bianca finds out Drew talked to him. Vince gets rough with Bianca and Drew stands up for her. He beats up Vince and orders him to leave. To every one's horror Vince pulls out a gun and fires two shots into the audience before he runs out. After Vince leaves everyone stands up. Drew makes sure Katie is okay but then sees Clare and Eli sitting next to Adam who has been shot. Katie tries to help Adam while the police are on their way. Bianca grabs Vince's gun and announces that she needs to end this. The EMT's assure Drew that Adam should be okay. Drew asks Clare and Eli to ride in the ambulance with him and he has a moment with his brother before he leaves to find Bianca and Katie goes along. He finds Bianca waiting in the ally with a gun. He tells not to shoot Vince but she would rather go to prison then continue the way things are now. Drew promises to find a way to keep Bianca safe and get rid of Vince and his guys, he gets the gun from her. Adam's emotional Mom meets him at the hospital. That night Vince is arrested by the police. By morning Drew, Bianca, and Katie arrive at the hospital where his mother is angry for him bringing Bianca. Drew informs her how much Bianca sacrificed to put Vince away and now she needs their help with a lawyer. His mother agrees to help Bianca out.
Clare left for prom early and Jake knows how upset she is. His father warns her how difficult it would be dating his soon to be stepsister. Jake and Clare meet up together at prom. She's upset that he's not upset about their parents getting married. She demands that they team up to stop the wedding. The two get into an argument and Jake suggest that they cool down their relationship. Jake then walks out of the prom and leaves Clare with her friends. After Adam is shot at prom, Eli and Clare go with him to the hospital where Clare catches Eli up on what's going on with her Jake. Eli is sorry that her relationship is ending but she suggests that it wasn't meant to be.
The Degrassi seniors enjoy their last night together. They video chat with Holly J who is in the hospital. Sav tells them he forgot the crowns and excuses himself back to Degrassi and enlists Ms. Oh to be his ride. Riley and Zane chat and Riley informs him that he officially came out to his mom and soon his father. Zane then shares that the two will be going to the same school. Sav surprises Ms. Oh with a romantic night planned at Degrassi. The romance is interrupted when they get texts alerting them about the shooting. They return to see Adam being taken to an ambulance and she proclaims that they made a mistake. The next day Sav gets ready to take Alli to her science program but stops to say goodbye to Ms. Oh. She assures him that if things were different then they could be together and kisses him goodbye. Sav looks at the hand prints that Holly J, Chantay and Anya left behind. He tells Alli that he'll miss the intense Degrassi. She assures him that she'll keep him updated as the drama never stops at Degrassi.
This was by far one of Degrassi's best episodes and not just because of the shooting. Alica Josipovic and Luke Bilyk really seemed to be lacking acting skills in season 10 but they have been two of the strongest this season and tonight was their finest. This was probably the most closure we've ever gotten on a graduating class from Degrassi. This episode gets an A+ and Now or Never has been a great ride.
Though the Halloween Special seems oddly placed. It's hard for one to tell whether it's for real or another fantasy Halloween scenario.
