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Everyone's favorite Canadian teen drama returns for the second half of season 11 on Friday February 24th 2012 with a brand new school year! New freshmen, new faces, new drama, same school! No word yet on the title for this Degrassi chapter.
In this Degrassi Special, the kids are all going up to Jake's cabin for a terrifying end of summer party!
Alli is with Clare the night before her mother's wedding to Jake's father. Clare is still upset that Jake is about to be come her new stepbrother. The girls panic over every sound as the storm goes on outside and are startled when Jake shows up to put boxes in his new room. Clare tells him she appreciates him leaving for the summer to make things easier and they agree to no weirdness at the wedding. After the wedding Jake talks to Clare and tells her he still loves her. But a heartbroken Clare is not interested in getting back together with him.
Alli is worried about not getting any text messages from Dave lately. Clare ignores Alli's problems and informs her that her problems are more serious than Alli's. Dave later meets Alli at The Dot and tells her that he slept with another girl over the summer. Alli is heartbroken that he gave his virginity to someone else and ruined any chances of them getting back together.
Katie and Drew are spending their last week of summer getting ready for the new year. Katie is determined to start her year as president off right. Bianca has been spending more time with Adam and Drew at their house while she works in his dad's office as part of her plea bargain. Katie is not happy to see Bianca hanging around so much but tries to make the best of their last week of summer.
After the wedding Jake runs into Drew, Katie, Marisol, and Alli at The Dot where he invites them all to his cabin for an end of summer party, Eli chats with them as he rides by on his bike while they are planning it. Later Bianca calls Clare to ask to talk to Drew as she assumes Clare is with them at the cabin. Bianca warns her that Marisol is with them and that Clare should get there before she puts a move on Jake. Bianca offers to take Clare to the cabin and hangs up before Clare can turn her down. At the cabin Alli asks Jake to tell Clare but he wants to spend the night getting over her. Jakes tells everyone that the former owner killed his wife and her lover before taking his own life which spooks Marisol. Jake and Alli leave to get kindling for the fire while Drew and Katie ditch Marisol to be alone.
Bianca and Clare are on their way to the cabin when Bianca's car breaks down and the two are forced to walk the rest of the way while Bianca tries to scare Clare about being in the woods.
Marisol is very much afraid of being up at the cabin and now being stuck alone while Katie and Drew couple out. Things are made worse when Drew and Katie pull a scary prank on Marisol, upsetting her. As things get worse Marisol begins to panic and wants to go home but Katie is not ready to leave Bianca alone with Drew. Marisol then decides to try the marijuana that she found in the couch. Katie takes Marisol out so she can smoke out of the cabin. Katie tells Marisol about her fears of Bianca going after Drew but Marisol is too stoned to focus. The girls suddenly realize they are locked in the shed that Marisol is smoking in. The girls try to dig their way out and find wedding rings that may be from the former owners of the cabin. The girls panic when they see someone walking around outside. Katie grabs a chain saw and breaks out of the shed, the girls run to the cabin. Katie comes in and accuses Bianca of trying to break up Drew and Katie the way she did Drew and Alli. Drew comes back in later and realizes that both Katie and Marisol are high.
Alli sits with Jake around the fire who informs her that he did not hook up with anyone over the summer because he felt like he would be cheating on Clare. The two joke about being up in the woods with all of the scary stuff around. The two begin to kiss but are interupted by Clare walking up behind them in shock of her ex boyfriend kissing her best friend. Everyone goes inside but Clare runs off on her own in the wood. While out there she panics and falls, cutting her hand. Jake and Drew run out to look for her. Jake and Drew panic when they find Clare's bloody headband on the ground. Meanwhile, Bianca makes Alli feel guilty over betraying Clare. Clare runs all over the woods and freaks when she runs into Eli who showed up and heard she was lost so came looking for her. Clare tells Eli that she is glad he's the one who found her when Jake and Drew show up. Clare is still upset at Jake for kissing Alli. Clare comes back in and ignores Alli while Jake takes her to clean up and bandage her bloody hand. He tells Clare that Alli kissed him and he shouldn't have kissed her back. As Jake apologizes she informs him that she was tempted to kiss Eli to get back at him for kissing Alli. Jake tells her that he is done running and wants another chance.
Everyone freaks out in the cabin when they see a man grab the chain saw and walk up to the door. Everyone screams and runs around in fear. Jake grabs his ax and waits at the front door with everyone behind him. Jake and Clare's parents show up and inform them that they left their honeymoon early to find out where their kids were. The teens realize that they were overreacting the entire time. The next day Clare and Jake are getting along and seem to be over the drama. Clare is still upset with Alli over kissing Jake and Alli is hurt that Clare does not care about her problems. She tells Alli to find another ride home and invites Eli to ride with her and Jake in his truck. Katie tells Drew to walk Bianca to her car while they meet her to jump it with Marisol's car. Jake and Clare get back together and keep their relationship a secret from their parents.
This may possibly be the first Degrassi episode never to feature the school. There were no major social issues tackled in this episode but it was a fun almost horror film like special. It seemed out of Degrassi's element to do an episode like this, the first out of ordinary episode since "Take On Me" in season 3. The episode was fun and still managed to have some surprises and a real honest story about Clare and Alli finally ending their friendship. This episode gets a B+ and I think it's safe to say that these two classes are ready to take on the role as the upperclassmen at Degrassi!
This episode will air in the US on Friday November 18!
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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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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:
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?
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.
Tonight premiered the beginning of the finale to Degrassi: Now or Never with an episode named after a T.I song. It's almost time for prom and people have to make now or never decisions.
Adam and Drew are getting ready to help out at Grade 9 orientation. Bianca is expected to be there as well and Adam warns Drew to stay away from her. On their way into school they see Bianca with Vince outside. Katie is in charge and Drew asks her to put him with Bianca so he can figure out what she's up to. He confronts Bianca about seeing her with Vince but she orders him to drop it. Drew goes through Bianca's phone when she's not looking and sees that she is dating Vince. Adam suggest that he drop it, but Drew says he's ready for whatever Vince brings. He finally confronts her and Bianca admits that she is doing everything for Vince to protect Drew because he's the one good thing in her life. She shows Drew her bruises that Vince gave her and begs Drew not to fight Vince. He tells Katie that he has to help Bianca, but Katie worries about him getting violent again. Drew gives Bianca a ticket to prom to keep her away from Vince for the night. He then pretends to be her using her phone to text Vince to meet up. Drew surprises Vince when he shows up to talk with him. Drew warns Vince to stay away from Bianca and then gloats that he's going to prom with her. The two agree that it's over, but Vince is clearly insincere.
Clare and Jake have not told their parents that they are together, especially since their parents are involved right now. Jake expects their parents to break up soon enough. Her mother surprises them when she invites Jake and his dad over for dinner. Jake tries to get his dad to reschedule so that he can get to prom, but his father informs him that the dinner is to announce their engagement. At the dinner their parents announce their engagement with stuns Clare, but Jake pretends to be overly happy. Clare thinks it's too early for her to remarry right after the divorce. Clare drops the bomb that she and Jake are dating as well. Her mother insist that they end things now.
Mo and Sav are excited for school to be out. Sav informs Mo that he is planning on getting with Ms. Oh now that he has graduated. He tries to set up a date with her and they realize that tonight at prom is their only chance to spend time together as they will be a part all summer before Sav goes away to university. The two realize they should leave things as they are. Anya and Sav stop by to visit Holly J at the hospital after her procedure, but break the news that they need help finishing up the plans for prom. Sav questions about privacy places at the off campus prom. The three original Lakehurst kids reflect on their past relationships both girls had with Sav. Mo pushes Sav to try to romance Ms. Oh at Degrassi while everyone else is at prom.
So far this episode is already streets ahead of The Boiling Point finale! It's hard to believe that tomorrow is the finale to Degrassi: Now or Never! We will post a review along with tomorrow night's recap.
"Two can only keep a secret if one of them is dead"
The episode starts off with Spencer, Hanna, and Aria at the police station covered in dirt. Detective Wilden has returned to finally prove that these girls murdered Alison. 12 hours earlier we see the girls at Dr. Sullivan's house looking for her, but she has not returned home and left a voicemail saying she is out of town. Later the girls are at Spencer's house where they get the Ransom note ordering them to do what A says by 6pm. Back at the police discover that the record on how Alison died is gone. Aria makes an emotional phone call. Toby shows up to see Spencer but is unable to. Spencer's parents show up as well as Jason DiLaurentis who assures Spencer's father that he knows his secret that even his wife would be surprised to hear.
Most of the episode takes place earlier that day leading up to the girls being arrested.
Aria stops by to see Ezra chatting with Jackie. Jackie hits on him and Ezra informs her he's seeing someone. Aria's phone vibrates so she walks away. She then sees that A sent her a picture of Dr. Sullivan holding up the newspaper, proving that she's still alive. A gives Aria proof that Jackie plagiarized her paper that is about to be published and orders her to "make Jackie go away". She goes to Jackie and shows her the proof and orders her to leave town or else. Later her mother apologizes for making her lie and assures her that things went well with Mike's therapist. Jackie shows up at her house and turns the tables. Aria has to break up with Ezra, otherwise Jackie will spill about their relationship and ruin his career.
Toby later finds out his brake line was severed which could have caused him to crash, but he figures it was just an accident on his end. Spencer has not shared with Toby the reason why her father was at the DiLaurentis house. Toby pushes her not to go along with her father's wishes. Spencer later gets her doll from A that tells her to "keep Toby safe". She realizes A cut Toby's brake line. She later confesses to Toby that she lied about her father not saying anything. She tells him there are so many things she could never tell him. She ends things with Toby and runs off in tears where she is spotted by Wren. Wren consoles her and helps her get ready for the wedding and then kisses her.
Caleb returns to be Hanna's date for the wedding. Hanna is already stressing over the wedding and her new stepsister but Caleb wants to cheer her up. Later Hanna's doll from A tells her to "stop the wedding". Her father later apologizes for putting so much pressure. He assures Hanna that he loves Isabel and wants to be happy with her. As everything begins A pressures Hanna to stop the wedding. During the ceremony Hanna request Isabel to stop to talk to her outside. Hanna breaks Isabel's heart by telling her about her parents sleeping together which is seen by her upset father. A then text Hanna directions to go to.
Maya comes over to Hanna's house to see Emily. Maya tells Emily that she wants to start off as friends so she can get to know the new Emily. Emily is shocked to see that she is the only one who does not get a doll with a request from A. Emily later finds her doll in the back of the car and her GPS ready to lead her to Dr. Sullivan. The girls worry when Emily doesn't show up for the wedding. Emily arrives in a garage with a parked car that is running. She gets trapped inside and later passes out. Someone drags her out before she dies. She dreams of Alison comforting her and telling that she knows who A is and that Emily has to choose between life and death. She wakes up to see all of her friends circled around her.
After finding Emily the girls get directions on where to find Dr. Sullivan. They realized that A must have buried her alive the way Alison was and the girls quickly dig to save her. The girls are shocked to find a mannequin followed by the police surrounding them.
At the police station Ezra shows up. Ella informs him that she knows his secret and lets him know her disapproval and suggest he end things. Ezra tells her he's in love but soon realizes that Ella thinks he is involved with Spencer. Meanwhile the girls are upset to find out Wilden has been reinstated because of his evidence. Jenna and Garret are thrilled that their plan to take down the girls is working and that Jason has no idea they were the ones who gave him that note the night Alison went missing. Wilden informs them that the shovel Alison was killed with was the one they were using tonight, and the girls realize A left them the shovel purposely to frame them. Garret then has Jenna burn the page 5 that proves how Alison died so there is no evidence against them. Jenna exclaims that Alison deserved to die.
At the end we see A eating with Dr. Sullivan. Dr. Sullivan assures that she did everything A asked. A hands her an envelope and an upset Dr. Sullivan walks away.
Pretty Little Liars does not disappoint in the finales! This episode hands down gets an A+! It answered so many questions yet it did not. Are we sure that Jenna and Garret killed Alison? It sounded like they were A but then they weren't! Looks like it'll be a long wait until 2012. But luckily ABC Family is airing a special Halloween prequel!
Tonight concluded the episode named after a Rihanna song. We said goodbye to another class of Degrassi students.
Fiona wakes up late and is avoiding Holly J's calls. Her mother worries about her going to the graduation but Fiona assures her she's fine. Fiona is hiding her empty wine bottles from her mother. Fiona arrives at the graduation full of resentment for Holly J leaving her. Holly J is angry at her for being selfish and informs her that she is getting her surgery the night of prom and will not be able to attend. Fiona leaves as Holly J gives her emotional valedictorian speech for the class of 2011 and the graduates receive their diplomas. She later runs into Charlie who catches her with alcohol. Fiona confides her fears about Holly J leaving her alone and confesses that she let Mr. Tuxedo Pants out of her apartment. Charlie berates her and tells her that she pushes people away. Fiona takes her advice and surprises Holly J at the hospital where she apologizes for her selfishness. Holly J is tired of fixing problems for other people so Fiona surprises her when Anya and Chantay show up to celebrate prom early. The girls take a fun limo ride through the city that leads them to Degrassi. The girls decide to leave their mark on Degrassi by leaving their hand prints in the cement. Fiona confesses to drinking the night before but assures them that she's better now. Fiona smiles as her friends leave their hand prints and initials so Degrassi never forgets them. The next day Fiona goes to apologize to Charlie and finds out that the cat is now safe at home. Fiona then informs her that she'll be missing prom as well because she's going back to rehab.
Anya breaks the news to Riley that she's going to prom with Owen now. Later Riley's mother accepts and comes to terms with the fact that he is gay.
Katie and Marisol prepare for the future running student council. Katie worries about having sex with Drew. He soon happily informs her that he is STI free and invites her over to watch movies in his basement. Katie has Marisol crash the movie date to avoid having sex with Drew. By the end of the night Drew has had enough and asks Marisol to leave. Katie confesses that she is not ready for sex and Drew informs her that he invited her over to meet his mother because she's important to him. The two go upstairs to get to talk more with his mother. The next day Katie informs Drew that Bianca signed up for Grade 9 orientation and she does not know whether or not to trust her. After Katie steps away Drew declines a phone call from Bianca.
Annie Clark and Charlotte Arnold gave great performances in this episode. It was surprising to see an absence of the Owen and Anya story, but it seemed like a good choice given the graduation story. We said goodbye to the seniors as we know them. This episode gets an A and is probably one of the better Degrassi graduation episodes. It is almost the end of Degrassi: Now or Never!
Ooh big round up for the spoilers today! Chad Michael Murray might not be the only one returning for the One Tree Hill final season! Will Chuck have new love on Gossip Girl? What's next on The Lying Game? And Degrassi is doing an hour long Halloween special that might be fun for Eli fans!
In Rosewood it seems that everytime a question is answered, four more pop up. Tonight is expected to be no different. It's the summer finale of Pretty Little Liars! Dr. Sullivan is missing, A is more dangerous than ever, and we expect a shocking cliff hanger to hold us on edge until 2012!
Check out these sneak peeks we've collected for tonight's episode!
Tonight kicked off the FINAL week of Degrassi: Now or Never with an episode named after a Rihanna song. We are dealing with character's past, present, and futures.
Even though Fiona is not graduating she is still excited to be going to prom with her friends... if she can find a date. Fiona runs into Charlie and gets invited to an upcoming art show of hers. Fiona cannot help but notice how fine Charlie seems to be doing post break up. Things get more complicated when she finds out Holly J and Anya will be bringing dates. She attempts to ask Eli to be her date but he is already planning on being a server with Adam at the prom. She later goes to Charlie and apologizes for what happened with their break up. Charlie assures her that everything is fine between them, she's just upset that she cannot keep her cat (Mr. Tuxedo Pants) at her Mom's. Fiona offers to take him in and then invites Charlie to prom, which she accepts. Holly J does not approve of her decision, but Fiona insists that it's platonic. Fiona shows up to the art show and sees the painting that Charlie did of her. She later buys the painting from the woman selling when Charlie steps away. Later Charlie introduces the woman as her girlfriend Meredith. An upset Fiona grabs alcohol as she leaves the show. Fiona cries as she drinks at home with Mr. Tuxedo Pants at her side. She feels alone and unloveable and pushes the cat out of her home then continues to drink.
Anya has been accepted into the army and is excited to leave for basic training. Riley points out the demanding training she is about to go through. Later he invites her to the prom. She later runs into Owen and assures him she's off cocaine before she asks for his help training. She struggles to keep up during the work out but does not quit. Eventually Owen gets Anya into good shape for the training. The two discuss their break up and he tells her how much he likes her when she's off cocaine and confident. She later shows off her new uniform to Owen and proclaims that she now feels willing to wear it. Owen kisses her and tells her that they need to make the most of the time they have left together and request to be her date to the prom.
Katie is upset that Drew will not accept her best friend Marisol. Drew later praises her for her loyalty to Marisol and the two plan to go to prom together. Later Marisol suggest that Drew is going to want sex after prom. Katie worries as she is no where near ready for sex. She later goes to question him about STI's and accidentially suggests that she wants to have sex with him soon. Drew is excited and Katie lets him believe that she's ready for sex.
So far this looks to be a promising episode with a lot of emotions. Annie Clark is giving some of her best performing. We will post a review along with the recap of part 2 tomorrow.
Nothing big or major spoiling. But it does give a way a small surprise from Take a Bow (Part 2) which will air tomorrow night. A very emotional scene with Charlotte Arnold (Holly J) and Annie Clark (Fiona).
Ms. Oh confronts Katie about her rumored bulimia, and as school protocol she has to set up a meeting with the guidance counselor. Katie tells Marisol to tell everyone it's not true because she's stopped purging but Marisol refuses. Later Katie is a guest on Mano a Mano with Dave and Adam where they use a lie detector app to help her prove that Marisol is lying. Unfortunately for her the app informs them that Katie is lying when she denies her eating disorder. A very stressed out Katie attempts to prep for the Q&A in hopes of saving her campaign but instead begins stuffing her face with chips. She later goes to purge in the toilet and Marisol finds her crying in the stall. Katie lashes out at Marisol and informs her that she's dead to her and leaves an upset Marisol in the bathroom. Katie later confesses to Drew that at soccer camp she tried to lose weight and that led to her bulimia, and informs him that she still desires to purge. Drew is still into Katie and pushes her not to give up on the election. Marisol, Mo and Katie face off in the election where Marisol tells everyone she made up the accusation and withdraws to throw her support behind Katie. Later Dave and Adam announce the new school president is Katie Matlin! Katie promises to be Degrassi's greatest president and appoints her vice president/BFF Marisol Lewis. Drew does not appear to be pleased by Katie jumping back into her friendship with Marisol. The next day he informs Katie that he does not like Marisol and if she's around he will not be.
Eli and Jake are working on their sweat lodge project and Eli uses the opportunity to attempt a bond. Jake tells him their problem regarding a movie she wanted to see but declines Eli's advice. Eli later confides in Fiona who jokingly advises him to lock them in a room until they get along which Eli takes seriously. Eli and Fiona later trap Clare and Jake in the sweat lodge until they get along. Eli then confesses to them that he has bipolar disorder and asks them to work through their problems. Clare confesses that she's more worried about how Jake will react to future problems. Eli pushes them together and they declare their love for each other. Jake and Clare make up and Jake thanks Eli for his help. The next day Jake confesses that he still loves Clare but has to let her go. He makes his next stop to apologize to Imogen. She's still upset with him but accepts his invitation to meet for coffee.
Sav hints to Mo about his kiss with Ms. Oh. He makes things awkward when he later yells at her class for not listening to her. Sav later apologizes and Ms. Oh reminds him that nothing can happen between them. Later Mr. Simpson calls them both into his office to discuss the rumors about their relationship. He knows how it feels to have similar rumors so gives them the benefit of the doubt. Sav takes the fall and says he spread the rumor to impress people which lands him in detention until graduation. She later slips him her number with a note to hang out after he graduates.
The overall storylines for this episode were pretty good but the timing just did not seem right for this close to the ending of Now or Never. There was not anything really exciting going on and it all seemed like it could have been more intense. This episode gets a B and we are now down to the FINAL week!!!
Next Week: Two part episodes "Take a Bow" and "Dead and Gone"
WARNING: The promo may give away a HUGE twist in the final episode!
Hollywood Life recently interviewed Cory Lee and Raymond Ablack (Ms. Oh and Sav) about the new "Sinnie" relationship brewing between their characters. The also discuss the speculation that the story would happen between Ms. Oh and Dave.
Tonight premiered the episode named after a Coldplay song. There is a race for the new school president! Meanwhile the current pres is romancing a teacher!
Katie is running for school president and her BFF Marisol is by her side. Marisol has no idea what's been going on with Drew and Katie and asks Katie to try and set her up with Drew since she's liked Drew all year. Katie worries about how Marisol will react to her new romance with Drew. Katie tells Marisol that Drew is just interested in someone else, however Marisol overhears the real conversation between Drew and Katie. Marisol makes a last minute decision to throw her hat in the ring for school president to get revenge. Katie worries that the popular Marisol will win. Katie wants to try to talk things out with her BFF. Drew tries to get Katie to eat a burger that he brought for her but she declines. Marisol tells her the only way to make things right is to end things with Drew. Katie tries to break up with Drew but he talks her into staying together. Things turn ugly during the final speeches when Marisol bad mouths Katie and Katie responds by calling out Marisol for taking KC from his "Baby Mama" Jenna. Later that day Marisol reminds Katie of all the things Drew doesn't know, especially her "problem" that Marisol swore she'd never tell anyone about. During taekwondo, Katie asks Drew why he likes her, and he tells her that she's seen him at his worst and he needs her. Marisol interupts to drop the bomb about Katie's bulimia. Drew does not believe it, but Katie is still clearly ashamed.
Eli watches his video from the play during his therapy session. He hates what he did and dreads going back to school. He has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Eli makes a list of people he needs to apologize to, starting with the girl he needs on his side the most... his new friend Fiona. Eli gives her a trophy for her acting in the play and Fiona forgives him. Eli attempts to apologize to Jake but he will not accept which frustrates Eli. He later calls his therapist to get advise on how to deal with Jake. She tells him that he's done his part and needs to move on. He later sees Jake and Clare fighting and makes it his new mission to help Jake be a better boyfriend for Clare. In class Eli arranges to be partner's with Jake for their history project.
Sav helps Mo pass out his fliers for school president, Ms. Oh walks over to suggest some good music for him to listen to. Mo keeps insisting that Ms. Oh is into Sav. Sav later tells her the music inspired him to change some songs and wants her help finishing it. After she helps Sav, she plays her own song for Sav. She stops in the beginning of the song (when it becomes clear it's about Sav) and walks out. She returns later and tells him that they should stop spending time together. She confesses her feelings for Sav but feels she should drop them since she's his teacher. Sav walks over and kisses her.
So far this episode is looking good. We are seeing a real storyline for Katie and Marisol for the first time. We will post our review with the recap of part 2 tomorrow.
"And I'm the first person you've told about this?"
Emily hasn't slept in weeks and she keeps getting texts from "A". Hanna wakes up that morning to see Emily is missing. The girls find Emily's phone she left behind and see that "A" is now trying to force her to rat on Aria and Ezra's relationship. Emily runs to Dr. Sullivan's office ready to talk, but to her surprise all of her friends have beat her there. The four discuss the situation and Dr. Sullivan asks what's going on. The girls fill her in on everything, with a few exceptions such as what happened with Jenna. Emily later spends the evening with Hanna's mother and the two chat about their lives. It turns out it's not Samara that Emily has been missing, when she meets up for a dinner with Maya. The two catch up and Emily informs her on how much things have changed, such as her mother. Emily apologizes for how things were the first time around with them.
Hanna gets some of Spencer's old horse books as a gift to her stepsister as a peace offering. Hanna's grandmother comes to town for the dinner. Hanna's father wants her to give a toast along with Kate at the dinner, but her grandmother suggest she skip it, she wants Hanna's parents back together. The night of the dinner, her grandmother is very cold to Isabel. Hanna and Kate decide to make peace and put the past behind them. Kate shares vodka with Hanna as they prepare for their speech. Kate continues getting Hanna to drink more and more through the night. Kate steps out and leaves Hanna alone with Isabel's dress which she later throws up on, this pleases Kate. Her father finds out and berates her for trying to sabotage the wedding, as it turns out Kate just gave a completely sober speech. Her grandmother defends her and when Kate comes in to taunt Hanna, Hanna's grandmother dumps out Kate's purse to find the vodka. She shows Hanna that Kate was drinking water the whole time. Hanna swears her revenge against Kate.
Toby is working at Jason's house when he spots Jenna kissing Garret in his car outside. He later shares this information with Spencer. The two are making out in his truck at night when they see shadows watching them from the window of Jason's house. Spencer storms out to confront them while Toby chases after her. She is stunned to see her father coming out of the DiLaurentis house. Spencer questions why he's there but he won't tell her. He yells at Toby for getting Spencer involved and orders Spencer to go home. But to his dismay Spencer gets in Toby's truck and the two drive off. When she gets home her father tells her that the DiLaurentis family hired him to change their grandmother's will to include Jason, as she had cut him out and left it all to Alison. They feared it would make him look like a suspect. Spencer has a flashback to Alison questioning Hanna's grandmother about what it would take to make a grandmother disown her grandchild. Spencer realizes Alison went to Georgia to get Jason out of the will. Spencer wants to go to the police but her father cannot risk losing his career. Spencer asks what the DiLaurentis family has on them, but he will not answer anymore questions.
Aria's parents are worried about Mike and arguing with how to deal. That night Aria tries to get Mike to come down to help with dinner, but he is busy on his computer. When his mother comes up he tries to kick them out of the room. His mother tries to take his computer and the two break out into a struggle that ends with Ella hurting her hand and Mike storming out. Ella begs Aria not to tell her father what happened. Aria now struggles with keeping another secret for another parent. Aria later sees Mike crying and consoles him as he worries about his mother and himself. Aria comes down and tells her parents that she cannot keep anymore secrets. Mike follows her down the stairs to talk to his parents.
Dr. Sullivan gives a talk at the school to talk about cyber bullying and hints to "A" that damage that can happen if they continue to harass the girls. The girls get paranoid but realize it was time to speak up. As they walk out Jenna taunts the girls and reminds them what a bully Alison was. Later while leaving her office, Dr. Sullivan gets a phone call that keeps replaying her voice from her session with the girls. The cops show up to look for signs of bugging but come up empty handed. Garret is on the scene and asks for the names of the patients from the session but Dr. Sullivan tells them it's confidential. Dr. Sullivan goes through the girl's files and then checks out one more and realizes another one of her patients is "A". She calls Emily to get the other girls to meet at her office so she can reveal "A"'s identity once and for all. The girls show up to see no sign of Dr. Sullivan. They get a text from "A" saying "The Doctor is out".
At the end we see "A" grabbing a few things from the office including the hidden microphone.
This episode had family, rivalry, love, and of course the never ending mystery surrounding "A" and Alison's death. This episode gets an A and next week is the summer finale!
Tonight was the conclusion of the episode named after a Snoop Dog song. We saw new sides to Alli, Wesley and Bianca in all of their stories. The episode was able to be intruiging without being overly intense the whole time.
Alli is doing well in school and things seem to be going great for her. She decides to fake being sick so she can blow off meeting Dave's parents and go meet people to play poker. The guys at poker are surprised to see how young Alli is but they allow her to play as she lets them think she's inexperienced in the game. The next day Alli brags to Jenna about winning hundreds of dollars from the game. When Dave stops to ask Alli if she enjoyed the soup her brought over, she nervously tries to come up with a response. He realizes she wasn't sick and questions her. Alli confesses that she was playing poker. Dave is upset and walks away from her. At lunch Principal Simpson brings Alli her $2000 scholarship money for the science program, but Alli is still upset about Dave. Jenna convinces Dave to talk with Alli because she was playing poker to earn money to have him visit her when she was away. Alli invites Dave to join her at the next poker game. During the game, Alli is down and she succumbs to gambling her scholarship money. Dave tries to stop her but it's too late. Alli wins the last hand but makes the mistake of bragging about her card counting skills and the table breaks out in a fight which is broken up by Dave's father who he called earlier. The awkward situation is the introduction of Alli to Dave's father. The next day Alli asks Dave for a second chance with his parents but he tells her it's not happening. Dave tells her that they'll wait and see where they are after the summer. She reminds him a lot can happen in two months.
Wesley, Hannah and Liam are working on their science project. Wesley is still pretending to have a licence and Liam suggest they all go to a museum to do some research. Wesley panics and agrees to drive them both there in his uncle's car. The next day Wesley tries to talk Hannah out of it but caves and the three go for a drive, which is stopped when the cops pulls Wesley over. When the cop comes over Wesley has to confess that he does not have a licence which upset Liam and Hannah. Wesley's uncle isn't happy and informs him that he won't be able to get his licence for three years now. He tells him that he needs to find other ways to impress Hannah. Hannah berates Wesley for lying and tells him that he had no reason to be jealous of Liam. Wesley informs them that he took Liam's advice and made the project less complicated. The three happily present the successful outcome. The next day the three find out they have won and get to represent the school. Hannah informs Wesley that he likes him for himself.
Bianca meets Vince in the ally again. She tells him that she's done selling for him at Degrassi. He puts his hand around her neck and asks if she still likes Drew. She shoves him off and he smacks her across the face. Vince threatens to break off their deal if she does not do what he asks. Imogen confronts Bianca about stealing her birthday money. Bianca assures her that she'll pay her back but Imogen gives up trying to be her friend. The next day Vince apologizes to Bianca for hitting her and gives her a gift. He reminds her that as long as she stays with him and stays away from Drew that the two of them will be safe from him. He also reminds her that once school gets out that Bianca will have lots of free time to spend with him. Later Bianca apologizes to Imogen and warns her to stay away from her for her own protection. Bianca gives Imogen the lingerie that Vince gave her as a peace offering. Imogen then shows her a flier recruiting students for Grade 9 orientation which would keep Bianca at school more often after exams.
This was a great episode that proves Degrassi can be good without weapons, drugs, and sex. Melinda Shankar gave one of her best performances with Alli's gambling addiction. We are left on a cliffhanger as to what the future holds for Dave and Alli. This episode gets the grade A- and hopefully the rest of Now or Never can keep up the A work.
Straight from the cast themselves!!! Hollywood Reporter got the scoop on what to expect in the summer finale, the Halloween special airing October 19, and the second half of season 2.
Will the girls turn on each other? Will anyone find out about Aria and Ezra? Love triangles, secrets, and surprises!
Pretty Little Liars airs tonight and the summer finale is next Tuesday August 30. The Halloween prequel special airs on October 19! And new episodes return in January 2012! All on ABC Family.
