And cue the water works because two of the three subplots of
this episode are totally on the emotional side of things.
The episode opens in the locker room as the older jocks are
hazing Campbell some more. Its game day and they start teasing him about his
skates and his lucky boxers and the puck bunnies that are just wanting him to
give them the time of day. A delivery of balloons come and they comment how
Campbell was holding out on them however the delivery is from his mom or at
least that’s what he says. We then are met with some action shots in the rink
of the Ice Hounds playing and Campbell gets pushed down.
WHATEVER IT TAKES
Maya comes up behind Campbell who is wincing from his fall
the night before. He’s looking at some
Hockey blog on his cell and they are saying how it’s his fault that they are losing.
They start teasing him asking if the team has given him a nickname and after
trying to guess and joking around they decide they are done with the Hockey
talk and plan to go to Little Miss Steaks after school for karaoke. Campbell
can’t he has practice and besides he can’t sing.
Fiona tells Imogen it’s ‘Fiona Coyne’ day and she wants to
do something fun and they decide to go to Fiona’s place to see movies though
Fiona is upset they can’t go to Imogen’s instead and she wonders why Imogen won’t
let her meet her dad, a plot that is continuous into the next two parter as
well. Imogen says how it’s just that Fiona’s place is much more quiet even if
Drew is her roommate. Fortunately Drew is working so they’ll have the place to
themselves for the evening.
KC, Conner, and Bianca are practicing and they talk about a
study meeting after school however KC can’t he’s meeting with his dad who just
got out of jail and something tells him Kevin hasn’t changed for the better
like Lisa did. Bianca reminds him he’ll be off to college in a year and won’t
have to worry about things which makes me wonder if Junior KC was already on a
fast track plan or simply got early acceptance or they are just assuming he’ll
get into a school based on his academic record.
Campbell goes to talk to his mom on face time before
practice. He misses her and is upset that he’s not doing good. Every time he’s
not at school or on the ice he’s always working out and practicing and still
nothing. His mom reminds him he’s the youngest in the league and reminds him
how back home he is the golden boy. She also reminds him to not eat ice cream
cause he is a bit lactose intolerant.
KC and Kevin are having pizza and Kevin wants KC to be able
to trust him again and asks him a favor. He needs help writing a resume. He
then brings up the baby and tells him it must have been hard to give him up and
how he’s a better man then he ever was.
The hockey team are talking badly about Campbell and how he’s
playing as he sits in front of the locker room and chugs a half gallon of milk
promptly throwing it up as he makes his way into the locker room. He ends up leaving
practice and showing up at the steakhouse telling Maya practice was canceled so
he thought he’d come to hang out. Maya’s glad and tells him that since he’s
there he’s going to have to sing…..and he does. He sings a really sweet duet
with Maya.
Fiona and Imogen are at Fiona’s place and Imogen comments on
Fiona’s movie selection. She comments saying that they all have Olivia Wilde
and she’s hot. They decide to check out the million or so channels on the satellite
and Imogen hopes to find something Monkey related. Fiona tells her she’s monkey
related and they get into a tickle fight knocking over a bowl of popcorn in the
process. This leads to them making out however their kissy time is cut short as
Drew comes home early cause it was dead and he didn’t need to close. Fiona
comments saying how life was better without his boy mess however he calls Fiona
out on her messiness and tells her he’ll be in his room sleeping.
KC’s helping Kevin with his resume though it’s hard cause
his experience is limited to prison cook and slinging pizza’s at a place that
got shut down cause he’d been dealing drugs on the side. He also never
graduated from High school but did get his GED and he teases how soon he and KC
will have the same level of education but that KC will be able to outwit him
once he goes to university. KC comments how he’s not been accepted anywhere yet
which squelches my earlier musing that perhaps he did get some kind of early
acceptance. Kevin comments how it’s hard to believe he has a smart son and Lisa
comments about how it’s going to suck that he’s going to be so far away cause
KC plans to go into the Biology program at UBC.
Maya bumps into Campbell again giving him a flyer to try out
for the chorus of the musical. He says it was fun but he only sang cause it was
no pressure and that music’s her thing and sports are his. Maya comments how
opposites attract and Luke and Dallas comment about how he was so sick the
night before they are glad he’s better. Campbell comments how it must have been
a 12 hour bug and they call him out saying 12 minutes maybe as they show him a
viral video of the karaoke posted to the Ice Hound blog and now he has to skate
to make up with it.
Bianca asks KC how things with his dad went and KC comments
as well as they can though it’s clear he doesn’t trust him. Townsend then
starts to talk to the team about Nationals which are fast approaching. KC gets
a text from Lisa and he hopes things are okay.
Fiona is contemplating getting a new roommate cause things
with Drew are horrific. She asks if Imogen would mind her living with another
girl cause living with a guy is making the place look like a pig sty…she knows
cause she once had a pet pig way back in season ten for like two episodes. She
looks at the living room and sees that half the living area is spotless and the
other half is a mess. Drew comments how he took her words to heart and cleaned
up his half of the apartment before handing her his rent check and heading to
work.
Campbell is having his makeup practice and working himself
to the bone as the older boys are drilling him.
KC comes home wanting to know what the emergency was and
wants to know if it has to do with Kevin. It does but it’s not what he thinks.
Kevin got a job….it’s a dishwasher job but it’s a start. Kevin then pours wine
for them to celebrate and KC starts freaking out cause Lisa promised she’d stay
on the wagon. Lisa promises it was no big deal and she can handle herself but
KC is a bit put off.
Dallas tells Campbell that it’s his punishment for skipping
out and that next time it’ll be worse. He tells him that the team is all he has
in Toronto and he tosses him a water bottle. Campbell then he ends up flipping
out and slicing his hand with his skate…..TBC
Since season 12 hasn’t been released/shipped to me at the
time I’m recapping I just want to note the start of this episode was cut off
slightly. Campbell and Maya are what appears to be reviewing Ice Hound game
videos while Campbell’s hand is bandaged up. Campbell is talking about how he
wishes he were right wing instead of left cause he plays more natural in that position.
Maya then notices the cut hand and he tells her that it’s nothing he just
banged it up when the guys were drilling him. He’s tired of being down on
himself and just wants to play. Maya says he should talk to the coach and
Campbell says the coach won’t listen to a rookie but he’ll listen to the
captain. Dallas meanwhile is yelling at Luke and some of the other boys for
goofing off on the catwalk. Campbell then talks to him about the position change.
I KNOW I CAN MAKE IT THROUGH
Conner and KC are talking about the night before and how KC’s
worried that his dad is going to cause his mom to relapse after all she was
drinking again and she used to be an alcoholic. Jenna overhears and this is the
first his former baby mama knows about Kevin’s return. KC comments perhaps
Conner is right and Lisa is a big girl.
Fiona wants to get back at Drew for only cleaning half the
condo and how guys are notoriously messy and she is so not his maid….um sweetie….yea….Drew
is the one cleaning his messes you are the sloppy one sorry to say and you probably
had a cleaning staff come in back when you had money to do the dirty work for
you hence why you don’t think to lift your own fingers.
Campbell goes out on the ice and sees Maya in the stands
cheering him on.
Lisa apologizes for letting KC down by drinking the other
night. Kevin just wanted to celebrate and it was a onetime thing. She met with
her sponsor and she promises she won’t slip up. She’s asked Kevin to stay away
and tells KC it was unfair to drag him into the family drama when he’s in a
good place. Kevin starts knocking on the door calling out to them. He’s drunk….he
ran into a buddy. KC tells Lisa to hide in the bedroom and he calls 9-1-1.
May a and Tristan are in the stands talking about Campbell
who is losing his breath on the ice but
knows he can do this and win the game for the team and he does.
The mess is still there and Drew rolls his eyes as he sees
Fiona in the kitchen crying. She is freaking out cause she’s never been on her
own she always has had her mom or nannies or maids to do the work and begs Drew
to do it for her. Drew won’t but he’ll teach her to clean.
The boys are glad that Campbell finally got his head in the
game and if he keeps it up not only will they win the cup but Campbell could
get recruited into the NHL before he even graduates! Dallas says someone’s
waiting for him and he thinks it’s Maya but it’s the media and he freezes
leading Dallas to field the questions while he has a panic attack and begins to
stab his other hand with his skate blade as tears stream down his face.
Maya’s freaking out to Tristan about how Campbell isn’t
texting her back and she’s worried something bad happened to him. She approaches
Dallas asking if he’s seen Campbell and he says not since the night before and
he’s probably ran off with some puck bunny. This has Maya worried and
determined to find out where his Billet family lives.
KC’s venting to Bianca about Kevin in practice and Bianca
reminds him he’ll be at UBC next year…..again he’s only a junior and he’s yet
to be accepted so I assume next year means next calendar year. Townsend asks KC
an answer however he just guesses something and then excuses himself.
Campbell’s lying in bed reading all of Maya’s unanswered
texts before pulling up a photo of his mom and what looks like a younger
brother and sister. There was allot of mass speculation as to where his older
brother Justin was and I’ve narrowed it down to three possibilities….. One he’s
dead which is the popular theory in fandom, two he was away at university when
the picture was taken and three he was the one who took the photo. Theories
aside, Campbell takes his bag and begins to pack.
Fiona who I assume is skipping school unless the editing
just sucks tells Drew she cleaned her half the penthouse as well as the
bathroom and she’s glad that she doesn’t have to clean for another week. Drew
asks about the bathroom drain and hands her a snake to clean her hair that’s
clogging the tub. And Drew is taking quite the pleasure listening to her
cleaning from the kitchen. She gives him a hug and then shoves the hairball
down his shirt as a little housewarming gift. She says she’ll remove the
hairball but he has to stay out late so she and Imogen can have date night.
Maya shows up at Campbell’s with his homework and he tells
her he’s going home cause he’s done with Hockey. It just doesn’t make him happy….he’s
sad and he just wants it to go away. Maya tells him everyone gets sad once in a
while but that doesn’t mean he needs to do something drastic like quit.
Campbell just doesn’t know what to do…it’s like his head isn’t screwed on
right. Maya tells him perhaps he should balance Hockey with something else like
hanging with his friends. Campbell just wants to be happy and Maya tells him he
should be happy and she kisses him hoping she’ll see him at school. He thanks
her for the homework and she leaves.
Jenna approaches KC in the hall saying that she got his text
and she sees Lisa in the office and she wants to know what’s wrong. KC asks if
she can promise him she’ll visit Doug for him. Jenna is scared by his vagueness
and KC tells her that he and Lisa are moving to BC because that’s where he plans
to go to school anyway and because there Kevin can’t find them cause it would
break his parole to cross city limits. Jenna tells him it’s not fair that Kevin’s
the jerk yet they have to leave. Jenna asks when they are going and KC says in
a few hours and they’ll be staying with his aunt. The bell rings and Jenna goes
to class while KC cleans his locker.
Fiona tells Imogen how they cleaned and they can finally
have some alone time. Imogen wishes that she could but she needs to get the set
mock ups ready to present to Eli in the morning again this is a huge set up for
her plotline in ‘Never Ever’. Fiona asks if she can go to the Moreno home then
but Imogen works better alone. Fiona is mad Imogen won’t let her at her house
and Imogen tells her the timing is off.
Campbell is sitting on the railing of the catwalk looking
down on the first floor sucking in deep breaths and holding back tears as he
leans over and falls letting his arm break his fall so that it breaks. While
allot of people may say this was a first attempt at suicide I’d like to think
that he knew exactly what he was doing and fell with the intention to break his
arm so he wouldn’t have to play hockey but he’d still be on the team so he
could be with Maya.
KC takes one more look at Degrassi while Lisa waits in the
car. Clare, Alli, Conner, Bianca, and Jenna all come out of the school to tell
him goodbye and they share a group hug. KC tells them that it’s not like he’s
going into witness protection and they’ll keep in touch online. He then
comments why they aren’t in class and they all have washroom passes. KC then
climbs into the car and Lisa double checks if he’s sure and they ride off into
the sunset. And weather this was a case of the writers wanting to end his
character arch on a high or Sam wanting an out this exit was done beautiful and
much better than other character exits where someone moves to Africa or just
fades into obscurity.
Maya shows up at the hospital and Dallas comments how he
fell messing around on the catwalk like the other teammates do and he’s out for
6-8 weeks. Campbell comments how at least he has a new nickname ‘birdman’ but
Maya doesn’t think this is a joke and makes him swear it was an accident. He
says it’s a happy one cause now he gets to hang out with her and they kiss.
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