2x15 Hot For Teacher RECAP

Watching an early JT centric episode like that despite how non dramatic it was got me rather emotional all things considered and I don’t know what kind of state I’ll be in when….well if you’re a reader who’s seen the series you know if not to quite River Song ‘Spoilers’ not like I haven’t mentioned them before now but anyway….The episode opens with JT in Miss H’s class goofing off and ends up getting detention with her.

WHATEVER IT TAKES

JT arrives the following morning for Miss H’s detention. She’s talking to him about the class guinea pigs and how JT needs to feed and clean their cages. She comments how well he is doing this and that he should consider being a Vet one day. It’s also important to note that one of the guinea pigs the one that plays the biggest part in a later act of the episode is named Isabella. I know that doesn’t sound too important now and most likely was a coincidence however JT’s girlfriend in later seasons has a daughter by that name.

In Simpson’s class later that day Sean and Toby are asking JT about his time alone with ‘Miss Hot Sauce’ and JT tells of his effortless flirtation of dropping his pen in hopes she’d bend down to pick it up.

Spinner and some of the grade nines are in Math class and it’s apparent he’s got bad BO. Ellie approaches saying he needs to take daily showers while he asks Jimmy if he really smells and why his best friend didn’t tell him and so they make a pact to be honest.

The girls and Toby are teasing JT about Miss H and Manny brings up that the youngest a woman should date is half her age plus seven. Miss H is apparently 30 and so the youngest she should date is  22 which clearly JT is not. Also if she’s 30 and has a kid who would be in grade seven at this time I guess she had him in High School unless things were retconned because lord knows Degrassi likes it’s ret cons as we shall see in later seasons.

Ashley is reading a rather depressing poem which Jimmy rips apart due to the honesty pact.

Miss H informs JT that Isabella is pregnant and not overweight like at first they thought and this prompts JT to go research guinea pig pregnancy in the MI lab to which Emma walks in on.

Later in Miss H’s class she gets called out to talk to Armstrong and they joke that he’s her boyfriend. But…he’s married one of the student’s replies….but she’s not…but Armstrong isn’t the type of guy to do that. I was amused at this little exchange as in season five Miss H does get involved with a very married teacher and drama ensues. In her absence JT goofs off and impersonates Miss H who is not impressed.

Despite calling her a slut in Karma Chameleon and dissing her new look a few times Jimmy is excited because he and Ashley are close to getting back together. I guess working on that project last episode helped huh. Ashley approaches saying she loved his criticism and re worked her poem or short story as it appears to be what she’d been reading aloud earlier. When she leaves Spinner still being honest says a Jimmy/Ashley reunion is stupid because she has him whipped.

JT apologizes for being a cut up and Miss H says how she is upset that he’s wasting his potential by being class clown. JT offers to transfer out.

Jimmy is making an honesty list to give to Spinner. Terri arrives and says the list is harsh and Jimmy calls her nosy.

JT goes to Miss H’s room and sees Isabella out of her cage. They chase her around the room before she crawls into a vent. JT comments she’s probably looking for a dark safe place to give birth as he read that in his research. Miss H says the vents are not safe cause the custodian sprayed Rat Poison and so they lore her back out even if it takes all night. Isabella ends up getting back into the cage and gives birth.

Jimmy and Spinner decide to drop their pact but not before calling one another out on faults. They see Kwan with blue ink all over her lips and chuckle saying nothing about it.

JT admits he was never really going to transfer and Toby and Sean ask about the night JT spent with Miss H. JT explains they spent the time watching the guinea pig give birth.